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Maryland Today

Winter 2023

Julia Ruth ’14 poses in Cyr wheel

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023
Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics
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
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
Gold star on red backgroud

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023
The Alumni Excellence Awards
pants on fire illustration

Explorations

February 03, 2023
What’s Been the Most Significant Lie or Untruth Told to the Public?
Rod Brunson portrait

Explorations

February 03, 2023
Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime
colorful magnet illustration

Explorations

February 03, 2023
UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots
Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Explorations

February 03, 2023
Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid
House with a garden

Explorations

February 03, 2023
Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away
rowhouses in Baltimore

Explorations

February 03, 2023
Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore
weaved-together photos of singers/bands

Explorations

February 03, 2023
ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes
SECU Stadium

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

Elizabeth R. (Rittenhouse) Nusz ’55

Elizabeth R. (Rittenhouse) Nusz ’55 died at her home in Starkville, Miss., on Sept. 22. She was 89. A native of Baltimore, she was Kappa Delta’s Alpha Rho chapter president and met her future husband, Dave Nusz, at Maryland. A lover of learning, she…

80s

Carissa Rodeheaver ’88

Carissa Rodeheaver ’88 was named a Most Admired CEO honoree by the Maryland Daily Record. Rodeheaver is the chairman of the board, president and CEO of First United Corp. and First United Bank & Trust.

00s

Joshua Audi ’03

Joshua Audi ’03, CFO of Catholic Charities Fort Worth, was named a 2022 Rising Star by the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, which recognizes CPA members 40 and younger who have demonstrated significant leadership qualities and active…

00s

Alison H. Graham ’09

Alison H. Graham ’09 was elected a shareholder of the law firm Shulman Rogers. She received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore Francis King Carey School of Law.

80s

Richard Khalil ’86

Richard Khalil ’86, CPA, was promoted to chief executive officer and chairman of the board at the engineering firm A. Morton Thomas and Associates. He will continue to serve as CFO, a role he’s held for over 25 years.

00s

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

Mark Timm ’94

Mark Timm ’94 was elected to the board of directors of Alpha Energy. He serves on the board of directors of Eco Integrated Technologies, TrendTek Bio, Gravy Stack, IntegriMedical, TCI Entertainment and Surgical Safety Scanner.
Ericka Covington headshot

90s

Ericka Covington ’92

Ericka Covington ’92 was named to The Arc Baltimore’s board of directors. Covington is associate professor of management and past Faculty Senate president at Coppin State University. She has an M.S. in criminal justice administration from Coppin State and…