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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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'David C. Driskell and Friends' Opens at Wilkes University Before Traveling to Driskell Center

November 01, 2022 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

A traveling exhibition dedicated to David C. Driskell and his artist friends opens at Wilkes University before it travels to the Driskell Center.
NPR Marketplace Morning Report

Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center Isabella Alcañiz Featured on NPR

October 31, 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Russia sparks a rise in grain prices.

Emily Eason Recognized for her Research

October 28, 2022 Honors Humanities

Eason's Honors Humanities Keystone research put on display by the city of Gaithersburg.

FYB Author Favianna Rodriguez Interviewed by Honors Humanities Freshman Class

October 28, 2022 Honors Humanities

Climate artist, author, and activist Favianna Rodriguez describes the 'Yes' depicted in her art.

On Deck to Teach

October 26, 2022 History

Senior history and education double major—and baseball aficionado—Christopher Roberts is eager to bring history to life for his students.

Maryland Today

School of Music Alum Wins Coveted MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

October 24, 2022 School of Music

Jazz cellist and composer is known for improvisation, unexpected sounds.
What It Takes: The Mighty Sound of Maryland

What It Takes: The Mighty Sound of Maryland

October 21, 2022 School of Music, Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band, College of Arts and Humanities

Marching band members share secrets behind spectacular halftime shows.

ARHU Convocation Contest

October 17, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities

Enter for your chance to win a lunch with Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
Maryland Today

Expert on Health Inequities Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 17, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ruth Enid Zambrana becomes record 62nd UMD faculty member in National Academies.