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College of Arts and Humanities

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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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ARHU In The News

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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Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Perla Guerrero Discusses “Latinxs on Both Sides of Inequality and Fighting for Justice”

September 24, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU professor’s talk is the first in a new series centering racism, equity and justice.
Maryland Today

Photographing the Unseen

September 17, 2020 University of Maryland Art Gallery

UMD Art Gallery Acquires Images of Eerie Skinwalker Ranch
Maryland Today

Accessibility Exhibition Gets ‘Second Life’ in Virtual Museum

September 16, 2020 Art

‘Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility’ now open.
The Diamondback

Virtual NextNOW Fest Keeps Art Alive

September 11, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest featured in The Diamondback.
Maryland Today

An Online ‘Paper’ Trail

September 09, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New virtual exhibit honors renowned artist, Professor David Driskell.
Maryland Today

The Sound of a Successful Academic Year

August 30, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

School of Music majors receive professional recording equipment through Teaching Innovation Grant.

How The Clarice is Creating Connection

August 26, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

From a reimagined orchestral institute to a virtual NextNOW Fest, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center takes the arts online during dual pandemics.

PBS NewsHour

How the Familiar Words of a Cliche Can Grant Comfort to the Grieving

July 11, 2020 English

Rion Amilcar Scott on PBS NewsHour.

Maryland Opera Studio Performs “Make Our Garden Grow”

June 26, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

School of Music opera singers virtually perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from "Candide."
The Diamondback

The UMD Pandemic Players create quality quarantine theater

June 23, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Theatre students decide they aren't going to let social isolation stop them from writing and performing.