News at Adelphi

When Melody Centeno ’08, MSW ’12, presented a role play in her group practice class at Adelphi, she had no idea what a good actor she was. “I looked up, and half the class was crying because of how I presented,” she remembered. “It made me think, ‘Maybe I have some skill here.’”

For more than four decades, Richard Belson, DSW ’77, has taught and inspired students in the School of Social Work with an unmistakable presence—the kind of professor whose influence follows students into careers, therapy rooms and complicated corners of human relationships.

Adelphi’s graduate psychology, health and nursing programs continue to gain momentum and earn national recognition.

It is the year of Alice Hoffman ’73, ’02 (Hon.). The bestselling novelist will host Adelphi’s third annual Writers & Readers Festival just as her new anthology is published, her iconic novel Practical Magic readies for a return to the screen, a new Broadway adaptation debuts, and her latest novel hits bookstores.

Academic research will share the stage with the performing and visual arts at this year’s Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, with new features including a 24-Hour Play Festival, student gallery talks and a Nobel laureate keynote.

The University’s inclusion in New York City’s new Mayor’s Scholarship Program, coupled with Adelphi’s new $10,000 Manhattan Advantage Award, creates a powerful pathway to affordable undergraduate and graduate degrees.

To help break down financial barriers for tomorrow’s leaders, Adelphi University has unveiled the $10,000 Manhattan Advantage Award.

Each year, Ruth S. Ammon College of Education and Health Sciences students trade familiar hallways for ancient cobblestones. Our faculty-led Italy program immerses future educators and health professionals in a living classroom—visiting schools, exploring wellness traditions and navigating life across cultures.

How can communities create, support and sustain a homegrown educational workforce?

A grant-funded indoor garden is giving MS in Nutrition and Dietetics students hands-on experience while providing fresh produce to the community.

Utility work on South Avenue near the golf course is causing temporary road closures for traffic heading toward Adelphi University’s Garden City campus.

Exercise science students work directly with experts in exercise physiology and physical therapy in Adelphi’s renowned Human Performance Lab.

Adelphi University has surged to the number-one spot among all Long Island institutions in the newly released Poets&Quants 2026 Best Undergraduate Business Schools ranking. The Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business outpaced its peers with a 17-point jump from No. 102 in 2025 to No. 85 this year—marking the single largest improvement of…

For alumnus Mark W. Jordan ’63, the scholarship support he received as a student at Adelphi University shaped his successful career and inspired a lifelong commitment to creating the same opportunity for others.

On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump released a sweeping package of tariffs that were meant to correct trade imbalances and curb the United States’ reliance on foreign goods. “Liberation Day,” as the president declared it, was a shock to the world’s economic system—and to companies everywhere. Tariffs took center stage in the global forum, applied so broadly that the stock market temporarily crashed.

In February 2026, Nordic government ministers met in Denmark to discuss expanding the Helsinki Treaty, which has served as the framework for Nordic cooperation for the last 50 years, to include Greenland, along with two other autonomous territories.

Child malnutrition remains a global crisis. According to estimates from the World Health Organization, more than 150 million children under the age of 5 suffered from stunted growth, or chronic malnutrition, while over 42 million suffered from wasting—acute malnutrition—globally in 2024.

Dear Adelphi Community, In advance of Spring Break next week, March 16–22, we would like to provide the following parking advisory and guidance. As many of us prepare to travel, the Department of Public Safety and Transportation aims to help ensure you enjoy a fun, safe and healthy break. Parking Advisory Adelphi community members who…

Creating conversation and connection with people impacted by breast cancer from Long Island and across New York State.