News at Adelphi

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.

What began as a virtual collaboration in 2020 and turned into a successful international exchange will move to its next phase this month.

One late night in April of 2013, Amy Coonan ’16 was walking the floor of the Center for Recreation and Sports (CRS), one of the many students raising funds for the American Cancer Society at Relay for Life, held annually at Adelphi. While she walked with her fellow members of the equestrian team, Chris Coen…

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.

A mother, teacher, mentor, early-childhood-education advocate, lover of the arts and culture and a world traveler, Alice Brown never lost her sense of wonder and the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child.

Since 2013, Adelphi University has prepared students to make a difference in children's lives through sports and physical activity. Students pursuing an MS in Sport Management or MA in Physical Activity Studies have the opportunity to enhance their graduate experience through Adelphi's hands-on Sport-Based Youth Development specialization.

The website College Choice has cited Adelphi as one of the country's most accommodating schools for students with physical disabilities, autism spectrum disorder or learning disabilities.

A $1 million bequest initiated in 2011 by the Larson Family Trust came to fruition in 2022, memorializing Jonathan Larson ’82, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and composer of the Broadway musical RENT.

The McElroy Family Performing Arts Center Fund was created in 2021 to enhance and create exceptional programming at our Performing Arts Center related to dance, music or theater.

For nearly two decades, Phyllis and Frank ’77 Angello have been devoted champions of an Adelphi education and generous benefactors to the University.

A growing endowment for underrepresented doctoral students.

In honor of the University’s 125th anniversary, Robert B. Catell ’99 (Hon.) pledged to grow his Catell Family Endowed Scholarship Fund to $125,000.

Career achievement awards for six faculty members—Chris Muran (pictured), Jacques Barber, Kirkland Vaughans, Robert Bornstein, Mark Hilsenroth and Lea Theodore—reflect the Derner School’s impact on psychoanalytic thought.

Why inflation now? What is “stagflation"? Professor of economics Mariano Torras, PhD, discusses the state of the U.S. economy.

Aurore Ineza had a life-changing student experience at the African Girls' Summit in Niger, reporting on panels led by the world’s top nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). As a global thinker, this future journalist covered critical discussions of human rights for girls around the world.

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…