Department news

Linguistics

Katherine to OSU

Accepts offer to be Assistant Professor of Linguistics.

March 24, 2026 Linguistics

UMD at HSP at MIT

Planning, predicting, retrieving and more.

October 27, 2025 Linguistics

Norbert wins Bloomfield Book Award

LSA honors "The Merge Hypothesis".

October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.

May 08, 2025 Linguistics

Mayfest 2025

Constraints on meaning.

October 26, 2024 Linguistics

Olivia La Fiandra, Dean's Senior Scholar

Distinguished academic performance, leadership and community involvement.

July 01, 2024 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 Leadership Appointments

Dean Stephanie Shonekan announces new leadership appointments.

June 30, 2024 Linguistics

New Chair

Jeff Lidz takes the helm.

May 21, 2023 Linguistics

Premvanti Patel featured in Washington Post

Linguistics major highlighted in relation to computer science and humanities.

February 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, American Studies, Communication, Philosophy, School of Music, English, History

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

The grants fund $30 million to UMD faculty focused on groundbreaking, impactful research that will shape the future of our community, state, nation and world.