News at Adelphi

"For Adelphi, the fall promises to bring the largest and best-prepared freshman class ever."

"Many professions and occupations are needed to support high-level research. "

"A mentor is a more experienced person who can be a source of guidance and wisdom."

Adelphi University is proud to announce that it will participate and expand its education opportunities for veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program), a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 that allows private universities to offer similar low to no-cost tuition…

Success is the optimal balance of talent, time and treasure, and how we use and understand each.

"Polls show that most want to move beyond divisiveness and show more empathy – even compassion."

"Is college affordable? The answer is yes. Consider the ways."

Adelphi presents the first licensed full production of RENT after its Broadway closing.

Our greatest age is before us and it can be greater still if we continue to work together.

Council of Europe's Forum on Higher Education and Democratic Culture in Strasbourg, France

Ambassador Nirupam Sen, permanent representative of India to the United Nations, will address "India's Role in the World: Internal, Regional, and International Perspectives," at Adelphi University.

Cecil Watkins ’75, M.A.’86, governor and boys basketball chairman of New York Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union, and president and CEO of National Pro-Am City Leagues Association, Inc., will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from Adelphi University at the 111th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2007. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 AM in…

Adelphi University has received a $75,000 Ford Foundation grant to enhance its international programs with the goal of expanding students’ understanding of global issues. Adelphi sought and won the prestigious grant—its first from the Ford Foundation in more than 50 years. In awarding the grant, the Ford Foundation cited Adelphi’s commitment to broadening students’ knowledge…

The National Science Foundation has awarded Adelphi University $599,000 in grant funding over the next five years for The Opportunity Program, which will provide financial support, scholarship opportunities, and career guidance to 18 economically disadvantaged undergraduate students majoring in biology, chemistry, or physics. The program’s goal is to increase the number of highly skilled U.S.…

Adelphi University’s Institute for Parenting is pleased to host child psychologist and author Cynthia Monahon, Psy.D., who will be the second speaker in the Institute’s Parent Coffee Series, presenting “Parenting in the Wake of Trauma,” on Thursday, November 8, 2007, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, in Adelphi’s Alumni House, 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City,…

Adelphi University Assistant Professor Margaret Gray, in partnership with The Migrant Labor Project at Bard College, today released a new report on the quality of life, challenges, and working conditions of farmworkers in the Hudson Valley.

Lecture on "Leadership in a Changing World."

Adelphi University is pleased to welcome prize-winning photojournalist Audrey Ronning Topping.

Adelphi University is pleased to announce that its School of Business has earned accreditation by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving and largest global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.  Adelphi joins an…

Adelphi University released "Mental Health on Long Island," the second report from its multi-year Vital Signs campus-community project to assess Long Island’s social health.

We should assert that others be respected for their humanity even if they are different from us.

It is my pledge to continue our legacy, one story at a time: your story, my story, our story.

The liberal arts are good for educated citizens, but are not enough to prepare them for the world.

We have campus presidents fulfilling roles as philosophers, executives, entrepreneurs and advocates.

On this day let us be mindful of all those who served and the debt we owe them for their service.

Word pictures and family photographs help rekindle the mental images of a child’s play.

Robert M. Moldwin '80, M.D., F.A.C.S., will receive the Ruth Stratton Harley Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Adelphi University at its 111th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2007.

Judith Borten ’57, co-founder and board member of TransCen, and William Borten ’57, former Adelphi University Trustee and president and CEO of Atlantic Research Corporation, will receive honorary doctor of humane letters degrees from Adelphi University at its 111th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2007. They will also join their 1957 classmates to celebrate their…

Donna Orender, president of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from Adelphi University at the 111th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2007. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 AM in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale, NY. Prior to joining the WNBA, Ms. Orender…

By Robert A. Scott, President, Adelphi University (and Former Right-Handed First Baseman The start of the baseball season revives memories of pick-up games when as young kids we would choose sides, set the rules, and arbitrate disputes. We learned teamwork and leadership, honed our skills and abilities, and developed a set of values. We learned that sides should…