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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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Maryland Today

Dishing on a Debut Broadway Run

October 17, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD alum and wife finish stint in “Waitress.”
Terp Magazine

Virtually Onstage

October 17, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

UMD artists and researchers open new views of opera.
The Diamondback

Polish Professor Shares His Research on Hasidic Judaism with UMD Community

October 16, 2018 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Marcin Wodziński spent 12 years mapping out pre-war Hasidism in Eastern Europe.
The Diamondback

MFA Dance Candidates Perform Their Original Works with UMD Students

October 16, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Stacey Carlson and Christine Hands performed with the help of undergraduate students.
The New York Times Magazine

Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out

October 16, 2018

UMD alum writes his story about serving time for a crime he committed at 16, and discovering how hard it is for a felon to get a second chance.
The Diamondback

“Our Dream is a Reality Now”: UMD Architecture Students Designed Furniture for The Clarice

October 15, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD students design furniture for cafe in The Clarice made out of a sustainable bamboo material called Plyboo.
The Diamondback

Artist Panel for Driskell Center’s ‘Moving Visuals’ Explains Impact of Time-Based Art

October 10, 2018 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Featured artists share how live performance, interactive art and film uniquely express creative ideas.
The Sentinel

'Little Shop of Horrors' Grows on You

October 10, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Showing at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center through Oct. 12, “Little Shop of Horrors” originated as a 1960 low-budget comedy-horror film by B-movie director Roger Corman and with an early appearance by Jack Nicholson.
The Diamondback

Review: The Clarice Puts on a Great Show for ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

October 09, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

UMD’s theatre, dance and performance studies school showcases their talent in this spooky production.