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Benjamin Paul has been awarded the Marie Curie Fellowship from the Gerda Henkel Foundationfor 2013-2015. He will be working on his new book, Art and Reform in Late Sixteenth-Century Venice, during the two-year tenure of the fellowship.

Joan M. Marter, professor in the Department of Art History at the School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers–New Brunswick, has been named Board of Governors Professor of Art History.

Tatiana E. Flores has been appointed interim executive and academic director at the Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers–New Brunswick.

Andres Zervigon has been promoted to Associate Professor and has been awarded a Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.

Professors Tanya Sheehan and Andres Zervigon, co-organizers, announced the launching of a new website, the Developing Room at http://www.developingroom.com in March 2012. The Developing Room is a working group affiliated with the Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Since 2008 it has explored new questions about the histories, theories, and practices of photography by organizing research seminars, symposia, and publications. The major research areas have...

Rutgers Institute for Women and Art Director Dr. Ferris Olin was recognized for her leadership in championing women artists and her commitment to building a legacy for women in the arts through exhibitions, documentation and scholarship. Both the national Women’s Caucus for Art and the Princeton YWCA presented her with awards early in 2012. Olin received the national Women’s Caucus for Art 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award on February 25 in Los Angeles for her work at the nexus of academia,...