News at Adelphi
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Kyana Gordon ’24 was turned away from doing research at her high school. Now, after two years in Adelphi biology labs, she's off to conduct epidemiological research in Jamaica as a Fulbright Scholar. Meet her and three other winners of prestigious national academic awards.
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Peri Finkelstein ’22, MBA ’23, continues to take the nonprofit she founded to greater heights while giving back to a program that gave her so much.
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These extraordinary students, many of whom missed their in-person high school graduation four years ago due to the pandemic, were excited to celebrate with classmates, family and friends. Adelphi President Christine M. Riordan noted, “This ceremony is a testament to your hard work and dedication.”
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The junior majoring in international relations is using her research and outreach skills to make a difference for her native country.
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Undergrad Nino Burjanadze, a Levermore Global Scholar, has been selected for a semester-long internship with The Washington Center Academic Internship Program in Washington, D.C. She will advocate for better resources for schools located in areas with funding challenges, like Native American reservations and low-income housing communities.
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For the first time since the pandemic, high school students gathered at Adelphi to learn how to advocate for their rights and those of people of all races, cultures, religions and genders.
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An Adelphi professor changed the course of this brilliant NASA researcher’s life—by connecting her with internships, helping her secure an opportunity with the National Science Foundation and serving as an extraordinarily caring mentor.
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Here's a look at our top stories for each month.
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In addition to continuing to serve as associate provost for faculty support and global affairs, in 2024, she will lead Levermore Global Scholars, a program that initially drew her to Adelphi because of its unique learning goals.
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At Spirit Weekend, Adelphi again announced the students chosen to be this year's Prestigious Panthers and members of the Spirit Court.
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Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Adelphi faculty hosted a teach-in to help students make sense of the conflict.
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Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, director of Latin American and Latinx Studies and associate professor of sociology, and students spent an eye-opening summer with the hardworking, entrepreneurial women who sell tamals on street corners.
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Whether they're caring for patients, working in underserved communities, solving computational problems, launching new businesses or teaching overseas, Adelphi's students are supported by those who came before them.
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Adelphi celebrated three Fulbright Scholars last year from our undergraduate, graduate and doctoral classes. This year, three Adelphi faculty have earned Fulbright honors—and one will become a prestigious Fulbright Program Adviser through the Fulbright Development Initiative.
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Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Adelphi’s dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health, Deborah Hunt, PhD ’12, will be sharing knowledge, resources and research to improve health outcomes and build their respective missions in healthcare.
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Adelphi proudly announces its 2023 Newman Civic Fellow, Joe Sawma. Opportunities like the Newman Fellowship award—a yearlong civic learning and networking experience—are life-changing for our students. Sawma is seen here in the Dining Hall of the Ruth S. Harley University Center, where he created his food donation program to fight food insecurity.
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Adelphi’s Class of 2023 celebrated their accomplishments with family and friends at the University’s 127th Commencement ceremony on May 23 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.
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Adelphi’s annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, better known as Research Day, celebrated its 20th anniversary with undergraduates and graduate students presenting their work in each of our Core Four areas of focus: arts and humanities, STEM and social sciences, health and wellness, and the business and education professions.
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Master of Social Work student Sarah Delannoy is taking her concerns to a global stage. She’ll join youth representatives from around the world in giving voice to the issues of importance to the rising generation.
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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.
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Students new to Adelphi will have expanded First-Year Seminar (FYS) options this fall, when a pilot program of interdisciplinary offerings launches. Designed to enhance opportunities for community building and provide a multifaceted approach to subject matter, each course follows a cohort model with classes led by two to four professors from different academic disciplines. Students…
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Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, believes Adelphi students should have global exposure to other countries, cultures and economies—and he funded an all-expenses-paid study tour to India to prove it. Meet the students who benefited from this extraordinary inaugural trip.
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Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.
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Malika Burieva, a first-generation Uzbek American, is passionate about the cultural heritage that she said has “made me into the person that I am today.” The junior majoring in communications and minoring in graphic design will spend her summer in Uzbekistan studying Uzbek at the Critical Language Institute, sponsored by The Melikian Center at Arizona…
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When Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, CEO and founder of Bravia Capital, established a distinctive new program for the Levermore Global Scholars program at Adelphi University, he said one of his objectives was to help students learn to be critical thinkers.
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Little America, an acclaimed anthology series on Apple TV+, is inspired by the true stories of U.S. immigrants. All eight episodes will become available on December 9 on Apple TV+. And the third episode, “The 9th Caller,” is about a young Sri Lankan woman who is played by Isuri Wijesundara ’18. Like the title character, Wijesundara…
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This year’s International Education Week (IEW) has a lot to celebrate: a week of events, Adelphi's rich history of global connections, a return to pre-pandemic opportunities for our students to study abroad, and the welcome presence, once again, of our international students.
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This past weekend marked two important anniversaries: the sixth year Adelphi held Spirit Weekend and the fifth anniversary of one of the University’s newest traditions: the naming of the Prestigious Panthers—the gender-neutral alternative to the traditional homecoming king and queen—as well as the Spirit Court. While two students—one male, one female—serve as king and queen,…
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Trevena Goulbourne ’14, MA ’15
CategoriesPublished:I am blessed to teach students from underserved communities that they too have promise in this world.