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

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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Passings

Joyce Daly Margie M.S. ’72

Joyce Daly Margie M.S. ’72 died of complications of Alzheimer’s disease in Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 25. She was 82. As a college student, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of renal disease, which she survived in part due to the treatment she…

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Alan Grantham ’05

Alan Grantham ’05 joined Synovus Bank as managing director, debt capital markets and credit products. He came from the leveraged finance team at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and previously worked at Deutsche Bank Securities and Goldman Sachs. He earned…

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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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George A. Rabey Jr. ’64

George A. Rabey Jr. ’64, of Jackson’s Gap, Ala., died on Sept. 17. He was 82. Born in Atlanta, he knew he wanted to fly planes by the time he was 8. At UMD, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and completed the Air Force ROTC program. Once commissioned,…

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Michelle Asha Cooper Ph.D. ’06

Michelle Asha Cooper Ph.D. ’06 joined the higher-education focused Lumina Foundation as vice president for public policy and executive director of its Washington, D.C., office. She was previously deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education.…

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Anirma Gupta ’90

Anirma Gupta ’90 was named senior vice president and general counsel of Unity,a platform for creating and operating real-time 3D content. She most recently served as chief legal officer at Carbon. Gupta earned her J.D. from Georgetown University.

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Lauren A. Rosenberg ’13

Lauren A. Rosenberg ’13 was named assistant clinical professor in the Section of Psychiatry at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University in New York City. A researcher focused on mindfulness and…

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Gabriel Aguilera MBA ’12

Gabriel Aguilera MBA ’12 was appointed to the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. He had worked for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission since 2007 and was a senior policy adviser for the Office of Energy Market Regulation. Aguilera is a graduate…