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April 22, 2022

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A group of students rake an area along Woughter Way, behind Powell Campus Center, during Friday’s campus clean-up, held in celebration of Earth Day. More than 100 students, staff, and faculty participated in what will be an annual event. Following the campus-wide clean-up, volunteers were treated to a barbecue picnic in the lawn between the campus center and Herrick Library.

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Campus clean-up celebrates Earth Day

More than 100 Alfred University students, staff and faculty members volunteered today with rakes, gloves, and over-sized trash bags for the University’s first campus-wide clean-up, an event intended to become an annual and local celebration of Earth Day.

 
 
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Business students create heavenly aromas, and maybe even profits, with Flamingo Restaurant, other pop-ups

Everything smelled wonderful. Alfred University students enrolled in Business 106 – Contemporary Business, or colloquially “Busi106” – were cooking and serving mouth-watering dishes with a strong dash of ethnic flavorings: Polish perogies and Tanzanian Wali-Nyama Rosti, to name two. The fine dining was part of a pop-up business project called Alfred’s Flamingo Restaurant, designed by Business 106 students in Alfred University’s College of Business.

 
 
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Peter Cuneo ’67, Chair Emeritus Life Trustee, provides lessons in leadership, and is visited by an old friend

“Great leaders create positive changes,” Alfred University alumnus and Trustee Peter Cuneo ’67, HD ’13, ’22 told a packed audience Tuesday night in Nevins Theater as part of the Peter Cuneo leadership forum, “How You Can Become a Superhero Leader.”

 
 
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Alfred University awards honorary degree to alumnus, noted business leader Peter Cuneo ’67

Alfred University on Tuesday, April 19, conferred a second honorary degree on alumnus Peter Cuneo, a 1967 graduate renowned for his ability to turn around struggling businesses.

 
 
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Alfred University senior Maria Voss named SUNY Chancellor’s Award winner

Maria Voss, a senior ceramic engineering major at Alfred University, has been named a winner of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Voss and other 2022 award winners will be recognized by SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras at a ceremony held Tuesday, April 26, at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs, NY.

 
 
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Alfred Marketing Association, Student Activities Board, present Drive-in Movie Friday

The Student Activities Board and the Alfred Marketing Association are presenting a Drive-in Movie Event featuring “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Friday evening, April 22, in the parking lot behind Jordan Hall.

 
 
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Coral Penelope Lambert sculpture to be featured on ISC 60th Anniversary Medal

A sculpture created by Coral Penelope Lambert, Alfred University professor of sculpture, will be featured on a medal commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the International Sculpture Center (ISC).

 
 
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April 28 Bergren Forum: "The Chemistry of Baking"

David Marsh, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Alfred University’s College of Arts and Sciences, will deliver the April 28 Bergren Forum, "The Chemistry of Baking."

 
 
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Alfred University professor Xingwu Wang co-authors paper for international journal Renewable Energy

Xingwu Wang, professor of electrical engineering/renewable energy engineering in Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering, is co-author of a paper published in the international journal Renewable Energy.

 
 
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Alfred University Alumni Reunion Bike Ride History: Part One (1998-2012)

The Alfred University “Reunion Bikers” is a group of alumni who spend the week preceding Reunion Weekend bicycling to Alfred. Following is the first of a two-part chronicling of the history of the Reunion Bike Ride, covering the inaugural year of 1998 through 2012.

 
 
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Spring Arts/Performing Arts Events Calendar

The end of the spring semester yields the fruits of the academic year’s work and variety of public events in the School of Art & Design and Performing Arts Division.

 
 
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Isabel Monti, MFA '22 awarded Best in Show at SUNY

A painting by Alfred University M.F.A. graduate student Isabel Monti '22, titled "Self Portrait," was awarded Best in Show in the SUNY Exhibitions Series at SUNY Plaza in Albany.

 
 
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Alfred Summer Arts: Making Meaning in an Uncertain World

Alfred Summer Arts 2022 features four week-long arts workshops in a variety of media areas designed for participants working at all levels: artists, teachers, community members and visiting professionals. Week three will feature an immersive five-day festival designed to embrace the creativity of the community in collaboration with local and international visiting artists.

 
 
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MFA thesis exhibitions include virtual artist talks

ALFRED, NY – Candidates for Master of Fine Arts degrees from the Alfred University School of Art and Design will present their thesis projects in exhibitions beginning Saturday, April 9. In addition to their exhibitions, several candidate opted to give virtual gallery talks.

 
 
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36 Saxons inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma honor society

The Alfred University Department of Athletics inducted 36 students into Chi Alpha Sigma, the honor society for collegiate student-athletes, on Thursday, April 21.

 
 
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