News at Adelphi

Students in theater, political science, computer science and biochemistry expanded their horizons by working in a Broadway theater or a public relations defense firm, competing in a NASA competition, or collaborating on research at a university in Poland.

Faculty members from the theater and English departments will each lead a trip to the United Kingdom: one for English literature in York and the other for theater in London. 

Adelphi University’s 2024 Spirit Weekend is this weekend. Please note the following parking and traffic impacts to our Garden City campus beginning tomorrow, September 26 and concluding on Sunday night.  

From Finance on Wall Street—and Times Square—to supply chain management on Long Island, students in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business experience industries on-site.

This semester, the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business announces promotions and work anniversaries, welcomes new faculty members, and thanks faculty and staff who are leaving the School for their efforts and dedication.

The program heads into October with a new campaign: “When Survivors Unite, Hope Ignites!”

Adelphi University continues to outrank other Long Island private universities on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 National Universities rankings.

Adelphi University officially launched The Momentum Campaign: Extraordinary Impact, its most ambitious fundraising campaign in the University’s 128-year history, on September 21 at its annual President’s Gala.

Dear Adelphi Community, The Bhisé Global Understanding Project (BGUP) was founded at Adelphi University in 2023 through the generosity of Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, with a multidisciplinary vision to explore critical issues in our world and educate students to become globally minded thinkers and leaders. Among its activities, this initiative has taken two groups of…

We have been informed by our local law enforcement partners that a Presidential Motorcade will be visiting the Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. 

Adelphi University is once again the top-ranked private university on Long Island according to Forbes.

Panthers jumped into action to serve local nonprofits before the fall semester began.

Laura E. Brumariu, PhD, professor and associate dean for professional programs and student advancement in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, knows that the transition from tween to teen is often fraught with apprehension and anxiety. Seldom are these worries more evident than in the transition from primary to middle school. 

An Adelphi University researcher says attitudes formed toward physical education by students as early as elementary school may have long-term implications for their health as adults.

Adelphi University is once again the top-ranked university on Long Island on the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2025 Best Colleges in the U.S. list.

September Letter to the Campus Community

The scholarship established by the former dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health will help students in need pursue their nursing career dreams.

Honors College Sophomore Errah Fawad is relaunching AU PAWS Web Radio (PAWS) and reviving Adelphi’s rich history of student broadcasting.

Internships are a foundation of an Adelphi education and one of the best ways students can prepare for careers. From shadowing surgical technicians at an eye bank to researching nanotechnology in Poland, our students spent the summer of 2024 having extraordinary internship experiences.

President Christine M. Riordan’s meeting with university officials in the Dominican Republic is the latest development in Adelphi’s strategic efforts to create global connections that benefit our students.

Driven by a desire to keep young people out of the criminal justice system, Alicia Wilson, PhD ’24, left her job in mental health to become a leader in the social work profession.

Associate Professor David Machlis, PhD, took a group of university leaders to Poland this spring to study not only the Holocaust but the roots of hatred. A few weeks later, Dr. Machlis’s Two Museums Program for Adelphi students won a national award for its efforts to build understanding and combat intolerance.

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, Welcome to Fall 2024 at Adelphi! There is nothing quite like the energy and joy you bring to our campuses at the start of a new academic year. I hope you’re enjoying the opportunity to connect with old friends, meet new people, share stories of summer and get comfortable in…