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College of Arts and Humanities

Mentorship, Boundaries, Vision: Black Women University Leaders Share Tips for the Next Generation

ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan and her trailblazing “sister scholars” share guidance and strategies to thrive in leadership.

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October 02, 2024 English

UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.
September 30, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

In UMD Visit, Kermit Makes a Rainbow Connection With Terps

Famed frog (and his performer) talk with ARHU dean about Jim Henson ’60, Miss Piggy and life lessons from the Muppets.
September 25, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities

‘Find Something Bigger Than Yourself’

Maryland First Lady and alum Dawn Moore shares priorities, passions in conversation at UMD.
September 17, 2024 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Honoring ‘Las Muertes’

Terps highlight how D.C.’s Salvadoran diaspora uses art to grapple with painful past in new documentary.
September 03, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, Douglass Center

Freedom Teaching: Douglass Center Connects Local Educators and UMD Professors to Share Tools

The Second Annual Summer Humanities Institute drew 60 area middle and high school educators to campus.
September 03, 2024 Art, Art History and Archaeology, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

NextNOW Fest 2024: Handpicked Highlights From Curators

Arts extravaganza to feature nearly 70 activities, performances, exhibitions.
August 29, 2024 Philosophy

John Horty Named Distinguished University Professor

The professor of philosophy was among the first to apply formal logic developed within artificial intelligence to address complex questions of moral reasoning.

August 07, 2024 History

Inside the Nooks of ‘The Bookshop’

In new book, history alum traces the long story of bookstores.
July 01, 2024 History

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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ARHU In The News

Stories Beneath the Shell October 16, 2024

University of Maryland Faculty and Students Collaborate to Increase Voter Participation

Stories Beneath the Shell highlights the VOTE (Fearlessly)! initiative.
The Diamondback October 15, 2024

Zine Club Relaunch Invites Students to Create, Connect Through Design

BookLab Zine Club featured in The Diamondback.
The Black Explosion October 03, 2024

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

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

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$12 Million Grant to Improve Access to Chronic Disease Care in Maryland

November 26, 2018 Communication

Linda Aldoory will lead a health communications team in partnership with the Prince George's County Health Department.
Harper's Magazine

Preservation Acts

November 26, 2018 Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

Toward an ethical archive of the web.
The Atlantic

The Tyranny of ‘Sorry for My Delay’

November 21, 2018 American Studies

A communications scholar reflects on what gets lost in a culture that prizes speed.
Aljazeera

Saudi Arabia Post-Khashoggi: Business As Usual?

November 17, 2018

Communication professor Sahar Khamis contributes to The Listening Post's discussion on how after Khashoggi's killing, Saudi Arabia has tightened its grip on media and public discourse.
The Writer's Bloc

Azure: A No Judgment Show On Campus

November 16, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

On Nov. 13, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center offered Azure, a show without rules, where kids of all different abilities were free to be kids.
The Diamondback

UMD Alums Put on “Sensory-Friendly” Concert for Those with Cognitive Disabilities

November 14, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The show was designed to avoid disruptive lights and sounds of a traditional concert.

Writer, Teacher, Activist and Voice for Caribbean History

November 14, 2018 English

Merle Collins combines scholarship, literature and activism in research about Louise Langdon Norton Little, the mother of Malcolm X.

Federal Grant Funds New Program for World Language Teachers

November 13, 2018 National Foreign Language Center

Program leverages UMD’s language expertise to create professional development network.

Onstage: A Portrait of Race in America

November 13, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Behind the scenes discussion with students preparing for emotional roles in an adaptation of Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen.”
Maryland Today

Tuned in to an Audience’s Unique Needs

November 13, 2018 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD’s first sensory-friendly concert gives children with autism a gateway to the arts.