News at Adelphi

Current senior Paul Maurantonio's Super Duper Fighting Game won big fans—and an Outstanding Presentation Award—at Adelphi's annual Research Day last April.

Are pesticides aiding an invasive species? ReginaLena McManus ’19 conducted research to see if a tolerance to pesticides might be helping Asian shore crabs push out native crabs on Long Island shores.

Last September, assistant professor of biology Michael D. D'Emic, PhD, was given a two-week deadline to publish a paper in the journal Science Advances on newly discovered fossils. Needing a graphic to accompany his findings, he turned to Sae Bom Ra '19, then a senior who had created her own major in scientific illustration.

African American women make up a disproportionate percentage of victims of intimate partner violence. Are they receiving the help they need? Bernadine Waller, MA ’10, associate director of experiential learning at Adelphi's Center for Career and Professional Development and a PhD candidate in social work, just received a prestigious grant for her research—and, she is searching for an answer.

This year’s Research Day on April 17 was Adelphi’s biggest yet—it grows every year. Learn what was new at our 16th annual event, and meet some of the students who presented their research.

Indigenous peoples often appear as caricatures in official histories and popular narratives of Japan’s 20th-century empire. A new book by assistant professor of history Kirsten Ziomek, PhD, paints a fuller picture of cultures that have long been marginalized.

Research by Geoffrey Ream, Ph.D., associate professor of social work, has revealed a shocking fact: Nearly one-quarter of young teens who died by suicide were LGBT.

This academic year, Adelphi University received four grants totaling nearly $1.7 million for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-related projects. Three grants were awarded from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the fourth grant was awarded from the American Chemical Society.

Can women entrepreneurs succeed in male-dominated, conservative countries? Research by Murat Erogul, Ph.D., assistant professor of management, shows they can—as long as they practice what he calls “strategic disobedience.”

Lauren Gonzales, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, combines various methods of research to better understand the factors that can prevent persons with mental illnesses from integrating successfully into their communities.

Damian Stanley, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, has developed a test that may lead to the identification of subcategories of autism and the development of new interventions and/or treatments.

I had to step beyond the obvious and do more, says Matthew J. Wright, who offers advice for other scholars seeking funding.

The Adelphi University's International Leadership Coordinating Committee was pleased to award the 2019 International Research Awards during the 16th Annual Adelphi Research Conference.

Margaret Gray, associate professor of political science, is quoted by the New York Times about indoor greenhouse farm labor conditions.

In recognition of his work, Dr. Fareri was named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), an honor given to a handful of outstanding psychological scientists in the early stages of their postgraduate research careers around the world.

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.

Scientists from around the world travel to the famous CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, to probe the fundamental structure of the universe using the largest and most powerful particle accelerator on earth—the Large Hadron Collider. Last summer, they were joined by an Adelphi senior, Muhammad Aziz, a physics major who spent six weeks as part of a longer 10-week internship with the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory/Duke University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

You could say that junior Melissa Emilcar has a knack for medical research. After all, how many undergraduates need only a month to master a lab technique that can take researchers with doctorates six months to learn?

Born in a small town in Brazil and spending his teenage years in a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood controlled by a drug cartel, Walace Kierulf-Vieira grew up a world away from Adelphi.

Dirt covered the hands of Queens, New York, native Julio RuizDiaz last summer as he excavated artifacts in the Alaskan wilderness.

Born in Vietnam and moving to the United States at age 8, Lani Chau was determined to use art and science for the greater good through the field of renewable energy. That journey started with experiences in physics, chemistry and the arts at Adelphi.

Biology professor James K. Dooley, Ph.D., is passionate about protecting endangered marine life and creating a better future for our planet. Throughout his 45 years at Adelphi, he has been recognized nationally, internationally and locally for his work in environmental preservation.

Korede Adegoke, Ph.D., began her professional career as a physician in her home country of Nigeria, committed to the treatment of pregnant women and their children. Dismayed by the preventable deaths she witnessed almost daily, she eventually came to the conclusion that the best way to help improve health among vulnerable populations would be to go into public health research and teaching.