April 30, 2009
NYU’S Institute of Fine Arts Receives $1 Million From The Levy Foundation For
Student Fellowships in Archaeological Conservation
The Conservation Center at New York University’s Institute for Fine Arts (IFA) has announced that it has received a $1 million grant from The Levy Foundation to advance graduate training in archaeological conservation. The grant creates 15 Leon Levy Fellowships at the Institute to support promising students enrolled in the Center’s four-year training program. It also establishes five Leon Levy Visiting Fellowships, which will be awarded over five years to one individual each year who specializes in the conservation of archaeological materials of the ancient world—western Mediterranean to China.
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Friday, Mar 20, 2009
NYU Appoints Patricia Rubin, Italian Renaissance Scholar,
as New Director of the Institute of Fine Arts
New York University President John Sexton and Provost David McLaughlin
today announced the appointment of Patricia Lee Rubin as the new Judy
and Michael Steinhardt Director of NYU's renowned Institute of Fine Arts
(IFA), its distinguished center for research and graduate study for the
history or art, archaeology, conservation, and museum curatorship. Rubin's
appointment becomes effective September 1, 2009.
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February 5, 2009
Hsueh-man Shen Appointed Assistant Professor at the Institute
of Fine Arts - NYU
Hsueh-man Shen has been named Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the
Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. A specialist in the art
of medieval China with interests in funerary and religious practices,
art and material culture along the Silk Road, Professor Shen will begin
teaching at the Institute in the fall of 2009.
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December 11, 2008
Sheldon H. Solow Gives $4 Million to NYU Insitute of Fine
Arts for Student Financial Aid
The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) at New York University has announced
that it has recently received a gift of $4 million for student fellowships
from real estate developer, patron of the arts, and philanthropist Sheldon
H. Solow, an IFA Life Trustee and an NYU Life Trustee. Students supported
by the funds will be named Sheldon Solow Scholars.
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May 20, 2008
Philippe de Montebello to Join IFA Faculty
New York University today announces the appointment of Philippe de Montebello
– one of the world's most admired, prominent, and respected figures
in the world of art and museums – as the first Fiske Kimball Professor
in the History and Culture of Museums at NYU's renowned Institute of Fine
Arts. His appointment will be effective as of January 2009, or upon the
arrival of his succesor as director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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