News at Adelphi

Adelphi faculty develop pedagogical solutions to meet the challenges of COVID-19

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an artist revisits personal loss and a national tragedy.

A multidisciplinary team's research could inform the way zoos and other groups design new homes for wildlife.

Recent works by faculty members Robert Mendelsohn, Joel Weinberger, Jairo N. Fuertes, Jacques Barber and J. Christopher Muran burnish the Derner School’s reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.

One Adelphi professor's fight to bring change to her field.

Behind the unsung innovations driving global commerce.

A new dual-blockchain architecture promises to enhance election transparency, security and equity.

A collaboration between a Derner professor and a doctoral student of psychology examines the connection between attachment anxiety and loneliness.

Faculty memoir excavates the trauma of racism.

Adelphi social work professor advocates for better practices and policies after shocking statistics on suicide come to light.

An Adelphi novelist uses her retirement to probe the complications of money and boredom.

Shining a light on the struggles of vulnerable healthcare workers.

Industry-steering alumni share their insights and perspectives on the future.

Jacklyn Brown ‘21, MBA ‘22, has taken the lead on the Panthers’ field hockey team, in the classroom as a business management and marketing major, and in the community.

Time management is an area in which Gabriel Silva, a rising senior, excels.

Throughout our 125-year history, many of Adelphi’s women leaders were the only women in the classroom, boardroom or corner office—and had to blaze a trail for the women who followed in their respective fields.

Our event series, Great Minds, Great Conversations, continued to host alumni who are at the top of their fields for vital and vibrant conversations.

The members of our newest class of 10 Under 10 are already making their mark in less than a decade since their graduation.

Illuminating COVID's toll on African American mothers and children.

An article by Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, clinical director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, explains how traditional psychotherapy misses the impact of structural racism on Black boys’ psyches—and suggests what to do about it.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Adelphi, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.

Carl Giuffre, PhD, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and Lee Stemkoski, PhD, professor of math and computer science, explored the intersection of art and mathematics in Japanese temari.

Nara Yoon, PhD, is an assistant professor and applied mathematician who works on diverse topics of mathematical biology, including building models that describe the prognosis for human disease and suggest the best therapeutic strategies.

University Professor Paul Moravec, DMA, scored a Grammy nomination and thousands of new fans for the oratorio Sanctuary Road, even as performances went virtual during the pandemic. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Tempest Fantasy in 2004.

Carson Fox, professor of art and art history at Adelphi, uses public art installations to celebrate joy even as it honors loss.

Jacques Barber, PhD, dean of Adelphi’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, joined a research team to explore whether psychotherapy or medication is a better way to treat depression. Meta-analysis of decades of work offers clues.

Kenneth R. Banks ’74, president and CEO of Banks Global Group (BGG) in Pikesville, Maryland, double-majored in physical education and social studies and ran track on a full scholarship. As a sophomore, he became an entrepreneur and, with three other students, started a group called The Four of Us. They rented campus space to put…

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman ’73, ’02 (Hon.), grew up in Franklin Square, New York. She completed her English degree at Adelphi in three years, then earned an MA in creative writing from Stanford University in 1974. She has published more than 30 novels, three books of short fiction, and eight books for children…