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School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Bad Bunny as Scholarly Subject?

UMD course explores Puerto Rico’s soundscape of protest and poetics.

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October 02, 2025 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Roshan Institute to Establish Persian Digital Library

Supported by $1.8M private gift, project will be first of its kind.
September 18, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

Message From Met's Social Media Manager: Museums Are for Everyone

Alum uses digital platforms to spotlight overlooked voices.
September 08, 2025 English

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram on ‘Writing with Machines’

The poet and professor discusses computational poetics, the history of machine-made texts and their vision for UMD’s new Studio for Literary Technology.
September 08, 2025 Communication, Linguistics

UMD Researchers Will Use AI to Help Boost HPV Vaccine Confidence

New $2.8M NIH grant funds interdisciplinary chatbot project with UMB.
June 20, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.
May 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

A Future in Conservation

At UMD, graduating senior Lylah Messinger restored a 2,500-year-old Etruscan vase. Now she’s headed to graduate school in London.

May 20, 2025 Communication

From Fan to Force in Sports Media

Graduating senior Connor Perkins leverages creativity, drive and a love of sports to carve his path in digital content creation.

May 05, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

How Matthew Kirschenbaum Sees AI’s Impact

The Distinguished University Professor of English is a leading voice on how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern.
April 26, 2025 Communication

Battling Misinformation in a Post-Pandemic World

Assistant Professor Becca Beets on the challenges of communicating about science.
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ARHU In The News

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver October 02, 2025

Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

An article, co-written by Ilai Saltzman, director of the Gildenhorn Institute, was recently featured on the HBO program.
The Independent September 11, 2025

Meet the Americans who love 'Downton Abbey'

Research Professor of History Julie Taddeo talks to The Independent.
Against the Grain August 29, 2025

"Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen"

Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new co-edited book with KPFA's "Against the Grain."

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Theatre Professor Scot Reese Inducted to College of Fellows

May 09, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Reese is recognized for outstanding achievement, dedication and service to American theater.

Lifting Her Voice

May 09, 2019 School of Music

Voice major Adia Evans ’19 sings her way to Carnegie Hall and beyond with the UMD Concert Choir.

Inspiration in everyday objects

May 08, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Samara Brown '19 looks to puppetry to tell stories both silly and inspiring.

Ethnomusicology Student Awarded Fellowship to Study in Japan

May 07, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

William Donnie Scally, Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology, was awarded a fellowship by The Japan Foundation for dissertation research in Toyama City, Japan.

Storytelling and Survival

May 07, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Award-winning author speaks on the power of history in immigrant communities.
Maryland Today

Working Girl 2.0

May 07, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

“Heidi Chronicles” Speaks to #MeToo Generation.

Theatre Professor Jennifer Barclay Wins IRNE Award

May 06, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Independent Reviewers of New England recognize Barclay for “Ripe Frenzy” play on mass shootings in small-town America.
The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists

The Key Role of Artists in Transforming Our Communities—W.C. Richardson

May 06, 2019 Art

"As a scholar and a thinker and a human being in the world, I’m an omnivore."

David Neely Appointed Director of Orchestral Activities

May 03, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Internationally esteemed conductor and teacher David Neely will now lead Maryland’s symphony orchestra.