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Communication

Four Freedoms, Many Interpretations

Alums help develop exhibition on expressions of freedom, from WWII-era Rockwell to today.

Featured News

February 08, 2019 American Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

And the Nominees Are

Two UMD-affiliated albums up for Grammys.
February 07, 2019 David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

Striking Poses

New exhibition examines depictions of African American beauty.
January 28, 2019 Art History and Archaeology

Monumental Change

America’s memorials to slavery and its victims have lived quiet lives in public places. A Maryland professor is traveling the country to learn their stories.
January 17, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities

Social Justice Day 2019 Awards

Submit a nomination by Friday, February 8, 2019.
January 02, 2019 History

How Accurate is Hamilton?

Richard Bell joined Joe DeStio to talk about the smash hit Hamilton.
December 11, 2018 American Studies

Is Waiting a Lost Art?

Technology makes society more efficient, but is moving faster always such a good thing? American studies Professor Jason Farman's new book delves into history and looks at the benefits and consequences of waiting.

December 10, 2018 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

A Grammy Nod for National Orchestral Institute

UMD’s National Orchestral Institute hit a high note on Friday with a Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance.
December 06, 2018 Women's Studies

A First in Women’s Studies

Groundbreaker in program at UMD creates its inaugural merit-based scholarship.
December 03, 2018 English

"The Poet X” Marks the Spot

Alum wins National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

ARHU in the News

Religion and Politics January 22, 2019

We Are All Evangelicals Now

To understand how race matters in U.S. politics, take a closer look at evangelicals.
Association of American Publishers January 16, 2019

Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists for 2019 PROSE Awards

"The Science and Politics of Race in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1950" by Karin Rosemblatt, is a finalist.

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Association of American Publishers

Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists for 2019 PROSE Awards

January 16, 2019 History

"The Science and Politics of Race in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1950" by Karin Rosemblatt, is a finalist.

Expanding the Curriculum

January 08, 2019 School of Music

UMD School of Music alumna receives Music Education Innovator Award for Ethiopian Song Project.
KDKA Radio

How Accurate is Hamilton?

January 02, 2019 History

Richard Bell joined Joe DeStio to talk about the smash hit Hamilton.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

In 1794, some Western Pennsylvanians despised Alexander Hamilton for creating the whiskey tax

January 02, 2019 History

The last time Alexander Hamilton visited Western Pennsylvania, frontier farmers despised him.
Harretz

Petition Demands Release of Classified Israeli Documents on 1950s Immigrant Transit Camps

January 01, 2019 History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Association for Civil Rights in Israel wants information from security service about suppression of protests by immigrants from North Africa and Mideast.
The Globe Post

This Year Wasn’t Good for Journalists. Will 2019 Be Better?

December 28, 2018 Communication

The number of reporters killed and arrested was the highest in the last three years.
Scientific American

There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought

December 20, 2018 Philosophy

Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions.

The Washington Post

How one of the party’s biggest losers offers Democrats a way forward

December 20, 2018 History

The opportunity for a political realignment
The Washington Post

When we fixate on technological firsts, we miss the real story of innovation

December 20, 2018 English

Evelyn Berezin is known as the inventor of word processing, but the story is much more complicated.