News at Adelphi

Adelphi University has been recognized for its exceptional student support initiatives, programs and postgraduate success by two prominent organizations: Colleges of Distinction and Phi Theta Kappa.

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.

Danny McCabe, Adelphi University’s director of athletics and campus recreation, is among this year’s recipients of the NACDA Cushman & Wakefield Athletic Director of the Year Award.

MaryAnne Hyland, PhD, dean of the Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, has been named a Premier Business Woman of Long Island by Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE. The annual award recognizes women for excellence in various fields.

After years of work dedicated to fostering understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds and increasing awareness of the horrors of the Holocaust, David Machlis, PhD, associate professor of finance and economics in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, has been named a recipient of the 2023 Long Island Business News Diversity in Business Award. In…

Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Honored by The Princeton Review The Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has once again been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools 2023 for its on-campus MBA program. This is based on institutional data the company gathers from administrators at business schools as well as surveys of students attending…

The 2022 Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education has awarded Adelphi its Innovative Academic Support Initiative award for new approaches to academic support for students undeclared or undecided on a major. See how our support helps students find success.

Adelphi’s Interdisciplinary Education and Training Experience (IDEATE) program, a collaborative learning project that bridges the university’s social work and nursing academic programs, has won the prestigious 2023 John L. Blackburn Award from the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA).

Classmates call her Mommy Louis, professors at Adelphi’s Manhattan Center say she is an exceptional student and Women’s Forum of New York lauded her for achieving success in the face of adversity. Still, 44-year-old Myrdline Louis, a native of Haiti who moved to the United States 23 years ago, is modestly proud and pragmatic about…

Adelphi University has received the prestigious Innovative Academic Support Initiative award from the American College Personnel Association's Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education (CASHE).

Kirsten L. Ziomek, PhD, Adelphi University associate professor of East Asian history and director of Asian studies, has been awarded a $60,000 Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan by the Japan-United States Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities (JUSFC-NEH).

Adelphi University's ongoing commitment to sustainability has been recognized by The Princeton Review.

The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the accrediting branch of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), has recognized Adelphi University's Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in adult gerontology primary care.

Every year, College Factual ranks schools in a variety of categories for its Best Colleges in America list. This year, Adelphi University was recognized as one of the Best Colleges in America for 2023.

Adelphi University has received a record 13 nominations in the annual Bethpage Best of Long Island competition.

Our fifth consecutive Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is a great honor for all Adelphi students, faculty, staff and alumni as we work together to advance change.

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Adjunct Faculty Development Grant supports the current research of adjunct faculty members with a $500 award.

The Dean’s Innovation Grant is the result of an Envisioning CAS Implementation Committee recommendation to support faculty who are investing in evidence-based teaching—pedagogy that's based on empirical evidence rather than tradition or personal judgments—as well as faculty investing in developing interdisciplinary work.

For the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Adelphi University a Best College among national universities. The University was also included in several of its other prominent 2023 rankings, including Best Value Schools, Best First-Year Experiences, A+ Colleges for B Students and Top Performers on Social Mobility. For the first time this year,…

Adelphi University has earned the Reimagined Computer Science Curriculum for an Inspiring Programs in STEM Award given by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. This honor recognizes the effort that colleges, universities and outside organizations have undertaken to empower women and underrepresented students of all levels to succeed in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines. “Awards from INSIGHT…

Shea Wachter '22 turned to sculpture and the Adelphi community to work through grief.

Adelphi University has been named one of 171 colleges and universities on Phi Theta Kappa's 2022 Transfer Honor Roll—and one of only three on Long Island in New York. PTK recognizes four-year colleges and universities that have developed strong transfer pathways leading to excellence and success among community college transfer students.

Mary Beth Cresci, PhD, adjunct professor, who served from 2005 to 2018 as director of the postgraduate programs at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, received the Founders Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP), Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA), at its April meeting.

For the past 19 years, Adelphi has honored students, student organizations and faculty members who have made a commitment to pursue excellence in their various endeavors.

The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency overseen by the U.S. Department of Education, recognized our Master of Public Health (MPH) program for identifying, preventing and solving community health problems. This accreditation ensures that students are receiving a high-quality education in public health.

The Delphian staff took home eight awards, including three first-place trophies and two scholarship wins at the annual ceremony of the Press Club of Long Island (PCLI), a local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. At the June 2 event, Katherine Farkas won first place as the Best College Newspaper Reporter and Maxmillian Robinson ’22 took…

In 2019, Miriam Velsor, clinical supervisor of speech-language pathology, and Ryan Lee-James, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, developed an exciting speech-language pathology course—over the summer, graduate students would travel together to Mustard Seed Communities, a home for children with disabilities in Kingston, Jamaica. They would learn best practices for serving diverse populations with…

Adelphi University has achieved a five-star rating on the Campus Pride Index for 2022—a perfect score.