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Art, Arts for All, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

A ‘Wave’ of New Understanding About Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere

Faculty, students collaborate with NASA on interactive installation at Kennedy Center.

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March 27, 2025 Linguistics

Linguistics Professor Jeffrey Lidz Named AAAS Fellow

Honor recognizes his distinguished contributions to linguistics and language science.
March 13, 2025 English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

Renowned Crime Novelist Returns to the Scene

At campus event, George Pelecanos ’80 discusses writing craft and UMD memories.
March 10, 2025 Cinema and Media Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Italian, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

‘Cinephile heaven’: Il Cinema Ritrovato honors film legend Marlene Dietrich

This year’s festival stop at UMD hosted a day commemorating German-American actress Marlene Dietrich and her unforgettable contributions to cinema.
March 04, 2025 Communication

Dialogue for Reproductive Justice through Art, Play and Pupusas!

New research by communication professor Carina Zelaya aims to improve sexual and reproductive health communication among Latinx families.
March 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art of Feminist Thought

Exploring art and activism through the lens of feminist theory in a course from UMD’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

March 03, 2025 Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, Cinema and Media Studies, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Rediscovering the Big Screen

Five-day festival brings restored cinematic gems to UMD.
February 04, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives

Project will develop tools, standards and reparative practices to restore Indigenous histories.
February 04, 2025 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, University of Maryland Art Gallery

A Well-Framed Career for Driskell Center Staffer

Art grad’s print to be featured in spring exhibition.
February 03, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center, History

New Douglass Center Director on Humanities, History and Expanding Ideas of Leadership

Associate Professor of History Quincy Mills on the future of the center.

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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.

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise March 28, 2025

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise

Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
NPR March 26, 2025

"Cover Story with Stephanie Shonekan” Receives an Honorable Mention from the Gracie Awards

Hosted by Dean Stephanie Shonekan, the podcast analyzes songs and their covers.

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‘Emma’: Regency With a Twist

October 10, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Contemporary Music, diverse cast, inventive costumes mark TDPS’ modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic tale.

Ten Years of Excellence: The DeVos Institute of Arts Management at UMD

October 09, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

The institute will no longer be housed at the University of Maryland, but its lasting impact endures, says Dean Stephanie Shonekan.
The Black Explosion

Award-Winning Poet Ama Codjoe Inspires Young Writers at Writers Here and Now Event

October 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

The poet spoke with students at the Jimenez-Porter Writers' House.
Maryland Today

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

October 02, 2024 English

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Third Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

October 01, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty for leadership roles.
Maryland Today

3D Printing, Animation, Underwater Cameras: New Methods Inform Faculty Art Exhibition

October 01, 2024 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery

Works in triennial exhibition tackle climate change, identity, misogyny and more.
Maryland Today

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
Maryland Today

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
Maryland Today

From Ashes to Awe

September 25, 2024 Art History and Archaeology

Students and faculty mark 20 years of excavating and documenting little-known ruins near Pompeii.
Arc Magazine

The Gods of Silicon Valley

September 24, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English Professor Lee Konstantinou authors opinion essay for Arc Magazine.