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

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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

Roots of Injustice

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations

Backyard Climate Guard

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

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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Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02

Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02 wrote the new book “Atomic Bill: A Journalist's Dangerous Ambition in the Shadow of the Bomb,” published by Three Hills. He examines the fraught career of New York Times science journalist William L. Laurence, whose professional…

90s

Brian Woods M.S. ’99, Ph.D. ’01

Brian Woods M.S. ’99, Ph.D. ’01 was appointed by President Joe Biden to join the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, which provides oversight of the Department of Energy (DOE) program to manage and dispose of nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel. Woods…

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Patrick Lyons M.L.S. ’15

Patrick Lyons M.L.S. ’15 was named director of the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media’s campus library, where he focuses on introducing new services like virtual reality empathy training and workshops on data visualization and virtual reality.…

80s

Jeffrey MacLauchlan ’82

Jeffrey MacLauchlan ’82 assumed the role of EVP, CFO and treasurer of CACI International, a provider of expertise and technology to government enterprise and mission customers. He joined CACI in May 2022 as a senior vice president on the finance team.…

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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…

90s

Rebecca Yeung MBA ’98

Rebecca Yeung MBA ’98, corporate vice president of operations science and advanced technology at FedEx Corp. was named to the board of directors of Columbus McKinnon Corp. She joined FedEx in 1998 and is a graduate of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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…

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…