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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 Julia Ruth ’14 poses in Cyr wheel

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 Gold star on red backgroud

Alumni Association News

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Explorations pants on fire illustration

The Big Question

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

Explorations Rod Brunson portrait

Moving Beyond ‘Getting Tough’

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

Explorations colorful magnet illustration

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 rowhouses in Baltimore

Roots of Injustice

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations House with a garden

Backyard Climate Guard

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

Explorations weaved-together photos of singers/bands

Cover Stories

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

Campus Life SECU Stadium

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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Passings

Kenneth L. Egolf Ph.D. ’78

Kenneth L. Egolf Ph.D. ’78, of Carlisle, Pa., died on Dec. 30. He was 84 years old. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Dickinson College and an M.S. from Purdue University before attending UMD. He was also a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and…

90s

​​Gary Kaplan ’94

​​Gary Kaplan ’94 joined Jones Day as a partner in the Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice in New York. Kaplan has approximately 25 years of experience representing debtors, creditors, official and unofficial committees and institutional…
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Jessica B. McCully ’12

Jessica B. McCully ’12 was promoted to deputy bar counsel for the Attorney Grievance Commission Office of Bar Counsel, which investigates professional misconduct or incapacity on the part of an attorney, and, where warranted, prosecutes disciplinary…
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Dean Thompson M.P.M. ’92

Dean Thompson M.P.M. ’92 was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Nepal. Thompson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has served as the State Department’s principal deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs and was the…
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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…
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Donald Treacy Ph.D. ’00

Donald Treacy Ph.D. ’00 was named senior vice president, development operations at Maxwell Biosciences, a preclinical drug platform company focused on the development of synthetic compounds that mimic biomolecules known as biomimetic therapeutics. He most…
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Lauren A. Rosenberg ’13

Lauren A. Rosenberg ’13 was named assistant clinical professor in the Section of Psychiatry at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University in New York City. A researcher focused on mindfulness and…
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Michael Puelle M.P.M. ’90

Michael Puelle M.P.M. ’90 was appointed the University of New Mexico’s chief government relations officer. Since 2020, Puelle has served as chief of staff for the mayor of Albuquerque. Prior to that, he held the position of chief executive officer and…