News at Adelphi

Lectures by associate professor of finance and economics David P. Machlis, Ph.D., aren't one-sided talks. They're enthusiastic performances, filled with engaging give-and-take and interactive storytelling that encourage critical thinking.

Each year, students in Dr. Susan Zori's "Nursing Care of the Older Adult" class work in small groups to develop inventive products that could improve the lives of the elderly and address unmet needs.

At Adelphi, the five-hour biochemistry lab run by Professor Brian Stockman, Ph.D., is capped at 12 students who are divided into three or four groups and conduct their own, customized research projects.

According to Zainab Toteh Osakwe, Ph.D., assistant professor in Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health, the use of post-acute care services has increased dramatically over the past two decades for patients recently discharged from a hospital.

Fresh water and clean air are the most basic human needs. But according to Justyna Widera-Kalinowska, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemistry at Adelphi, both are becoming scarcer around the world, even in highly developed countries.

Dominic Fareri, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, knows that when people make even the smallest decision—such as whether to eat a salad or burger for lunch—their actions can be traced back to their early life history. Dr. Fareri has studied a diverse sampling of children and adults in order to parse the connection between life experience and decision-making.

Shakespeare fan fiction: self-indulgent pastime or scholarly exercise? According to Louise Geddes, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Adelphi, fan fiction—stories using characters or situations from popular works, written by enthusiasts and posted online—is just one of many internet-based activities turning Shakespeare fan studies on its head.

For the past three years, Carol S. Cohen, D.S.W., associate professor in Adelphi's School of Social Work, has served as principal investigator on a team of evaluators studying an innovative and unprecedented collaboration between seven U.S. schools of social work engaged, in pairs, with seven Chinese institutions.

According to Diann Cameron-Kelly, Ph.D., associate professor and B.S.W. program faculty chair, early paternal engagement can have life-changing results.

A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly 15 million years earlier than previously thought.

Michael D’Emic, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, comments on the find (this ran nationally on-air and online in more than 33 news outlets).

The 3rd annual Bowling Benefit for the Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program.

You've probably seen them at a train station, grocery store or even at the mall. Right between Post Hall and Harvey Hall are the Adelphi University shuttles, branded in brown and gold.

Reporting on research led by Michael D’Emic, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, published in Science Advances and reported on in numerous other science news outlets.

Featuring interview with K.C. Rondello, M.D., Adelphi clinical professor of public health.

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Studying best practices in education has taken Devin Thornburg, Ph.D., professor of education at Adelphi, all over the globe.

Brian Wygal, Ph.D., an associate professor of anthropology at Adelphi, believes that light can be shed on the colonization of Alaska by prehistoric people through the study of microblades.

The composer and University Professor Paul Moravec, D.M.A., has devoted his life to music, but he has another passion as well: history.

Student loan debt is skyrocketing, and U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice has plans to ease the burden for students.

Jonathan Cristol, Ph.D., Levermore Global Scholars Fellow, comments on the president’s UN General Assembly speech.

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