Winter 2023

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

Post-Grad

February 03, 2023

Circus Performer Combines Passions for Physics and Acrobatics

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

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Research Finds More Vulnerable Tree Canopy in Redlined Baltimore

Explorations

February 03, 2023

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

Progressively closer photos of Dimorphos

Explorations

February 03, 2023

Terps Helped Propel NASA Mission to Redirect an Asteroid

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

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Adam Small ’04

Adam Small ’04 was appointed general counsel of Diamond Dealers Club in New York City. For the last 10 years, he worked in the retail energy industry focusing on contracts, dispute resolution and general corporate work. Small holds a J.D. from St. John’s…

Passings

Henry W. Heikkinen Ph.D. ’73

Henry W. Heikkinen Ph.D. ’73, of Denver, Colo., died on Nov. 9. He was 87. Household staples such as Cheerios and instant mashed potatoes have Heikkinen’s thumbprint on them through his work as a food engineer for General Mills. Determined to use his…

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LeNaya Hezel ’06

LeNaya Hezel ’06 joined the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) as director of diversity, equity and inclusion. She previously served as a certifying official at the George Washington University and as the inaugural Veterans Office director at Georgetown…

Passings

Susan Harriet Loughman ’67

Susan Harriet Loughman ’67 of Bethesda, Md, died on Dec. 18. She was 78 years old. Loughman was raised in Connecticut, New York and Ohio, then attended UMD and earned a MAster of Social Work from the National Catholic School of Social Service. She spent…

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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…

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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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Sean P. O’Connor ’04

Sean P. O’Connor ’04, an attorney with Morgan, Brown & Joy in Boston, was recognized by 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, a designation reserved for no more than 2.5% of the state’s lawyer pool. O’Connor joined the firm in 2008 and…

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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…