Winter 2023

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

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

The Alumni Excellence Awards

Explorations

February 03, 2023

What’s Been the Most Significant Lie or Untruth Told to the Public?

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Amid Spiraling Violence, Criminologist Studies New Approaches to Gun Crime

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

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Extension Experts: Climate-Resilient Gardening’s Just a Few Steps Away

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations

February 03, 2023

ARHU Dean’s Podcast Debates Musical Remakes

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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Brian Shepter ’05

Brian Shepter ’05 was appointed deputy chief of staff by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball. He was previously deputy director in the county’s Department of Planning and Zoning.

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Eric G. Luedtke ’02, M.Ed. ’04

Eric G. Luedtke ’02, M.Ed. ’04 was named chief legislative officer by Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore. Luedtke was a member of the House of Delegates since 2011 and a faculty member at UMD’s School of Public Policy.

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Julia Pulzone MBA ’93

Julia Pulzone MBA ’93 was named to the executive leadership team at AINS, a provider of case management software and IT services for government.

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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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Jessica Ayd ’06

Jessica Ayd ’06 was elected partner of the law firm Goodell DeVries. She is a member of the medical malpractice group and has been recognized in “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Construction, Insurance, and Transportation Law” and in “Maryland Super…

Passings

Elmer “Chief” Horsey ’54

Elmer “Chief” Horsey ’54, a colorful former mayor of Chestertown, Md., died at his home on Jan. 1. He was 90. He was a graduate of Easton High School and UMD, where he worked in a dining hall, majored in accounting and was a member of ROTC. Upon his…

Passings

Daniel T. Adams Ph.D. ’72

Daniel T. Adams Ph.D. ’72, of Brockton, Mass., died on Jan. 5. He was 78 years old. He was a graduate of Cardinal Spellman High School, received his master’s degree from Boston College and his doctorate from UMD. He was a math teacher for over 30 years…

Passings

Rosemary L. McCloskey ’57

Rosemary L. McCloskey ’57, of Westminster, Md., died on Oct. 8. She was 87. She worked for the Carroll County Board of Elections for 25 years, where she oversaw the transformation of election records from paper to digitization. With her husband, Bud, she…