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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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College Researchers Design, Develop Alternate-Reality Game

February 12, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Associate professor Kari Kraus, whose research interests include digital humanities, helped develop this new game to get teens interested in STEM.

A Black Preacher Addresses Congress

February 11, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

Henry Highland Garnet "could not escape notice," English Professor Carla Peterson writes in The New York Times.

The Art Gallery At The University Of Maryland Presents Reshuffling The Past: 2015 Contemporary Chinese Ink Art

February 09, 2015 Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities

Group exhibition explores new possibilities for a prized and age-old tradition.
Washington Jewish Week

Israel Votes: The Mideast Soap Opera

February 06, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Lives and policies will hinge on the results of the upcoming Israeli elections, Paul Scham, executive director for The Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies, writes in Washington Jewish Week.

What Is An @Uthor?

February 06, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

"Faulkner in the University is something of a unique artifact," Associate Professor of English Matthew Kirschenbaum writes in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Umd Researchers Create New Science Mystery Game To Teach Stem Skills

February 02, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English

ARHU Associate Professor Kari Kraus is part of an interdisciplinary team behind an alternative reality game that seeks to help develop STEM skills in girls, minorities aged 13-17.

Press Release: Emancipating The Past: Kara Walker's Tales Of Slavery And Power

January 28, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

An exhibit of Kara Walker's work runs at the David C. Driskell Center from Feb. 5 through May 29, 2015.