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Published: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…
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Associate Professor's Groundbreaking Discovery Digs Into Why Predatory Dinosaurs Varied in Size
CategoriesPublished:You won't find the dinosaur known as Xixianykus terrorizing people in Jurassic Park.
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Published: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.
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Published:A collaboration between two faculty members and 10 undergraduates provides valuable new information about HVI reagents.
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Published:When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, three Adelphi alumni鈥攊nternational students Aleksandar Aleksiev ’11, Gabriel Hardy-Fran莽on ’14, and Camille Pajor ’09, MBA ’16鈥攓uickly decided they couldn’t stay on the sidelines. All three made humanitarian trips to the border鈥攁nd inside Ukraine鈥攖o bring aid and to help refugees escape and get resettled away from the war…
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Music Teacher LuAnna Lasso '08 Shows Her Fifth-Grade Choir How to Dream Big鈥攁nd Win Big鈥擜ll Year
CategoriesPublished:Just two days before Thanksgiving last fall, The Kelly Clarkson Show announced to the world that The Fairview School Choir from P.S. 14, a Queens, New York, elementary school, had been named the 2022 NBC Star Choir. That meant that a couple of weeks later, the students, dressed in festive red and green, were singing…
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Published:On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an artist revisits personal loss and a national tragedy.
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Published:In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies.
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Published: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鈥攁nd in Boston. Despite its reputation as the historic 鈥渃radle of liberty鈥 and headquarters of the abolitionist movement, racial conflict exploded in Boston in…
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Published:In 2020, Carolina Cambronero Varela 鈥09 and adjunct faculty member and artist Argie Agelarakis, MA 鈥00, began working on a special project鈥攖o harness the power of art in support of social activism. Together, with the critical support of Stephanie Lake, PhD, director of Adelphi鈥檚 criminal justice program, they inaugurated聽Artivism聽in the spring of 2021.
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Published:Longtime Adelphi political science faculty member Regina Axelrod, PhD, died on November 3, 2022, with a legacy as an esteemed professor, campus leader, and faculty and student advocate.聽
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Published:The Hunter Performing Arts Scholarship will help propel the careers of drama majors in Adelphi鈥檚 Department of Theatre.
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Published:茄子视频 has received the prestigious Innovative Academic Support Initiative award from the聽American College Personnel Association's Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education聽(CASHE).
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Published:Recent Adelphi field hockey graduate聽Jackie Brown 鈥21, MBA 鈥22,聽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 鈥20, MA 鈥21, and Chelsea Abreu 鈥19, MBA 鈥21.
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Published:A multidisciplinary team's research could inform the way zoos and other groups design new homes for wildlife.
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Published:Honors College alumna Camille Pajor 鈥09, MBA 鈥16, shares her inspiring life story and explains how her career brought her to the war-torn Ukrainian border to assist refugees. It鈥檚 a story of determination, compassion and strength.
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Published: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.
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Published:Chuck D 鈥84, 鈥13 (Hon.), who earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Adelphi, is rediscovering his college roots as an illustrator. The hip-hop pioneer is releasing his first fine art book this month, Livin鈥 Loud. An homage to legendary musicians in hip-hop, rap and rock, it features more than 250 of his works.
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Published:Malika Burieva, a first-generation Uzbek American, is passionate about the cultural heritage that she said has 鈥渕ade me into the person that I am today."
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Associate Professor of East Asian History Wins Prestigious Fellowship to Advance Research on Japan
CategoriesPublished:Kirsten L. Ziomek, PhD, 茄子视频 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).
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Published:For聽David Machlis, PhD, an associate professor of finance and economics at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business and聽inaugural recipient of Adelphi President's Humanitarian Award, 鈥渇ighting 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.
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Published:Isuri Wijesundara '18, is a perfect example of how an arts education at Adelphi can lead graduates to careers as working artists. The combination of strong professors, talented classmates, the proximity of New York City, and a legacy of accomplished, supportive alumni guides a student's journey from their first day to beyond graduation.
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Stories of Immigration, Set in Song: University Professor Paul Moravec's "A Nation of Others"
CategoriesPublished:"A Nation of Others," the latest work by Pulitzer Prize-winning University Professor Paul Moravec, DMA (left), explores the lives of refugees arriving at Ellis Island on a single day in 1921. It recently premiered at Carnegie Hall.
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Published:It's been another great year of academic achievement and recognition at Adelphi.
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Published:When Bharat Bhis茅, MBA 鈥78, CEO and founder of Bravia Capital, established a distinctive new program for the Levermore Global Scholars program at 茄子视频, he said one of his objectives was to help students learn to be critical thinkers.
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Rising Star: Isuri Wijesundara '18 Plays Lead Role in Season 2 of Little America From Apple TV+
CategoriesPublished:Little America, an acclaimed anthology series on Apple TV+, is inspired by the true stories of U.S. immigrants. All eight episodes will become available on December 9 on Apple TV+. And the third episode, 鈥淭he 9th Caller,” is about a young Sri Lankan woman who is played by聽Isuri Wijesundara ’18. Like the title character, Wijesundara…
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Undergraduate Research Enhances Learning and Student Success: A New Office Is Supporting It
CategoriesPublished:Adelphi is committed to transforming the lives of our students, and conducting research or working in depth on a creative project can be one of the most transformative experiences undergraduates can have at college.