News at Adelphi

Studio art major Miguel Angel Puentes gained a new understanding of the power and potential of art by painting murals for patients battling serious illnesses.

Scientists from around the world travel to the famous CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, to probe the fundamental structure of the universe using the largest and most powerful particle accelerator on earth—the Large Hadron Collider. Last summer, they were joined by an Adelphi senior, Muhammad Aziz, a physics major who spent six weeks as part of a longer 10-week internship with the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory/Duke University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.

When Brian Seidl arrived at Adelphi as a first-year student, he had never taken a computer science course. Now, as a senior, he's working part time as a developer for Dealertrack, Inc., a company that provides software to auto dealerships.

As a sophomore in early 2018, Nootshy Romage found out she was denied an internship. That's when she saw a lawn sign about Adelphi's competitive Jaggar Community Fellows Program, which awards life-changing, paid summer internships to around 70 students each year.

You could say that junior Melissa Emilcar has a knack for medical research. After all, how many undergraduates need only a month to master a lab technique that can take researchers with doctorates six months to learn?

Born in a small town in Brazil and spending his teenage years in a Rio de Janeiro neighborhood controlled by a drug cartel, Walace Kierulf-Vieira grew up a world away from Adelphi.

Dirt covered the hands of Queens, New York, native Julio RuizDiaz last summer as he excavated artifacts in the Alaskan wilderness.

Born in Vietnam and moving to the United States at age 8, Lani Chau was determined to use art and science for the greater good through the field of renewable energy. That journey started with experiences in physics, chemistry and the arts at Adelphi.

“It's been a very productive and exciting experience working with him and my friends in the math and computer science department."

In the performing arts, triple threats who can act, sing and dance are highly sought-after. Colby Christina, 17, has been doing all that since the age of 2, appearing in theater and dance performances and even as the host of her own TV show.

Alex Trujillo grew up in Reno, Nevada, but he's known since October 2013 that he wanted to go to college in another state. That is when a deadly shooting at his middle school forever changed his outlook.

During the 10-week program, Maldonado is working on an individual project based on a journal article published in Advances in Cryptology, “Linicrypt: A Model for Practical Cryptography."

Laura Fallon, Adelphi alumna, and Associate Professor Aaren Freeman are working together to bring back oyster breeding grounds off Long Island, working under the Community Oyster Restoration Effort.

Alexa Annese has always had a passion for dance.

Brian Testa, an art education major, got an offer he couldn't refuse from his adviser, Cindy Maguire, Ph.D.

When Andrew Fuchs set off for Japan this spring, he became the first computer science major to take part in Adelphi's study abroad program there.

One of the most valuable things Adelphi offers students is the opportunity to learn and grow in a smaller academic community.

Adelphi student Deepsana Shahi is now a seasoned explorer of this universe after her internship in her final semester this fall at the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island.

The arts departments at Adelphi work hard to place students in internships with cultural organizations that show many different and fulfilling roles.

Tracy Paltoo's transformation is a result of her fierce determination and natural ability, along with support from Adelphi professors and staff.

Fewer than 10 percent of young people from the foster care system graduate from college, which makes the success of TaLona Holbert ’12 all the more remarkable.

Eight Adelphi students will benefit from full-time, hands-on science research for 10 weeks as part of the Horace G. McDonell Science Research Fellowship program.

Assistant Professor Ivan Fabe Dempsey Hyatt, Ph.D., and Adelphi student Marly Medard, accompanied by her crystal sample, arrived to work on a beamline of the synchrotron.

Thanks to Adelphi, Bedard, who was born with cerebral palsy, is ready to pursue his calling as a disabilities rights lawyer.

Anderson, a senior political science major and history minor, is interning in Washington this fall.

Grebe was one of two students to travel to Poland with Justyna Widera, Ph.D., associate professor, to study and test solar energy solutions.

The APA has recognized Fallon Kane for her innovative research presentation.