News at Adelphi

The website College Choice has cited Adelphi as one of the country's most accommodating schools for students with physical disabilities, autism spectrum disorder or learning disabilities.

Every year, through its 30 Under 30 and 40 Under 40 ceremonies, Long Island Business News (LIBN) honors bright and dynamic young professionals across Long Island who have made significant strides in their careers. The 30 Under 30 award recognizes 30 professionals who have made remarkable achievements in their career before turning 30, while the 40 Under 40 award recognizes 40 accomplished professionals under the age of 40.

After a year at an out-of-state school, Matthew Spirakis is back on Long Island, majoring in business at Adelphi. But the sophomore already has some impressive business experience under his belt.

Goal 6 of Momentum: Strategic Plan for Adelphi University, 2015–2021 committed Adelphi to taking steps to achieve “global recognition and renown.” Once thought of as a regional “commuter college” and cited as a “hidden jewel,” we aspire to being known across the country and around the world as a modern metropolitan university offering outstanding academics,…

Ern Knox ‘75 came to Adelphi first as a commuter student from Roosevelt, and later as a resident student, to study psychology. He found a strong community in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first Black fraternity on Long Island, as a member of its second pledge class. SharRon McCoy-Knox, an aspiring nurse, commuted from Freeport. SharRon was actively involved in student life and had a role in establishing the first Black sorority at Adelphi, Alpha Kappa Alpha.

For more than 50 years, the Center for African, Black and Caribbean Studies (CABCS) has been a supportive space for students and faculty of color.

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.

Rising junior Danelya Zholdasbekova's path to Adelphi was unexpected. While searching the internet for top New York business schools, the Kazakhstan native said she was attracted by descriptions of Adelphi's “close-knit, diverse community, its Honors College, scholarship opportunities, and beautiful campus and location."

Six students from the College of Nursing and Public Health have been named Rising Stars of Research and Scholarship by the international nursing honor society Sigma Theta Tau.

Adelphi University has been recognized for its exceptional student support initiatives, programs and post-graduate success by GradReports, Colleges of Distinction and the Fiske Guide to Colleges in their latest iterations.

For 16 years, Adelphi’s English department has celebrated outstanding undergraduate and graduate student writers with the Donald Everett Axinn Awards in Creative Writing. Started in 2005 by Professor Judith Baumel (also founding director of the Creative Writing program), former Adelphi President Robert Scott, PhD, and generous donor Donald Axinn, DHL ’03 (Hon.), the awards recognize…

Eugene Neely, former dean of libraries and a full-time professor in University Archives and Special Collections, passed away earlier this year.

Since joining Adelphi in September 2017, James (Jim) Perrino, Adelphi University executive vice president of finance and operations, has achieved an enviable track record of success.

Adelphi University's highly ranked nursing program has a long and rich history of producing students who excel in all sectors of the healthcare system throughout the world. A testament to the program is the recent naming of Joseph Amnawah, a doctoral candidate, as a 2021–2023 national Jonas Scholar.

Adelphi University Professor Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, who has had a decades-long career as a clinical psychologist treating Black youth, is this year’s recipient of the Diversity Award for Psychology in Division 39.

Adelphi University has been ranked No. 24 on the list of best addiction counseling programs in the United States for its MA in Mental Health Counseling and MA in General Psychology, both with a substance abuse counseling concentrations.

On May 6, Long Island Business News will honor Graziela Fusaro, the director of Adelphi's Innovation Center, with a 2021 Executive Circle Award. The award recognizes senior-level executives who have demonstrated remarkable vision and leadership.

Social justice and student leadership are strong ideals at Adelphi, producing four Newman Civic Fellows in as many years. Our 2021 advocate for a better world is Newman Fellow Miguel Velasquez.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President’s Award for Excellence and one employee with the President’s Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. According to President Christine M. Riordan, the honorees “have won the admiration of their peers and colleagues by providing an extraordinary level of service to the University, and working to advance our shared…

Leticia Rios, now in her second year as a PhD student in Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH), was named Working Mother of the Year in September, in conjunction with the magazine's naming NYU Langone Health among its 100 Best Companies for working mothers in 2020.

The trustees of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) have named four professors in Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH) as fellows of the academy. NYAM fellows are a community of distinguished professionals who show evidence of performance or outstanding potential in one or several health professional roles.

Voting for the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island contest has begun and, as in recent years, Adelphi University is well represented among the nominations, including these “best” categories: College/University College President College Sports Program Concert Venue Theater Arts Center Mascot Public Garden College Sports Coach—with five Panther head coaches making the cut Adelphi is…