News at Adelphi

March 2023 is an exceptional month to view fine art from our community. Faculty and alumni artwork—in oil, sculptures, sketches and watercolor—explore diverse topics and facets of the human experience. Here is your guide to inspiring works of art around the Adelphi campus—as well as online.

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…

During the pandemic, Paul Thaler, PhD, professor in the Department of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences, didn’t set out to write a horror tale that pays homage to the American writer, poet, editor and literary critic Edgar Allen Poe. But as Dr. Thaler delved more deeply into his writing project, he brought…

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…

You won't find the dinosaur known as Xixianykus terrorizing people in Jurassic Park.

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.

The Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health is one of 10 schools in the United States selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to participate in an important initiative on resilience and self-care. Dean Deborah Hunt, PhD ’12, explains—and shares her vision for nursing.

Kirsten Ziomek, PhD, associate professor and director of Asian studies, has been recognized with a fellowship for research on Japan in World War II. Her expertise on forced labor and colonial soldiers brings a new understanding of the Asian-Pacific operations.

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.

A collaboration between two faculty members and 10 undergraduates provides valuable new information about HVI reagents.

A new study co-led by Adelphi University Assistant Professor of Psychology Damian Stanley, PhD, provides a window into the psychological, social and emotional impacts of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.

A study outlines ways to encourage student inquiry

In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies. She succeeded Raysa Amador, PhD, now professor emerita of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, who became the first head of the program in the early 1970s. Dr. Olvera began planning a transition for the program, based on review of the program over two…

Many consider the American South as the place where the struggle against Jim Crow laws, school segregation and civil rights took place. Yet, racism was just as deeply rooted in the North—and in Boston. Despite its reputation as the historic “cradle of liberty” and headquarters of the abolitionist movement, racial conflict exploded in Boston in…

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).

Melanie Bush, PhD, professor of sociology and an expert in teaching methods around the globe, has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award. During her three-year tenure, she will develop new insights into the ways we can make education more just and equitable for all.

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).

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.

Adelphi University's College of Nursing and Public Health has been selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to participate in a national initiative designed to prepare nursing students to become strong, resilient leaders. The pilot program will kick off in the Spring 2023 semester.

It’s been another outstanding year for Adelphi University in the news–locally, nationally and around the world.

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

Christy Mulligan, PsyD, assistant professor of school psychology, researches how to help young people with selective mutism and those who have sexually harmed others, specifically targeting the inequalities within our juvenile justice system.

When Jonathan Jackson, PhD, started his role as director of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology Center for Psychological Services, he thought it was one of those positions he might grow into—and 36 years later, he thinks he might have done just that.

Karolina Lempert, PhD, joined the faculty of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology as an assistant professor of psychology this fall, after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology and Penn Memory Center.

In August, Monica Pal, PhD '13, became director of Adelphi's Center for Psychological Services and director of Practicum Training—stepping into the shoes of her former professor, Jonathan Jackson, PhD, who retired after 36 years in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology.

“No matter how much information there is in Google, one needs the ability to ask questions, because education is an interactive experience. I believe in hands-on learning and mentorship programs.”

Catherine Eubanks, PhD, who joins the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology faculty as a professor, is enthusiastically including her students in her research, which is focused on repairing ruptures in therapist/patient relationships.

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.