News at Adelphi

Dear Adelphi Community, I’m saddened to inform you of the passing of Adelphi University Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Thomas F. Motamed, BA ’71, JD, on April 18, 2023. The namesake of our Garden City campus stadium, Motamed Field, Tom was a loyal friend and generous supporter of Adelphi who served with distinction as a…

On February 8, the Adelphi University Office of University Advancement and External Relations (ADVEX) opened the Student Philanthropy Center (SPC), a new space that provides student workers with the opportunity to connect with donors and alumni while fundraising for the University.

New York State Assembly Member Chantal Jackson, MSW ’14, had a busy day April 7.

The poet William Blake may have decried how the muses—the "Fair Nine"—have forsaken poetry, but the art form continues to thrive at Adelphi.

When Shana Caro, PhD, joined the Adelphi faculty in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor of biology, she had a pressing priority. “I wanted to locate a place where I could do fieldwork that was close to campus so that I could easily bring students from campus to help with my research.”

Polina Minchuk Macklin '12 is sharing her technical theater expertise with Adelphi students and alumni.

Faculty, administrators and students continue to raise awareness and advocate for the neurodivergent community.

For the past 20 years, a number of staff at the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS)—the nation's largest public child welfare program—have chosen to advance their careers by earning their Master in Social Work (MSW) from Adelphi, thanks to Adelphi's flexible scheduling, field placement and internship opportunities.

Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program is urging New York women to schedule mammograms and health screenings.

How do you get to Sesame Street? Design your own major in puppetry and take it to your dream career in Broadway’s Winnie the Pooh, on Sesame Workshop—and even on a Super Bowl commercial featuring Cookie Monster.

Danny McCabe, Adelphi University’s director of athletics and campus recreation, is among this year’s recipients of the NACDA Cushman & Wakefield Athletic Director of the Year Award.

Adelphi’s IDEATE program is the sole national winner of the John L. Blackburn Award from the American Association of University Administrators. A “bridge” between our graduate nursing and social work programs, IDEATE trains future practitioners to work together to deliver behavioral health services to children, adolescents and emerging adults.

Studying education in Italy, business in Germany and service learning in Kenya—among other experiential learning adventures—Adelphi students and faculty are recommitting to global learning.

After 12 years of leadership, groundbreaking research and numerous academic publications and awards, the dean of the Adelphi Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology is stepping down. Please join us in celebrating his extraordinary accomplishments.

More than $100,000 was raised in support of women’s leadership programs.