Dr. Russell Bessette, executive director of the New York State office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), will be in Alfred Thursday (April 27) to present a check for $1.8 million. The funds are a NYSTAR grant to the Alfred University Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) and Clarkson University’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) to “develop pilot plant facilities and expertise in the synthesis of nano-sized particles and subsequent processing and consolidation into nano-structured ceramic components with enhanced properties.” Click here for more...

Two sculptures by Glenn Zweygardt, professor of sculpture in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University, were selected for installation at Fredonia State College as part of “In Sight/On Site: The Fredonia Sculpture Project,” sponsored by the Department of Visual Arts and New Media. Click here for more...

“Every woman needs a black dress.” That’s what fashion mavens say, and that’s the premise Dawn Bennett, a candidate for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University explores in her MFA show that opens with a reception from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Schein-Joseph Museum on the AU campus. Click here for more...

– Joseph S. Lewis III, dean of the School of Art & Design, will be among the featured artists in an exhibition, “The Line of Beauty,” that opens Thursday, April 20, at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, 526 West 26th Street, New York, NY. Click here for more...

Yes, that was Alfred University alumnus Joel Moskowitz, a member of the Class of 1961, you heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today (April 14, 2006). Moskowitz was interviewed for a story entitled “Demand for Body Armor Benefits a Small California Company.” Click here for more...

Janelle Villone, who completed her B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University in December ’05 and who is now a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, is a recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Click here for more...

Roger Freeman, professor of photography in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University, is exhibiting work at the George Eastman House International Museum of Film and Photography, 900 East Avenue in Rochester. Click here for more...

Dr. Adrian C. Wright, professor of solid state physics at the J.J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, University of Reading, will deliver the 2006 Samuel R. Scholes Sr. Lecture, “GLASS: Genesis to Apocalypse,” at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, April 27, in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, on the Alfred University campus. Click here for more...

Alfred University has named an internationally recognized scientist and educator acting associate provost for Statutory Affairs; the appointment of Dr. William C. LaCourse to the position was unanimously affirmed by the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees at its meeting earlier this week. Click here for more...

The Alfred University student chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists is presenting a screening of the controversial film “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices” on Saturday, March 18, at 8 pm in Nevins Theater in the Powell Campus Center. Admission for the film is $1 and is open to the public. Click here for more...