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UMD Grad Jason Reynolds Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Popular author of YA, children’s books about kids of color to receive $800K.

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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.
June 26, 2024 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The 2024–25 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

The more than 50 shows spanning music, theater, dance, comedy and more include both groundbreaking new works and reimagined classics.

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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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ARHU Faculty Earn Promotion and Tenure

September 17, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

29 faculty members have received promotion and/or tenure.

ARHU Faculty Named Professor Emeritus/Emerita

September 17, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

13 retired faculty members receive the prestigious title.
The Times of Israel

Jewish Soft Power and Yom Kippur at the United Nations

September 17, 2021 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

The story of how the world organization pegged the Jewish fast day as a holiday embodies the long history of the ‘shtadlan’s’ behind-the-scenes diplomacy.

ARHU Recognizes Staff for Their Length of Service

September 17, 2021 College of Arts and Humanities

Staff members have worked for 5, 10, 15, 20, 35 and 40 years at UMD.
The Washington Post

Carmen Balthrop, Renowned Opera Singer and Teacher, Dies at 73

September 15, 2021 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

She belonged to the third generation of major African American opera singers.

Professor of English Jessica Enoch Appointed ARHU ADVANCE Professor

September 14, 2021 English, College of Arts and Humanities

The position supports women faculty members’ career advancement at UMD.

Arts for All Launches With Expanded NextNOW Fest

September 14, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Art, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Campus initiative to integrate the arts, science and technology.

Soprano Carmen Balthrop, Voice and Opera Professor, Dies at 73

September 14, 2021 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

The School of Music bids farewell to an opera legend and a beloved faculty member of 36 years.
The Diamondback

“Lightning in a bottle”: UMD School of Music remembers voice professor Carmen Balthrop

September 14, 2021 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

An obituary for Professor Carmen Balthrop.
Maryland Today

Ten Can’t-Miss Features at NextNOW Fest 2021

September 13, 2021 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, Art, School of Music

Annual UMD arts extravaganza returns with immersive projections, art-making workshops and outdoor music pop-ups.