Nearly 30 years ago, Wayne Franits, now a professor of art history in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, arrived on the Syracuse campus fresh out of New York University with a Ph.D. in hand. Today, Franits is a world-renowned scholar, who has published dozens of articles, essays for international exhibition catalogues, and written or edited seven books. An expert in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish art, Franits was just awarded a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society (APS). - READ MORE