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Winter 2022

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Food Waste Feeds Ambitions for Fuel, Bioplastics

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Health Literacy Spans Language Divide

Researchers Help Mobilize Communities to Fight COVID, Other Diseases

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Robot’s Soft Touch Bests Super Mario Bros.

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Joint City Hall-UMD Building Opens

Campus Life Sports Briefs: Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Sports Briefs

Longtime Field Hockey Coach Nets 600th Win; Big Ten Champ Named Women’s Soccer Coach

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A Brand New World

New rules allowing college athletes to profit from endorsement deals are changing the game for universities nationwide. UMD aims to be the first with a playbook.

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Fearless Futures

UMD exceeded the record $1.5 billion goal of its Fearless Ideas campaign. Now those funds are changing the university—and the world—for the better.

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A Rooted Return

Her ancestor was enslaved in Prince George’s County. Five generations later, a doctoral student is reinvigorating the area’s agricultural—and communal—ties.

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Sound Decisions

Researcher Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…

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Kerrin Klein ’05

Kerrin Klein ’05 was promoted to counsel at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York City. She received her J.D. from New York University, where she served on the NYU Review of Law & Social Change, and her B.S. from the University of Maryland, summa cum laude.

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Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20

Dr. Patricia Turner MBA ’20 was promoted to executive director of the American College of Surgeons after 10 years as its director of member services. She previously spent eight years on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, serving…

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Marion “Alex” Thomas Alexander ’58

Marion “Alex” Thomas Alexander ’58 of Frederick, Md., died on Oct. 21, 2021. Born in Mardela Springs, Md., on June 13, 1930, to Dewey Lee Alexander and Bertie (Majors) Alexander, he served his country from 1951-54 in the U.S. Army. After his service, he…

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Richard “Dick” Eigenbrot Jr. ’66

Richard “Dick” Eigenbrot Jr. ’66 died on Sept. 29, 2021, at age 80 in San Antonio. Born on June 17, 1941, in Drexel Hill, Pa., to Elizabeth Deary and Richard Lewis Eigenbrot Sr., he graduated from the University of Maryland on a football scholarship. He…

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Daria Van Liew ’91

Daria Van Liew ’91, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, East Campus Integrated Program Office, is the recipient of the 2021 Engineer of the Year Award.

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Dominic Travis M.S. ’00

Dominic Travis M.S. ’00 joined the Marine Mammal Center, the world’s largest marine mammal hospital, as chief program officer. He spent the last 11 years as a tenured associate professor and faculty member at the University of Minnesota’s College of…

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Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98

Alka Bhave ’96, M.S. ’98 was promoted to chief operations officer of Riverside Research. Bhave joined the company in 2021 as vice president and chief of staff. Previously, Bhave was vice president of performance excellence at Perspecta and Peraton.