News at Adelphi

In May 2019, Adelphi University announced receiving National Science Foundation grants for nearly $1.7 million. This month we report that more of our faculty have been awarded grants totaling $144,200.

On Thursday, June 20, ABC aired the first episode of Family Food Fight. According to ABC, the show “will feature family teams dishing out their best culinary skills.

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.”

Adelphi's student entrepreneurs created their own products or services, developed business plans and made their pitches to a panel of judges to compete for $11,000 in start-up seed money.

At Adelphi, students reap the benefits of personalized attention from their professors and all the opportunities nearby New York City holds. But according to Peter West, Ph.D.—the newly appointed associate provost for student success—there's always room to do better.

Meet Paran. He's a 19-year-old scavenger from the world of Numia, where, following The Scourge, humans live confined to the few remaining villages.

Business faculty member Mark Fogel talks to CBS New York about the financial incentives the MTA uses with contractors.

Dean of Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Rajib Sanyal Ph.D. and associate professor, Rakesh Gupta Ph.D., add their expertise on Amazon’s decision to not have headquarters in New York.

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has launched a new MS in Professional Accounting program, adding to its offerings in undergraduate and graduate study in the field.

With scientific discovery and technological innovation driving the economy, Adelphi has launched a five-year Accelerated Business of Science Program designed to give students with a passion for science a strong, marketable career path in science-related businesses.

Innovate Long Island features Adelphi's accelerated dual-degree program that will teach students the business of science, giving them a marketable career path in science-related businesses.

Newsday published a story featuring ways small businesses can invest in their employees without taking a big budget hit. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Success Management MaryAnne M. Hyland, Ph.D., is featured in the article mentioning mentoring programs as a training alternative.

Employees should keep learning, and they don't need a formal classroom to do so, MaryAnne Hyland, Ph.D., associate dean for undergraduate programs and student success, told Newsday.

Since October of 2017, Melanie Strano has been working in a job that, by her own admission, she would have been apprehensive about approaching a year or two earlier. But she landed it through some good old-fashioned hobnobbing and networking and by following the path the Career Center laid out for her.

Vishwanath Gurumurthy knows that going above and beyond is how you get ahead.

More corporate boards include women, but not nearly enough, reports Newsday. MaryAnne Hyland, Ph.D., associate dean for undergraduate programs and student success, who teaches management, noted that board diversity improves the decision-making process in management oversight for companies. Anita D'Amico, Ph.D. '84, also quoted, is one woman who has made it to the C-suite: She is currently chief executive of Code Dx, Inc.

As more and more companies in emerging markets strive to access strategic resources by enacting mergers and acquisitions (M&As) across national borders in developed markets, the need for determining the performance factors for such cross-border deals is becoming more crucial, says Monica Yang, Ph.D., professor of management.

In patriarchal societies, women entrepreneurs face barriers not experienced by male counterparts, such as strictures regarding working after dark, being away from their children, doing business with men and traveling for business.

The brand value of a product can be evaluated quite differently depending on a consumer's goals, says Zachary Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing.

Rather than hindering on-time performance, fee policies for checked bags actually reduce the percentage of late flights, says Amirhossein Alamdar Yazdi, Ph.D.

At Adelphi, business students don't just read about marketing strategies and business plans. They create them by working with companies like GEICO, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., and 1-800-Flowers.com. Soon, students will have even more opportunities to work with companies on the next big idea when Adelphi's planned Innovation Center, a 2,000-square-foot research lab in Swirbul Library, is completed in September 2019.

Renewable energy technologies bring the promise of a better life to rural villages in developing countries, but establishing those technologies in the lives of underserved populations is not a simple task. According to Gita Surie, Ph.D., it requires the development of a new innovation ecosystem composed of complex networks.

Yun Jung Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing at Adelphi built a new conceptual framework for mobile interactivity (m-interactivity) to help us better understand how shopping via smartphone leads to business success.

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.

“Adelphi gave me the opportunity to come to New York and start a brand new life. I can’t imagine who I would be if it weren’t for all the incredible experiences I was able to create at Adelphi.”

“Adelphi was my home away from home. I have so many great memories from the four years that I spent there.”