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Alfred University welcomes new trustees, announces new Board leadership Alfred University announces the addition of Andrew “Bruce” Chamberlin, Patricia H. Nilsen ’88, and Nannette C. Stangle-Castor ’94 to the Board of Trustees. The Board elected the three new trustees at its May meeting; their terms commence on July 1.

MostArts Festival opens Sunday, July 13 Alfred University’s MostArts Festival, founded in 2014, continues its summer magic beginning with the annual opening Gala Concert Sunday, July 13, at 7:30 pm in the Miller Theater.

Benjamin Evans appointed Wayne Higby Director, Principal Curator at Alfred Ceramic Art Museum Alfred University recently announced Benjamin Evans, assistant director and curator of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum (ACAM), has been appointed the Museum’s Wayne Higby Director and Principal Curator, effective July 1, 2025.

Warsaw University of Technology professor, student visit Alfred University A member of the physics faculty at the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) in Poland and one of his graduate students were at Alfred University Friday, June 27, to give presentations on their research work. The talks were open to the campus community, including students and faculty from the Inamori School of Engineering conducting research over the summer.

Meg Bernstein examines an early depiction of Christian purgatory on a parish church in England Alfred University Assistant Professor of Art History, Meg Bernstein, School of Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics, recently published an article in the journal Different Visions: New Perspectives on Medieval Art examining the depiction of purgatory in a late twelfth or early-thirteenth-century mural on the wall of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul, in Chaldon (Surrey), England.

Alfred Ceramic Art Museum to host Family Day, July 13 The Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, in partnership with the Box of Books Library, is hosting a Family Day on Sunday, July 13.

Professor S.K. Sundaram named associate editor for ACerS journal S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University, has been named an associate editor for the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (ACT).