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TheIllinois Institute of Technology(IIT) College of Architecture has appointed Dr. Michelangelo Sabatino as theinterim deanfor a one-year term. Sabatino will be taking over for Dutch architect Wiel Arets, who was appointed to the dean position in 2012. Reliable sources have indicated toThe Architect’s Newspaperthat the change in leadership came as the faculty was unhappy with Arets’s leadership, or lack thereof, at the college. With a thriving practice in Amsterdam, Arets was often splitting time between Europe and Chicago. Arets will continue at IIT as faculty, starting with the 2017–2018 school year.