News at Adelphi

Zahin Ritee is a physics scholar, a leader, a high achiever—and an award-winning singer. Now she's been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar for excellence in STEM.

Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, has received a federal grant to tackle the threats acidification and harmful algal blooms pose to Long Island Sound ecosystems and organisms.

When Shana Caro, PhD, joined the Adelphi faculty in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor of biology, she had a pressing priority. “I wanted to locate a place where I could do fieldwork that was close to campus so that I could easily bring students from campus to help with my research.”

Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes, but our perception of how quickly time passes varies from person to person. Are people who perceive time as passing quickly more willing to delay gratification?

Over the past two decades, devices that make use of artificial intelligence (AI) have infiltrated our existence.

When patients are given the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear—that they have cancer—the first questions most will ask are about their prognosis.

Jan-Henry Gray, assistant professor of English and director of Adelphi’s MFA in Creative Writing program, sat in on Professor Emerita Judy Baumel’s Forms of Poetry graduate course in Spring 2021 as a way to revisit and rediscover poetic forms. It was during this “refresher” course that he wrote the earliest draft of “Ghazal of Oranges,”…

You won't find the dinosaur known as Xixianykus terrorizing people in Jurassic Park.

Kirsten Ziomek, PhD, associate professor and director of Asian studies, has been recognized with a fellowship for research on Japan in World War II. Her expertise on forced labor and colonial soldiers brings a new understanding of the Asian-Pacific operations.

A collaboration between two faculty members and 10 undergraduates provides valuable new information about HVI reagents.

Proposed structural changes would help youth sports programs meet participants' developmental needs

A new feeding practice could become the standard of care in other neonatal ICUs

Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.

A study outlines ways to encourage student inquiry

Research shows that CBD and other plant extracts could revolutionize psychological treatments.

Adelphi faculty develop pedagogical solutions to meet the challenges of COVID-19

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an artist revisits personal loss and a national tragedy.

A multidisciplinary team's research could inform the way zoos and other groups design new homes for wildlife.

Adelphi is committed to transforming the lives of our students, and conducting research or working in depth on a creative project can be one of the most transformative experiences undergraduates can have at college.

In the Fall 2021 semester, across all of higher education, faculty members sought ways to keep students safe and engaged amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

As a critical scholar, Eric Knee, PhD, assistant professor of health and sport sciences, often studies how systems of oppression create inequities in society.

According to the American Heart Association, about 55 percent of Black adults have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.

There are, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), as many as 3 million Americans who suffer from chronic stuttering.

A new interdisciplinary, open access scholarly journal will soon be published—with leadership from Adelphi Professor Reem Khamis, PhD, and support from Adelphi University Libraries—to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding speech and communications disorders as they relate to marginalized people and groups.

Associate professor of theatre John McDermott has designed sets for more than 250 shows off-Broadway and regionally since 1992.

Recent works burnish Adelphi's reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.