Activist, philanthropist, and Napa Valley vintner Suzanne Deal Booth has donated $1 million to The University of Chicago’s department of art history to support its art conservation program. “What truly sets UChicago’s approach apart from specialized conservation programs elsewhere is how it is embedded in a liberal arts education and graduate studies in art history and the humanities,†says professor and chair Christine Mehring. “There is so much untapped potential for students on our campus to investigate relations between the science and the meanings of artistic materials.â€
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