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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.

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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.

April 07, 2025 Communication

Cyberfeminism in the Age of TikTok

Associate Professor of Communication Sahar Khamis on how the social media platform has fueled feminist activism around the world.

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WJLA May 08, 2025

Associate Professor of History Analyzes the Historical Impact of Pope Leo XIV

Piotr Kosicki speaks to WJLA.
The New York Times April 21, 2025

‘Conclave’ Offers a Glimpse Inside the Secretive Process of Choosing a Pope

Associate Professor of History Piotr H. Kosicki weighs in on the accuracy of the film.
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.

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First Percussionist to Win Avery Fisher Career Grant

March 22, 2022 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD Percussion Lecturer Ji Su Jung wins 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Maryland Today

One Year After Atlanta Killings, Survey Shows Violence Against Asian Americans Persists

March 18, 2022 American Studies

UMD researcher part of team that finds continuing hate crimes impact all non-white groups.
Washington Post

Alum Reginald Dwayne Betts’s first-of-its kind Freedom Library now sits in the National Building Museum

March 17, 2022 English, College of Arts and Humanities

‘Freedom Libraries’ aim to transform prisons, 500 books at a time
Baltimore Sun

James F. Harris, a Noted University of Maryland Scholar of 19th Century German History and Longtime Dean, Dies

March 16, 2022 History

Obituary in the Baltimore Sun.
Stories Beneath the Shell

“Grass is Green” Premieres at The Clarice

March 16, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Photos and story by Katharine Wilson, Stories Beneath the Shell.
Commonweal

Putin’s Apocalyptic Goals

March 15, 2022 History

A mission to ‘end history’ as we’ve known it.

Inaugural David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

March 11, 2022 Art, Art History and Archaeology, 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 Driskell Center’s mission.

A Remembrance for Dr. Po-Hsien Chu (1986-2022)

March 11, 2022 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Dr. Po-Hsien Chu was a brilliant scholar of Sinophone theater and performance.
Maryland Today

A Still-Living Legacy of Justice

March 10, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Harriet Tubman Day event commemorates, revitalizes historic figure.
Washington Post

How Speculating Doomsday Scenarios Can Provide Paradoxical Comfort

March 10, 2022 English, College of Arts and Humanities

English Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum wrote about the dark Cold War genre, war games, and how speculating doomsday scenarios can provide paradoxical comfort in The Washington Post.