By having multiple visits throughout the semester, students could grow to feel at ease in the museum. Holding two visits in the same week at the midpoint of the semester reinforced the connections between decisions about what to show (and not show) and the resulting narrative. Moreover, because our visits took place outside of regular hours, students in the class were able to sit longer with individual pieces than they might during a standard visit. It is my impression as an educator that these visits greatly enhanced the experiences of students in my class. Bruno Grazioli, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies Italian 200: Made in Italy: Italian Design and World Culture This course covered different time periods in modern and contemporary Italian history and students learned how Italian traditional artistic and craft excellence were negotiated with technological modernization and the creation of a mass- consumer society. For this course, I had originally proposed to design a series of independent study projects for students to be able to access material (i.e., works of art) available in the museum so that they may experience art and design, rather than simply looking at them on a screen in class. The purpose of my project was to help students retain more information, while helping them make connections with the real world. Collaboration with museum staff led to the use of Instagram for assignments, and we identified four areas of interest related to the course topics: Form and Function; Decoration; Patterns, Colors and Materials; and Thinking About Design. This approach engaged students’ critical thinking and sensory memory, as they learned to identify, read and understand objects and images in order to successfully relate and communicate concepts acquired in the course. It also helped develop students’ reflection, critical analysis and synthesis abilities. As a result, they were encouraged to take initiative and make decisions, and they participated intellectually, creatively, emotionally and socially. 23 BELOW: Alex Seggerman’s students work with museum staff to install the About Face student-organized exhibition The following faculty members received Museum Grants for Curricular Integration to incorporate original works of art and museum resources in their teaching during the 2016–17 academic year. Chris Aiken Dance 553: Choreography by Design Silvia Berger Spanish & Portuguese 246: Latin American Literature: The City in Words and Colors Jordan Crouser Statistical and Data Sciences 136: Communicating with Data Bruno Grazioli Italian 200: Made in Italy: Italian Design and World Culture Alex Dika Seggerman Art History 280: Luster and Gilt: Persian Painting at the Smith Museum Sujane Wu East Asian Languages & Literatures 237: Chinese Poetry and the Other Arts