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

See all Class Notes from this issue

90s

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.…

00s

Justin Coulombe ’06

Justin Coulombe ’06 was named chief financial officer of the online platform Miro. He previously led strategic financial and planning operations at Momentive Global (previously SurveyMonkey), Box, Autodesk and others. Coulombe earned an MBA from…

70s

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

70s

Marten denBoer M.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’79

Marten denBoer M.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’79 was named interim provost at Radford University for the 2022-2023 academic year. He previously served as provost at DePaul University and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, as well as associate provost at…

80s

Jennifer Oliver ’87

Jennifer Oliver ’87 was promoted to vice president for Business Administration at Noblis, a provider of science, technology and strategy services to the federal government. Since joining Noblis in 2019, Oliver has served as corporate director for…

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…

00s

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.

10s

Morgan Beckford M.M. ’13

Morgan Beckford M.M. ’13 was appointed the first director of Silkroad Connect, a partnership between the touring ensemble and social impact organization Silkroad, the Kennedy Center’s Turnaround Arts program and four middle-school classrooms in…