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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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The Diamondback

The Clarice’s ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ is an American reality

November 12, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

How do our daily interactions affect racial dynamics in the U.S.? The cast of ‘Citizen’ explains.

Jewish Studies Professor Honored for Research on Ancient Israel

November 10, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Matthew J. Suriano's book explores the representations of death in the Hebrew Bible.

Making the Grade Through Arts Education

November 07, 2018 School of Music

UMD professors are researching how studying the arts impacts academic achievement.

The Conversation

Op/Ed: Khashoggi Murder Draws Attention to Plight of Arab World's Critics

November 05, 2018 Communication

Post-Arab spring crackdowns caused many in movement to flee abroad.

WUSA9

Trump Won Them. Republicans Rely on Them. But What is the Future of White Evangelicals?

November 02, 2018 American Studies

Data from the Public Religion Research Institute shows 78 percent of white evangelicals ages 18 to 29 are Republicans or Republicans that lean Independent.
The Diamondback

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

November 02, 2018 Art

Among the items on display: paintings, sculptures and melted prescription bottles.