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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Ed Ault ’00, M. Arch. ’04

Ed Ault ’00, M. Arch. ’04 was named vice president and director of design at Middleburg Communities. A registered architect, Ault was previously an associate principal at Dwell Design Studio and director of design for AvalonBay Communities.

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Matthew Glaser ’91

Matthew Glaser ’91 was named senior director of industry engagement at the Plastics Industry Association. Glaser most recently worked for the American Petroleum Institute as senior program manager for global business development. He has a master's degree…

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Anthony M. Ruiz ’09

Anthony M. Ruiz ’09 was named a partner of Zuckerman Speeder LLP, where he has been an associate for nearly six years. He received his J.D. from New York University’s School of Law.

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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

Randall E. Herr ’75

Randall E. Herr ’75, of Long Beach, Miss., died on Sept. 23. He was 72. He served in the U.S. Navy and later had a 25-year career as a marine geophysicist at the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). His professional life revolved around gravity data…

Passings

Margaret C. Tripp ’40

Margaret C. Tripp ’40, of Hastings, Mich., died on Jan. 11 at age 104. She was a lab technician at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C., when she enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and served overseas for two years as a second lieutenant. She…

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Brooks Kenny ’95

Brooks Kenny ’95 was appointed vice president of marketing by Altoida, a precision neurology company. Previously the vice president of consumer engagement and partnerships at the nonprofit UsAgainstAlzheimer’s. She also directed the organization’s Women’s…

Passings

Mary Scarlett (Steele) Thomas M.A. ’74

Mary Scarlett (Steele) Thomas M.A. ’74, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, died on Oct. 16. She was 83. A longtime teacher in the field of early childhood development at Fleming College, she taught thousands of students over a span of more than 30 years…