News at Adelphi

Pharmaceuticals save human and animal lives, but when they end up in our waterways, they present a dangerous form of pollution.

When the United Nations wanted to host a concert celebrating its 75th year and the 10th anniversary of its Academic Impact program, it chose the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra. Our students and alumni had the outstanding experience of playing before a global Zoom audience.

In January 2020 and January 2019, undergraduate students taking the Intersession International Business course with Pamela Buckle, PhD, MA ’13, professor of management, and Joseph Sheldrick, MBA ’97, adjunct faculty in decision sciences, were treated to a unique experiential learning and cultural immersion opportunity focused on China. 

Over the past 20 years, sources of knowledge have rapidly increased. In addition to traditional media and library collections, we can find information in blogs, social media, Wikipedia, big data, Zoom Rooms and Google Hangouts, among many other sources. With this expansion come questions on how we create, obtain and share knowledge and how we make knowledge accessible while respecting privacy.

Adelphi will now offer a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations degree for students interested in taking a deep dive into world politics and issues. The new undergraduate program is designed to equip students with analytical tools and interdisciplinary perspectives to make sense of the rapidly changing world and prepare them for a career in diplomacy, international business, law and advocacy, and global public policy.

Adelphi instructors and students aren't only making the best of remote learning during the time of pandemic. In some cases, they're taking advantage of it and building on it.

Melissa Randazzo, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, is taking her expertise to Uganda to train educators and therapists there.

Mark Grabowski, JD, associate professor of communications, is quoted in a story about White House briefings. In addition to running in The New York Times, the story was in U.S. News & World Report and numerous other news outlets.

Dear Adelphi Community, We are delighted to see that the firm advocacy and determination of Adelphi University and all our peers in higher education—coupled with support from representatives across the nation—have resulted in the reversal of the July 6 announcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to prohibit international students from remaining on campus…

Dear Adelphi Community, On Monday, July 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released guidelines prohibiting international students from remaining on campus if all of their classes are online. This was an unexpected and senseless policy that runs counter to what we stand for as a university. We write to express our unqualified support for our…

Hear from Megan Rasiak, a senior-bound nursing student, speak about her passion for nursing, her experience on a faculty-led trip to Guatemala, her love for writing and her goals.

Stephanie Lake, PhD, director of Adelphi's criminal justice program, shares her perspective on this timely topic. The story was published in The Christian Science Monitor and also ran on Yahoo! News.

Jonathan Cristol, PhD, a research fellow in the Levermore Global Scholars Program, is quoted in a story in The National.

Faculty members Kellyann Monaghan, Geoffrey Grogan and Brooks Frederick discuss what inspired and motivated them to create portraits of George Floyd.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and University Professor Paul Moravec united more than 100 opera singers to deliver a song to lift the spirits of a world battered by the pandemic.

It's not every day that an Adelphi graduate student gets invited to present research at a global conference in the Middle East.

Adelphi University sent its first study-abroad group of students and professors to Africa.