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College of Arts and Humanities

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Watch our holiday message from Dean Stephanie Shonekan.

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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.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.
August 29, 2024 Philosophy

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education October 31, 2024

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum on AI and ed-tech in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Stories Beneath the Shell October 16, 2024

University of Maryland Faculty and Students Collaborate to Increase Voter Participation

Stories Beneath the Shell highlights the VOTE (Fearlessly)! initiative.
The Diamondback October 15, 2024

Zine Club Relaunch Invites Students to Create, Connect Through Design

BookLab Zine Club featured in The Diamondback.

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The New York Times

Here Comes the Bride (Just Not to That Song)

December 20, 2024 School of Music

Craig Kier, director of Arts for All, talks to The New York Times about Wagner's "Bridal Chorus."

Happy Holidays from ARHU!

December 19, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Watch our holiday message from Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
Smithsonian Magazine

See the Groundbreaking Work of 20th-Century Printmakers Who Formed an Innovative Arts Society in Japan

December 19, 2024 Art History and Archaeology

Professor of Japanese Art Alicia Volk is quoted in Smithsonian Magazine.

“Spanish in the Community” Builds Cultural Bridges in College Park

December 18, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

This semester, 10 Terps tutored students in a program at Hollywood Elementary School now in its 8th year.

Deciphering History, Unearthing Hard Truths

December 17, 2024 History

Sophomore history major Lulu Long's internship with the Slavery, Law, and Power project focuses on uncovering stories that shape our understanding of history.
Newsweek

Should You Vacation in South Korea?

December 13, 2024 History

Experts Weigh In Amid Political Unrest
Arts for All

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.
Maryland Today

Eugenia Brin, Longtime Supporter of Science, Performing Arts at UMD, Dies

December 09, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Donor and family funded research, fellowships, faculty positions and more.
Maryland Today

Molding Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders—From Firsthand Experience

December 09, 2024 English

Maryland delegate teaches course on public service.
Baltimore Sun

Music Can Lift the Spirits of a Struggling Nation

December 08, 2024 English

Professor of English Jason Rudy pens a guest feature in the Baltimore Sun.