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English major Brienna (Ennie) Conner is exploring the historical significance of the “Tar Baby” story to uncover the lived experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants in early America.
We strive to embed research and creative works in the academic experience of all Adelphi undergraduate students.
Students interested in guided research and creative works must obtain a faculty adviser—projects will typically be within your adviser's active research and creative areas.
When you picture research, is it only in a lab? Not at Adelphi. Whatever your passion—history, dance, business, literature—and yes, science, you can explore it.
At Adelphi, research is not just for faculty or graduate students—right from the start, undergraduate students are encouraged to dive into projects that broaden their scholarly horizons.
Conducting research as an undergraduate student at Adelphi is a rewarding opportunity—you’ll expand on what you’ve learned in the classroom, explore your passions, and gain from the experience of our brilliant and supportive faculty. You’ll also build valuable experiences that shine on your résumé and graduate school applications.
Congratulations to our 2024 cohort of students and mentors for the Adelphi University Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Summer Fellowship, the Honors College Summer Fellowship, the Landesberg Family Summer Research Fellowship, and the McDonell Summer Research Fellowship.
English major Brienna (Ennie) Conner is exploring the historical significance of the “Tar Baby” story to uncover the lived experiences of enslaved Africans and their descendants in early America.
Adelphi’s Scholarship and Creative Works Conference gives hundreds of students each year a platform to showcase their research and creativity to our community.
Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, whose Bhisé Global Understanding Project sponsored several events at the 21st Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, addresses attendees in the Ruth S. Harley University Center on the Adelphi Garden City campus.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof was the 2024 keynote speaker at Adelphi’s 21st Scholarship and Creative Works Conference—here speaking to attendees in the Ruth S. Harley University Center on the topic “Facts vs. News: Navigating Truth in Today’s Media.”
A student asks a question during a Scholarship and Creative Works Conference event in the Ruth S. Harley University Center on Adelphi’s Garden City campus.
A glimpse of a room full of Scholarship and Creative Works Conference e-posters in Adelphi’s Ruth S. Harley University Center in April 2024.
During an event that kicked off Adelphi’s April 2024 Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, panelists Benjamin Serby, PhD, Honors College assistant professor; Tandra Chakraborty, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Biology; and David Pierce, assistant professor of art and art history, spoke about “Research and Creative Works on Colonialism in South Asia.”
One of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate Adelphi University student e-poster presenters whose research reflected the University’s Core Four areas of focus—art and humanities, STEM and social sciences, the professions, and health and wellness.
A presenter at Research Day in April 2024—Adelphi University’s annual celebration of student scholarship and creative works—one that’s spanned more than two decades.
During a computer session at Adelphi’s Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, a diverse group of students gathers around a computer terminal in the Ruth S. Harley University Center.
An animated presenter talks about her scientific research at Adelphi’s 2024 Scholarship and Creative Works Conference in the Ruth S. Harley University Center.
When a student comes to Adelphi University to study computer science, the curriculum is not one-size-fits-all.
One might say that with more than 15 years of research experience—and her inquiries while studying at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor before that—Katherine Fiori, PhD, professor and associate dean in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, is something of an expert at turning an idea into scholarship.
There are so many ways to dance, and a vast diversity of genres, techniques, styles and interpretations.
If you ask Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo, PhD, professor in the Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health (CNPH), what makes him passionate about research, he will tell you it’s something that has always been within him.
Generate new knowledge, think critically and outside of the box, and fine-tune your collaborative and communication skills. Instead of learning facts and content that others have discovered for you, doing research allows you to apply the knowledge and skills from your classes to discover new information yourself and advance your field. While it can be demanding, research can be an amazingly fulfilling and transforming intellectual and personal experience.
Engaging in a hands-on creative inquiry with Adelphi faculty who are experts in their field will refine your professional interests and establish a relationship with your mentor that often lasts beyond your undergraduate years.
Thinking about embarking on a research or creative works project? Get in touch with us at ourc@adelphi.edu or stop by our office at Levermore Hall, Room 303.