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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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Broadway World

The International Florence Price Festival Will Celebrate Composer Florence Price

October 31, 2019 School of Music

Florence Price Festival

Professor’s Book Wins National Communication Association Award

October 30, 2019 Communication

“Debating Women” shows how involvement in debate empowered women at colleges and universities between 1835 and 1945.

Diamondback

Review: Black Grace, a New Zealand-Based Dance Company, Wows in The Clarice for One Night

October 28, 2019 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Black Grace review.

Reimagining Masculinity

October 24, 2019 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The New Zealand dance company Black Grace is starting conversations about cultural taboos.

Maryland Today

New Insights Into American Diversity

October 23, 2019 American Studies

Researchers aim to paint a more accurate picture of ethnic, racial groups across the nation.

Theatre Major Takes on Ambitious Roles Across the Region

October 23, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Denisse Peñaflor ’20 challenges herself through on campus opportunities and D.C. internships.

History Professor’s Book About the Kazakh Famine Receives Multiple Awards

October 22, 2019 History

“The Hungry Steppe” tells the story of one of the most abominable crimes of the Stalin years.

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
Maryland Today

The Sights and Sounds of Harlem at 100

October 16, 2019 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Michael Mwenso and the Shakes Brings Back the Harlem Renaissance at The Clarice.

The New Republic

An Early Case For Reparations

October 16, 2019 History

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.