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October 06, 2025 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.
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.
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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 Diamondback

Monique Morris Discusses Her Documentary on Criminalization of Black Girls at UMD Webinar

February 25, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

The College of Arts and Humanities Dean's Lecture Series and the College of Education's Dean's Lecture on Education and Society featured in the Diamondback.
Maryland Today

Crowdsourcing Project Aims to Preserve Work of African American Art Pioneer

February 21, 2021 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Correspondence, other documents of groundbreaking artist, scholar and curator David C. Driskell to be widely available online.
Maryland Today

An Old Scandal-Turned-Play Gets New Tech Treatment

February 19, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Virtual production of ‘Machinal’ incorporates video projections, lighting innovations.
Maryland Today

Drums, Oral Histories Combine to Tell a Local Black Community’s Story

February 19, 2021 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Shadows of Lakeland’ explores challenges, triumphs through more than a century.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Quincy T. Mills Discusses “Movement Money: Crises, Relief and Democratic Practice.”

February 19, 2021 History

ARHU professor's talk is part of a new series centering racism, equity and justice.
The Diamondback

With Webcams and Green Screens, the UMD Theater Community Adapts to Online Environment

February 18, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies featured in the Diamondback.
The Diamondback

NextNOW Fest Allows UMD Comedians to Share Pandemic-Safe Standup

February 18, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW WinterFest featured in the Diamondback.

$9M Gift Founds New Institute for Performance and Technology in the Arts

February 15, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Michael and Eugenia Brin’s generosity pushes Fearless Ideas campaign total to $1.4 billion.
The Diamondback

‘The Way Language is Used in Real Life’

February 11, 2021 National Foreign Language Center

Lectica language app engages users with culture.

Maryl B. Gensheimer Receives 2020 Arlt Award in the Humanities

February 10, 2021 Art History and Archaeology

The historian of Roman art and archaeology was honored for her 2018 book that analyzes the decoration of the ancient Baths of Caracalla.