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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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East City Art

Joe’s Movement Emporium Presents Victor Provost The Other Side of the Storm

October 08, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Victor Provost to spend 5-day artist residency, part of the NextLOOK program in partnership with The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, at Joe’s Movement Emporium.

DC Metro Theater Arts

Review: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

October 07, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

It’s the heartwarming story of a hapless boy and his exotic plant. No, wait, it’s a cautionary sci-fi allegory about human desire.

Op/Ed: Actually, Race-Conscious Admissions Are Good for Asian-Americans

October 05, 2018 American Studies

The Trump administration’s investigations into illegal discrimination at Yale and Harvard are misguided.

A Man, a Plant, a Plan

October 04, 2018 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

“Little Shop of Horrors” at The Clarice.
Maryland Today

Lighting the Night in Tribute

October 04, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Clarice staff help illuminate firehouse to honor fallen firefighters.
UMD Right Now

UMD Part of Multi-Institutional Team Awarded $14.4M to Develop Innovative Language Technologies

October 03, 2018 Linguistics

The University of Maryland (UMD) is part of multi-institutional team tasked with building a powerful set of language technologies that can unlock information that has previously been unsearchable, and ultimately unfindable.
The Independent

Obituary: Ehsan Yarshater: Historian who Transformed the West’s Understanding of Iran’s History and Languages

October 02, 2018 Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Professor Emeritus Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak remembers the Persian historian and linguist.
Maryland Today

Your Guide to Fun in College Park

September 28, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Partnership’s newsletter lays out options for week ahead.
The Conversation

Op/Ed: Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

September 27, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Associate Professor of Women's Studies Ashwini Tambe weighs in on the history of adolescence.

ARHU 2017-18 Year in Review

September 26, 2018 College of Arts and Humanities

Learn about some of the college's highlights over the 2017-18 academic year.