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December 4, 2025

E-news is an electronic newsletter for Alfred University alumni and friends to provide the latest in alumni news and events, campus happenings, and sports. If you have news to share please email Mark Whitehouse or you may call us at 607-871-2040.
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Alfred University students help local fire departments with hydrant mapping project

Students in a joint environmental studies and geology class at Alfred University have spent part of the fall 2025 semester surveying the village and town of Alfred to map the locations of fire hydrants. The information will aid local volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel responding to fires in the area.

 
 
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Students debate new legislation as members of student legislature in State and Local Politics class

The resolution under consideration during the recent session of the New York Student Legislature at Alfred University had been proposed by Colin Jacques, a second-year student, majoring in political science and studying the legislative process in Assistant Professor of Political Science Desmond Wallace’s State and Local Politics class.

 
 
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Alfred University undergraduate Piper Moore teams with geology professor in study of Great Salt Lake

Alfred University Assistant Professor of Geology Kristian Olson met undergraduate Piper Moore in his Structural Geology class in 2024. Piper was an art student in her third year at Alfred. She had an interesting connection with the university’s School of Art & Design, as both her parents had studied art here and she was born – literally – in Harder Hall, while her mother waited for an ambulance to take her to the hospital.

 
 
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Mark Zupan publishes op-ed in Democrat and Chronicle

An op-ed by Mark Zupan, Alfred University president, appeared over the weekend in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. In the piece, Zupan discusses how technology (smartphones specifically) and a decline in human interaction through free play has impacted the mental well-being of young Americans.

 
 
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It’s Time to Go ‘All In for Alfred’ December 4-5

Alfred University’s third annual “All In for Alfred” Day of Giving kicked off today!

 
 
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Elevate your game with new Saxon Athletics gear!

Alfred University Athletics has partnered with BSN Sports to offer an online store for Saxon gear.

 
 
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