Winter 2023

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

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

Performance Piece Asks Tough Questions Via Unexpected Messenger: Puppets

Plane tickets, passport and plane in the clouds

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

Terps on Board in Return to Study Abroad

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

Nun Nutritionist Has Served UMD Students for 30 Years

collage of images from Jen Golbeck's social media accounts

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

Students Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class

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

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

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

Campus Life

February 03, 2023

RecWell Program Puts Teams Into Elite Competition

News

February 03, 2023

Aviation Landing to Rise Across From Metro Station

News

February 03, 2023

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

Confetti falls at ceremonial groundbreaking event

News

February 03, 2023

Ceremonial Groundbreaking Held for Zupnik Hall

collage of arts photos from around campus

Parting Shot

February 03, 2023

Terps Have Endless Opportunities to Explore, Innovate in the Arts

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.

Features

February 03, 2023

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.

Maryland’s vanishing tobacco barn is surrounded by trees

Features

February 03, 2023

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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60s

Bob Cantales ’69

Bob Cantales ’69 wrote in to report that every year for the past 50 years, he and a group of Terps who met while living at Baltimore Hall have reunited the evening before Thanksgiving to celebrate the past and the future of UMD. The gatherings for the…

00s

Craig Behm ’05

Craig Behm ’05 was named president and CEO for CRISP, the nonprofit state-designated health information exchange, and CRISP Shared Services. He most recently served as executive director of CRISP, a key role in connecting health care providers and the…

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…

00s

Betsy Erin Rosen ’06

Betsy Erin Rosen ’06 performed in the U.S. premiere of the Olivier award-winning show “Life of Pi” at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., through Jan. 29. The show is going to Broadway’s Schoenfeld Theatre in March.

80s

Jeff Hamet ’88

Jeff Hamet ’88 was elevated to senior vice president of finance at Aziyo Biologics, a biological device company with a portfolio of commercial products. Previously, he served as president and chief financial officer of NeurExpand Brain Center, and vice…

00s

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.

90s

Anna Czege ’96

Anna Czege ’96 was promoted to partner by Miitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. She has 22 years of experience in general corporate law and advising companies. She received her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

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Austin Sanders ’07

Austin Sanders ’07 joined commercial real estate services company JLL as a senior managing director in the company’s D.C.-based Government Investor Services group. He previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield.