Architecture professor appointed to Italian committee | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Architecture professor appointed to Italian committee Architecture professor appointed to Italian committee Published: December 12, 2002 Author: Shannon Roddel Samir Younés, associate professor of architecture and director of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture’s Rome Studies Program, has been appointed to the Scientific Committee of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs.p. The prestigious committee, which makes recommendations on national architecture issues, is composed of seven superintendents of the major regions and museums in Italy and five foreign scholars, including Pierre Rosenberg, president and director of the Louvre Museum in Paris, and Keith Christiansen, curator of European paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Formed amid concerns for the deteriorating state of Italian museums and the need to conserve buildings and works of art, the committee also advises the ministry on meeting the museums’ fundraising needs and enriching the country’s art collections.p. TopicID: 2766 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn