News at Adelphi

Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.

A study outlines ways to encourage student inquiry

In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies. She succeeded Raysa Amador, PhD, now professor emerita of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, who became the first head of the program in the early 1970s. Dr. Olvera began planning a transition for the program, based on review of the program over two…

Many consider the American South as the place where the struggle against Jim Crow laws, school segregation and civil rights took place. Yet, racism was just as deeply rooted in the North—and in Boston. Despite its reputation as the historic “cradle of liberty” and headquarters of the abolitionist movement, racial conflict exploded in Boston in…

Adelphi University has received the prestigious Innovative Academic Support Initiative award from the American College Personnel Association's Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education (CASHE).

Melanie Bush, PhD, professor of sociology and an expert in teaching methods around the globe, has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award. During her three-year tenure, she will develop new insights into the ways we can make education more just and equitable for all.

Kirsten L. Ziomek, PhD, Adelphi University associate professor of East Asian history and director of Asian studies, has been awarded a $60,000 Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan by the Japan-United States Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities (JUSFC-NEH).

Benjamin Franklin espoused the idea that one can be financially successful while making the world a better place, an idea now known as the oft-quoted “doing well by doing good." Embracing ethical practices has been intrinsic to the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business since its founding as the School of Business Administration in 1964, both for business and personal actions. In recent decades, that ethos has evolved toward a more structured approach to teaching corporate social responsibility.

Willumstad School of Business (WSB) students might be surprised to learn that among those giving them a winning edge both academically and in the job market is an impressive team of highly accomplished professionals working behind the scenes as advocates, allies and partners.

Adelphi University's College of Nursing and Public Health has been selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to participate in a national initiative designed to prepare nursing students to become strong, resilient leaders. The pilot program will kick off in the Spring 2023 semester.

It’s been another outstanding year for Adelphi University in the news–locally, nationally and around the world.

It's been another great year of academic achievement and recognition at Adelphi.

Christy Mulligan, PsyD, assistant professor of school psychology, researches how to help young people with selective mutism and those who have sexually harmed others, specifically targeting the inequalities within our juvenile justice system.

When Jonathan Jackson, PhD, started his role as director of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology Center for Psychological Services, he thought it was one of those positions he might grow into—and 36 years later, he thinks he might have done just that.

Karolina Lempert, PhD, joined the faculty of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology as an assistant professor of psychology this fall, after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology and Penn Memory Center.

In August, Monica Pal, PhD '13, became director of Adelphi's Center for Psychological Services and director of Practicum Training—stepping into the shoes of her former professor, Jonathan Jackson, PhD, who retired after 36 years in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology.

“No matter how much information there is in Google, one needs the ability to ask questions, because education is an interactive experience. I believe in hands-on learning and mentorship programs.”

Catherine Eubanks, PhD, who joins the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology faculty as a professor, is enthusiastically including her students in her research, which is focused on repairing ruptures in therapist/patient relationships.

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the accrediting branch of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), has recognized Adelphi University's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in adult gerontology primary care.

The Adelphi community lost a longtime professor, campus leader and student advocate with the death of Regina Axelrod, PhD, on November 3. Colleagues and alumni share their recollections.

When Deborah Hunt, PhD '12, learned that patient errors are on the rise despite years of new protocols, the dean of the Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health decided to provide best practices for all healthcare workers.

Adelphi's new director of the Bachelor of Social Work program and associate professor has a clear vision: “To bring distinction to the University as the premier institution for preparing social work practitioners for success in a global society."

The Adelphi University School of Social Work is a premier partner in the New York State Office of Mental Health Schools of Social Work Project for Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health, which provides training and education in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices for adults diagnosed with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

In the Fall 2021 semester, across all of higher education, faculty members sought ways to keep students safe and engaged amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Every year, College Factual ranks schools in a variety of categories for its Best Colleges in America list. This year, Adelphi University was recognized as one of the Best Colleges in America for 2023.

This year’s International Education Week (IEW) has a lot to celebrate: a week of events, Adelphi's rich history of global connections, a return to pre-pandemic opportunities for our students to study abroad, and the welcome presence, once again, of our international students.

Organized by two Adelphi Department of Mathematics and Computer Science assistant professors, the inaugural session of the Adelphi Summer Institute in Mathematical Epidemiology gave Long Island high school students an opportunity to conduct original research projects in mathematical epidemiology that focused on COVID-19 and cancer.

Cara Lynch ’12 has made mural magic again, this time in Long Beach, New York. Lynch’s particular brilliance is not merely eye-catching, site-appropriate public art. She has been creating public art since she graduated from Adelphi and, last semester, began teaching as an adjunct in the Department of Art and Art History. She also includes the community when she…

Graduates with an MS in applied mathematics and data science are breaking down barriers and taking on careers in STEM. One of them was advised in high school not to study science—and is now working in the Collider-Accelerator Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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