News at Adelphi

Before starting a new semester, new year and new decade, here's a look at what we accomplished at Adelphi University in 2019.

Sanctuary Road—an oratorio by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Adelphi University Professor of Music Paul Moravec, with librettist Mark Campbell, based on the writings of Underground Railroad organizer William Still—will see its first recording released on CD and streaming platforms via Naxos Records on January 10.

From winning a national championship to a viral commencement proposal, we're counting down some of our favorite moments of the year

Adelphi University's Finnish Innovation in Politics and Business program provided Marian Wong and Keyshaun Scott the opportunity to study abroad in Finland and explore the country's political culture.

Amanda Bruchhauser shares her experience as a trainee at the Delegation of the European Union and helping work towards strides in human rights.

Saira Amar reflects on her experience in the civil society youth representative program and attending briefings at the UN.

Adelphi University students were engaged in community service during Fall 2019.

Winners of the Study Abroad Photo Contest were chosen from submissions sent in by students who participated in study abroad programs during the 2018-2019 academic year.

With a diverse population of students and faculty from around the world, Adelphi University is fast becoming a leading global institution committed to creating more programs with a global appeal for students.

Carolyn Bauer, PhD, assistant professor of biology, is taking her students both far and near. As a researcher, she has been awarded $136,611 of a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering to bring her Adelphi students to Chile.

The Princeton Review Guide ranks Adelphi as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the nation.

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.

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.

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.

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)?

The Georgia State University Alumni Association will present its top honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, to five outstanding graduates on October 4, including Adelphi University President Christine M. Riordan.

Jonathan Cristol, PhD, Levermore Global Scholars research fellow, is featured in a Carnegie Council article discussing the Taliban.

Dr. Briziarelli sat down with Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey to discuss the importance of taking a global approach to education and what she hopes to accomplish in her new role as assistant provost for global affairs.

Meeting with activists, ambassadors and policy makers—sometimes in the United Nations itself—makes our Levermore Global Scholars program unique.