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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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Associate Dean Appointments

July 23, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill announces new Associate Deans Alene Moyer and Sheri Parks.

Curlee Holton Appointed Interim Executive Director Of Umd'S David C. Driskell Center

July 18, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Learn more about artist-scholar Curlee Holton.

2012-2013 National Fellowships And Scholarships

May 10, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Twenty ARHU students win prestigious national awards.

ARHU Spring Commencement 2012

April 13, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Congratulations to ARHU's 2012 spring graduates!

2012 ARHU Service Awards

April 13, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Nominate students and faculty for their exceptional service before the April 30 deadline.

UMD Professor Named Guggenheim Fellow

April 13, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, English

ARHU faculty member Levine wins prestigious fellowship. University of Maryland English professor Robert Levine has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012.

Local College Students Hold Vigil For Trayvon

April 05, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

UMD students Let's Light Up the Sky vigil demands justice for Trayvon Martin. By Jim Handley

UMD Students To Remember Trayvon Martin

April 04, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Maryland community is invited to discuss Trayvon Martin's killing and its aftermath.WHAT:Trayvon, Tragedy, and Traumas of the Everyday: A Community Conversation

U. Senate Approves Film Major

April 04, 2012 College of Arts and Humanities

Film major returns to UMD as early as next fall.