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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Nancy Rao presents a talk, “Chinatown Opera Theater in North America,” based on her book of the same name, as part of the Illuminations series at the University of California, Irvine, in October. MUSIC
- Heather Hart’s “Oracle of the Twelve Tenses” opened in September at Queens Museum. ART & DESIGN
- Nomadland, co-produced by filmmaking faculty member Mollye Asher, has won the Golden Lion at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. FILMMAKING
- Pam Tanowitz will premiere a work as part of the NYC Ballet’s Festival of New Choreography this October. DANCE
- Musicology professor Eduardo Herrera released a new publication with Oxford University Press, Elite Art Worlds: Philanthropy, Latin Americanism, and Avant-garde Music. MUSIC
- Dance chair Julia Ritter‘s book Tandem Dances is being published by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) this fall. DANCE
FACULTY VOICES IN THE MEDIA
- Ani Javian was featured in the DanceTeacher Magazine article “How Are Dance Professors Grading During COVID-19?” DANCE
- Kim Elliott was quoted in a MyCentralJersey feature on the importance of arts education, even when learning remotely. Pandemic takes a swipe at fine arts education, but might just prove how much it’s worth DANCE
- Marc Handelman was quoted in the article “An Artistic Reckoning in Chelsea” in Chelsea News. ART & DESIGN
RECENT NEWS
Theater faculty Don Holder writes Op-Ed on Broadway during COVID
Head of Lighting Design faculty member Don Holder recently wrote an op-ed for The United States Institute for Theatre Technology... READ MORE
Dean Jason Geary publishes two chapters with Cambridge University Press
Jason Geary, dean of the Mason Gross School and Distinguished Professor of Music, recently had chapters appear in The Cambridg... READ MORE
Art & Design faculty member Patrick Strzelec receives International Sculpture Center’s 2020 Outstanding Educator Award
Sculpture professor Patrick Strzelec has been awarded the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Educator Award for 2020. Ou... READ MORE
Music faculty member hits the Road with the NY Phil Bandwagon
Richard Deane played his last concert with the New York Philharmonic on March 12, and then, like the rest of the city, hunkered dow... READ MORE
Documentary Film Lab premieres Greenland narrative at international festivals
Utuqaq, a production of the Rutgers Documentary Film Lab in collaboration with the Rutgers Department of Geography, will premiere a... READ MORE
Dance faculty Barbara Angeline finds unexpected benefits of virtual teaching
Dance faculty member Barbara Angeline discovered there could be benefits to teaching her class virtually after the pandemic made i... READ MORE
Art & Design Professor Steffani Jemison named 2020 Guggenheim Fellow
Department of Art & Design media professor Steffani Jemison is one of 175 scholars, artists, writers, and scientists named Solomon R. ... READ MORE
Associate Director of Music Department receives Chancellor’s and Provost’s Awards for Faculty Excellence
Associate Director Rebecca Cypess is a recipient of a Provost’s Award, which honors faculty whose research area aims to achiev... READ MORE
Department of Art & Design announces Park McArthur as New Tepper Chair
On February 18, the Rutgers Board of Governors officially appointed Park McArthur to the Tepper Family Endowed Chair in Visual Art... READ MORE
Kara Walker Presents: The Colossus of Rutgers exhibit set for May 11–25 at Brooklyn Army Terminal
As a culmination of her tenure as the Tepper Chair, Kara Walker presents an exhibition of works by MFA students and alums who hav... READ MORE
