News at Adelphi

Adelphi's new Manhattan Center opens this year with career-boosting professional and graduate programs in fields facing workforce shortages in New York City.

Adelphi’s Mindfulness Center offers students a different way to move through college—grounded, connected and present. It's a cornerstone of Adelphi's commitment to promoting mental health and well-being and a model for universities nationwide.

As a consultant on the hit television show's 2025 season, assistant professor of biology Kaiya Provost, PhD, played a vital role by teaching cast members to mimic the birdcalls that helped solve the mysterious death of the Arconia apartment building's doorman.

Adelphi University is planning a $55 million modernization project for its 75-acre Garden City campus.

One of the nation's most prominent advocates for people on the autism spectrum, Stephen Shore, EdD, has taken his message to more than 50 countries. This March, Dr. Shore—who is on the spectrum himself—is going to Germany to give the opening keynote address at the Euro-Global Summit on Autism Research and Awareness.

Physics majors at Adelphi no longer just solve problems on a whiteboard—they build their own solutions from scratch.

As a child, Frida Molina ’23 taught herself to dance. After earning her BFA in Dance at Adelphi, she has gone on to become a dancer with some of pop’s biggest stars.

Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health is placing new emphasis on preparing the next generation of nurses to meet the complex needs of an aging population—on Long Island, in New York City, and beyond.

If you ask anyone at Adelphi University who knew him, Professor Gottipaty Rao, PhD, had a passion for physics, and he loved nothing more than sharing with students his love for the study of matter and energy and how they interact.

The 100 percent acceptance rate of Honors College students who applied to medical school in 2025 highlights the College’s long success in preparing students for professional schools.

In this special feature, Adelphi faculty experts from across our schools and colleges lay out their predictions for the new year.

"People don’t get to see enough art—and art is more than what you see in museums and galleries. ... It gives people joy. As an artist, I see making public art as an opportunity to give something back."

As Adelphi University prepares to welcome its first students to its new midtown Manhattan location in Summer 2026, the executive director of the new Manhattan Center, Jennifer Lancaster, PhD, talks about the benefits it will provide career-oriented adults and Adelphi.

As in the past eight years, this October’s Spirit Weekend brought the Adelphi community together, reuniting old friends and introducing new traditions.

Kris Amplo ’00 is sharing his experience as business owner, entrepreneur and philanthropist with students as the 2025–2026 executive in residence at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

Adelphi’s cheerleading team, which competes annually in the college championships, took root in 1977 thanks to the passion, persistence and school spirit of determined alumnae Waju Akiwowo ’80 and Alvena Morgan Clark ’79, MSW ’80.

Adelphi has once again been recognized by Forbes as the highest-ranked private university on Long Island and by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s Best Colleges.

Adelphi raised $15 million in 2024–2025 from donors inspired by the public launch of the University’s most ambitious fundraising campaign ever.

While other colleges and universities encourage career planning in students’ senior year, more and more students are beginning career planning in their first year at Adelphi.

Samuel Abrams ’23 and Daniel Hickey ’20 are using their studio art and video game design degrees from Adelphi in roles at Universal Studios and High Moon Studios.

Adelphi is among the first area universities to offer undergraduate and advanced degrees in artificial intelligence, preparing students for careers in tech.

Undergraduate finance majors in the Student Investment Fund course manage a portfolio of holdings that are part of the University's endowment. How savvy are they? Quite savvy—their portfolio has tripled in value since 2008.

A talk with Michael Balboni ’81, JD, former New York state senator and deputy secretary for public safety under two of the state’s governors, about his long connection with Adelphi and plans for leadership of the University’s board.

The variety and sophistication of paid research projects undertaken by Adelphi students this summer reflects the University's emphasis on undergraduate research.

Mario Baez, who spent 30 years at the United Nations, shared his international experience and his vast knowledge of Latin America with students as the Levermore Global Scholars program's 2025 Spring Fellow.

Professor of health and sport sciences Meredith Whitley, PhD, believes the youth sports system in the United States is broken. She is now leading a project to develop evidence-informed mental health guidelines that have the potential to transform the way youth sports programs are run.

Shota Mikautadze, a rising senior who came to Adelphi from the Republic of Georgia, is this year’s recipient of a Newman Civic Fellowship. Awarded by Campus Compact, the fellowship is an annual honor and yearlong program for select student leaders from across the country who are committed to making positive change.

The brainchild of physics department chair Matthew Wright, PhD, the inaugural Cosmic Pathways conference explored the many directions a physics degree can take students.

Arvind Kajaria ’87 came to Adelphi from India in 1985, and what he experienced as a student at the University was truly eye-opening. Since earning his bachelor’s degree in business, he’s applied what he learned both in and beyond the classroom and established numerous businesses, including one of the world’s largest ecard websites, 123Greetings.com, Inc.

This year, at Adelphi's 129th commencement, 1,244 undergraduate degrees were awarded to the Class of 2025. The graduates, ranging in age from 17 to 56, are remarkable in many ways.