News at Adelphi

Students who have spent the past year learning remotely will notice a few changes on campus when they return. Among them is the Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC), which reopened in June after it was closed for renovation a little over a year ago. With expanded dining and meeting areas already in use, there are still a few new additions coming to the UC next year.

For her senior thesis, physics major Gabriella (Gabi) Vidad '21 used remote sensing and widely available resources such as Google Earth to chart the severity of coral reef changes in the Philippines.

This spring, the Center for Student Involvement changed its name.

After a year-plus of performances with virtual audiences, the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (Adelphi PAC) is returning to a roster of in-person performances with live audiences this season. Although all are in person, a select few events will also have a livestreaming option.

With new certificate programs and the initiation of an exciting partnership with Farmingdale State College, the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business is continuing to find innovative ways to attract new students and to make sure success is within their reach.

For the second year in a row, the Hispanic Community Partnership Program (HCPP) was held virtually. Here, Charlene Mayers, executive assistant in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, tells us how being virtual opened doors to students who would not have been able to attend in person.

Furthering diversity and inclusion efforts at the University, the Web Development and Digital Strategy (WDDS) have added individual pronouns to the employee directory.

Congratulations to you on your appointment to the position of provost and executive vice president.

Adelphi​​​​ University's Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program/Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP/STEP) has been awarded the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.

Ismael Voltaire, MS '21, had already come a long way by the time he entered Adelphi's first Strategic Plan Competition in 2018.

When Nicole Daisy-Etienne, PhD ’05, learned in March 2020 that a Hempstead student in her care had COVID-19 symptoms and a parent too afraid of immigration to get the child medical care, the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic director and clinical supervisor went into action. She pulled together a newsletter containing all the places the students…

Adelphi recently lost one of our first nursing students. She was a nursing trailblazer, engaged alumna and aspiring part of Adelphi's history of preparing nurses to take the lead.

If you're on campus the week of August 16, you may notice camera crews. That's because The College Tour is coming to Adelphi.

In its fifth year, Adelphi University's Leading in Community (LIC) program, offered by the University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership, has doubled enrollment and connected more local, nonprofit leaders of color than ever before.

Adelphi University Libraries are happy to introduce you to our updated website. Over the last 10 months, we worked together with the Web Development and Digital Strategy team to design our new website with you, our users, in mind. We hope you find it easy to use.

Rising junior Danelya Zholdasbekova's path to Adelphi was unexpected. While searching the internet for top New York business schools, the Kazakhstan native said she was attracted by descriptions of Adelphi's “close-knit, diverse community, its Honors College, scholarship opportunities, and beautiful campus and location."

Students at Adelphi and across the country are coming together, along with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education, in calling for a doubling of Federal Pell Grants for undergraduate students in need of financial support.

Adelphi University has been awarded the 2021 Digital Inclusion Grant from internet and software services provider Kajeet. The grant comes with the provision of free internet connectivity hardware and managed service on Kajeet's platform, Sentinel.

An innovative new program, one of the first of its kind on Long Island and one of only a few in the country, now connects Adelphi University with local community college students—streamlining their path to a bachelor's degree.