Winter 2024

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

Explorations

January 12, 2024

Researchers Pinpoint Unexploded Shells, Rockets in Ukraine’s Agricultural Regions

Taulia Tagovailoa looks to pass football

Campus Life

January 12, 2024

Tagovailoa Named Big Ten’s All-Time Passing Leader; Expanded Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex Opens

3 Terp magazines with Standing the TEstudo of Time and illustrated Testudo

January 12, 2024

Print Your Own Terp Covers Showcasing Historic Mascot Images

Matt Swope bumps fists with player rounding bases

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

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

News

January 12, 2024

Relocation Expected to Expand Partnerships With UMD

News

January 12, 2024

Initiative to Award Up to $2M for Student Solutions to Grand Challenges

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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Vanessa Smith MBA ’04

Vanessa Smith MBA ’04 was appointed chair of Teach for America-Greater Philadelphia after serving on its advisory board for the past three years. She is president of ServiceNow.org and in 2021 was named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by…

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McKayla Kelly ’20

McKayla Kelly ’20 joined Choptank Community Health System’s Fassett Magee Medical and Cambridge Dental Center as a physician assistant. She received her Master of Health Science degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

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Andrew R. Kopsidas ’92

Andrew R. Kopsidas ’92 joined Blank Rome’s Washington, D.C. office as partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation group. As lead trial counsel, he represents clients before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Patent & Trademark…

Passings

Janet Marie (Rehkemper) Ritter ’73

Janet Marie (Rehkemper) Ritter ’73 died due to a long-term illness on Dec. 18, 2023, in Prince Frederick, Md. She was 75. Ritter graduated from La Reine High School in Suitland, Md., and majored in education at UMD, where she met her future husband, Bob…

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Ahmed Elyased-Ahmed ’06

Ahmed Elyased-Ahmed ’06, vice president of strategic analytics for the Maryland Hospital Association, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal's “40 Under 40.”

Passings

Roy Eades ’69

Roy Eades ’69 died on Nov. 9, 2023, at the age of 77. Roy was born on Aug. 14, 1946, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Riverdale, Md. He worked for Safeway for 42 years, working his way up from night stocker to store manager. Eades served as the…

Passings

Carl E. Coppock Ph.D. ’64

Carl E. Coppock Ph.D. ’64 died Sept. 23, 2023 at age 90. He and six siblings were raised on the family farm in Dayton, Ohio. Coppock spent two years in Laos as an agricultural consultant with the International Voluntary Service. He earned a bachelor’s…

Passings

David Stern Kimmel M.Ed. ’65

David Stern Kimmel M.Ed. ’65 died Nov. 14, 2023, at his Bowie, Md., home at age 87. He was born in Gray, Pa., and served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957. Kimmel earned a bachelor's degree in education from the California University of Pennsylvania and…