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The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.

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June 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The 2024–25 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

The more than 50 shows spanning music, theater, dance, comedy and more include both groundbreaking new works and reimagined classics.

June 18, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Freedom Songs

This Juneteenth, ARHU Dean and Ethnomusicologist Stephanie Shonekan lists six songs reflecting on ‘the complexities of attaining freedom for all.’
June 13, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, English

Inaugural Arts for All Fellows To Work Across Art, Tech, Science and Social Justice

The 10 faculty and 5 students come from units across campus and will work on projects that engage the public.

June 04, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Announcing ‘Rhyme & Reason’ the Podcast

ARHU launches a new podcast that features faculty voices exploring timely topics related to race, equity and justice.

May 21, 2024 Communication

Communication Alum Wins Pulitzer for Washington Post AR-15 Series

Emily Guskin ’06 is a polling analyst at the Post.

May 21, 2024 Art

Using Art to Transform ‘Something So Ugly’ into ‘Something So Beautiful’

Maggie Letvin ’24, an ARHU triple major, said UMD showed them they can’t live life without making art.
April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Legendary Poet, Activist and Educator Nikki Giovanni to Help Inaugurate New Frederick Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.
April 05, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Sculpture Celebrating David Driskell Unveiled

Noted African American artist’s 20-foot-tall work stands outside center named for late professor, artist, scholar.
March 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’

Women deans reflect on stumbling blocks and successes on their paths to leadership.
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ARHU In The News

The New Republic July 01, 2024

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.
USA Today May 24, 2024

As Trump's Trial Nears an End, the Bidens Prep for a Month in Legal Purgatory

Professor of Communication Trevor Parry-Giles featured in USA Today.
The Washington Post March 29, 2024

A Celebration of David C. Driskell’s Sweeping Influence on the Art World

The Washington Post features "Driskell and Friends."

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The Diamondback

Umd Grunig Gala Discusses Public Relations Failure In Ebola Crisis

October 21, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

The Diamondback's coverage of the eight annual Grunig Gala.
The Diamondback

Black Lives Matter Hashtag Co-Creater Speaks Of Racial Inequality At Umd Talk

October 20, 2015 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Alicia Garza, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, stimulates discussion about racial inequalities and stereotypes.
UMD Right Now

The Devos Institute Of Arts Management At The University Of Maryland Releases Report On Diversity In The Arts

October 19, 2015 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

Report highlights challenges facing African American and Latino arts organizations.
The Washington Post

In The Galleries: Melding Sound And Art

October 16, 2015 Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland Art Gallery, History, Japanese, College of Arts and Humanities

The Washington Post Wrote About The "Questioning The Bomb" Exhibition At The University Of Maryland Art Gallery.

Usm Board Of Regents Unanimously Approves Art-Sociology Building Name Change

October 08, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

The Art-Sociology Building will be renamed after Parren Mitchell, the first black graduate student of UMD.

The 2015 Pragda Film Festival

October 07, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

This year's program includes diverse films from both new and established Ibero American film makers
The Diamondback

Umd To Announce Partnership With The Phillips Collection

October 05, 2015 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD to partner with The Phillips Collection to create new arts courses and open art storage facility.
The Diamondback

Umd Responds To Baltimore Unrest With Collaborative Art Exhibit

September 29, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD faculty and students weigh in on Baltimore riots and respond with a communitywide art project.

Wallace Loh Forms A Work Group To Help Consider Renaming Byrd Stadium

September 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill chairs a work group to assess renaming the stadium.