News at Adelphi

Fifty years ago, as protests by Black students across the United States gained prominence, Black and Puerto Rican students at Adelphi University seized the moment to push for the creation of a program of study about their own histories in America.

In 2007, Adelphi University launched Bridges to Adelphi, an award-winning program that helps students on the autism spectrum or who have nonverbal learning disabilities transition to college life and succeed academically and socially.

On January 18, 2021, the completely renovated and expanded Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC) was reopened to the Adelphi community.

A response to Jemima Kelly’s opinion piece “In uncertain times, confident-sounding experts are the ones we should question” from Mariano Torras, PhD.

The newly renovated and expanded Ruth S. Harley University Center is now a beautiful, environmentally friendly, state-of-the-art center for life at Adelphi.

Dear Adelphi Community, I am thrilled to announce that Adelphi’s reimagined Ruth S. Harley University Center (the UC)—a vibrant hub on the Garden City campus—is now open. Our public health and safety team, led by Gene Palma, chief administrative officer and associate vice president, worked with Chartwells (Dining Services) and Follet (Adelphi Bookstore) to implement…

On January 18, 2021, the completely renovated and expanded Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC) was reopened to the Adelphi community.

With the beautiful, brand-new UC Dining Hall open in the Ruth S. Harley University Center, there’s a lot to look forward to when dining at Adelphi this spring semester.

On January 18, 2021, the renovated and expanded Ruth S. Harley University Center (UC) will be reopened and accessible to the Adelphi community.

Admission to Adelphi University will continue to be standardized test optional for current high school juniors applying for admission this coming year, recognizing the difficulty of taking SATs or ACTs during the pandemic.

In June 2019, Adelphi University embarked on a major renovation and expansion of the Ruth S. Harley University Center.

Adelphi President Christine M. Riordan, PhD, has been named among 25 leaders in education by Long Island Business News (LIBN). The list was announced in December.

Many people today might not know of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, and in 2021 not many more remember the glam metal band Great White. But the two are forever and inextricably linked by a fatal fire that happened nearly 20 years ago.

When the United Nations wanted to host a concert celebrating its 75th year and the 10th anniversary of its Academic Impact program, it chose the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra. Our students and alumni had the outstanding experience of playing before a global Zoom audience.

While the pandemic has temporarily put an end to most on-site internships, Adelphi’s Innovation Center is helping both enrolled students and those taking a gap year to get hands-on, résumé-ready career experience remotely.

With our James Riley, Jr. Trading Room closed since last March, the finance course that allows business students to invest a portion of the University's endowment has gone virtual. Our students continued learning how to turn a profit during a volatile period.

Senior nursing major Kassie Vetrano volunteered at a hospital at the start of the pandemic to work with COVID-19-positive patients. After contracting the virus herself, she returned to her job once she recovered, determined to inspire patients as they battled the disease.

To Members of the Adelphi Community, In light of the profoundly disturbing events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, we invite our Adelphi faculty, staff and students to join an open community forum and panel discussion. Please save the date: Tuesday, January 12 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. “Assault on the Capitol and Democracy”…

To members of the Adelphi community, Adelphi University, our leadership and I will never condone violence. Our University will always support and endorse Americans’ constitutional rights to free speech and to peacefully assemble. The United States’ democratic republic is founded on the need for all voices to be heard and our civil liberties protected. I…

In January 2020 and January 2019, undergraduate students taking the Intersession International Business course with Pamela Buckle, PhD, MA ’13, professor of management, and Joseph Sheldrick, MBA ’97, adjunct faculty in decision sciences, were treated to a unique experiential learning and cultural immersion opportunity focused on China.