News at Adelphi

Adjunct professor James Joseph O'Neil ’88 and Samuel Adams ’08 are starring in the new production of the play Amadeus at the Folger Theatre in Washington D.C., says Folger Shakespeare Library.

Since 2015, seven faculty and administrators from Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health have been inducted into the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). On November 7, 2019, two more of Adelphi's own joined their ranks: Maryann Forbes, PhD '99, and Keiko Iwama, PhD '18.

Jessie Klein, PhD, associate professor of sociology, shares her knowledge of the bullying epidemic in America on the Progressive Radio Network.

Christopher Saucedo, professor of art and art history, completed an inspirational Q&A with The Wave.

Frances Perkins, the first woman ever to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet and former professor of sociology at Adelphi, will be highlighted for her service, says Hudson Valley One.

Bestselling authors Jacqueline Woodson '16 (Hon.) and Alice Hoffman '73, '02 (Hon.) published their latest in a succession of critically acclaimed works. They are joined by Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, whose first work of fiction was also released.

Election Day is next week and early voting is already underway for New York state voters. With the convenience of early voting and Adelphi not holding classes on Election Day, Adelphi students are primed to participate in the voting process.

All the colors of the world come to life on Adelphi's silver screen during two separate film festivals: the International Immigration Film Festival in late October, and the Foreign Language Fall Film Festival in early November. All screenings are free and open to the public.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the periodic table, Adelphi is going gold as part of National Chemistry Week, says InnovateLI.

Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD ’14, shares her experience about coping with climate change anxiety in Grist.

Adelphi graduate student Jennifer Hindieh and her husband share their love story with The New York Times.

Through years of detective work with faculty from several different departments at Adelphi, Anagnostis Agelarakis, PhD and his team were able to determine why the woman was buried in such an unusual manner. In the process, they challenged long-held beliefs about the role of women in ancient Greece.

The United States insisted the Taliban hand bin Laden over if they wanted to gain diplomatic recognition—a moment, Jonathan Cristol, PhD, argues, that represented another consequential fork in the road.

Kirsten Ziomek, Ph.D., is co-director of Adelphi's Asian Studies program and the author of Lost Histories: Recovering the Lives of Japan's Colonial Peoples (2019). She is currently working on her second book about World War II and Japan's colonial peoples.

Alexander Heyl, PhD, is researching the evolution and functioning of signaling pathways, particularly in the origin of a class of plant hormones called cytokinins. He holds a PhD from the University of Cologne, Germany.

A discovery in Utah by Michael D'Emic, PhD, assistant professor of biology shows that flowering trees grew in North America 15 million years earlier than previously thought.

Were you unable to get tickets to author Tara Westover, PhD's sold-out lecture and book signing? Catch up with our coverage of what the bestselling author shared about Educated: A Memoir, this year's Adelphi Community Reads selection.

Did you know that this year marks the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements? And that the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019)?

Brian Wygal, PhD, Director of Environmental Studies and Sciences and Associate Professor of Anthropology, is quoted in a U.S. News & World Report story about what students can do with an anthropology degree.