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Maryland Today

Winter 2022

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Explorations

January 31, 2022
Illustration

Explorations

January 31, 2022
Researchers Help Mobilize Communities to Fight COVID, Other Diseases
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January 31, 2022
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News

January 31, 2022
Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Campus Life

January 31, 2022
Longtime Field Hockey Coach Nets 600th Win; Big Ten Champ Named Women’s Soccer Coach
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Features

January 31, 2022
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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Features

January 31, 2022
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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Features

January 31, 2022
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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Explorations

January 31, 2021
Researcher Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound

Class Notes

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Scott Nance ’91

Scott Nance ’91 joined boutique lobbying and consulting firm A1.9 Strategies as vice president. He served for nearly two decades on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, including as its staff director from 2017-21.

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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.

Passings

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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Karla Heidelberg Ph.D. ’99

Karla Heidelberg Ph.D. ’99 received Maryville College’s alumni citation as part of its Founder’s Day celebration. The Alumni Citation is for service in professional, business, civic, social or religious endeavors that have benefited humankind and brought…

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Donald Welch Ph.D. ’98

Donald Welch Ph.D. ’98 was named vice president for information technology and global university chief information officer at New York University. He was previously vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer at Penn State.…

80s

Roxanne Taylor ’80

Roxanne Taylor ’80 was elected to the board of directors of Unisys Corp., an information technology company. Taylor serves as chief marketing and communications officer for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Passings

Norman W. Nightingale Ed.D. ’78

Norman W. Nightingale Ed.D. ’78 died on Dec. 31, 2021, at age 87. He was born on March 2, 1934, in Lonaconing, Md., to the late William W. Nightingale and Alice (Johnson) Nightingale. He spent two years working at the B&O Railroad prior to enlisting…

Passings

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…