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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10s

Megan J. Heiman M.Jour. ’14

Megan J. Heiman M.Jour. ’14 was appointed deputy mayor of Binghamton, N.Y. She has worked in City Hall since 2017 as the assistant to the mayor for neighborhood and youth affairs. Before that, she was a newspaper reporter for the Press & Sun-Bulletin…

Passings

George S. Douglass Jr. ’52

George S. Douglass Jr. ’52 of Potomac, Md., died on Oct. 20, 2021, at age 95. Douglass served in the U.S. Navy before graduating from the University of Maryland. He was a founding director of LND and also worked as a director of Teledyne MEC, where he…

80s

Moon Kim ’88, Ph.D. ’99

Moon Kim ’88, Ph.D. ’99 is one of two recipients of the federal government’s Meritorious Senior Professional Award. Kim is a research leader for the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service’s Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Lab in Beltsville, Md.

80s

Maj. Gregory T. Douds ’83

Maj. Gregory T. Douds ’83 was promoted to deputy staff judge advocate of the Georgia State Defense Force, an all-volunteer military branch of the Georgia Department of Defense that focuses on search and rescue, disaster relief, and National Guard support…

90s

Nicole Bouknight Johnson ’93

Nicole Bouknight Johnson ’93 was selected to serve as Hudson County Community College’s inaugural vice president for advancement and communications. Most recently, Johnson served as national director of development and communications for the nonprofit A…

90s

Brion W. Murray Ph.D. ’94

Brion W. Murray Ph.D. ’94 was appointed senior vice president of research at Lengo Therapeutics. Prior to that, he was vice president, cancer biology and translational research at Turning Point Therapeutics. At Pfizer, he was a research fellow and…

90s

Dax Alvarez ’92

Dax Alvarez ’92 relocated from the Los Angeles office of the law firm Snell & Wilmer to its Reno, Nev., location. Alvarez is a member of the intellectual property practice group. He earned his J.D. from the Catholic University of America.

Passings

Ronald W. Klinger ’73, M.Ed. ’80

Ronald W. Klinger ’73, M.Ed. ’80 died on Nov. 20, 2021, after a battle with ALS. Born on July 18, 1950, in Jamaica, N.Y., to Walter T. and Mary (Kunze) Klingner, he earned a B.S. in biology and education and a master’s degree in biology from the…