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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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June 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The 2024–25 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

The more than 50 shows spanning music, theater, dance, comedy and more include both groundbreaking new works and reimagined classics.

June 18, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Freedom Songs

This Juneteenth, ARHU Dean and Ethnomusicologist Stephanie Shonekan lists six songs reflecting on ‘the complexities of attaining freedom for all.’
June 13, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, English

Inaugural Arts for All Fellows To Work Across Art, Tech, Science and Social Justice

The 10 faculty and 5 students come from units across campus and will work on projects that engage the public.

June 04, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Announcing ‘Rhyme & Reason’ the Podcast

ARHU launches a new podcast that features faculty voices exploring timely topics related to race, equity and justice.

May 21, 2024 Communication

Communication Alum Wins Pulitzer for Washington Post AR-15 Series

Emily Guskin ’06 is a polling analyst at the Post.

May 21, 2024 Art

Using Art to Transform ‘Something So Ugly’ into ‘Something So Beautiful’

Maggie Letvin ’24, an ARHU triple major, said UMD showed them they can’t live life without making art.
April 08, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

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

The center is dedicated to engaging diverse communities—both at the university and well beyond—around issues of social justice and equity.
April 05, 2024 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Sculpture Celebrating David Driskell Unveiled

Noted African American artist’s 20-foot-tall work stands outside center named for late professor, artist, scholar.
March 29, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Finding My Voice and Standing My Ground’

Women deans reflect on stumbling blocks and successes on their paths to leadership.
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ARHU In The News

The New Republic July 01, 2024

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History Holly Brewer writes for The New Republic.
USA Today May 24, 2024

As Trump's Trial Nears an End, the Bidens Prep for a Month in Legal Purgatory

Professor of Communication Trevor Parry-Giles featured in USA Today.
The Washington Post March 29, 2024

A Celebration of David C. Driskell’s Sweeping Influence on the Art World

The Washington Post features "Driskell and Friends."

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Maryland Today

Seeing COVID-19’s Mark

February 03, 2021 Art

Art student’s ‘accounting’ makes toll visible.
Maryland Today

A ‘Bridgerton’ Too Far?

January 29, 2021 History

UMD expert spills the very British tea on the Netflix series.
Washington Post

Time to Double or Upgrade Masks as Coronavirus Variants Emerge, Experts Say

January 29, 2021 Communication

Better face coverings are needed to curb more-transmissible strains as vaccine rollout is underway, they say.

Provost Extends ARHU Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill’s Term

January 29, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU dean will stay an additional year, continuing to center equity, social justice and inclusion throughout the college’s teaching, research and community engagement.

UMD Launches New Brain and Behavior Institute, Announces Founding Director

January 26, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD Biology Professor Elizabeth Quinlan appointed.

Blown Away

January 26, 2021 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Performing arts at Maryland keep creating.

Beauty, Conscious

January 26, 2021 American Studies

Owner of skin-care company celebrates diversity—and burst in growth.

Dean Welcome: Spring 2021 Semester

January 26, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

A message from Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill.

In ARHU, a Series of Talks Centering Race, Equity and Justice

January 26, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

The series is part of a larger campaign to address systemic racism, inequality and justice in curriculum, scholarship, programming and community engagement.
HowlRound

Reverse-Engineering Zoom with Isadora

January 04, 2021 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Site-Specific performance for the internet.