News at Adelphi

Adelphi University social work professor Beth Counselman Carpenter, PhD '14, helps people in breast cancer treatment define beauty on their own terms.

Research by Adelphi University finance professor Huajing Hu, PhD, found that sentiment on X can temporarily push stock prices away from their fundamental value.

Chemistry professor Michael Lueckheide, PhD, helps advance next-generation mRNA delivery systems and trains undergraduates on the same equipment used in the pharmaceutical industry.

A Healthcare Theatre course enlisted theatre majors as stand-ins for patients in an accredited simulation lab that helps nursing students build LGBTQ+ cultural sensitivity.

Research by Adelphi’s Hariklia Proios, PhD, shows children can effectively teach their families to recognize stroke symptoms.

Adelphi University researchers surveyed more than 1,500 university students, faculty and staff to learn how disaster-related stress affects each group.

Honors College and dance alumna founded Lawton Dance Collective in 2024, and the company’s dozens of New York performances now include the recent premiere of Evidence of Damage.

An Adelphi study found that watching negative news didn't make people more cautious. The researchers argue that results like this one, where no effect turns up, still move science forward.

The director of Adelphi University's MFA in Creative Writing explains how memory, close observation and technical research shape her novels.

Adelphi professor highlights how outer-circle relationships can enhance individual wellbeing and public health.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning composer’s new oratorio, All Shall Rise, is the third chapter of a trilogy that traces 250 years of the country’s struggle for equality.

In a study, Adelphi Assistant Professor Binda Godlove Aka explores the economic, policy and tax barriers behind a public health crisis that affects 500 million women worldwide.

An Adelphi assistant professor turned 134 manumission records into a free, searchable resource, giving descendants a new way to trace Black ancestors in early Brooklyn.

New Adelphi-led research shows how brief visits with a service dog during hospital shifts helps nurses refocus, refuel and get back to patient care.

Faculty artist Carson Fox used her Victorian portrait series to bring Adelphi's first president to our research magazine cover.

Research has shown that kids just want to have fun when they’re playing sports. But for many young athletes, fun is nowhere to be found. Between social media surveillance, elite training regimens and increasing commercialization, children and adolescents are being pressured to either perform at the highest level or walk away completely.

Andrea Ward, PhD, vice provost for research and libraries, and Master of Science in Biology student Laura Fisher are studying the effectiveness of a new eel ladder design in the Mill River watershed on Long Island.

Students across Adelphi’s social work programs explain what they studied, what it meant to share their work and how research is shaping their careers.

After a long, hard day at work, all we want to do is unplug. Figuratively, that is. For many of us, scrolling endlessly on social media has become a go-to method of relaxation. But, as much research has shown, what we do to soothe our minds may actually be causing us harm.

Do you feel like you’re walking on air when your favorite influencer celebrates a success? Do you get so worked up defending them in the comments section that you can’t concentrate on anything else? Or do you ever pull up one of their vlogs and pretend you’re watching a friend on FaceTime?

When the public talks about AI in the classroom, it’s often to fret over students who get “chat” to write their essays. But the AI revolution in education is happening on an institutional scale—and it goes much deeper than homework shortcuts.

A pair of Adelphi physics majors spent their summer as interns at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory exploring new frontiers in imaging.

Recent history graduate Joseph D’Andrea ’25, MA ’26, interviewed Anagnostis P. Agelarakis, PhD, an internationally recognized bioarchaeologist of Greek antiquities, about the accuracy—and relevance—of the summer blockbuster The Odyssey.

Adelphi University has been selected as an inaugural partner in the Empower Every Coach (EEC) program, a national initiative focused on advancing systems-level change in youth sports across the United States.

During the Spring 2026 semester, Adelphi University was proud to welcome its first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Bibek Banerjee, PhD, a renowned management scholar and entrepreneurial academic administrator from India.

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.

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.

Archaeologist and professor of history Anagnostis Agelarakis, PhD, shares his thoughts on a discovery he made about a murder in ancient Greece.