Buffalo State College's prestigious Art Conservation Department – one of only three such accredited degree-granting graduate programs in the nation – has received $995,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enable it to substantially enhance its instruction and research in conservation science.

Part of the funding from the six-year grant will be used to establish an Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Conservation Science, to be held by an established scientist with research and teaching experience in art conservation or an allied field. Dr. F. Christopher Tahk, distinguished service professor and director of art conservation, said the appointee would be fully involved in department teaching and student and faculty research with Dr. Anik