Garrick Utley is the President of The Levin Institute of The State University of New York. The Institute is located in New York City.

The Levin Institute’s mission is to support New York’s and the nation’s economic vitality through innovative and competitive responses to the challenges of today’s global economy. The Institute develops and delivers new models of learning for students and working professionals. It also serves as a center of research and public engagement on the consequences of the changing global economy and their impact on New York State and City.

Prior to his present position, Utley worked as a broadcast journalist, with a primary focus on international affairs. He has served as Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News and ABC News. He has also worked for CNN and Public Radio and Public Television in the United States. 

Utley’s board service has included the Council on Foreign Relations (1993-2003), Carleton College (1982-2006), Public Radio International (1996-2008). He served as Chairman of the American Council on Germany (1998-2011) and continues as a member of the ACG’s Board. Utley also serves on the Board of Advisers of Doctors Without Borders. 

Utley lives in New York City with his wife Gertje, who is an art historian.

Past Events

• Chemistry On Canvas:

  2011 Festival

  When Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was beheaded during the French Revolution, he left behind a widow whom history has overlooked. Two Nobel prize-winning scientists and an art historian share a passion for a beguiling portrait of the Lavoisiers by Jacques-Louis David, painted just 6 years before the famed chemist was led to the guillotine. They’re not alone in this passion; the work now presides over a gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. What is it about this depiction of the Lavoisiers that captures the imagination of both scientists and art lovers? A conversation among two esteemed scientists, both savvy politicians, and an art historian from the Met. The three explored their infatuation with this portrait and revealed all that is hinted at on the canvas—and all that is not.

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