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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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Dr. William A. Cohen Appointed New Associate Provost And Dean For Undergraduate Studies

July 02, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Dr. Cohen is professor of English and has served as chairperson of that department for the last three years.

Stanley Plumly Receives Truman Capote Award

July 01, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

The $30,000 award—the largest annual cash prize in English-language literary criticism—is administered for the Truman Capote Estate by the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
The Diamondback

Umd Student Starts Business To Sell All-Organic, Vegan-Friendly Snacks

June 24, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

Bethany Monaghan’s startup, Bethany’s Organics, is based out of the Maryland Co-op.

Sixteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships

June 05, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the sixteen ARHU students who won the Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships!

$1.2 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to UMD College of Arts and Humanities

June 02, 2015 African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities

UMD to help transform the future of digital scholarship and research on African American history and culture.

First NIAF Pellegri Scholar chosen!

June 01, 2015 Classics, College of Arts and Humanities

Talia Chicherio was recently chosen as the first NIAF Pellegri Scholar in the Department of Classics.

Arhu Sophomore Awarded Hollings Scholarship

May 18, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

English and environmental science and technology double major will receive hands-on training and internship with NOAA.

2015 Arhu Seniors, What'S Next?

May 15, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities

ARHU is proud to recognize the achievements of some of our 2015 graduating seniors...