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Winter 2023

Campus Life A video projection shows photos and newspaper clippings of slain Black men

‘Food’ for Thought

Performance Piece Asks Tough Questions Via Unexpected Messenger: Puppets

 Campus Life Plane tickets, passport and plane in the clouds

Roam Again

Terps on Board in Return to Study Abroad

 Campus Life Sister Maureen Schrimpe

‘A Mission of Welcome’

Nun Nutritionist Has Served UMD Students for 30 Years

 Campus Life collage of images from Jen Golbeck's social media accounts

The Secrets to Social Success

Students Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class

 Campus Life combat robots with "FLIP," "CRUSH" and "SPIN" written in comic book-style

Gearing Up for Battle

Sparks—and Creativity—Fly When Combat Robotics Club Enters Arena

 Campus Life students play esports

UMD Esports Comes Online

RecWell Program Puts Teams Into Elite Competition

 News Aerial rendering of Aviation Landing

A Flying Start for Greater College Park

Aviation Landing to Rise Across From Metro Station

 News Student hugs Testudo statue

UMD Makes $20M Investment in Need-Based Financial Aid

Terrapin Commitment Program to Expand Support for Pell Grant-Eligible, In-State Students

 News Confetti falls at ceremonial groundbreaking event

‘A Hub for Discussion, Innovation and Discovery’

Ceremonial Groundbreaking Held for Zupnik Hall

 Parting Shot collage of arts photos from around campus

Staging a Revolution

Terps Have Endless Opportunities to Explore, Innovate in the Arts

 Features The image depicts a historical moment during World War II in April 1942, showing Japanese Americans arriving by train at the Santa Anita Park assembly center in California.

Truth in Exile

Decades after more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were forced into camps during World War II, a UMD archival expert is making sure the dark history of their management finally comes to light.

 Features Maryland’s vanishing tobacco barn is surrounded by trees

Structural Damage

Maryland’s vanishing tobacco barns represent the vestiges of slavery and a legacy of disease. UMD historic preservationists are racing to document them anyway.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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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…

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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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David Morris ’82

David Morris ’82 was promoted to chief executive officer and president of RBB Bancorp. He also joined the company’s board of directors and continues in his role as chief financial officer. He had served in this role on an interim ases since February and…
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Anthony M. Ruiz ’09

Anthony M. Ruiz ’09 was named a partner of Zuckerman Speeder LLP, where he has been an associate for nearly six years. He received his J.D. from New York University’s School of Law.
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Nancy Bubanich ’88

Nancy Bubanich ’88 was named principal financial and accounting officer of Delta Apparel. She has held a variety of high-profile leadership roles within the company since she joined it in 2006.
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Bill Meury ’90

Bill Meury ’90 was appointed the president and chief executive officer of Karuna Theraputics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Meury was a partner at Hildred Capital Management.

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Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02

Vincent Kiernan Ph.D. ’02 wrote the new book “Atomic Bill: A Journalist's Dangerous Ambition in the Shadow of the Bomb,” published by Three Hills. He examines the fraught career of New York Times science journalist William L. Laurence, whose professional…
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Scott Brown Ph.D. ’99

Scott Brown Ph.D. ’99 was promoted to dean of Dartmouth College. He had held the position in an interim capacity since August 2021. Brown previously served as interim associate vice president and dean of students at Northern Arizona University, and spent…