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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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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.
April 26, 2025 Communication

Battling Misinformation in a Post-Pandemic World

Assistant Professor Becca Beets on the challenges of communicating about science.
April 25, 2025 Art History and Archaeology, Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture

From Pilot Helmets to Plane Parts, Undergrad Preserves Aviation History in 3D

Intern at College Park Aviation Museum helps create digital experience for visitors.
April 18, 2025 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Creative Captioning’ Takes the Stage at UMD

MFA student leads effort to expand accessibility for audience in ‘Hip Hop Anansi.’
April 16, 2025 American Studies, History

A Taste of Ethnographic Research

In new course, students journey through foodways of Maryland’s immigrant populations.
April 11, 2025 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
April 07, 2025 American Studies, English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

A New Generation of Doctoral Scholars Goes Beyond the Page

From video games to VR, ARHU doctoral students are expanding dissertation scholarship through digital and experimental work.

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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."
The Chronicle of Higher Education August 29, 2025

They’re Killing the Humanities On Purpose

Eric Adler, professor and chair of classics, writes an op-ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
CBS Saturday Morning July 28, 2025

A Visit to Where President Franklin D. Roosevelt Made the Historic Decision to Seek a Third Term

CBS Saturday Morning interviews Senior Lecturer of History Robert Chiles.

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The Diamondback

UMD Faculty, Students Respond to Rise of ChatGPT

February 03, 2023 Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics Philip Resnik featured in The Diamondback.

TDPS in the 2023 Helen Hayes Award Nominations

January 31, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

TDPS alumni and faculty are among this year’s nominees.
Maryland Today

UMD Announces Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Award Recipients

January 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English, School of Music, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Program supports faculty projects with grants.
The New York Times

Baltimore Museum of Art Taps Its Chief Curator as Its Next Director

January 26, 2023 Art History and Archaeology

Art history alum Asma Naeem Ph.D. ’10 begins her new role on February 1.
Forbes

Faith Ringgold And Betye Saar Prints Together For First Time In New University Of Maryland Exhibition

January 26, 2023 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art History and Archaeology

The Driskell Center's “RINGGOLD | SAAR: Meeting on the Matrix” exhibition featured in Forbes.
Maryland Today

Printmaking as a Radical Act

January 26, 2023 Art History and Archaeology, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New exhibit at Driskell Center highlights longtime artists who explore lives of Black Americans.

Antoine Borrut Awarded NEH Fellowship

January 26, 2023 History

The associate professor of history is working on a book about the role of astrological histories in early Islam.

2023 Anderson Hopkins Award Winners Announced

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

Awardees include Felicia Curry, Kate Eastwood Norris, Lawrence Redmond, and Helen Huang.

Cover Story with ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan

January 23, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities

Listen weekly to Shonekan’s podcast that ‘uncovers the covers’ of our most classic songs.
The New York Times

A Raucous New Festival, With a Friends and Family Vibe

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

The interdisciplinary Out-FRONT! fills a gap in the dance calendar.