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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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Mwenso & The Shakes: Stop Playing Dem Games

May 14, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

2019-20 Visiting Artist Michael Mwenso and his band have found a way to transcend social distancing through the release of their new video "Stop Playing Dem Games."

An Opera Student's Curbside Concerts

May 12, 2020 School of Music

Back at home, singer performs weekly for passerby.

Ceylon Mitchell, flute & Corey Sittinger, marimba

May 12, 2020 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

School of Music graduate students Ceylon Mitchell, flute and Corey Sittinger, marimba perform Kembang Suling.
The New Republic

A Leftist Future For Asian American Politics

May 11, 2020 American Studies

Asian American identity remains deeply fragmented, but politics—and the movement for economic justice—is a growing unifier.

The Show Must 'Zoom' On

May 07, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Students mount production of 'She Kills Monsters'—from their homes.
American Theatre Magazine

She Kills (Virtual) Monsters

May 07, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Technology is a scene partner in a new made-for-Zoom version of Qui Nguyen’s action-adventure comedy at the University of Maryland.
The New York Times

The 1918 Pandemic’s Impact on Music? Surprisingly Little

May 06, 2020 School of Music

William Robin, assistant professor of musicology, has his article published in The New York Times.

Puppet theater company Alex & Olmsted present "The Cough Next Door" for the Henson Awards Showcase

May 05, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Alex & Olmsted distill the emotions and anxieties of our global pandemic into a seven-minute puppet film.

A Bash For The Fashion Masses

May 04, 2020 English

UMD English student helps create virtual Met Gala.
The Diamondback

The Show Must Go On

May 01, 2020 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD theatre students pivot to virtual show on Zoom.