Winter 2022

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

With Pingpong-Tennis-Badminton Mashup on the Upswing, Terp Pro Leads the Way

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Family’s $2.5M in Gifts Will Fund Arts Innovation, Support Education Majors

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

New Fermentation Major Will Support Growing Maryland Craft Beverage and Food Industries

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Study Reveals Fewer Romances, Little Difference Between App, In-Person Pairings

News

January 31, 2022

UMD Makes $20M Investment in Q-Lab, Leads $25M NSF Grant on Quantum Simulation

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum Takes Over as Capitol Police Chief in Wake of Jan. 6 Riot

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Researcher Asks: Could Burying Enough Dead Wood Alter the Globe’s Climate Trajectory?

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Student Team Wins Safety Award in Elon Musk’s Digging Contest

Campus Life

January 31, 2022

Honors College Scholar-in-Residence Spends Semester Among Students in Residence Hall

News

January 31, 2022

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum’s New Book Highlights African Americans’ Relationship to Lincoln

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

Alum’s Streamlined Furniture Resale Website Aims to Cushion the Stress of Online Sales

Post-Grad

January 31, 2022

As Women’s Basketball Team Shoots for More Success, Get a Glimpse of 1920s Game-day Garb

Class Act

January 31, 2022

Explorations

January 31, 2022

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Brian Thompson MBA ’09

Brian Thompson MBA ’09 was named vice president and general manager for the intelligence mission solutions business unit at Peraton, a Herndon, Va.-based technology company. He came to Peraton from Leidos Holdings, where he served as senior vice president…

Passings

Barry K. Young ’75

Barry K. Young ’75 died of COVID-19 at age 69 on Oct. 28, 2021. Born and raised in Baltimore, Young majored in speech communication at UMD and earned a M.A. in leadership teaching from the Notre Dame University of Maryland. In 2011, he earned a master’s…

Passings

Michael T. Breen ’67

Michael T. Breen ’67 of Nashua, N.H., died on Nov. 20, 2021, at age 90. Born on Aug. 22, 1931, in New Haven, Conn., to Thomas J. Breen Sr. and Mary (Tracy) Nassetta, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was honorably discharged. He worked…

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Peggy Cruz ’98

Peggy Cruz ’98 was appointed chair of Anne Arundel County’s Joint Commission on the Opportunity Gap. Cruz is the county Department of Health Bureau of School Health and Support program supervisor for the Old Mill/Northeast clusters. In this position, she…

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Jeff Silberman ’01

Jeff Silberman ’01 joined global law firm Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its FinTech and Financial Services groups. Previously, Silberman served as global co-chair of the FinTech practice at another leading international firm. He earned his J.D.…

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Errol Rajesh Arthur ’94

President Biden nominated Indian American magistrate judge Errol Rajesh Arthur ’94 to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Arthur has served in the Criminal Division, Domestic Violence Division and Family Court, and he…

Passings

Donald Lee Deardorff II ’90

Donald Lee Deardorff II ’90, 54, of Xenia, Ohio, died on Oct. 22, 2021. Born in Providence, R.I., on Oct. 1, 1967, to Donald L. Deardorff and Dorothy Ann Frizzell Deardoff, he earned his B.A. from Gettysburg College, his M.A. from the University of…

Passings

Thomas Damien Leppert ’70

Thomas Damien Leppert ’70 of Richmond, Va., died on Oct. 19, 2021, at age 74. Born on April 28, 1947, in Atlantic City, N.J., to Thomas H. and Luise Slack, Leppert grew up by the water and enjoyed boating and fishing. While at UMD, he played football and…