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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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National Endowment for the Humanities

Emancipation, Interpreted

October 24, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS Master's candidate Drew Barker is awarded first place in the NEH Emancipation Nation Student Contest for his one-act play.

Internationally Acclaimed Ceo To Speak At Grunig Lecture Tuesday

October 22, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Hill+Knowlton CEO Jack Martin to lecture on digital media redefining the communication industry.

2012-13 Worldwise Arts & Humanities Dean's Lecture Series

October 22, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

The 2012-13 WORLDWISE Arts and Humanities Dean's Lecture Series features four exciting speakers who will stimulate conversations about issues that cross arts and humanities disciplines.

Arhu Year In Review: 2011-2012

October 19, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Learn more about important data, achievements and research in the College of Arts and Humanities over the 2011-2012 academic year.

Audio: The First Presidential Debate From A Cultural Viewpoint

October 15, 2012 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD American Studies Professor, Sheri Parks, talks with Dave Ottalini about the first Presidential Debate from a cultural standpoint.

Video: Ms. Magazine 40Th Anniversary

October 15, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dean Thornton Dill spoke at Ms. Magazine's 40th Anniversary Luncheon alongside Co-Founder, Gloria Steinem.By CSPAN

Drawing Up An Appetite

October 12, 2012 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

Dining Services turns to design students to spruce up marketing. 
Ms. Magazine

Ms. Celebrates 40 At Sold-Out Press Club Event

October 11, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dean Thornton Dill, the chair of the Ms. Committee of Scholars, explained the important connections between women's studies scholars and Ms. Magazine.