News at Adelphi

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business welcomes the following new faculty and staff members. They represent excellence in their various specializations and will provide our students with guidance, mentorship, and academic and career opportunities.

Among Adelphi's most renowned alumni worldwide is Jonathan Larson '82, the creator of the beloved and influential musical RENT, one of the longest-running shows on Broadway.

In 2012, Adelphi University launched the 10 Under 10 Young Alumni Recognition Program to honor alumni who have achieved exceptional career and professional accomplishments, even before celebrating their 10-year Adelphi reunion.

World's deception expert is ranked 15th among the most influential psychologists of this century

It's a warm Friday evening in early August and Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Avenue is full of people sitting on carpets.

As the nation approaches the 20th anniversary of September 11, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City commemorates and honors those killed in the terrorist attacks of that day—as well as the earlier terrorist truck bomb attack that occurred on February 26, 1993—and the survivors and first responders, and recognizes the many ways in which the world came together in the aftermath.

Kenneth R. Banks ’74, president and CEO of Banks Global Group (BGG) in Pikesville, Maryland, double-majored in physical education and social studies and ran track on a full scholarship. As a sophomore, he became an entrepreneur and, with three other students, started a group called The Four of Us. They rented campus space to put…

At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, the rapper Logic brought the audience to tears with his performance of his seven-times-platinum hit record “1-800-273-8255.” The title is the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and at the end of the performance, Logic thanked everyone for giving him a platform to talk about mental health,…

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman ’73, ’02 (Hon.), grew up in Franklin Square, New York. She completed her English degree at Adelphi in three years, then earned an MA in creative writing from Stanford University in 1974. She has published more than 30 novels, three books of short fiction, and eight books for children…

For her senior thesis, physics major Gabriella (Gabi) Vidad '21 used remote sensing and widely available resources such as Google Earth to chart the severity of coral reef changes in the Philippines.

Ismael Voltaire, MS '21, had already come a long way by the time he entered Adelphi's first Strategic Plan Competition in 2018.

Adelphi recently lost one of our first nursing students. She was a nursing trailblazer, engaged alumna and aspiring part of Adelphi's history of preparing nurses to take the lead.

Adelphi changed my life by teaching me how to be a leader and a doer.

Adelphi enabled me to grow personally and professionally. I developed lifelong friendships as well as met so many interesting professionals in the field of nursing.

Beyond the academic direction and the life lessons I learned at Adelphi, I also met some of my best friends there and I am forever grateful for them.

Adelphi is the reason I am where I am today.

There’s no single key to surviving and prospering during difficult times. At Adelphi, thriving during a year that challenged all institutions of higher education has been attained through the hard work of maintaining enrollment, through innovative thinking to create new opportunities for remote learning and, to be certain, through the backing of generous donors and…

The Adelphi University Board of Trustees elected a new chair and other officers at its June 2021 meeting.

Internationally renowned dancer Ruth St. Denis founded the Department of Dance at Adelphi in 1938, one of the first dance departments at an American university. Now a cornerstone of our performing arts, it has close ties with the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies.

Students and alumni didn't let the pandemic dampen their altruistic spirits and continued to make a difference by helping local and global organizations throughout the 2020–2021 academic year.