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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.

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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.
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.
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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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UMD Social Justice Day 2019 Awards

April 10, 2019 Art, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture , School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Inaugural awards recognize campus social justice initiatives.
UMD Mitzpeh

As votes were being counted, UMD community joined former U.S. ambassador to discuss implications of Israel election

April 10, 2019 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Students and other members of this university gathered to listen to two political scholars discuss the election as the votes were being counted.

Vulnerability in Arts

April 09, 2019 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Dance major Miejo Dambita wants you to share your secrets.
Maryland Today

Behind the State House Scenes

April 08, 2019 English

Writing internship puts students in the General Assembly mix.

Staging a Double Take

April 08, 2019 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

New production of two works by Kurt Weill combines opera, dance and theater.
The Dahlonega Nugget

UNG Summer Camp will teach High School Students Chinese and Astronomy

April 04, 2019 National Foreign Language Center

The STARTALK grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) administered by the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland is making the rare combination of instruction possible.
Maryland Today

They’ve Got the World on a String—or a Rod

April 03, 2019 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Students bring their Henson-funded puppet creations to the stage.
The Diamondback

“Home away from home”: UMD’s Latinx studies center celebrates 30th anniversary

April 02, 2019 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

The Latin American Studies Center celebrated its 30th anniversary on April 2 welcoming four former directors back to reflect on the work the center has done in the last three decades.
The Talbot Spy

St Michaels Museum’s Annual Meeting April 7

April 01, 2019 English

University of Maryland professor Michael Olmert will discuss how slave hospitals were once prominent on the plantations of the South.
The New York Times

How the Trump Era Is Molding the Next Generation of Voter

April 01, 2019 American Studies

Janelle Wong, a professor of American studies at the University of Maryland.