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College of Arts and Humanities

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

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October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.
August 29, 2024 Philosophy

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

August 07, 2024 History

Inside the Nooks of ‘The Bookshop’

In new book, history alum traces the long story of bookstores.
July 01, 2024 History

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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The Chronicle of Higher Education October 31, 2024

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum on AI and ed-tech in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Stories Beneath the Shell October 16, 2024

University of Maryland Faculty and Students Collaborate to Increase Voter Participation

Stories Beneath the Shell highlights the VOTE (Fearlessly)! initiative.
The Diamondback October 15, 2024

Zine Club Relaunch Invites Students to Create, Connect Through Design

BookLab Zine Club featured in The Diamondback.

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In ‘Excellence’ Push, A&M Welcomes 9 New Research Fellows

February 06, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Distinguished University Professor of English Robert Levine joins nine world-renowned fellows at the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study.
Israeli author encourages criticism, pride in country

Israeli Author Encourages Criticism, Pride In Country

February 06, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Ari Shavit speaks before an audience of 150 on bestselling book.

Antoine Borrut World Book Award

January 28, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, History

UMD History Professor Antoine Borrut wins the Islamic Republic of Iran's World Book Award for Between Memory and Power, his study of major Islamic caliphates in first and second-century Syria.

Umd Artist Resurrects Spirit Of Beloved Chapel Oak

January 24, 2014 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

See how art professor Foon Sham has given new life to what was the university's "Duke's Tree."

New Archaeological fieldwork course at Kenchreai, the eastern harbor of ancient Corinth

January 17, 2014 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

A New Summer Course in Greece
The Baltimore Sun

John Ruppert'S Striking Composite Photos Of Icelandic Terrain On Display At Grimaldis Gallery

December 12, 2013 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

John Ruppert, professor of art, presents "The Iceland Project."

Meet Our Students: Talya Lerner

December 09, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Talya Lerner, a junior Communication major with a minor in Astronomy interned with NASA this past summer.Why did you decide to attend the University of Maryland?

Meet The Faculty Of The Foxworth Initiative

December 06, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Psyche Williams-Forson, Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Leigh Wilson Smiley deliver Foxworth courses to serve the pressing issues of community partners.