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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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Seed Grants To Grow 9 UMD Research Projects On COVID-19

April 13, 2020 Communication

Projects focus on virus prevention, control and response.

Sifting Through The Deluge Of COVID-19 Information

April 13, 2020 Communication

Sahar Khamis, associate professor of communication, stresses the need for media literacy in times of crisis.

Theater Community Pivots To Another Kind Of Mask

April 10, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Theater community pivots to another kind of mask.

In ARHU, We Keep Creating

April 06, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

ARHU launches Keep Creating, a virtual space for UMD artists and humanists to share their works.

Dean’s Lecture Series: Ruth E. Carter

February 25, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities

Ruth E. Carter, whose career has spanned more than 35 years and 40 films, discusses how she uses costumes to tell stories about race, culture and politics.

UMD Chamber Singers: Stravinsky's Les Noces

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

The UMD Chamber Singers performs music by Stravinsky

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies: UMD on the Move!

October 20, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies performs at The Kennedy Center

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies: Contemporary Musical Theatre

May 04, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities

Students from the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies present a contemporary Broadway Cabaret.

Dean’s Lecture Series: Jane Chu & William Adams

March 22, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu and National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman William Adams discuss their organizations’ 50th anniversaries

School of Music: Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker & David Lang's little match girl passion

December 04, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Chamber Singers provocatively combine excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet with David Lang’s poignant “little match girl passion”