News at Adelphi

On Sunday, August 16, Adelphi lost a beloved alumna: Claire Kantoff Shulman ’46, one of our first nursing graduates, who went on to become the first woman elected Queens borough president, a role she held for 16 years. Major media outlets throughout the region paid tribute to her extraordinary life, including The New York Times, the Daily News, the New…

The first work by the newly formed Adelphi Alumni Playwrights Group (AAPG) is coming to a Zoom near you! On Tuesday, September 1, the group will present Buffering…, an inaugural evening of musings inspired by a simple prompt: Write a monologue about the coronavirus that's not about the coronavirus.

In an op-ed on CNN.com, Adelphi University Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Steven L. Isenberg, DHL '00 (Hon.), argues that our democracy is under significant threat by hackers and others. He co-wrote the piece with Peter C. Goldmark, Jr., former president of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Rachel Ng, a registered nurse worried about bringing the coronavirus into her family’s home, is just one of the frontline healthcare workers temporarily staying safe in an Adelphi residence hall.

Adelphi’s Center for Psychological Services now offers online counseling, providing accessible help for clients and our community while giving doctoral students the chance to learn the techniques of teletherapy.

Adelphi’s nursing program faculty members have been bringing lunch to area hospitals during the crisis. By ordering the food locally, they are helping Long Island's struggling restaurant owners, too.

Too Solid Flesh, starring Adelphi students and alumni, explores youth in the midst of a pandemic, connections across screens and the dangerous undiscovered country of mental health in a world where it is lethal to touch.

How can students intern when many companies and nonprofit organizations cancel their internship programs and organizations cancel field placements for students in nursing, education, psychology and social work? Such was the dilemma facing the Center for Career and Professional Development.

Due to this year's current pandemic, holding an in-person event was out of the question, said Arianna Livreri, but so was canceling or postponing Relay For Life.

Adelphi is joining the battle against COVID-19, supplying masks, gloves and hazmat suits to New York state hospitals and providing volunteers to frontline efforts.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. Last year, Patricia (Patti) Veigl marked her 10th anniversary with the Alice Brown Early Learning Center (ELC)—not just as an administrative assistant but as the center's face.

Every year, Adelphi honors four exceptional employees with a President's Award for Excellence. In her five years at Adelphi, Stephanie Espina, director of undergraduate admissions, has racked up an impressive list of accomplishments.

Here are some of the ways that our Adelphi University family is helping to support each other, our first responders and neighbors during this unprecedented public health crisis.

Gratitude is shown for Adelphi faculty, students and alumni from the College of Nursing and Public Health who are battling the coronavirus pandemic.

In this Q and A, Josh Altman, MBA, PhD, and Erin Furey from Adelphi’s Student Counseling Center share their vision and the virtual ways they are successfully helping students cope with the pandemic.

Today I’d like to let you know more about steps that Adelphi University’s leadership and community are taking to ensure that we’re moving forward, addressing every challenge and continuing to work toward our University’s strategic goals.