History Newsletter

The new concentration is designed to give students practical experience learning how to read and analyze legal documents, as well as the opportunity to study the fascinating history of the law.

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media has been working on a first-of-its-kind initiative with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and a number of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the country to archive collections of century-old letters, photographs, and other artifacts that document the Black experience.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Jay Trainer, MA History '95, with the Distinguished Alumni Award in history and art history. Trainer serves as chief operating officer for the National Archives and Records Administration, overseeing public-facing organizations including presidential libraries, museums, legislative archives, agency and research services, and the federal register.