Winter 2022

Campus Life

A Peak of Pickle Players

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

Campus Life

Projecting the Future

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

Explorations

Book Pulls the Lid Off Canned Food’s History

Cupboard Staple’s Impact Goes Beyond the Dinner Table

Campus Life

Science Behind the Suds

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

Explorations

Swipe Left on Dating Stereotypes

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

News

New Lab, Center Advance Quantum Computing

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

Post-Grad

‘Protecting the Democratic Process Itself’

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

Explorations

Another Kind of Tree Planting

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

Campus Life

A Hardly ‘Boring’ Achievement

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

Campus Life

Living, Learning and Teaching

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

News

New Dining Hall to Honor Indigenous People of Maryland

Post-Grad

Letters of Hope and Familiarity

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

Post-Grad

A Better Plan for Secondhand

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

Post-Grad

Throwback Threads

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

Class Act

Alumni Association News

Explorations

The Big Question

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Ted Kaouk Ph.D. ’14

Ted Kaouk Ph.D. ’14 joined the Office of Personnel Management as its chief data officer and deputy director for human capital data management and modernization. He was previously with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and chaired the federal CDO Council.…

90s

Marcos Ballestero ’91

Marcos Ballestero ’91 joined Crosby Marketing Communications as vice president, digital creative director. Most recently, he was a vice president, creative director with Qorvis MSLGroup in Washington, D.C., and held similar positions with Weber Shandwick,…

10s

Rexanah Wyse ’10

Rexanah Wyse ’10 married Eric Morrissette on Aug. 21 at the Mansion at Strathmore in Rockville, Md., according to The New York Times. Wyse is the chief of staff of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Passings

Andrew Jackson “Jack” Smith ’60

Andrew Jackson “Jack” Smith ’60 of Princess Anne, Md., died on Nov. 1, 2021. Born in Portsmouth, Va., to the late Andrew Jackson Smith and Myrtle Owens Sickman, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War for three years. He worked with the Radio…

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…

Passings

Billie Joe Redmond ’57

Billie Joe Redmond ’57 died on Oct. 29, 2021, at age 91 in LaVale, Md. Born on April 1, 1930, to Charles Steven and Ruby Agnes (Mitchell) Redmond in Powellton, W.V., he served eight years in the National Guard and enlisted in the Marine Corps. He worked…

90s

Daniel K. Wims Ph.D. ’94

Daniel K. Wims Ph.D. ’94 became the 12th president of Alabama A&M University. He had served as its provost and vice president for academic affairs and research, as well as professor of agricultural sciences. He also held positions at Fort Valley State…

80s

Gabriel Escobar M.A. ’83

Gabriel Escobar M.A. ’83, editor and senior vice president of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was elected to the Pulitzer Prize board. He spent 16 years at The Washington Post and while at the Inquirer has worked as managing editor, deputy managing editor for…