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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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UMD Graduate Student Wins Miller Center National Fellowship

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, History

ARHU graduate student Robert Henderson, department of history, wins a national fellowship.
Gazette

University Of Maryland, College Park Students Hold Crime Town Hall Meeting

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

UMD communication students organized a campus town hall meeting about crime and safety for students, police and university officials.
Smithsonian Magazine

When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?

April 08, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, History

UMD's Jo B. Paoletti addresses how a definition of masculinity and femininity manifested in children's clothing.

Two UMD Profs Named Guggenheim Fellows

April 07, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU faculty members Nathans and Kirschenbaum win prestigious fellowship. 
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New Commander Reaches Out To Students

April 07, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

UMD's civic communication class sponsored an event working to strengthen ties between students and local police.

From UMD To Cairo: Being In The Middle Of An Uprising

April 06, 2011 History, College of Arts and Humanities, National Foreign Language Center, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Arabic

Two people from UMD speak about their experience while in Egypt.By Fariba Amini

In Memoriam: Professor Marshall Grossman

April 04, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English

UPDATED: ARHU mourns the passing of English department professor, Marshall Grossman.Original Post: March 30, 2011, Department of English website.

Honors Humanities Invites Applications For Distinguished Faculty Fellows

April 04, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD's Honors Humanities is asking for applications for the Faculty Fellows program for the academic year 2011-2012.