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August 8, 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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Patricia Nilsen ’88, head of NYSEG and RG&E, to deliver keynote at Alfred University Convocation

Alfred University alumna Patricia Nilsen ’88, CEO of Avangrid companies Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E) and New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, will deliver the keynote address at the Opening Convocation on Thursday, Aug. 21.

 
 
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Alfred University to display EV at New York State Fair

A group of Alfred University students and faculty will be at the New York State Fair in August to exhibit an electric utility task vehicle (UTV) that was the subject of a 2024 engineering capstone project.

 
 
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Alfred University students, professor collaborate on cover art for MRS Bulletin

Two Alfred University undergraduate students collaborated with Myungkoo Kang, assistant professor of ceramic engineering in the Inamori School of Engineering, to create an illustration that graces the cover of the July issue of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin.

 
 
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Professor S.K. Sundaram, two recent graduates publish paper in ACerS Bulletin

A paper authored by S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Alfred University, and two recent engineering graduates, was published in the latest issue of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Bulletin.

 
 
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Mark Zupan op-ed discusses importance of immigrants to America’s success

An op-ed by Mark Zupan, Alfred University president, published recently in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, discusses the important role immigration has played over the years in the success of the United States and its colleges and universities.

 
 
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Alfred University professor Sundaram publishes collection of haikus

S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering, recently published a collection of haikus.

 
 
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