News at Adelphi

EAB (formerly Education Advisory Board) cites Matthew Wright, Ph.D., Adelphi associate professor of physics and department chair. He says students need to hear they are loved and cared for by faculty and staff.

How do you measure the impact of writer-composer Jonathan Larson '82? By the sheer numbers of people over the years who have been moved and inspired by Larson's groundbreaking musical RENT, including actress-singer Vanessa Hudgens and Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway smash hit Hamilton.

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.

Physicists don't often guarantee a look into the future, but the Society of Physics Students (SPS) seems confident that Adelphi's students will have a place in the field for years to come.

Young adult fiction has tackled plenty of controversial subjects. According to Visiting Associate Professor Donna M. Freitas, Ph.D.'s article in The New York Times, there's one topic publishers shy away from: religion.

Anthropology Professor Brian T. Wygal is quoted about the real impacts of climate change in Newsday.

The work of Anthropology Assistant Professor Brian Wygal is featured in this story from the German publication Sueddeutsche Zeitung about the world's history with climate change.

English Professor Jennifer Fleischner and her book on Keckly are included in this story from The New York Times.

When you walk into the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan, you'll see 125 pieces of colorful coral art relating to coral bleaching events and clay art exploring the possibilities of varied surfaces. This is Lauren Skelly Bailey: Studio Focus, an exhibit displaying the work of Lauren Skelly Bailey '12, M.A. '14, through January 13, 2019.

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.

“It's been a very productive and exciting experience working with him and my friends in the math and computer science department."

English professor and author Martha Cooley wrote for the Los Angeles Review of Books analyzing the trope of missing girls in fiction books.

Igor Webb, Ph.D., author, critic, professor, and director of the Adelphi University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program hosted a gathering in celebration of his latest book, Christopher Smart's Cat, an unusual amalgam of memoir, short fiction and lit crit.

On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the College Republicans and College Democrats held a well-attended debate on campus. They discussed the contentious issue of immigration.

The Center for International Education has two announcements in time for International Education Week, held November 12 through November 16, 2018: the recipients of the 2019 International Faculty Development Grants, and a new map documenting faculty international engagement.

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.

Growing up in Afghanistan under the Taliban, adjunct communications professor Mehdi Salehi saw firsthand how drones could be used for destructive purposes. Now, having fled Afghanistan, he's teaching at Adelphi University and using drones as a force for good as the founder of his company, Drone Labs, which deploys the technology to support humanitarian work.

Seniors Laura Rojas and Kimberly Campuzano spent this summer doing research in New Mexico and Colorado, respectively. On October 3, they gave presentations summarizing their experience and research to their audience in Blodgett Hall.

In the age of iPhones, Twitter and Snapchat, parental anxiety over media corrupting their children seems more pervasive than ever. But to Margaret Cassidy, Ph.D., associate professor and department chair of communications, it's just another recurring episode in a phenomenon stretching back hundreds of years.

Victoria Grinthal is a worker with Web Communications at Adelphi.

As teachers and mentors, Adelphi faculty members are helping to transform the lives of their students. As researchers, they're helping to transform society.

Science classes at Adelphi often incorporate field study. The marine biology class taught by Aaren Freemen, Ph.D., virtually revolves around it, engaging in what Dr. Freeman calls "boots in the mud type of work."

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.

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.

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.