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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Passings

Elizabeth “Libby” Eppley ’48

Elizabeth “Libby” Eppley ’48 died on Oct. 23, 2021. She was born on Jan. 18, 1927, to Elizabeth and Geary Eppley (1920), the noted UMD athletic director, dean of men and assistant professor of agronomy whose name is on the university’s recreation center.…

90s

Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00

Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00 was appointed chief financial officer at Elroy Air, an aerospace and logistics company. He recently served as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at Era Group. In addition to his UMD degrees, he earned an…

00s

Sabrina Teichman ’09

Sabrina Teichman ’09 joined AF Capital’s advisory board. She is founder and principal of Strategie, a boutique management consulting firm that provides strategic advisory and consulting services to clients operating at the intersection of public, private…

80s

Hugh Grunden ’82

Hugh Grunden ’82 was a 2021 Daily Record Icon Honors award honoree. He has worked at Easton Utilities since 1983 and served as president and CEO since 1994. He also serves in an advisory role for M&T Bank and The Country School. In addition, Grunden…

90s

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…

10s

Britt Waters ’13

Britt Waters ’13 joined 7News/WJLA-TV as a traffic reporter and “Good Morning Washington” lifestyle host.

80s

Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87

Stephanie Turco-Williams ’87 was appointed special advisor to Libya by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She will lead mediation efforts and engagements with Libyan regional and international stakeholders to pursue implementation of the…

Passings

Warren Edward Groomes ’63

Warren Edward Groomes ’63, of Land O’Lakes, Fla., died at age 81 on Oct. 8, 2021. Groomes was born in Washington, D.C., but spent the majority of his life in Silver Spring, Md.. He taught mathematics and coached cross country at White Oak Intermediate…