News at Adelphi

Cristina Zaccarini, PhD, associate professor, explains how she has adapted to online teaching—and how mindfulness practices have helped her do that.

In less than one week, we received more than 1,000 applications for assistance, totaling more than $3.4 million in requests.

Adelphi is joining the battle against COVID-19, supplying masks, gloves and hazmat suits to New York state hospitals and providing volunteers to frontline efforts.

How is it possible to take dance classes online? Orion Duckstein, associate professor and chair of the Department of Dance, explains how he and his colleagues are making it happen.

Pravda, the leading newspaper in the Slovak Republic, interviewed Vincent Wang, PhD, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

President Christine M. Riordan will co-chair the Restart Plan for Higher Education, a task force that aims to formulate broad guidelines for restarting higher education in New York state as announced per the Cornell Chronicle.

As we look ahead, I'd like to give an update on our plans for the fall semester and share the important factors that will guide our University's decisions moving forward.

Adelphi's Hispanic Community Partnership Program will return for a second year this summer, accepting 20 rising high school seniors in good academic standing, who are eager to pursue higher education.

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures web page features the headline “Preparing Students for a Multicultural World." That seems to sum up department chair Raysa Amador's career and involvements over the last four decades at Adelphi—and going well beyond the classroom.

The New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) has awarded Jack Angel, associate professor of accounting and law at Adelphi University, the Dr. Emanuel Saxe Outstanding CPA (Certified Public Accountant) in Education Award.

We are actively working with Whiting Turner to determine the long-term impact of these delays on completion of the project, including the development of contingency plans, with the continued goal of having the UC operational by Fall 2020.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. One of the President's Awards for Excellence for 2020 was given to Bernadette Fitzpatrick, Administrative Assistant for the College of Nursing and Public Health.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. One of the President's Awards for Excellence for 2020 was given to Samantha Bassford, Residence Hall Director of Waldo Hall.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. A presence on the Adelphi campus for four decades, Dr. Amador is the first recipient of the Presidential Award for Diversity and Inclusion for her commitment to advancing our goals for diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. Last year, Patricia (Patti) Veigl marked her 10th anniversary with the Alice Brown Early Learning Center (ELC)—not just as an administrative assistant but as the center's face.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. In her five years at Adelphi, Stephanie Espina, director of undergraduate admissions, has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments.

If you are experiencing critical financial hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we invite you to apply here for support from the emergency fund.

Stephen Shore, EdD, clinical assistant professor in the College of Education and Health Sciences, authors a blog in Psychology Today about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals on the autism spectrum.

Student entrepreneurs from Adelphi University will have the chance to compete for cash prizes on Thursday, April 30, at 9:00 a.m. in a virtual Shark Tank-style competition hosted by the University's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, a senior adjunct professor, psychologist and award-winning author who specializes in clinical depression, is set to release her first children's book, Sometimes When I'm Sad, on April 28. The book is a sensitive and supportive story that seeks to help young children recognize and cope with sadness.

Expanding outreach to women in underserved communities through a grant to its BEST program from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation

Here are some of the ways that our Adelphi University family is helping to support each other, our first responders and neighbors during this unprecedented public health crisis.

Research by Anagnostis Agelarakis, PhD, professor of anthropology, revealing one of the most complex brain surgeries performed in ancient Greece, is featured in the Daily Mail.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, shares her expertise in a Community Health Magazine story about loneliness.

Kenneth C. Rondello, MD, clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health, is quoted in The New York Times about New York state’s new policy for residents to wear masks in public.