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Siblings and SAIC alumns launch their own historic preservation consulting firm.

With an increase in applications from CPS students, SAIC donors and friends have created new ways to support local talent.

A new book and spring symposium examine the achievements and influence of women in media art and emerging technologies.

With a new online art history course that features the museum’s collection, SAIC enters the world of web learning.

A new committee of successful local business owners is starting a movement to support SAIC student entrepreneurs.

This past fall, a group of SAIC students and faculty spent a weekend in Mineral Point to meet local artists, research the town's history, and engage with the community.

Zurich Esposito (MS 1995) graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) as a member of the first graduating class of the Master of Science program in Historic Preservation. He now holds the position of Executive Vice President for the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), the second-largest branch of the AIA in the nation.

The path to preservation is not always paved. Bill Tyre (MS 1999), Executive Director and Curator at historic Glessner House in Chicago, realized his passion for historic sites while working in the accounting field. 

A team of graduate students in SAIC's Historic Preservation program spent the fall 2014 semester nestled inside a chestnut brick townhouse on North Astor Street in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago.