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2010-2011 Arhu Fulbright Recipients

June 04, 2010 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, College Park Scholars-Arts, Communication, English, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Philosophy, Chinese, French, German Studies, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music

A record 13 students and alumni of the University of Maryland, College Park have been awarded Fulbright grants for 2010-2011, of which nine are ARHU students.

Arnold Publishes Her Third Book; Receives Lowell Scholarship

February 15, 2010 English

Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Arnold comes out with a new book and a major award.

Smith Joins Ranks Of Distinguished Teacher-Scholars

January 25, 2010 English

Martha Nell Smith has been named one of five Distinguished Teacher-Scholars at the University of Maryland for 2010-2011. The other selectees are from physics, biology, business, and music.Senior Academic Vice President and University Provost Nariman...

Kirschenbaum Wins Mla First Book Prize

January 13, 2010 English, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities

The Modern Language Association has awarded its sixteenth annual Prize for a First Book to Matt Kirschenbaum for Mechanisms: New Media and the Forensic Imagination (MIT Press, 2008).

Leigh Ryan Wins 2009 Ron Maxwell Award For Distinguished Leadership

November 10, 2009 English

From Between the ColumnsPublished November 10, 2009Leigh Ryan, director of the Writing Center, won the 2009 Ron Maxwell Award for Distinguished Leadership in Promoting the Collaborative Learning Practices of Peer Tutors in Writing. The award was...

New Arhu “I” Series Courses

October 30, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, English, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Music

Available spring 2010, the University of Maryland will pilot the new “I” Series courses as part of the General Education program.

Noted Um Author And Scholar Named Poet Laureate

October 01, 2009 English

For Immediate ReleaseOctober 1st, 2009Contacts: David Ottalini, 301-405-4076 or dottalin@umd.edu

Tawes Hall Celebrates Grand Opening

September 10, 2009 English

President Dan Mote, third from left, officially opens the renovated Tawes Hall with (from left) Dean Harris, Sean Lyons with EYP/Architecture & Engineering, P.C., and Dean Charles Caramello. English department chair Kent Cartwright is in the...

The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience. 

The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience.