Winter 2024

Explorations

January 12, 2024

Persimmons, Pawpaws and Beach Plums Thrive in Edible Ecosystems

robot under nose identifies cheese, fire, fish, etc.

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

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Winter 2024

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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00s

Stephanie L. Williams M.C.P. ’04

Stephanie L. Williams M.C.P. ’04, president of Bozzuto Management Co., was named to the board of directors of Veris Residential, a real estate investment trust that primarily owns, operates, acquires and develops Class A multifamily properties.

Passings

Pearl Alice Hanson Johnson ’67, M.Ed. ’73

Pearl Alice Hanson Johnson ’67, M.Ed. ’73 died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Dec. 28, 2023, after a short illness. She was 98. Johnson was raised in Idaho as the fourth of 11 children and attended Utah State University for one year. She worked as a doctor's…

90s

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…

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Shane Gleason MBA ’03

Shane Gleason MBA ’03 joined InspireMD as general manager of North America and vice president of global marketing. He most recently was vice president of sales, vascular interventions at Surmodics and before that, served as senior director, U.S. marketing…

Passings

Janice Yvonne (Vieau) Jensen ’47

Janice Yvonne (Vieau) Jensen ’47 died on Oct. 20, 2023, at age 97. She majored in elementary education at UMD and became a physical education teacher and leader of the Title I program in the Sussex-Hamilton School District. She was a vivacious member of…

Passings

Joan Kathleen Hursen Szabo ’88

Joan Kathleen Hursen Szabo ’88 died on Aug. 18, 2023, at age 70. She lived in Bethesda, Md., after her hometown Pittsburgh and a time in Bloomington, Ind. Szabo earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign language education and taught at Eleanor Roosevelt and…

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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

Helen Gary Warner German ‘75

Helen Gary Warner German ‘75 of Greenbelt, Md., died on Oct. 23, 2023, at age 70, nearly seven years after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. She was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Parkdale High School and UMD. German…