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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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The Diamondback

Fine Arts Lecturer Rushern Baker Iv Announces Run For State Delegate

October 04, 2013 Art, College of Arts and Humanities

A UMD fine arts lecturer is chasing a seat in the state House of Delegates.

Renowned Artist Alison Saar Shows Sculptures At U-Md. Driskell Center

October 03, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

New art exhibition at the Driskell Center is an opportunity to see "Alison Saar: Still..."
UMD RIGHT NOW

Umd Receives Largest-Ever Archival Gift

October 01, 2013 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, History, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD announces AFL-CIO archival gift appraised at $25 million, establishing university as top archival repository for labor history in North America.

Umd To Solve Global Language Problems At New Language Science Center

September 27, 2013 Philosophy, College of Arts and Humanities, Linguistics

UMD demonstrates benefit of humanities—science collaboration with launch of Maryland Language Science Center.
The Diamondback

Students Get Chance To Organize Sixth Annual Grunig Lecture

September 26, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

A new communication course gives students the opportunity to plan the sixth annual Grunig Lecture.

Writers Speak To Student Hopefuls, Launch Lecture Series' 40Th Year

September 26, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, English, Jimenez-Porter Writers' House

The Creative Writing Program and the Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House co-produced the 40th "Writers Here & Now" lecture series.
USA Today

University Of Maryland Puts Pr In Students' Hands

September 18, 2013 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication

10 Maryland public relations students will run the sixth annual Grunig Lecture, a PR-based networking event.