News at Adelphi

Shining a light on the struggles of vulnerable healthcare workers.

The COVID-19 pandemic—and the more recent rise of monkeypox—have brought an often overlooked field into sharp focus: public health. At Adelphi, the work of our Master of Public Health (MPH) students and faculty has become even more important , and they have stepped up to serve.

Throughout our 125-year history, many of Adelphi’s women leaders were the only women in the classroom, boardroom or corner office—and had to blaze a trail for the women who followed in their respective fields.

The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency overseen by the U.S. Department of Education, recognized our Master of Public Health (MPH) program for identifying, preventing and solving community health problems. This accreditation ensures that students are receiving a high-quality education in public health.

Self-care—a growing movement in the nursing profession—is not selfish. It doesn't just alleviate nurses' own on-the-job stress and burnout; it can also improve the quality of the care nurses give their patients.

Three inspiring alumni have joined the Adelphi University Board of Trustees, bringing a wealth of international experience and business success. We are delighted to introduce them.

Adelphi University's 22nd annual President's Gala on Saturday, June 11, raised more than $345,000 for the President's Student Success Scholarship, an endowment that has now surpassed $1 million. This year's event at The Garden City Hotel concluded Adelphi's 125th-anniversary celebrations, honoring the University's legacy and those who support its longevity and mission.

After a national search, Adelphi University has named Deborah Hunt, PhD, as the next dean of its College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH), effective July 25. Dr. Hunt is currently a professor and associate dean of nursing at Mercy College.

College of Nursing and Public Health Holds Discussion on Nurse Suicide Awareness and Prevention.

A year ago, Adelphi received a $1.92 million Interdisciplinary Education and Training Experience (IDEATE) grant. Through our partnerships with premier healthcare institutions, our nursing and social work students work together to help underrepresented children. Read what we’ve accomplished, and how children’s lives were changed.

For the first time since the pandemic hit in March 2020, College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH) faculty and alumnae delivered presentations in person at the Eastern Nursing Research Society's 34th annual Scientific Sessions, held March 31 to April 1 in Providence, Rhode Island.

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts." ~ from William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Adelphi University Women's Giving Circle presented stethoscopes to 343 College of Nursing and Public Health juniors beginning their clinical courses in Fall 2021.

Participants in a virtual panel discussion hosted by the College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council on December 2, 2021, suggested ways in which academia can help overcome racism in the nursing profession. CNPH’s DEI Events Task Force–co-chaired by assistant professors Kattiria Gonzalez, PhD, and Korede Yusuf, PhD–presented the…

In the fall of 2021, a new class of first-year students started their college experience by participating in Adelphi's First-Year Seminars. One of those seminars was Global Health and Multidiscipline Health Roles, taught by Edmund J. Y. Pajarillo, PhD, associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health.

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion met with Kezia Lovell, a graduating senior, to reflect on her experience as a nursing student.

Adelphi University has a new partnership with Wiley University Services to develop and launch six online programs over the next two academic years.

With no vaccine for COVID-19 available until December 2020, public health measures were our strongest defense. Faculty from Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health—especially K.C. Rondello, MD, and Maria-Pilar Martin, MD— played critical roles as advocates at the height of the crisis—both in the United States and around the world.

A patient presenting with possible viral meningitis symptoms complained about a headache as graduate nurse practitioner students asked questions, took vital signs and got her medical history.

Dear Adelphi Community, We are pleased to announce Adelphi’s Commencement plans to celebrate our Class of 2022. Adelphi University will hold a traditional in-person Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 23, at Nassau Live Center, home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York. Our Doctoral Hooding Ceremony for eligible PhD candidates will be…

According to healthaffairs.org, more than 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day—leading to an unprecedented spike in the number of homebound adults relying on home-based primary healthcare. Yet, today, the quality of home-based care for the nation's older adults is highly inconsistent.

Adelphi's own healthcare heroes in the war against an invisible enemy work at Northwell Health, NYU Langone Health, St. Francis Hospital and other healthcare institutions in such areas as neurosurgical medicine, cardiothoracic surgery and emergency medicine.

Countless stories in the media over the past year have described the nurses on the front lines as wartime nurses. Like Florence Nightingale treating soldiers during the Crimean War in the 19th century and subsequent Florence Nightingales who did so during World War I, World War II and other major 20th-century conflicts, today's front-line healthcare heroes are facing warlike challenges just as dangerous, but against an unseen enemy.

How would you describe your professional experience here at Adelphi? I am an assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH). I received my PhD in Nursing Science from Adelphi University in 2018. My dissertation was on hypertension in Blacks/African Americans, in which I investigated the relatively most important factors of treatment…

Adelphi recently received a $1 million gift from our trailblazing nurse alumna, the late Mildred “Millie” Loughlin Kahane ’49. She was a first-generation scholarship recipient who became a leader—one inspired to “pay it forward.” The next generation of Adelphi nurses and our University are grateful for her generosity.