Skip to main content
Apply Give
Menu

Newsroom

Find the latest news and information from around the college, including student experiences, faculty research and awards, and alumni updates.

History

How Accurate is Hamilton?

Richard Bell joined Joe DeStio to talk about the smash hit Hamilton.

Featured News

December 11, 2018 American Studies

Is Waiting a Lost Art?

Technology makes society more efficient, but is moving faster always such a good thing? American studies Professor Jason Farman's new book delves into history and looks at the benefits and consequences of waiting.

December 10, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

A Grammy Nod for National Orchestral Institute

UMD’s National Orchestral Institute hit a high note on Friday with a Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance.
December 06, 2018 Women's Studies

A First in Women’s Studies

Groundbreaker in program at UMD creates its inaugural merit-based scholarship.
December 03, 2018 English

"The Poet X” Marks the Spot

Alum wins National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
November 14, 2018 English

Writer, Teacher, Activist and Voice for Caribbean History

Merle Collins combines scholarship, literature and activism in research about Louise Langdon Norton Little, the mother of Malcolm X.

November 12, 2018 American Studies

Soundtrack to Revolution

Students explore changing role of black protest music.

November 02, 2018 Art

“Glances From Infinity” Showcases the Diversity of UMD Faculty Work

Among the items on display: paintings, sculptures and melted prescription bottles.
October 31, 2018 History

Trump and Anti-Semitism

History professor Jeffrey Herf offers his expertise on anti-semitism in America on NPR's Morning Edition.

October 26, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

What Do Broadway's Best Lighting Designers Actually Do?

No one applauds the lighting designer.

ARHU in the News

Pittsburgh Post Gazette January 02, 2019

In 1794, some Western Pennsylvanians despised Alexander Hamilton for creating the whiskey tax

The last time Alexander Hamilton visited Western Pennsylvania, frontier farmers despised him.
KDKA Radio January 02, 2019

How Accurate is Hamilton?

Richard Bell joined Joe DeStio to talk about the smash hit Hamilton.

Show Articles Matching...

Showing 1 - 10 of 198 Results

Expanding the Curriculum

January 08, 2019 School of Music

UMD School of Music alumna receives Music Education Innovator Award for Ethiopian Song Project.
KDKA Radio

How Accurate is Hamilton?

January 02, 2019 History

Richard Bell joined Joe DeStio to talk about the smash hit Hamilton.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

In 1794, some Western Pennsylvanians despised Alexander Hamilton for creating the whiskey tax

January 02, 2019 History

The last time Alexander Hamilton visited Western Pennsylvania, frontier farmers despised him.
Harretz

Petition Demands Release of Classified Israeli Documents on 1950s Immigrant Transit Camps

January 01, 2019 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Association for Civil Rights in Israel wants information from security service about suppression of protests by immigrants from North Africa and Mideast.
The Globe Post

This Year Wasn’t Good for Journalists. Will 2019 Be Better?

December 28, 2018 Communication

The number of reporters killed and arrested was the highest in the last three years.
Scientific American

There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought

December 20, 2018 Philosophy

Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions.

The Washington Post

How one of the party’s biggest losers offers Democrats a way forward

December 20, 2018 History

The opportunity for a political realignment
The Washington Post

When we fixate on technological firsts, we miss the real story of innovation

December 20, 2018 English

Evelyn Berezin is known as the inventor of word processing, but the story is much more complicated.

2018 Dean's Scholars Awards Recipients

December 14, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Join us in congratulating our 2018 Dean's Scholars Awards recipients.