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Winter 2024

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Explorations

January 12, 2024
Persimmons, Pawpaws and Beach Plums Thrive in Edible Ecosystems
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Explorations

January 12, 2024
Futuristic Smeller Uses Talents of Living Cells
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Explorations

January 12, 2024
Ask an Expert: Advice for Real Life
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Explorations

January 12, 2024
Researchers Pinpoint Unexploded Shells, Rockets in Ukraine’s Agricultural Regions
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Campus Life

January 12, 2024
Tagovailoa Named Big Ten’s All-Time Passing Leader; Expanded Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex Opens
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Winter 2024

January 12, 2024
Print Your Own Terp Covers Showcasing Historic Mascot Images
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Campus Life

January 12, 2024
Former UMD All-Star Steps Up to the Plate as Head Coach
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Campus Life

January 12, 2024
Researchers Develop Online Platform to Improve, Expand Instrumental Education
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Campus Life

January 12, 2024
Adviser for Decades of Space, Robot Competitions Isn’t Powering Down
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Campus Life

January 12, 2024
In Wilderness Survival Class, Students Rely on Wits, Not a Whiteboard
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News

January 12, 2024
Relocation Expected to Expand Partnerships With UMD
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News

January 12, 2024
Initiative to Award Up to $2M for Student Solutions to Grand Challenges
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News

January 12, 2024
A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation Investment Gives Program Permanent Home

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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David Gehn ’88

David Gehn ’88 became a partner at Fox Rothschild’s litigation department. Gehn has over 30 years of experience as a litigator with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to broker-dealers. Gehn was the NFL Players Association-certified contract…
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Passings

Helen Patricia (Mullen) Prout M.Ed. ’70

Helen Patricia (Mullen) Prout M.Ed. ’70 died on Nov. 9, 2023, at the age of 77. She grew up in West New York, N.J., where she met her future husband, Maurice, in kindergarten. She graduated from Saint Joseph's of the Palisades High School and Jersey City…
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Charles Clancy Ph.D. ’06

Charles Clancy Ph.D. ’06 was named chief technology officer in addition to his role as senior vice president and general manager of MITRE Labs. Clancy joined MITRE in 2019 as the vice president for intelligence programs. He previously served as the…

Passings

Steven Charles Theodore ’74

Steven Charles Theodore ’74 died on Dec. 16, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla., after a battle with cancer. He was 71. Raised in Wheaton, Md., Theodore and his twin sister, Gwen, graduated from Einstein High School and UMD. It was at the university that he met…
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Passings

Raylena Church Fields ’75

Raylena Church Fields ’75 died on Dec. 10, 2023, at home in Salisbury, Md. She was 70. She was born in Allen, Md., and after earning a journalism degree at UMD, she built a 30-year career in newsrooms in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Her coverage…
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Passings

Vernon Mason Briggs Jr. ’59

Vernon Mason Briggs Jr. ’59 of Ithaca, N.Y., died on Oct. 1, 2023, after a short illness. He was 86. Briggs was president of his senior class at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and at UMD, where he majored in economics and received the Algernon Sullivan…
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Passings

Dagmar Renate “Reni” Henney Ph.D. ’65

Dagmar Renate “Reni” Henney Ph.D. ’65 died on Sept. 16, 2023, at Beebe Hospital in Lewes, Del., after a struggle with cancer. She was 92. Henney was born in the Spandau section of Berlin, Germany, to a Catholic father and Jewish mother, who was murdered…
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Clay Siegall ’82

Clay Siegall ’82 was appointed chairman of the board of Tourmaline Bio, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company. Siegall is president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of biotech company Immunone. He previously served as the CEO and…