News at Adelphi

I am so proud to honor the resilient Class of 2020! With your entire Adelphi family, I am thrilled to celebrate you today—what would have been your Commencement Day.

K.C. Rondello, MD, clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health, is quoted in Men's Health about what fitness classes will be like once gyms reopen amid COVID-19.

It was announced that hospitals in Suffolk County can begin scheduling elective surgeries which had been postponed due to the pandemic.

K.C. Rondello, MD, a clinical associate professor in Adelphi University's College of Nursing and Public Health, has been a highly visible news source in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, both locally and around the world.

Angela Papalia, assistant program director of Adelphi’s NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is featured in a News 12 Long Island story about the scheduling of elective surgeries in Suffolk County hospitals amid COVID-19.

Suzanne B. Phillips, PsyD, adjunct professor of clinical psychology, analyzes overeating during the pandemic and strategies for stopping, in a new blog post for Psych Central.

Too Solid Flesh, a unique, virtual theater experience exploring life in quarantine, written, directed and starring Adelphi students and alumni, is featured by DC Theatre Scene.

The efforts of Adelphi’s Center for Career and Professional Development to support students during remote learning is featured in University Business. Tom Ward '93, executive director of the Center, is quoted.

There have been reports from students and from news outlets of an increasing number of job recruitment scams seeking to take advantage of the unemployed during the COVID-19 crisis. Though the style of the scam may vary, the job postings are most often advertising entry-level jobs with an unusually high rate of pay and flexible…

Too Solid Flesh, starring Adelphi students and alumni, explores youth in the midst of a pandemic, connections across screens and the dangerous undiscovered country of mental health in a world where it is lethal to touch.

How can students intern when many companies and nonprofit organizations cancel their internship programs and organizations cancel field placements for students in nursing, education, psychology and social work? Such was the dilemma facing the Center for Career and Professional Development.

John G. Tanner, MA '19, a doctoral candidate at Adelphi University, has won the 2020 Stephen A. Mitchell Award for his paper “Symmetry and Mutuality in the Imaginary: Analyzing the (Lack of) Structure."

K.C. Rondello, MD, clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health, shares his expertise on social distancing in a story and video for Newsday.

The Adelphi University Performing Arts Center’s new weekly live broadcast, “Live from the Adelphi PAC Living Room,” starring faculty, staff, alumni and guests, is featured in The Garden City News.

Rakesh Gupta, associate professor of decision sciences and marketing, is quoted in a Newsweek article about homeowners making mortgage payments amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Admission to Adelphi University will become 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.

Dena Gassner, PhD candidate, is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting autistic individuals.

Volunteers are covering their hotline shifts from home so there is always someone to speak with a caller in need.

Due to this year's current pandemic, holding an in-person event was out of the question, said Arianna Livreri, but so was canceling or postponing Relay For Life.

This summer, Adelphi's Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Science will debut a timely course on the fundamental principles of infectious disease epidemiology.

After graduating from Villanova in the spring of 2019, he decided to finish his college basketball career as a graduate transfer at Adelphi playing along side his brother.