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October 06, 2025 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

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

Alum uses digital platforms to spotlight overlooked voices.
September 08, 2025 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.
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.
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.
May 21, 2025 Art History and Archaeology

A Future in Conservation

At UMD, graduating senior Lylah Messinger restored a 2,500-year-old Etruscan vase. Now she’s headed to graduate school in London.

May 20, 2025 Communication

From Fan to Force in Sports Media

Graduating senior Connor Perkins leverages creativity, drive and a love of sports to carve his path in digital content creation.

May 05, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, English

How Matthew Kirschenbaum Sees AI’s Impact

The Distinguished University Professor of English is a leading voice on how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern.
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ARHU In The News

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.
Against the Grain August 29, 2025

"Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen"

Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new co-edited book with KPFA's "Against the Grain."

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Jordana Moore Saggese Appointed Director of UMD’s David C. Driskell Center

April 14, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

Professor of American Art hopes to raise the Driskell Center’s profile and find new ways for the public and campus community to engage with its resources.

UMD Ethics Bowl is Top 4 Team in Country

April 11, 2023 Philosophy

The team advanced to the semifinals last month at the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in Portland.

The Washington Informer

Driskell Center Host Print Works By Faith Ringgold and Betye Saar

April 07, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

The Washington Informer covers “RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix.”

Jim Henson awards showcase brings student puppeteers to the main stage

Jim Henson Awards Showcase Brings Student Puppeteers to the Main Stage

April 06, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 featured the exceptional skills of master puppeteer Dr. I Nyoman Sedana and student puppeteers in a celebration of creativity and imagination.

Op/ed: What’s Happened and What’s Next After Israel’s Protests?

April 05, 2023 Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Outpouring of dissent could serve as check on future authoritarianism, UMD researcher says.
The Diamondback

The Clarice Hosts Renowned Pittsburgh Pianist Awadagin Pratt

April 05, 2023 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Read the feature in The Diamondback.

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Paul Landau

April 05, 2023 History

Professor of History discusses his book, “Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries.”

Call for Submissions: David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

April 05, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the mission of the Driskell Center.

New Digital Storytelling and Poetics Minor to Prepare Students to Create and Interpret Online Texts

April 03, 2023 English, College of Arts and Humanities

Students will learn to ‘approach writing for the web with intentionality and imagination.’
Maryland Today

Student Art Evokes Frustration, Sorrow and Hope in a Nation of Guns

March 29, 2023 Art

Seven works honored in Sadat Art for Justice and Peace Competition.