The Arts and Humanities Center for Synergy, launched in Fall 2013, aims to position the college as a critical partner in inspiring and participating in scholarly pursuits across campus and within the region regardless of discipline--whether illuminating a social issue with the visual and performing arts, thinking in new ways about an engineering challenge, or bringing new light to scientific inquiry. Through the nimbleness and expansive breadth of the arts and humanities, the center seeks to synergize these collaborations and provide out-of-the-box thinking that positively influences the complex problems of our time. www.arhusynergy.umd.edu