News at Adelphi

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…

When patients are given the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear—that they have cancer—the first questions most will ask are about their prognosis.

Robert B. Willumstad School of Business alum Jared Mroz ’22 earned his master‘s in business analytics—while working in a leadership position at financial powerhouse Morgan Stanley. See how he managed this dual path.

Christopher Storm, PhD, provost and executive vice president, has announced the honorary degree recipient and keynote speaker for Adelphi’s 2023 Commencement ceremony: entrepreneur and humanitarian Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of Chobani. A leader in the food manufacturing industry, Ulukaya built Chobani on the foundation that it would do well by doing good. He was raised in a dairy-farming…

First-year students Monish Churaman and Amita Radakichenane’s innovative business idea, SmileLab Printing Technologies, won first place ($5,000) in the latest Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Business Plan Competition. All told, the finalists competed for $11,000 in prize money. Their winning idea “eliminates the need for crowns, bridges and dentures being produced in labs…

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…

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.

With a generous gift of $25,000, Deborah Viola ’84, PhD, established the endowed Daniel Viola Family Scholarship for Neurodiversity.

Recent Adelphi field hockey graduate Jackie Brown ‘21, MBA ‘22, was recognized as an NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 Nominee at the 2023 national NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, on January 12, 2023. She is the third Adelphi student-athlete to make the Top 30, following Alison Johnson ‘20, MA ‘21, and Chelsea Abreu ‘19, MBA ‘21.

Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, authors a letter on treasury bills. Financial Times reaches 23 million viewers each month and has a paid readership of 1.2 million.

The next event in the Great Minds, Great Conversations series—"Sprinting Toward Success With Two Legendary Adelphi Olympians"—will feature Olympians and Adelphi track alumni June Griffith Collison '81, MBA '84, and Dennis Collison '80.

For David Machlis, PhD, an associate professor of finance and economics at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business and inaugural recipient of Adelphi President's Humanitarian Award, “fighting hatred is a team game and can't be done alone." As a national leader in this fight, he is piloting an exciting new program that will bring Adelphi's Black and Jewish students together to make a difference in the world.

Benjamin Franklin espoused the idea that one can be financially successful while making the world a better place, an idea now known as the oft-quoted “doing well by doing good." Embracing ethical practices has been intrinsic to the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business since its founding as the School of Business Administration in 1964, both for business and personal actions. In recent decades, that ethos has evolved toward a more structured approach to teaching corporate social responsibility.

Willumstad School of Business (WSB) students might be surprised to learn that among those giving them a winning edge both academically and in the job market is an impressive team of highly accomplished professionals working behind the scenes as advocates, allies and partners.

It's been another great year of academic achievement and recognition at Adelphi.

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.

Lance A. Gumbs '93, whose tribal name is Fierce Eyes, walks in two worlds.

This fall, Adelphi welcomed a new set of dedicated, diverse and knowledgeable faculty members.

Your network needs to be built and maintained before you ever need to call on it yourself.

Behind the unsung innovations driving global commerce.

A response to Howard Marks’ piece “Macro models only provide an illusion of knowledge” in the Fiancial Times from Mariano Torras, PhD.

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.

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.

Don Center director Gita Surie, PhD, is establishing the center as a knowledge hub and valuable resource for the University as a whole through programs that focus on innovative technologies and decision sciences.

Students who graduated from the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business in May received much more than a solid education and a bachelor’s degree. They were the first Adelphi undergraduates in four years to have had access to the business school’s innovative Willumstad Winning Edge program—giving them the skills, credentials, connections and real-world experiences critical…

Three inspiring alumni have joined the Adelphi University Board of Trustees, bringing a wealth of international experience and business success. We are delighted to introduce them.