News at Adelphi

During the Spring 2026 semester, Adelphi University was proud to welcome its first Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Bibek Banerjee, PhD, a renowned management scholar and entrepreneurial academic administrator from India.

The 100 percent acceptance rate of Honors College students who applied to medical school in 2025 highlights the College’s long success in preparing students for professional schools.

Adelphi celebrated three Fulbright Scholars last year from our undergraduate, graduate and doctoral classes. This year, three Adelphi faculty have earned Fulbright honors—and one will become a prestigious Fulbright Program Adviser through the Fulbright Development Initiative.

Faculty member Nicole Rudolph, PhD, gave an impressive showing on the beloved game show.

Melanie Bush, PhD, professor of sociology and an expert in teaching methods around the globe, has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award. During her three-year tenure, she will develop new insights into the ways we can make education more just and equitable for all.

It's been another great year of academic achievement and recognition at Adelphi.

A rising senior conducting research on retinal imaging; a trilingual future speech-language pathologist; and a doctoral student who brought social work to an orphanage in Kenya—our three Fulbright Scholars share their stories.

Opportunity to teach in the Madeira Islands honors her Portuguese heritage.

Adelphi University's School of Social Work doctoral candidate Jennifer Eileen Reddin Cassar has been selected to join the Fulbright Specialist Roster.

Adelphi junior Dhruv Gupta has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink Program scholarship. A special program of Fulbright Canada, the award provides summer internship opportunities for 50 top-ranked American undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced research in their academic discipline.