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

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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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Scott Dance ’06, MPP ’14

Scott Dance ’06, MPP ’14 joined The Washington Post as a climate and weather reporter. He spent the past decade at The Baltimore Sun, most recently as its environmental reporter. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and was part of the Pulitzer…

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Jose Carlos Fernandes ’89

Jose Carlos Fernandes ’89 was appointed to Dawson Geophysical Company’s board of directors, where he serves on the audit committee. He founded Chevy Chase Contractors, where he has been president and CEO since 2000.

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Matthew Power M.P.M. ’97

Matthew Power M.P.M. ’97 was appointed president of the Maryland Independent College and University Association. Power also serves as managing director of the Independent College Fund of Maryland, a foundation that raises scholarship funds for students…

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Jane Lichter ’84

Jane Lichter ’84 was named chair of the Baltimore County Board of Education. She was elected to the board in November soon after her retirement as a 37-year teacher and administrator in Baltimore County Public Schools.

Passings

George J. Broadwell M.Ed. ’58

George J. Broadwell M.Ed. ’58, died on July 9, in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 92. Born in Troy, N.Y., he spent a year in the U.S. Army and graduated from the College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Broadwell worked as a Cooperative Extension field agent in…

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Matthew A. Calderone ’95

Matthew A. Calderone ’95 was promoted to chief financial officer at Booz Allen Hamilton. He was previously the firm’s chief strategy officer. Calderone holds an MBA from Yale University.

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Shiva Fritsch MBA ’08

Shiva Fritsch MBA ’08 was promoted to chief communications officer at RegenxBio. She joined the company in 2017 and has more than 20 years of research development and human resources experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

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Antulio Bomfim ’87, Ph.D. ’92

Antulio Bomfim ’87, Ph.D. ’92 was named head of global macro at Northern Trust Asset Management, a leading global investment management firm with $1 trillion in assets under management . He has nearly 30 years of experience spanning roles within…