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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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Ed Ault ’00, M. Arch. ’04

Ed Ault ’00, M. Arch. ’04 was named vice president and director of design at Middleburg Communities. A registered architect, Ault was previously an associate principal at Dwell Design Studio and director of design for AvalonBay Communities.
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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…

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Micha Green M.Jour. ’16

Micha Green M.Jour. ’16 was named managing editor of The Washington Informer. A native Washingtonian, Green most recently worked as features content editor at The Baltimore Sun; she previously served as D.C. editor and digital editor for the AFRO American…

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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…
Dean Thompson headshot

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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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Alison H. Graham ’09

Alison H. Graham ’09 was elected a shareholder of the law firm Shulman Rogers. She received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore Francis King Carey School of Law.

Passings

James (Jim) Morrow IV ’70, M.Ed. ’83

James (Jim) Morrow IV ’70, M.Ed. ’83, of Bethesda, Md., died on Oct. 31. He was 80 years old. Born in Baltimore, Morrow became the de facto father to his siblings when his father died early in Morrow’s life and eventually helped his mother move back to…

Passings

Margaret C. Tripp ’40

Margaret C. Tripp ’40, of Hastings, Mich., died on Jan. 11 at age 104. She was a lab technician at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C., when she enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and served overseas for two years as a second lieutenant. She…