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

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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

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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.

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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

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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Jeff Hamet ’88

Jeff Hamet ’88 was elevated to senior vice president of finance at Aziyo Biologics, a biological device company with a portfolio of commercial products. Previously, he served as president and chief financial officer of NeurExpand Brain Center, and vice…

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John D.B. Carr ’00

John D.B. Carr ’00 was elected Prince George’s County sheriff. He had most recently served the sheriff's office as lieutenant colonel, serving as one of three assistant sheriffs and running the Bureau of Field Operations.

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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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Dan Cotter ’86

Dan Cotter ’86 was promoted to vice president of finance and operations at the Cigar Association of America. He joined the association in 2015 as financial controller and industry statistician, and his career goes back decades. He also has an M.A. from…

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Kathryn L. Hickey ’05

Kathryn L. Hickey ’05 joined the law firm McDonald Hopkins in its Baltimore/Annapolis office, focusing on representing companies in domestic and international transactions. Hickey earned her J.D. from the George Washington University, where she was a…

Passings

James (Jim) Morrow IV ’70, M.Ed. ’83

James (Jim) Morrow IV ’70, M.Ed. ’83, of Bethesda, Md., died on Oct. 31. He was 80 years old. Born in Baltimore, Morrow became the de facto father to his siblings when his father died early in Morrow’s life and eventually helped his mother move back to…

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Sean Naron ’11

Sean Naron ’11 was named director of communications for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski. Naron most recently served as communications director for Maryland gubernatorial candidate and former Maryland and U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Before…

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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.…