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Alfred University, Division of Psychology, Psychology Club host Death Cafe, event founded in 2011 The first Death Café, an effort to normalize conversations and understandings of an inevitable fact of life, took place in 2011, in the United Kingdom. More than 20,000 have been held worldwide since then, including Alfred University’s own Death Café, held last Thursday, March 27, in Susan Howell Hall.

Alfred University hosts 2025 Scholes Memorial Lecture Efstratios I. Kamitsos, researcher and former director of the Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute (TPCI), National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece, delivered the annual Samuel L. Scholes Sr. Memorial Lecture at Alfred University, on Thursday, April 3, in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall.

Student Max Rasilla wins second place in 2025 National Chinese Speech Contest Alfred University student Max Rasilla has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning second place nationwide in the highly competitive 2025 National Chinese Speech Contest.

Alfred University mechanical engineering students present work at Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, in Washington, DC. A senior design team of Mechanical Engineering students, led and advised by Dr. Mehdi Kabir, Alfred University assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Inamori School of Engineering, made an oral presentation of their research work at the Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), held recently at George Washington University, in Washington, DC.

Alfred University AUNY alumni among honorees at CITE 2025 Spring Gala The Center for Integrated Training and Education held its 2025 Spring Gala Wednesday evening, March 26, in Queens, New York City, celebrating the relationship between CITE and its partner institutions. Alfred University offers several master’s level program at off-campus sites, including its AUNY programs; CITE is a professional service organization that manages logistical operations for those programs.

Reza Mirzaei featured in new study on Iranian photography Reza Mirzaei, visiting assistant professor, art history, has work featured in a new study on Iranian photography.

Myles Calvert curates exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center Myles Calvert, director of the Institute for Electronic Arts in Alfred University’s School of Art & Design, is curator of an exhibition, “Embodied: Art and Technology in Dialogue,” currently on view at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Sculpture professor Selve Aparicio to give artist talk at MCA Chicago Selve Aparicio, assistant professor of sculpture in Alfred University’s School of Art & Design, will present an artist talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, on April 8.

Performing Arts students, faculty attend USITT conference: gathering includes job interviews, discussions of new technology Seven Alfred University Performing Arts students studying Performance Design and Technology attended the 2025 United States Institute for Theater Technology Powering Live Entertainment Conference, held recently in Columbus, OH.