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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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UMD Students Perform Rendition of Christopher Chen’s Late Wedding at The Clarice

May 02, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

DBK Newspaper feature The Late Wedding

UMoves Concert Highlights Diverse Styles and Messages in Dance

May 02, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

The Diamondback features UMoves: Undergraduate Dance Concert.
Maryland Today

UMD to Debut Minor in Anti-Black Racism

April 28, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities

Program to prepare students to identify and disrupt individual, structural and cultural racism.

Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Graduate Research Award Announced

April 27, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities

The annual award will support a graduate student in the college whose research or creative practice is in the area of intersectionality.

Emma Wilkinson is Cultivating Empathy Through Language Learning

April 27, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

The junior Arabic and international relations double major has a passion for humanitarian work.

Siv Lie Awarded Fellowship from the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study

April 26, 2023 School of Music

The assistant professor of ethnomusicology will examine the genocide perpetrated against Romanies during World War II in France.

DC Theater Arts

Witty ‘Late Wedding’ at UMD Asks Questions, Leaves Answers to Audience

April 25, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

DC Theater Arts reviews TDPS' production of "The Late Wedding."

Nelson Chen Seeks to Make Space for Asian American Stories

April 25, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The junior theatre major and Asian American studies minor is combining his disciplines in innovative ways.

Review: Ayodele Casel Shares the Floor With Varied Visions of Tap

April 19, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS students Gerson Lanza (MFA '24) and Cyrah L. Ward (MFA '23) featured in the New York Times. 
The Washington Post

Former Trash Hauler Enrolled at Harvard Law Raises $70K for Janitors, Other Workers There

April 15, 2023 History

Rehan Staton ’18 featured in the Washington Post.