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AYE DEFY Is the Latest Creation From Actor Mirirai Sithole '12, the Agency's Chief Creative Director
Published:Mirirai Sithole has been working steadily since she graduated from Adelphi University in 2012 with a BFA in theater. Her acting credits include numerous off-Broadway productions, including School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play. On television, she's had roles in Black Mirror, Broad City, and Russian Doll—and season two of the Natasha Lyonne series is now available on Netflix.
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Chireau White (PhD Outstanding Student) Nominated by Elizabeth Palley, JD, PhD, director of the doctoral program Chireau White is a 29-year-old, Black, queer woman who is a fourth-year PhD student at the Adelphi University School of Social Work. Her current research interests are focused on organizational and societal contributors to social work burnout. She has…
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Oyster Bay Hs Partners With Adelphi University For Real-world Health And Physical Education Program
CategoriesPublished:Charlie Rizzuto, an Adelphi 2011 MA in Physical Education graduate, is featured in a story about teaching phys ed students. The story aired on all seven News 12 regional stations.
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There's a certain surge of hopefulness that can accompany news of scientific advances, a sense that doomsday might be averted. We want to believe that disease and environmental devastation can be sidestepped, and that science will take us there.
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“[Perkins] insisted New York politicians visit factories and mines across the state to see the conditions themselves.”—Robert Linné, PhD, professor of education and coauthor of The New York City Triangle Factory Fire (Images of America) Professors Frances Perkins and Annie Marion MacLean, PhD, colleagues in Adelphi College’s fledgling sociology department in the early 20th century,…
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As a child and teenager, Zachary Fallon, now Lucy Fallon, loved chemistry and knew this was what she wanted to major in.
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Emily J. (Cierley) Horcher ‘62 grew up in Brooklyn in a family who already had a rich history at Adelphi.
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Musician and composer Tamar-kali is featured. She attended Adelphi in the early 1990s, studying education.
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Featuring two-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman as our keynote speaker, Adelphi's fifth annual Women's Leadership Conference on Saturday, March 26, will empower colleagues and friends to be courageous in their careers and communities. Join us to commemorate “125 Years of Women in Leadership” during our milestone anniversary and celebration of Women's History Month.
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The first woman and the first Hispanic person to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Carmen Ortiz ’78, JD, ’12 (Hon.), is also vice chair of the Adelphi University Board of Trustees. Here, she discusses her remarkable career, vision of leadership, and how our University inspires our students.
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Wesley Memeger Jr. earned his PhD in chemistry from Adelphi in 1966 but, reminiscent of the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, Dr. Memeger's successes haven't been limited to the sciences. Over the last six decades, the Florida native has distinguished himself as a chemist, painter and activist.
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Chuck D is known around the world as a cofounder of the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy, the group which got him into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and gave him a voice as a rapper, author and activist.
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Adelphi's own healthcare heroes in the war against an invisible enemy work at Northwell Health, NYU Langone Health, St. Francis Hospital and other healthcare institutions in such areas as neurosurgical medicine, cardiothoracic surgery and emergency medicine.
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Countless stories in the media over the past year have described the nurses on the front lines as wartime nurses. Like Florence Nightingale treating soldiers during the Crimean War in the 19th century and subsequent Florence Nightingales who did so during World War I, World War II and other major 20th-century conflicts, today's front-line healthcare heroes are facing warlike challenges just as dangerous, but against an unseen enemy.
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Adelphi recently received a $1 million gift from our trailblazing nurse alumna, the late Mildred “Millie” Loughlin Kahane ’49. She was a first-generation scholarship recipient who became a leader—one inspired to “pay it forward.” The next generation of Adelphi nurses and our University are grateful for her generosity.
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The 1974 graduate majored in biology at Adelphi on her way to becoming a notable researcher and scholar in the field of genetics, particularly in the use of DNA sequencing.
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Ackerman, a 1967 Adelphi graduate and notable director of stage and film, is lauded in Playbill and other industry publications including The Hollywood Reporter.
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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.
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Adelphi Class of 1976 alumnae Lynn Modell and Ruth Benson Levin are featured for bringing joy to their community through dance.
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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.
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30 Under 30
CategoriesPublished:Adelphi alumna Chelsea Wollman Imbriano '14, a registered nurse at North Shore University Hospital, makes the 2021 list.
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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.
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Growing up, Sarafina Bush ’12 always loved dance and theater. It seems preordained, as the daughter of Adelphi sociology professor Melanie Bush, PhD, she was named after the title character in the musical Sarafina!, which depicts the story of a group of South African students brave enough to participate in the Soweto riots against apartheid.
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World's deception expert is ranked 15th among the most influential psychologists of this century
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A Magic (Painted) Carpet Ride: Cara Lynch '12 and Fellow Alumni Create Public Art in Brooklyn
CategoriesPublished:It's a warm Friday evening in early August and Brooklyn's Vanderbilt Avenue is full of people sitting on carpets.
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This educational outlet features a Q&A with Jodie Sperico, executive director of alumni engagement and Adelphi Fund, about the impact of alumni on enrollment.
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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.
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Q&A With Kenneth R. Banks '74: Lessons from the Classroom and Staying Connected to Adelphi
CategoriesPublished: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…
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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,…