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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

Photographing the Unseen

September 17, 2020 University of Maryland Art Gallery

UMD Art Gallery Acquires Images of Eerie Skinwalker Ranch
Maryland Today

Accessibility Exhibition Gets ‘Second Life’ in Virtual Museum

September 16, 2020 Art

‘Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility’ now open.

Ruth Enid Zambrana Co-Authors ‘Equity and Inclusion’ Guidebook

September 15, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The new guidebook for college and university leaders draws from the Distinguished University Professor’s book and a 2018 conference.

Art Professor to Continue Work Portraying Arctic Ice Melt

September 14, 2020 Art

Cy Keener received a $200,000 continuing grant from the National Science Foundation.

The Diamondback

Virtual NextNOW Fest Keeps Art Alive

September 11, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest featured in The Diamondback.
Maryland Today

An Online ‘Paper’ Trail

September 09, 2020 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New virtual exhibit honors renowned artist, Professor David Driskell.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion and Tenure

September 09, 2020 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Forty faculty members have received promotion and/or tenure.
Maryland Today

NextNOW Goes ‘Then’

September 08, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Student-led arts festival seeks retro vibe in virtual programming.

UMD Names Academic Department After Legendary Marylander Harriet Tubman

September 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Scholarship on Tubman’s life and works will be incorporated into curricula, programming and service impacting the entire campus.
The Diamondback

UMD Finds New Undocumented Coordinator, Announces New Women’s Studies Dept. Name

September 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the Diamondback