News at Adelphi
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During the Fall 2018 semester, students in need of a little love and puppy therapy could find it in the Harvey Hall office of Daryl Gordon, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Education and Health Sciences, in the form of an 18-month-old black Labrador named Harpo.
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Career readiness. It's something of a watchword in higher education these days—and for good reason. Employers are looking for college graduates who can hit the ground running, giving students who show they can do so a substantial edge when entering the job market. Now, Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has a comprehensive program designed to give undergraduates that advantage.
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Long Island school districts are partnering with universities, including Adelphi, to combat a shortage of substitute teachers.
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High school students from across Long Island attended the Human Rights Awareness Conference at Adelphi on Thursday, January 31. The goal of the 33rd annual conference was to promote human decency, respect and sensitivity for people of all races, religions, cultures, ages and genders.
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When business student Christina Panouis started her junior year in Fall 2018, she set a goal for herself: Land an internship and begin preparing for her postgraduate career.
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With scientific discovery and technological innovation driving the economy, Adelphi has launched a five-year Accelerated Business of Science Program designed to give students with a passion for science a strong, marketable career path in science-related businesses.
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The new year is ushering in big changes for what has until now been called the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education. The School is now a College with a new name: the College of Education and Health Sciences.
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It's official! The Ruth S. Ammon School of Education will become the College of Education and Health Sciences in January 2019.
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As more and more companies in emerging markets strive to access strategic resources by enacting mergers and acquisitions (M&As) across national borders in developed markets, the need for determining the performance factors for such cross-border deals is becoming more crucial, says Monica Yang, Ph.D., professor of management.
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In patriarchal societies, women entrepreneurs face barriers not experienced by male counterparts, such as strictures regarding working after dark, being away from their children, doing business with men and traveling for business.
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The brand value of a product can be evaluated quite differently depending on a consumer's goals, says Zachary Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing.
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Rather than hindering on-time performance, fee policies for checked bags actually reduce the percentage of late flights, says Amirhossein Alamdar Yazdi, Ph.D.
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Anne Mungai, Ph.D., the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education's interim dean, cited several key factors behind the School's strong rankings at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
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Adelphi University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders students and faculty presented their research at the 58th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in Canada.
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The Ruth S. Ammon School of Education will host its first Early Learning Conference on April 5, 2019, at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, with outspoken educator and thought leader Michael Hynes, Ed.D., as its keynote speaker.
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At the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education's 37th annual Finkelstein Lecture in the Adelphi Performing Arts Center on October 17, 2018, Matt Jacobs, Nassau County regional staff director for the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), expressed optimism about the future of unions despite the Supreme Court's controversial Mark Janus vs. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) decision.
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A United Nations official and four keynote speakers are now booked for the 2019 International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP) International Conference on the Adelphi campus.
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"The idea is to help them think of themselves as citizens and to recognize that what they'll learn at Adelphi connects to the world beyond campus."
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On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the College Republicans and College Democrats held a well-attended debate on campus. They discussed the contentious issue of immigration.
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At Adelphi, business students don't just read about marketing strategies and business plans. They create them by working with companies like GEICO, United Parcel Service of America, Inc., and 1-800-Flowers.com. Soon, students will have even more opportunities to work with companies on the next big idea when Adelphi's planned Innovation Center, a 2,000-square-foot research lab in Swirbul Library, is completed in September 2019.
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On October 17, 2018, Cholena Smith, Shinnecock scholar and educator, brought her people's culture, history and traditions to Adelphi in honor of Native American Heritage Month in November and Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 8.
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Seniors Laura Rojas and Kimberly Campuzano spent this summer doing research in New Mexico and Colorado, respectively. On October 3, they gave presentations summarizing their experience and research to their audience in Blodgett Hall.
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Several noteworthy postgraduate workshops are planned for the coming weeks and months as the School of Social Work continues its commitment to providing excellence in professional development and continuing education.
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As teachers and mentors, Adelphi faculty members are helping to transform the lives of their students. As researchers, they're helping to transform society.
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Lectures by associate professor of finance and economics David P. Machlis, Ph.D., aren't one-sided talks. They're enthusiastic performances, filled with engaging give-and-take and interactive storytelling that encourage critical thinking.
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Each year, students in Dr. Susan Zori's "Nursing Care of the Older Adult" class work in small groups to develop inventive products that could improve the lives of the elderly and address unmet needs.
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At Adelphi, the five-hour biochemistry lab run by Professor Brian Stockman, Ph.D., is capped at 12 students who are divided into three or four groups and conduct their own, customized research projects.
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According to Zainab Toteh Osakwe, Ph.D., assistant professor in Adelphi's College of Nursing and Public Health, the use of post-acute care services has increased dramatically over the past two decades for patients recently discharged from a hospital.
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Fresh water and clean air are the most basic human needs. But according to Justyna Widera-Kalinowska, Ph.D., an associate professor of chemistry at Adelphi, both are becoming scarcer around the world, even in highly developed countries.
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A newly discovered fossil suggests that large, flowering trees grew in North America by the Turonian age, showing that these large trees were part of the forest canopies there nearly 15 million years earlier than previously thought.