News at Adelphi
- Diversity & Equity,
- Inclusive Community & Connectivity
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Published:Dear Adelphi Community, In December 2019, our university was fortunate to gain the service of Dr. Jacqueline Jones LaMon, JD, MFA, as its vice president of diversity and inclusion, bringing with her more than 13 years of prior leadership in the Adelphi community as a professor of English, program director for our MFA in Creative…
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Published:Faculty member Nicole Rudolph, PhD, gave an impressive showing on the beloved game show.
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Published:Adelphi University is hoping to welcome a record-setting undergraduate class this fall, following a 25 percent surge in deposits received by National Decision Day on May 1, 2023 versus 2022. The University has received deposits from more than 1,345 new first-year students, hailing from 26 states and 35 countries. “We are thrilled that so many…
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Our community's commitment to Excellence and to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are highlighted in this year's extraordinary honorees.
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Published:Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, has received a federal grant to tackle the threats acidification and harmful algal blooms pose to Long Island Sound ecosystems and organisms.
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Published:New York State Assembly Member Chantal Jackson, MSW ’14, had a busy day April 7.
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Published:When Shana Caro, PhD, joined the Adelphi faculty in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor of biology, she had a pressing priority. “I wanted to locate a place where I could do fieldwork that was close to campus so that I could easily bring students from campus to help with my research.â€
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Paying It Forward: Polina Minchuk Macklin '12 Loves Mentoring Because She Loved Being Mentored
CategoriesPublished:Polina Minchuk Macklin '12 is sharing her technical theater expertise with Adelphi students and alumni.
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Published:Faculty, administrators and students continue to raise awareness and advocate for the neurodivergent community.
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Published:For the past 20 years, a number of staff at the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS)—the nation's largest public child welfare program—have chosen to advance their careers by earning their Master in Social Work (MSW) from Adelphi, thanks to Adelphi's flexible scheduling, field placement and internship opportunities.
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Published:Adelphi’s IDEATE program is the sole national winner of the John L. Blackburn Award from the American Association of University Administrators. A “bridge†between our graduate nursing and social work programs, IDEATE trains future practitioners to work together to deliver behavioral health services to children, adolescents and emerging adults.
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Published:Studying education in Italy, business in Germany and service learning in Kenya—among other experiential learning adventures—Adelphi students and faculty are recommitting to global learning.
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Published:More than $100,000 was raised in support of women’s leadership programs.
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A program taking a group of Black students and Jewish students to the National Museum of African American History & Culture and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum points to new ways to create understanding and fight racism, antisemitism and intolerance. A reporter joined the group for this powerful experience.
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Published:MaryAnne Hyland, PhD, dean of the Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, has been named a Premier Business Woman of Long Island by Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE. The annual award recognizes women for excellence in various fields.
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Published:The Adelphi University School of Social Work will present “BreaKING the Ice: Black Men's Mental Health and Wellness Conference," highlighting the importance of mental health and wellness among Black men, on Saturday, April 15.
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Published:Muhammad Yunus, renowned Nobel laureate and Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, brought his inspiring message of “Creating a World of Three Zeros” to Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, on March 21. The event was sponsored by Adelphi’s Hagedorn Lectureship on Corporate Social Responsibility. Christopher Storm, PhD, Adelphi provost and executive vice president, introduced Yunus. “Adelphi has a…
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Published:After years of work dedicated to fostering understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds and increasing awareness of the horrors of the Holocaust, David Machlis, PhD, associate professor of finance and economics in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Long Island Business News Diversity in Business Award. In…
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Published:Christopher Storm, PhD, provost and executive vice president, has announced the honorary degree recipient and keynote speaker for Adelphi’s 2023 Commencement ceremony: entrepreneur and humanitarian Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of Chobani. A leader in the food manufacturing industry, Ulukaya built Chobani on the foundation that it would do well by doing good. He was raised in…
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Published:First-year students Monish Churaman and Amita Radakichenane’s innovative business idea, SmileLab Printing Technologies, won first place ($5,000) in the latest Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Business Plan Competition. All told, the finalists competed for $11,000 in prize money. Their winning idea “eliminates the need for crowns, bridges and dentures being produced in labs…
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Published:Two Adelphi students have been selected to represent the University as United Nations youth delegates. This year’s representatives are Sarah Delannoy, a graduate student majoring in social work, and Nino Burjanadze, an undergraduate student majoring in political science. They will join over 550 young people from 100 countries across the globe benefiting from the program,…
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Published:Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Honored by The Princeton Review The Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has once again been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools 2023 for its on-campus MBA program. This is based on institutional data the company gathers from administrators at business schools as well as surveys of students attending…
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Published:In a remarkable example of hands-on learning, social work graduate students are working directly with local police as part of their training at Adelphi’s Hudson Valley Center. For both police and students, it has been a win-win experience.
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Published:Proposed structural changes would help youth sports programs meet participants' developmental needs
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Published:Greg Bouris asked 200 high school athletes to lift their left foot off the floor. All gamely followed his instructions, leaning on teammates for balance in the Ruth S. Harley University Center’s main ballroom on January 6. Then Bouris, lecturer and director of Adelphi University’s undergraduate sport management program, quipped: “Now you’re all starting off the new year on the right foot!†The room erupted into adolescent groans, but his point was well received.
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Published:In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies.
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Published:In 2020, Carolina Cambronero Varela ‘09 and adjunct faculty member and artist Argie Agelarakis, MA ‘00, began working on a special project—to harness the power of art in support of social activism. Together, with the critical support of Stephanie Lake, PhD, director of Adelphi’s criminal justice program, they inaugurated Artivism in the spring of 2021.
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Published:Classmates call her Mommy Louis, professors at Adelphi’s Manhattan Center say she is an exceptional student and Women’s Forum of New York lauded her for achieving success in the face of adversity. Still, 44-year-old Myrdline Louis, a native of Haiti who moved to the United States 23 years ago, is modestly proud and pragmatic about…
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Supporting a Uniquely Inclusive Community
CategoriesPublished:With a generous gift of $25,000, Deborah Viola ’84, PhD, established the endowed Daniel Viola Family Scholarship for Neurodiversity.