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Book Club Opens New Worlds for Incarcerated Women

UMD English professor co-leads volunteer program set to add graduate students following bequest.

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October 29, 2025 Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Testudo, Meet Tuxedo

UMD mascot officially debuts spiffy custom-made outfit (with more to come).
October 15, 2025 Art, Arts for All

AI-Generated Iceberg Models Could Help Sailors Navigate Arctic Waters

UMD researchers in computer science, art and earth science collaborate on 3D renderings.
October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.
October 06, 2025 Arts for All, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese

Bad Bunny as Scholarly Subject?

UMD course explores Puerto Rico’s soundscape of protest and poetics.
October 02, 2025 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Roshan Institute to Establish Persian Digital Library

Supported by $1.8M private gift, project will be first of its kind.
September 18, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Arts for All

Message From Met's Social Media Manager: Museums Are for Everyone

Alum uses digital platforms to spotlight overlooked voices.
September 08, 2025 Communication, Linguistics

UMD Researchers Will Use AI to Help Boost HPV Vaccine Confidence

New $2.8M NIH grant funds interdisciplinary chatbot project with UMB.
September 08, 2025 Arts for All, English

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram on ‘Writing with Machines’

The poet and professor discusses computational poetics, the history of machine-made texts and their vision for UMD’s new Studio for Literary Technology.
June 20, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

A New Spin on an Enduring Protest Album

ARHU dean’s new book examines messages of Fela Kuti.
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Ms. October 14, 2025

‘Freedom Is Worth Struggle’

Bonnie Thornton Dill accepts the University of Maryland’s highest honor.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver October 02, 2025

Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

An article, co-written by Ilai Saltzman, director of the Gildenhorn Institute, was recently featured on the HBO program.
The Independent September 11, 2025

Meet the Americans who love 'Downton Abbey'

Research Professor of History Julie Taddeo talks to The Independent.

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Maryland Today

New Outreach Program Strikes Chords of Connection

April 22, 2024 Arts for All, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Partnership with city ferries local seniors to music performances at The Clarice.
Maryland Today

With Terps’ Captioning System, a Silent Revolution Could Take Center Stage

April 18, 2024 Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Theatre designers seek to improve deaf community’s access to live performances.
Maryland Today

New Ideas for Used Materials

April 16, 2024 Art, Arts for All

Art class designs Maryland Day installation from found objects.

English Professor Elizabeth Arnold Dies at 65

April 15, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Arnold was a poet of national and international acclaim and a beloved teacher and colleague.
Maryland Today

Historian Drafts Supreme Court Brief Contesting Trump’s Immunity Claims

April 15, 2024 History

U.S. founders’ writings show presidents have been subject to law throughout U.S. history, researchers argue.
Maryland Today

Low-Cost Lessons Raise Musical Bar for Local Teens

April 15, 2024 Arts for All, School of Music

Terrapin Community Music School matches grad students with youths to expand access.
Maryland Today

UMD Launches Institute Focused on Ethical AI Development

April 10, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Neda Atanasoski, professor and chair of the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, is appointed associate director of education of the institute.

Janelle Wong Honored by American Academy of Political and Social Science

April 08, 2024 American Studies

The UMD professor is one of eight scholars inducted into the prestigious academy this year.

More Than an Observer: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major Nikita Kale ’25 Takes Action to Solve Big Global Problems

April 08, 2024 Philosophy

Kale, who founded The Observer UMD publication, has held multiple legislative positions and currently interns at Tesla in D.C.

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

April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.