Winter 2023

Post-Grad

man holds microphone while presenting taxidermied sea turtle on field

Totally Turtle-y Taxidermy

Preserved Donation of Aquatic Animal Fits in Swimmingly at UMD

Post-Grad

Balancing Act

Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics

Post-Grad

Delante Desouza ’16 shoots a basketball as Michael Cooper in "Showtime" TV show

‘Showtime’ for a Terp’s Transformation

Computer Science Grad Channels ’80s Lakers Star on Hit HBO Series

Post-Grad

Three hands raise beer glasses for toast

Here’s to a Terp Toastmaster

Alum’s Toast Wins $50K in Guinness Contest

Features

Fatema Hosseini is shown in front of a projected image of Afghans lining up to board a military jet to evacuate the capital, Kabul

The Dreams of Fatema

Driven from Afghanistan by extremism, a journalism student lands at UMD and prepares to reclaim her lost homeland.

Post-Grad

Geoff Larson ’80 poses near brewing equipment with mountains in the background

Beer, Off the Beaten Track

Alum Celebrates 35 Years of Craft Brewing Success in Alaska

Post-Grad

Alumni Association News

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Explorations

The Big Question

What’s Been the Most Significant Lie or Untruth Told to the Public?

Explorations

Moving Beyond ‘Getting Tough’

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

Explorations

Electromagnetic Control Could Pull Surgery Into the Future

UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots

Explorations

Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Planetary Protectors

Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid

Explorations

Backyard Climate Guard

Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away

Explorations

Roots of Injustice

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations

Cover Stories

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

Campus Life

Stadium Renamed in Partnership With SECU

Credit Union to Support Maryland Athletics, Financial Literacy and Community Service

Campus Life

UMD men's basketball team stands on sideline, with one player with Ukrainian flag draped over his shoulders

Showing Support on the Court

Men’s Basketball Player From Ukraine Grapples With War From Afar

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Anne Yoder ’02

Anne Yoder ’02’s novel, “The Enhancers,” (Meekling Press), was described in The Millions’ Most Anticipated: the Great Second-Half 2022 Book Preview, as a “dizzying, kaleidoscopic novel of three teenage friends navigating the journey to adulthood in a…

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Gabriel Aguilera MBA ’12

Gabriel Aguilera MBA ’12 was appointed to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. He had worked for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission since 2007 and was a senior policy adviser for the Office of Energy Market Regulation. Aguilera is a graduate…

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Ian Bartman ’95

Ian Bartman ’95, principal attorney at Offit Kurman, was appointed chair of the Board of Trustees of The Community Foundation of Frederick County. He will oversee implementation of a strategic plan that includes initiatives on mental health, affordable…

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Pauline Annen M.S. ’12

Pauline Annen M.S. ’12 was named director of pilot operational support for Dassault Falcon Jet, the French airframer. A former structural analysis engineer at Boeing, Annen joined Dassault in 2014 as a structural repair project manager and engineering…

Passings

Richard M. Finkelstein ’72

Richard M. Finkelstein ’72, a Florida real estate developer and longtime UMD supporter, died at his Ft. Lauderdale home on Sept. 17. He was 73. Born and raised in Great Neck, N.Y., he earned his undergraduate degree at UMD and postgraduate degree from the…

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Shaina Hernandez ’05

Shaina Hernandez ’05 joined Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s administration as deputy chief of staff. Hernandez was previously a senior policy adviser for Howard County Executive Calvin Ball.

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Jeffrey Gluck Ph.D. ’98

Jeffrey Gluck Ph.D. ’98, a partner at the Philadelphia intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, was named among IAM’s Strategy 300 Global Leaders for 2023, which honors the world’s leading intellectual property strategists.…

Passings

James W. Kenney ’66

James W. Kenney ’66 died on Nov. 14 in Philadelphia at age 79. Raised in Haverford, Pa., he earned a master’s degree in engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Kenney had a distinguished career as the head mechanical engineer at Drummond Scientific…