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Listening in on Lessons from 'We Are the World'

Dean teaches ARHU course on arts and humanities of a single song.

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English

Book Club Opens New Worlds for Incarcerated Women

UMD English professor co-leads volunteer program set to add graduate students following bequest.

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College of Arts and Humanities

How ARHU Students Can Get the Most Out of the Career Center

From exploration to job applications, the University Career Center @ ARHU meets students where they are.

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Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Testudo, Meet Tuxedo

UMD mascot officially debuts spiffy custom-made outfit (with more to come).

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Whatever your interests and aspirations, ARHU is committed to providing the knowledge, skills and opportunities all our students need to write their own stories and chart their own paths.

"In ARHU, you’re learning about how people interact with the world and each other. My goal is to build things that people are going to use. Just technology knowledge can only go so far. You have to understand how people are going to use them to be truly successful."

Ozzie Fallick '14, Software Engineer, Google
Linguistics

"Cross-cultural communication is one of the most important skills that I learned at ARHU, and I use it to engage and inform the community in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean about our events, exchanges and any other information that supports our key policy priorities in the region. ARHU gave me the tools to understand why in diplomacy, it’s as much about what you say as how you say it."

Krystle Norman '08, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Spanish and Portuguese

"I had always loved art, but I never knew you could make a career out of it until I studied abroad in Rome. There, I took a full course load of art courses and learned all about the factors of being an art professional. It was life-changing. Now I feel lucky that I’m doing something that I’m so passionate about."

Laura Sheridan Raiffe '09, Regional Account Manager, Christie's Fine Arts
Art History and Archaeology

"One of the most important things I got out of my ARHU experience is my ability to parse arguments, think critically and see multiple sides of an issue. Being in law school, it’s important to do that—it’s a skill I use every day. Not a class goes by, not a case gets read that this skill doesn’t come into play."

AJ Clayborne '13, Student, Harvard Law School
English

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The research and creative works of our faculty, students and alumni are setting the agenda for transformative dialogue about the value of the arts and the humanities in the world today.

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As famed calligrapher Yu Youren traced the final curve of the Chinese character for “flower,” a drop of sweat fell from his brow—blending unexpectedly with the ink. Rather than discard the work, he noted the accident in the margin. That small trace inspires the title of the University of Maryland Art Gallery’s current exhibition “Yu Youren: Water on the Petal,” on view through this Friday, Dec. 5. Born in 1879 in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, Yu rose from modest beginnings to become a major political figure in modern Chinese history. He published poems criticizing the Qing government, became a close associate of revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, founded newspapers pushing for democratic reform, and after the 1912 overthrow of the Qing Dynasty briefly served as deputy minister of transportation. But the exhibition offers “a more intimate window into Yu Youren than most people would see,” said Curatorial Assistant Nan Zhong, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History and Archaeology. It brings together calligraphy, painting and rare books from the Peng Yu Collection—works now on loan from alum Victor Yu Ph.D. ’68. Many of the rare pieces are dedicated to close friends and family. For visitors new to calligraphy, Zhong has translated each piece to help open the work to all viewers. Don’t miss the exhibition before it closes on Friday. Link in bio to learn more.
Meet @umdhistory Business Services Specialist Wendy Bernard, pictured here with her two sons, who have undergone a combined 25 heart procedures at Children’s Hospital over 17 years. Wendy suggested that ARHU organize a toy drive for Children’s because she has seen and experienced the big impact that small gifts can have on children and families in need. This #GivingTuesday we are celebrating all the many ways that ARHU is “doing good.” Other recent examples include a book club for incarcerated women led by a @umdenglish professor, increasing accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing patrons at @theclariceumd by integrating creative captioning into @umd_tdps productions, and organizing for our community to donate to the @umdcampuspantry . How will you do good today? Support our #DoGoodUMD campus by making a gift: go.umd.edu/GivingTuesday2025
Did you know that ARHU faculty publish a myriad of books and journal articles each year? It’s just one of the ways that they showcase their expertise and help transform the way we think about the world. Check out this video featuring Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Trevor Parry-Giles, who spotlights three fascinating books by ARHU faculty: “Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race" by Rachel Schine, assistant professor of Arabic and history “Plantation Pedagogy: The Violence of Schooling Across Black and Indigenous Space” by Bayley J. Marquez, associate professor of American studies "Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal" by Rianna Walcott, assistant professor of communication, and Catherine Knight Steele, associate professor of communication (along with their co-writers in the DISCO Network)

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