Winter 2023

man holds microphone while presenting taxidermied sea turtle on field

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

Preserved Donation of Aquatic Animal Fits in Swimmingly at UMD

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics

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

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

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

Three hands raise beer glasses for toast

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

Alum’s Toast Wins $50K in Guinness Contest

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

Features

February 03, 2023

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

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

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

Alum Celebrates 35 Years of Craft Brewing Success in Alaska

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Explorations

February 03, 2023

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

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

Explorations

February 03, 2023

UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations

February 03, 2023

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

Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid

Explorations

February 03, 2023

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

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

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

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

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

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Thomas W. Fugate ’57

Thomas W. Fugate ’57, of Thurmont, Md., died on Sept. 29. He was 88. He graduated from Ramsey High (N.J.) School, where he played the trombone and was student high school band director for four years. His love for trombone continued in the Air Force ROTC…

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Sarah Greenberg MCP ’07

Sarah Greenberg MCP ’07 was promoted to president of Cinnaire Lending. She served most recently as senior vice president for affordable housing and lending. Greenberg received a bachelor’s degree from Tiffin University in Ohio.

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Chris George ’89

Chris George ’89 was hired as a senior solutions architect for Neology’s U.S. Tolling Business. He was a deputy director of toll operations for the Texas Department of Transportation and has over 30 years of experience in systems engineering.

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Jonathan Murray ’01

Jonathan Murray ’01 is the chief marketing officer of virtual college and career counselor myKlovr, which Time magazine awarded a special mention as one of its Best Inventions of 2022.

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…

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Matthew Power M.P.M. ’97

Matthew Power M.P.M. ’97 was appointed president of the Maryland Independent College and University Association. Power also serves as managing director of the Independent College Fund of Maryland, a foundation that raises scholarship funds for students…

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Isabelle Lareau ’22

Isabelle Lareau ’22 is among the first Peace Corps Response volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020. The Persian studies major will serve as an education volunteer in Timor-Leste.

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Marianne Schmitt Hellauer ’77

Marianne Schmitt Hellauer ’77 was added to Venable LLP’s Private Wealth Planning Group. Hellauer advises high-net-worth clients on estate planning strategies that include complex business entity and trust structuring issues