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Art, Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

A ‘Wave’ of New Understanding About Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Faculty, students collaborate with NASA on interactive installation at Kennedy Center.

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March 27, 2025 Linguistics

Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz Named AAAS Fellow

Honor recognizes his distinguished contributions to linguistics and language science.
March 13, 2025 English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

Renowned Crime Novelist Returns to the Scene

At campus event, George Pelecanos ’80 discusses writing craft and UMD memories.
March 10, 2025 Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Italian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

‘Cinephile heaven’: Il Cinema Ritrovato honors film legend Marlene Dietrich

This year’s festival stop at UMD hosted a day commemorating German-American actress Marlene Dietrich and her unforgettable contributions to cinema.
March 04, 2025 Communication

Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas!

New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.
March 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art of Feminist Thought

Exploring art and activism through the lens of feminist theory in a course from UMD’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

March 03, 2025 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Rediscovering the Big Screen

Five-day festival brings restored cinematic gems to UMD.
February 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Project will develop tools, standards and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories.
February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

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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.

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise March 28, 2025

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
NPR March 26, 2025

"Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan” Receives an Honorable Mention from the Gracie Awards

Hosted by Dean Stephanie Shonekan, the podcast analyzes songs and their covers.

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Dollars And Sense

July 02, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Alumna Ellen L.S. Koplow launched a course on women's finances that she co-teaches alongside Seung-Kyung Kim, associate professor and chair of the Department of Women's Studies.

David C. Driskell Center Bequeathed $2.2M In Art

June 26, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An African-American art collection valued at more than $2.2 million now belongs to the university’s David C. Driskell Center.

Solid As 30 Rock

June 25, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

Director of the hit TV series 30 Rock and ARHU alumna Beth McCarthy-Miller brings UMD roots to character Liz Lemon played by Tina Fey.

Art History/Archaeology Professor Receives Dedalus Fellowship

June 20, 2013 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities

Abigal Mcewen Accepts The 2013 Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship For Her Project, “revolutionary Horizons: Art And Polemics In 1950s Cuba.”

English Professor Named Distinguished University Professor

June 20, 2013 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English

Robert Levine was granted this highest academic honor given to a faculty member for his role in the department and his internationally acclaimed work.

Williams Appointed Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs

June 19, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

History Prof Daryle Williams appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UMD's College of Arts and Humanities.

2013-2014 Spencer Award: Excellence In Graduate Student Achievement

June 18, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU graduate student receives prestigious Mabel S. Spencer Award for Excellence in Graduate Achievement.

Summer Interns Empowered Through Arhu Education

June 17, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities

Learn how students are applying their ARHU education to a variety of summer internships.\r\n