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The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists

The Key Role of Artists in Transforming Our Communities—W.C. Richardson

May 06, 2019 Art

"As a scholar and a thinker and a human being in the world, I’m an omnivore."

David Neely Appointed Director of Orchestral Activities

May 03, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Internationally esteemed conductor and teacher David Neely will now lead Maryland’s symphony orchestra.

Hyperallergic

A Shape-Shifting Artist, 87 Years Young

April 28, 2019 Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Over the course of a 70-year-career, David Driskell has been making art about memory, jazz, cities, spirituality, and nature.

College of Arts & Humanities Gets $1M to Endow History of Natural Sciences Professorship

April 25, 2019 History

Gift from American Institute of Physics will also support research collaborations and student opportunities.

Free Republic

Dialogue Breaks Out at Middle East Studies Conference; No Injuries Reported

April 22, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities

University of Maryland Professor Sahar Khamis condemned Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement because the “reasonable voices have been saying that was an excellent treaty.”

WDIO

UMD Hosts Undergraduate Research and Artistic Showcase

April 18, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD gave undergrads from all five U of M colleges a chance to showcase their research projects to the community.

Art Daily

DC Moore Gallery Opens Exhibition by Legendary African American Artist David Driskell

April 17, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities

David Driskell, Emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, to have exhibition in DC Moore Gallery.

Stanley Plumly, Acclaimed Poet and UMD Professor, Dies at 79

April 17, 2019 English

An inspiring teacher, his poems and nonfiction were celebrated for their honesty and elegance.

The Sentinel

'Street Scene' spurs discussion of stylistic genres, immigration

April 17, 2019 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

This production, on stage now at the The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland at College Park, is the work of three pivotal artists in their fields: poet Langston Hughes, playwright Elmer Rice and composer Kurt Weill.

The Scale of Everything

April 15, 2019 English

UMD English professor named Guggenheim and American Council of Learned Societies fellow.