News at Adelphi

Ayesha Nashurdeen talks about the Infant Mental Health-Developmental Practice (IMH-DP) Master’s program and how it has helped build self-confidence and self-awareness.

Capping the end of February, was the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona which ran from February 25-28. This year, there were some exciting announcements — not just around the future of mobility, but technology in general.

For two days—Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2—the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center is in for something a little different: The Rome Prize-winning composer and vocalist Lisa Bielawa will present a free composition workshop on Friday and give a concert of recent and older works the next day. Both events are open to the public.

Inside and outside the classroom, experiential learning works. Hands-on, high-impact learning experiences are central to Adelphi's personalized approach to education. A panel at the conference provided examples of their benefits to students.

Social change begins in the classroom. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell has transformed Paul Quinn College, the small, private institution in Dallas. In his keynote address at the conference, he called for universities to help bring about social change and end poverty.

The big impact of "small" teaching. Neurological research is producing new insights into the way the brain processes information. The findings are leading to new teaching techniques that improve learning—techniques that were the subject of the "Small Teaching" session.

The Department of Public Safety and the Garden City Police Department are currently investigating two separate grand larcenies of credit and debit cards that occurred in the Nexus Building and Levermore Hall on February 28, 2019 at approximately 12:00 pm.

In this issue devoted to the annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Provost and Executive Vice President Steve Everett, D.M.A., discusses the University's approach to diversity and understanding—and how our students benefit from it.

Raquel Adler is a worker with the Web Communications Team at Adelphi.

Thanks to the efforts of our entire campus, the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) has named Adelphi University one of two winners of its Exemplary Models Award for Personalizing the Enrollment Process.

This month the Long Island Press will announce that Adelphi University, nominated in eight categories for the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island competition, will be declared a winner in three: Best College President, Best College Sports Coach and Best College Sports Program.

On Thursday, February 14, Prison Reform and Rehabilitation: 46th Annual History Conference dove into the history and current state of criminalization, punishment and rehabilitation in prisons.

"Adelphi was the right size because you can get a lot of attention there that you wouldn't get at these huge campuses with 50,000 or 60,000 students. For me, it was a very nurturing campus."

Dean of Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Rajib Sanyal Ph.D. and associate professor, Rakesh Gupta Ph.D., add their expertise on Amazon’s decision to not have headquarters in New York.

A study by Professor Geoffrey Ream Ph.D. on suicide rates in LGBTQ youth is featured by many media outlets including Reuters and Huffington Post.

Adelphi's Student Government Association (SGA) acts on behalf of the undergraduate student body through communication with the administration, staff and faculty on matters of student concern. This year, SGA, its Executive Cabinet and Student Senate are working extra hard to improve student life on campus.

When the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies asked Jon Duff, Adelphi exhibitions and art collection curator, to curate an exhibition in honor of Black History Month, he immediately thought of multimedia artist Coby Kennedy.

On Wednesday, February 13, dozens of students and faculty members filled the Ruth S. Harley University Center's Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom to hear the day's guest speaker, Premilla Nadasen, Ph.D., who informed them, “If you all have come here to hear how black feminism will save us, you've come to the right place."

The Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies invites you to join us for three significant events.

For the third year, members of the Adelphi community have the opportunity to experience what guests have called a transformational experience when they attend the Oxfam Hunger Banquet.

Cafecito is a support group for Spanish speaking women facing breast cancer.

Amanda Nagler talks about the holistic approach of the Infant Mental Health-Developmental Practice (IMH-DP) Master’s program.

Members of the Adelphi team of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program are out walking every weekend, training for the annual LI2Day Walk.

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has launched a new MS in Professional Accounting program, adding to its offerings in undergraduate and graduate study in the field.

During the Fall 2018 semester, students in need of a little love and puppy therapy could find it in the Harvey Hall office of Daryl Gordon, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Education and Health Sciences, in the form of an 18-month-old black Labrador named Harpo.

The NHL gave its new puck and player tacking technology its first test drive with fans during the 2019 All Star Game, and as with most everything new, opinions were very much mixed.

Jonathan Cristol, Ph.D., Levermore Global Scholars research fellow, is quoted about the United States’ relationship with European allies.

According to Gothamist, Cultural advocate LeRoy McCarthy is working to change the name of a portion of Babylon Turnpike to Public Enemy Turnpike. Public Enemy formed on Long Island when Chuck D ’84, ’13 (Hon.) and Flavor Flav met at Adelphi.