News at Adelphi

My wish for you this holiday season is simple but heartfelt: joy for you and your loved ones!

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.

Adelphi University recently completed a test of our Emergency Operations Plan (E.O.P.). Per the Clery Act (Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act), we are required to (1) test the university emergency response and evacuation procedures on at least an annual basis, and (2) publicize our emergency response and evacuation procedures, along with a summary of the test.  The following notification is being sent to university employees and students to meet this requirement.

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

Several of Adelphi's Students are featured for contributing to Puerto Rico's hurricane relief during Winter Break in The Garden City News.

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.

At the second Community, Love, Justice and Social Action Day, students from Adelphi's First-Year Seminars shared what they learned at 18 booths that encouraged visitors to reflect upon their responsibilities to one another and the community.

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.

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.

If you're still doing holiday shopping, consider a gift of books or music from Adelphi faculty or alumni. We've compiled a list of suggestions for your friends and family members.

To kick off the holiday season, Adelphi University's Graduate Student Council (GSC) and Student Government Association (SGA) set a goal to collect and donate 100 baby hats for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of two underserved hospitals in Nepal and Guyana.

Anne Mungai, Ph.D., the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education's interim dean, cited several key factors behind the School's strong rankings at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Adelphi University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders students and faculty presented their research at the 58th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in Canada.

Twenty-six Adelphi students will combine learning with making a difference this winter when they travel to Puerto Rico from January 7–January 11, 2019, to assist in the continuing relief efforts following Hurricane Maria.

Stieglitz was one of 30 people selected—from over 700 who applied, she said—to visit NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Can a “good" athlete become “extraordinary" in college? Should an “extraordinary" athlete get paid to play a sport they mastered while in college? The answers to these questions are part of a controversial debate about whether student athletes playing college-level sports should be paid.

The Ruth S. Ammon School of Education will host its first Early Learning Conference on April 5, 2019, at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, with outspoken educator and thought leader Michael Hynes, Ed.D., as its keynote speaker.

At the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education's 37th annual Finkelstein Lecture in the Adelphi Performing Arts Center on October 17, 2018, Matt Jacobs, Nassau County regional staff director for the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), expressed optimism about the future of unions despite the Supreme Court's controversial Mark Janus vs. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) decision.

On Tuesday afternoon, October 16, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education partnered with the Center for Career and Professional Development for the Ammon School's first Annual Career Fair—essentially, a job fair for teachers.

During the October 2018 Spirit Week 10 Under 10 Induction and Reception, Adelphi's first alumni affinity group was announced—with big plans to come.

A United Nations official and four keynote speakers are now booked for the 2019 International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) International Conference on the Adelphi campus.

Adelphi's Institute for Parenting has done much to help young children and new families, while training the practitioners who provide them with mental health care. The institute comprises a clinic, multiple community initiatives, a degree program and postgraduate certificate programs.

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.

Progga Deb is a worker with the Help Desk at Adelphi.

Dirt covered the hands of Queens, New York, native Julio RuizDiaz last summer as he excavated artifacts in the Alaskan wilderness.