Winter 2022


Health Literacy Spans Language Divide
Researchers Help Mobilize Communities to Fight COVID, Other Diseases



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

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.

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.

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

Researcher Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
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Erek L. Barron ’96
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Michael Genhart Ph.D. ’89
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Daniel K. Wims Ph.D. ’94
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Dr. Trishna Goswami MBA ’17
Passings
Beverly A. Lusey MLS ’71
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Grant Newman ’99, M.S. ’00

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Pranav Desai M.E. ’20
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Andrew Weiner ’96