News at Adelphi
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Dear Adelphi Community, I am excited to share some news with you today about our Board of Trustees, which provides governance and leadership to our University. Over the past six years, our Board of Trustees has elected 19 new members—including seven women, eight people of color, and seven young alumni, one of whom is the…
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On January 6, 2021, when thousands of violent rioters launched an attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., there was much more at stake than the presidential election results the insurgents sought to impede.
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Steven Cox, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders and director of the Voice and Quality of Life Laboratory (VQLL) at Adelphi University, studies how voice disorders can impact individuals' physical, psychological and social functioning. He has a particular interest in communication and quality-of-life concerns in individuals treated for laryngeal cancer.
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Katherine Fiori, PhD, was a young graduate student at the University of Michigan when she was first introduced to the Early Years of Marriage (EYM) Project—a long-term study launched in 1986 to look at how the early development of marriage impacts a variety of marital outcomes, including the mental and physical health of spouses, the…
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Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is a holiday commemorating when, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with the news that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, thus abolishing slavery in the United States. Formerly enslaved people celebrated, and the day has been recognized in much of the United States since then.
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Thanks to Professor Michael O’Loughlin, PhD, Adelphi Asylum Project Helps Immigrants Make Their Case
Published:Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States face daunting odds. An overwhelming majority are returned to their country of origin, their petitions for asylum denied.
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Adelphi University Professor Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, who has had a decades-long career as a clinical psychologist treating Black youth, is this year’s recipient of the Diversity Award for Psychology in Division 39.
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Beginning in Fall 2021, students enrolled at Nassau Community College (NCC) will be able to continue earning their associate degrees while being a part of campus life at Adelphi University. In addition to being able to live at Adelphi and participate in University activities, they will gain easy access to streamlined transfer pathways for completing…
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Dear Adelphi Community, In our June 24, 2020, letter to the community, we outlined a plan of action to work toward equity and engage in antiracist practices on our campus. Over the course of this past 2020–2021 academic year, this work has been ongoing and a collaborative effort throughout campus. Hundreds of our community members have…
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This spring, more than 180 Adelphi University School of Social Work students pioneered new efforts to address racial justice. Part of the University’s annual social action initiative, groups of students took an innovative online approach to the three-month project, focusing on highlighting issues such as the effects of race and racism on criminal justice, health,…
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Nicholas V. Cagliuso, Sr., PhD, an adjunct faculty member in the College of Continuing and Professional Studies' graduate emergency management program, was well on his way toward what has become a distinguished career as a national emergency management leader and scholar on 9/11. But he says his experience as a survivor who led his coworkers to safety from the 86th floor of One World Trade Center was a “crystallizing moment that propelled me to take my career to the next level."
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In a Verywell story, K.C. Rondello, MD, University epidemiologist and clinical associate professor, shares his expertise on COVID-19 variants.
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Kristen Capezza, MBA '12, vice president of enrollment management and University communications, is quoted in a Newsday story about Long Island college and university admissions.
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Our commitment to equity and academic opportunities for all students shines through Adelphi’s Learning Resource Program—the first of its kind on a college campus—and our Bridges to Adelphi Program, for students on the spectrum.
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Adelphi was the first university on Long Island to offer a PhD in Nursing. Today, our nurse PhD candidates are involved in the highest levels of leadership, research and educating the nurses of tomorrow.
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Here in New York, too few science students were trained to write the custom code required for high-level research. Adelphi answered the need by creating the first minor in scientific computing in New York state, in partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Internationally renowned dancer Ruth St. Denis founded the Department of Dance at Adelphi in 1938, one of the first dance departments at an American university. Now a cornerstone of our performing arts, it has close ties with the Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies.
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Adjunct faculty member and student teaching supervisor Michele Traina ’03's sold-out one-woman show Divorce Diaries is featured in a local affiliate of ABC News.
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The first of its kind when it was founded almost 50 years ago, the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology is nationally known for reimagining clinical psychology and for its contributions to research.
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Michael D’Emic, PhD, paleontologist and associate professor of biology, shares his expertise in a Scientific American article on unscrambling dinosaur bones.
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University Business mentions Adelphi’s involvement in the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ 2021 Institute on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers event.
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Adelphi admissions ambassador Sarah Menzel gives a campus tour in a Newsday feature video.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, Long Island is home to over 100,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. More than 42,000 are women between the ages of 18 and 74. These women work in our offices, in our local businesses and even our homes. Many of them are mothers who escaped violence or extreme poverty and came to Long Island to make better lives for themselves and their children.
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Every year, Adelphi recognizes and celebrates faculty contributions to our University and its students with the presentation of the Faculty Excellence Awards. Awards have traditionally been given for teaching, service and scholarly and creative work. This year, a new category was added—SJEDI (Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) awards—to recognize faculty members for their work…
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Jonathan Ivanoff, associate director for internships, discusses the hybrid model most employers are turning to this summer in a Newsday story.
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Expertise from Kari Tabag, MSW ’97, adjunct faculty member in the School of Social Work, is featured in a Seattle Times article about empty nesters. The story was originally posted in The New York Times.
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A blog by Traci Levy, PhD, associate professor of political science, about writing accountability is published in The Reacting Consortium.
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Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct faculty member in psychology, adds her advice to a New York Times story on the benefits of downtime.
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K.C. Rondello, MD, University epidemiologist and clinical associate professor, is quoted in a Newsday story about COVID-19’s longevity.