Announcing New Exhibition, Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies
Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies Exhibition is on display at The Driskell Center gallery from September 10 to December 10.
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New Book Throws Jab at Art of Black Boxers
In “Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation,” Jordana Moore Saggese, art history professor and director of the David C. Driskell Center, examines artistic depictions of Black boxers from the 19th through 21st centuries, revealing how their renderings reflected and reinforced stereotypes about Black men’s physicality, celebrity, power and place in the United States.
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Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants
To support student voice and action related to the Black Lives Matter movement, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and UMD Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy in partnership with Black Terps Matter announce the 2024-2025 round of Vital Signs: Creative Arts for Black Lives Mini-Grants.
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UMD students raise money to fund school restorations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
University of Maryland community members gathered for a fundraising dinner in Stamp Student Union on October 12 to raise money to rebuild elementary schools in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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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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ATLAS 2025 Call for Proposals
Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2024
Conference Dates: February 27 – February 28, 2025
AGNR's International Momentum: Faculty Research in Africa & Visiting African Scholars
In the latest issue of Momentum, The College of Agriculture & Natural Resources highlights faculty research in Africa and welcomes young African PhD students to campus through a partnership with the Regional Scholarship & Innovation Fund (RSIF).
New Podcast Explores Past, Present & Future of Black Studies
UMD's Ashley Newby and John Drabinski roll out "The Black Studies Podcast" with $100k in support from the Mellon Foundation.
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ATLAS Monthly Speaker Series (Oct 2024)
Global Research Resilience: Navigating Social Unrest - Insights from Africa
Mon, October 7 at 11am.
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Mon, October 7 at 11am.
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Driskell Center Awarded Grants to Create Institutional Archive, Digitize Newest Collections
Grants awarded to the David C. Driskell Center will allow for the creation of an institutional archive and to digitize its newest collections.