Winter 2023
![man holds microphone while presenting taxidermied sea turtle on field](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-6_2023-01-12-154518_xigd.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386347&s=fd0c9d82656e56cf1ff628e62886675a)
Preserved Donation of Aquatic Animal Fits in Swimmingly at UMD
![Julia Ruth ’14 poses in Cyr wheel](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-5_2023-01-12-154406_tcsx.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386337&s=0e00d89e81046e1d4bbce16505f98354)
Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics
![Delante Desouza ’16 shoots a basketball as Michael Cooper in "Showtime" TV show](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-4_2023-01-12-154249_iurq.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386333&s=35d352a1a67ed38bdd117d74eab081dc)
‘Showtime’ for a Terp’s Transformation
Computer Science Grad Channels ’80s Lakers Star on Hit HBO Series
![Three hands raise beer glasses for toast](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-3_2023-01-12-154145_eetm.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386323&s=0495f5df4aecf231e9cc903cee97a712)
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](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/FatemaHosseini_ProjectionPortrait_JC_0868-1920x1080.webp?w=1920&h=1080&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733512029&s=a52e86c81e9321bb6f697e07fdd56e0a)
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](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-2_2023-01-12-153918_evti.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386316&s=2643682081dd8be3e797afd2f6ac4c29)
Alum Celebrates 35 Years of Craft Brewing Success in Alaska
![Gold star on red backgroud](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/alumniawards_mainart_960x500.png?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386629&s=37680bd1f2b7d86cfd191dcd839e2387)
The Alumni Excellence Awards
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What’s Been the Most Significant Lie or Untruth Told to the Public?
![Rod Brunson portrait](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-2_2023-01-09-170225_jitb.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386316&s=2c384e921067de9669f255652c4f67f0)
Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime
![colorful magnet illustration](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-1_2023-01-09-165955_acti.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386299&s=687a16ca35b88bff3ab96cc18344e44d)
Electromagnetic Control Could Pull Surgery Into the Future
UMD Mechanical Engineering Researcher Is ‘Disarming’ Surgery Robots
![Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail_2023-01-06-210725_oecy.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386372&s=f9a43b9b81368cbc2963b0a7fa56419b)
Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid
![rowhouses in Baltimore](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail_2023-01-09-165352_gaag.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386372&s=63e204ab1711a728979dba6f8ca509d3)
Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore
![House with a garden](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-1_2023-01-12-153000_mhnf.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386299&s=0c00f85bfc40283ad9f44e6ff7440b3d)
Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away
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ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes
![SECU Stadium](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-9_2023-01-05-190538_dkwy.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386363&s=5e185e05acc34715448b4f5d3e1c4747)
Stadium Renamed in Partnership With SECU
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](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/Feature_ArtworkandThumbnail-8_2023-01-05-190234_zdlg.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386360&s=2ab032679901b1e1723a9f381927a327)
Men’s Basketball Player From Ukraine Grapples With War From Afar
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
![Mehri Shadman headshot](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/MehriShadman-web.png?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386495&s=8e5fd265616501be42eb5be338731698)
00s
Mehri Shadman ’03
Passings
B. (Bruce) Jeffrey Price ’69
90s
Mark Timm ’94
Passings
Mary Scarlett (Steele) Thomas M.A. ’74
![Craig Behm headshot](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/CraigRehm-web.png?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386212&s=6e070e20c648b6ab133b45df376c518e)
00s
Craig Behm ’05
![Jeff Hamet headshot](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/JeffreyHamet-web.png?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386437&s=78a43129af49afa7b3f084c1130fa2d9)
80s
Jeff Hamet ’88
![Gary Aiken headshot](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/GaryAiken-web.png?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386381&s=390fbf7a083aff4c6119f4d91689486b)
00s
Gary Aiken ’01
![Lauren Roso headshot](https://umd-homecoming.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/terp/LaurenRoso-web_2023-01-20-213916_buwk.png?w=200&h=250&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1733386473&s=cf790ca881cb811587922bb8a587054c)
00s
Lauren Roso ’07