News at Adelphi

How accountants navigated market unknowns.

June Griffith Collison ’81, MBA ’84; Mark S. Davis ’85; and Michael J. Sammis ’81 have been elected to the Adelphi University Board of Trustees. Shamir A. Ally ’89, MBA ’92, PhD, former ambassador of Guyana to Kuwait (2016–2020) has published a book titled My Tenure as Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait with Lessons in Diplomacy: How We Improved the…

From Finance on Wall Street—and Times Square—to supply chain management on Long Island, students in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business experience industries on-site.

This semester, the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business announces promotions and work anniversaries, welcomes new faculty members, and thanks faculty and staff who are leaving the School for their efforts and dedication.

Internships are a foundation of an Adelphi education and one of the best ways students can prepare for careers. From shadowing surgical technicians at an eye bank to researching nanotechnology in Poland, our students spent the summer of 2024 having extraordinary internship experiences.

Associate Professor David Machlis, PhD, took a group of university leaders to Poland this spring to study not only the Holocaust but the roots of hatred. A few weeks later, Dr. Machlis’s Two Museums Program for Adelphi students won a national award for its efforts to build understanding and combat intolerance.

The seventh annual conference encouraged attendees to adopt artificial intelligence, advocate for inclusion and be confident in their capabilities.

Seven alumni share how Adelphi opened doors, helped them overcome personal obstacles and set them up for professional and personal success.

“As soon as I rolled on campus, I immediately felt at home,” recalls Peri Finkelstein ’22, MBA ’23.

For Shivan Bassaw ’15, MBA ’21, a proud Bronx resident, Adelphi University wasn’t just a convenient choice—it was a place where dreams took flight.

The Two Museums program has received a prestigious Recognition of Achievement from the Eduventures Innovation Awards Program.

The College Rise program is a new mentoring initiative helping local high school students from underrepresented communities prepare for college. Created by Senior Adjunct Professor Joseph Celentano, MBA ’04, it was inspired by his own experience as one of the first in his family to attend college.

Peri Finkelstein ’22, MBA ’23, continues to take the nonprofit she founded to greater heights while giving back to a program that gave her so much.

Technology leader Deborah Zawisza ’80 enjoyed being back on campus and bringing real-world expertise into the classroom.

Members of Adelphi’s Class of 2024 celebrated their accomplishments surrounded by family and friends at the University’s 128th Commencement ceremony on May 21 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Becoming a mother while enrolled in the undergraduate accounting program at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business did not slow this Adelphi student down. In fact, she continued right through to graduate studies and is now working toward an MBA. Meet Janary Mojica Martinez ’23 and her baby Kairo, and see how the School of Business has supported her inspiring academic journey.

This fall, Adelphi made significant jumps in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and undergraduate programs. In the recently released U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School list, Adelphi’s programs in nursing, public health, audiology and social work all made ranking jumps. Read about these exceptional programs, and learn why they are gaining national recognition.

Dean MaryAnne Hyland, PhD, has been named a 2024 Power Player in Corporate Social Responsibility. But the honor, she says, belongs to the entire Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

Joseph Celentano, MBA ’04, senior adjunct professor of management, is recognized for his outstanding achievements in actively supporting the growth of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the community.

On March 1, future entrepreneurs from the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business got valuable real-world experience in what it would take to launch their own businesses when they competed in the University’s annual Shark Tank-style Business Plan Competition.

The beloved faculty member was known for his “intelligence, passion and commitment to students,” and for making “accounting and tax fun.”

The Misery Index was introduced in the 1970s as a crude measure of economic adversity, adding together the otherwise incommensurable inflation and unemployment rates.

Letter in response to Michael Keith’s com​ment​ary on the import​ance to cli​mate change of urb​an​isa​tion from Mariano Torras, PhD.

The outlet published an op-ed/letter by Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics.

Master of Science in Business Analytics students put their skills into practice by teaming up with tech enterprise Netrality Data Centers.