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Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas!

New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.

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March 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art of Feminist Thought

Exploring art and activism through the lens of feminist theory in a course from UMD’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

March 03, 2025 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Rediscovering the Big Screen

Five-day festival brings restored cinematic gems to UMD.
February 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Project will develop tools, standards and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories.
February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

December 19, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Happy Holidays from ARHU!

Watch our holiday message from Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
November 21, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Signs of Accessibility in Performing Arts

New TDPS director is school’s first deaf leader.
November 01, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
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The New Yorker March 04, 2025

An 1887 Opera by a Black Composer Finally Surfaces

Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane” shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.
The Diamondback March 03, 2025

Renowned Linguist Discusses Recent Trends in Human Dialect, Language at UMD Talk

Read the story in The Diamondback.
Inside Higher Ed February 18, 2025

Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action

Let’s not get played again, OiYan Poon and Janelle Wong, Professor of American Studies, write.

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The Art of Feminist Thought

March 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Exploring art and activism through the lens of feminist theory in a course from UMD’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Maryland Today

9 Terp Women Who Shaped History

March 04, 2025 Communication, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Get to know TV trailblazers, sports heroes, scientists—even an astronaut.
The New Yorker

An 1887 Opera by a Black Composer Finally Surfaces

March 04, 2025 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane” shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.
DC Theater Arts

‘for colored girls…’ at UMD Shares Struggles and Speaks Truth

March 04, 2025 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

University of Maryland's production brings to life Ntozake Shange's choreopoem about African American women in a way that is both modern and timeless.

Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas!

March 04, 2025 Communication

New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.
Maryland Today

Rediscovering the Big Screen

March 03, 2025 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Five-day festival brings restored cinematic gems to UMD.
The Diamondback

Renowned Linguist Discusses Recent Trends in Human Dialect, Language at UMD Talk

March 03, 2025 Maryland Language Science Center

Read the story in The Diamondback.
Maryland Today

Tracing the Contours of Race in Sculpture

February 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

UMD alumna curates landmark Smithsonian exhibition.

Maryland Opera Studio Reimagines Fairy Tale in its Operatic Show ‘The Fishwife’

February 18, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Maryland Opera Studio, School of Music

The Maryland Opera Studio debuted its production of "The Fishwife" with nothing but a fishing rod, a bucket and the cast’s whistles mimicking the sounds of the ocean.
Maryland Today

An Earful of Terp-Produced Podcasts

February 18, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English

ARHU podcasts featured in UMD round up.