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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 Baltimore Sun

What Was Baltimore’s Song of the Summer? It Depends How You Define It.

September 17, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Dean Stephanie Shonekan weighs in.
Maryland Today

A ‘Proud’ Debut on an Illustrious NYC Stage for Maryland Opera Studio

September 13, 2024 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

At theater that premiered ‘Hamilton,’ student singers tell story of controversial Mexican leader.
Maryland Today

‘Mobile-izing’ a New Generation to the Ballot Box

September 11, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Campus pop-up helps register new voters and take the angst out of Election Day.
Maryland Today

Music Video ‘Immerses’ Viewers in Virtual Performance

September 06, 2024 Art

Faculty member evokes sensory crossovers with local indie band.
Maryland Today

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
Maryland Today

New Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers

August 30, 2024 Art History and Archaeology, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Researcher reveals how stereotypes were reinforced.

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

August 29, 2024 Philosophy

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

The Atlantic

Trump Finds a New Benghazi

August 16, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum authors opinion piece for The Atlantic.
Foreign Affairs

The Undoing of Israel

August 12, 2024 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Ilai Saltzman, director of the Gildenhorn Institute, co-writes a piece in Foreign Affairs.