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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.

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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.
April 25, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture

From Pilot Helmets to Plane Parts, Undergrad Preserves Aviation History in 3D

Intern at College Park Aviation Museum helps create digital experience for visitors.
April 18, 2025 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Creative Captioning’ Takes the Stage at UMD

MFA student leads effort to expand accessibility for audience in ‘Hip Hop Anansi.’
April 16, 2025 American Studies, History

A Taste of Ethnographic Research

In new course, students journey through foodways of Maryland’s immigrant populations.
April 11, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
April 07, 2025 American Studies, English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A New Generation of Doctoral Scholars Goes Beyond the Page

From video games to VR, ARHU doctoral students are expanding dissertation scholarship through digital and experimental work.

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WJLA May 08, 2025

Associate Professor of History Analyzes the Historical Impact of Pope Leo XIV

Piotr Kosicki speaks to WJLA.
The New York Times April 21, 2025

‘Conclave’ Offers a Glimpse Inside the Secretive Process of Choosing a Pope

Associate Professor of History Piotr H. Kosicki weighs in on the accuracy of the film.
The Times April 02, 2025

Is Trump Reviving an Imperial Presidency?

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer quoted in The Times about the shift toward an imperial presidency in the U.S.

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Inspiration in everyday objects

May 08, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Samara Brown '19 looks to puppetry to tell stories both silly and inspiring.

Ethnomusicology Student Awarded Fellowship to Study in Japan

May 07, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

William Donnie Scally, Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology, was awarded a fellowship by The Japan Foundation for dissertation research in Toyama City, Japan.

Storytelling and Survival

May 07, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Award-winning author speaks on the power of history in immigrant communities.
Maryland Today

Working Girl 2.0

May 07, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

“Heidi Chronicles” Speaks to #MeToo Generation.

Theatre Professor Jennifer Barclay Wins IRNE Award

May 06, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Independent Reviewers of New England recognize Barclay for “Ripe Frenzy” play on mass shootings in small-town America.
The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists

The Key Role of Artists in Transforming Our Communities—W.C. Richardson

May 06, 2019 Art

"As a scholar and a thinker and a human being in the world, I’m an omnivore."

David Neely Appointed Director of Orchestral Activities

May 03, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Internationally esteemed conductor and teacher David Neely will now lead Maryland’s symphony orchestra.
Hyperallergic

A Shape-Shifting Artist, 87 Years Young

April 28, 2019 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Over the course of a 70-year-career, David Driskell has been making art about memory, jazz, cities, spirituality, and nature.

College of Arts & Humanities Gets $1M to Endow History of Natural Sciences Professorship

April 25, 2019 History

Gift from American Institute of Physics will also support research collaborations and student opportunities.