More than 100 students, candidates for BFA or BA in Fine Arts degrees from Alfred University, will simultaneously open their senior shows at 4 p.m. Saturday in what has become one of AU's largest extravaganzas. Click here for more...

Decades-old bonds of friendship and respect reconnected in a new way at Alfred University’s Honors Convocation earlier this month as the University announced creation of its first-ever endowed professorship in the School of Art & Design, the Robert C. Turner Chair in Ceramic Art, and bestowed it on D. Wayne Higby, professor of ceramic art. Click here for more...

Two art shows, one featuring work by Freshman Foundation students, and the other the 28th annual Outdoor Light Show, open Saturday evening at Alfred University. Click here for more...

Alfred University alumnus Joel Moskowitz provides a definitive answer to the question: "What do ceramic engineers do?" His answer: They save lives." And Alfred University will award Moskowitz an honorary degree at its annual commencement ceremonies May 14 for his work. Click here for more...

"Sky Wedge," a steel, bronze and cast glass sculpture by Alfred University art professor Glenn Zweygardt, received 'best of show' honors in the fifth annual Florida Open Sculpture Competition in Lakeland, FL. Click here for more...

– The New York State budget finalized Tuesday night contains an unexpected tribute to the late Senator Patricia McGee, who died April 2. Included in the budget is a $10 million allocation under the NYS Senate’s higher education capital improvement program to expand the facilities for Alfred University’s School of Art & Design. Click here for more...

Tammy Renee Brackett, who is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in electronic arts in the School of Art & Design at Alfred University, is among the 58 artists whose work is included in Beyond/In Western New York, the expanded biennial exhibition founded by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1977 as In Western New York. Click here for more...

While their students are competing for a $5,000 top prize in Alfred University's "48-Hour Challenge," their advisors may participate in a continuing education course aimed at high school science teachers. Click here for more...

Julia Taylor, director of Environmental, Health and Safety at Alfred University, will give a presentation during the annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), being held April 10-13 in Baltimore, MD. Click here for more...

Dr. L. David Pye, dean and professor of Glass Science, emeritus at Alfred University, will deliver the 2005 Samuel R. Scholes Sr. Award Lecture at 11:20 a.m. Thursday, April 7, in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, on the Alfred University campus. His topic is “History of Glass Science at Alfred University.” Click here for more...