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THE ALFRED UNIVERSITY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER May 18, 2012

The latest technology was evident during Commencement exercises May 12! Say "cheese" for the camera, I mean, tablet!
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Robert L. Stephens Alfred University trustee receives honorary degree from Bluefield State
Brigadier General (Ret.) Robert L. "Steve" Stephens, vice president of External Relations for Clayton State University, went home to West Virginia Saturday, to give the commencement address at Bluefield State College, and to receive a singular honor. "The General," as he’s known around the Clayton State campus, is now a doctor as well. More>
Alfred University researchers win Department of Energy grants
Two Alfred University professors will receive a combined total of $1.72 million for research through the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) of the federal Department of Energy. Both projects aim to find solutions for safe disposal of nuclear wastes that are critical to treating legacy defense wastes as well as managing wastes in nuclear power generation. More>
American Ceramic Society Spriggs Award goes to alumnus
Thomas Lam, who received his Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University in May 2011, is one of seven co-authors of a paper that has been selected to receive the American Ceramic Society’s (ACerS) Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award at the ACerS annual meeting in Pittsburgh in October. More>
Sirockman '08 presents first gallery show
Jonathan Sirockman, AU class of 2008, has his first gallery show in Pittsburgh, PA which is being coordinated by the Society for Contemporary Craft. The exhibit is at The Satellite Gallery (BNY Mellon Center), Pittsburgh Studio Glass, now through Sept. 30, 2102. More>
Bulldog Pottery's 'Cousins in Clay' event
May 26 and 27, 2012 An Incredible Weekend with Ron Meyers, Judith Duff, Michael Kline, Bruce Gholson, and Samantha Henneke and All Things about Clay. More>
Reunion Bikers looking for 'roadside' alums
David Conrad '76, Roger Eiss '58, and Jim Randall '77 will bike to the 2012 AU reunion from Mars! (Mars, Pa., that is.) We now have word that Dave Perry '61 and his wife Kate, veterans of the 2011 bike ride from Lake Placid, will join them! The critical mass is building!
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AD Moretti leaving the field Two familiar personalities bid farewell
This month’s edition of Alfred Online brings a look into the worlds of two of AU’s longtime familiar faces preparing to leave their campus posts this spring - Trustee David Miller ’66 and Athletic Director Jim Moretti ’72. More>
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