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Published:I have been slowly sharing the news of Nick Petron, MA ’70’s retirement after 50 years at Adelphi, the first 10 as professor and director and approximately 30 as chair of the Department of Theatre. Once they get over their surprise, many acknowledged that “it’s the end of an era.” Nick was my instructor and…
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Assistant Professor Is Awarded Grant to Study How the Perception of Time Affects Decision-Making
CategoriesPublished:Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes, but our perception of how quickly time passes varies from person to person. Are people who perceive time as passing quickly more willing to delay gratification?
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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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Adelphi Professor Damian Stanley Publishes Large Dataset Detailing the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
CategoriesPublished:A new study co-led by 茄子视频 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.
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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. 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聽transition for the program, based on review of the program over two…
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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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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.
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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:The Adelphi community lost a longtime professor, campus leader and student advocate with the death of Regina Axelrod, PhD, on November 3. Colleagues and alumni share their recollections.
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Published:When Deborah Hunt, PhD '12, learned that patient errors are on the rise despite years of new protocols, the dean of the 茄子视频 College of Nursing and Public Health decided to provide best practices for all healthcare workers.
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Published:Associate professor of theatre John McDermott has designed sets for more than 250 shows off-Broadway and regionally since 1992.
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Published:Recent works by faculty members Robert Mendelsohn, Joel Weinberger, Jairo N. Fuertes, Jacques Barber and J. Christopher Muran burnish the Derner School鈥檚 reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.
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Published:The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Adjunct Faculty Development Grant supports the current research of adjunct faculty members with a $500 award.
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Published:The Dean鈥檚 Innovation Grant is the result of an Envisioning CAS Implementation Committee recommendation to support faculty who are investing in evidence-based teaching鈥攑edagogy that's based on empirical evidence rather than tradition or personal judgments鈥攁s well as faculty investing in developing interdisciplinary work.
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A response to Howard Marks鈥 piece 鈥淢acro models only provide an illusion of knowledge鈥 in the Fiancial Times from Mariano Torras, PhD.
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Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, authors a letter on economic forecasting.
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Published:鈥淗ow do we experience being alive?鈥 That鈥檚 the question聽Igor Webb, PhD, professor in 茄子视频鈥檚 Department of English, explores in his latest book,聽Buster Brown鈥檚 America: Recollections, Reveries, Reflections鈥攁nd incorporating This Old Writer: A Journal of a Plague Year. 鈥淚n everyday life, we don鈥檛 experience being alive in the same way,鈥 said Dr. Webb. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not…
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Published:Adelphi recently lost a truly remarkable former member of our faculty: Abe Shenitzer, PhD, professor of mathematics, who survived the Holocaust to go on to a noteworthy career as a mathematician, translator and advocate who spoke publicly about his experience, passed away at the age of 101 in June 2022.
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Published:In addition to teaching, Derner faculty members engage in scholarship and research. Here are recent highlights of their work.
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Published:Renowned for her research on parent-child attachment, she is committed to building Derner's legacy of setting the standard in clinical training.
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Published:Mary Beth Cresci, PhD, adjunct professor, who served from 2005 to 2018 as director of the postgraduate programs at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, received the Founders Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP), Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA), at its April meeting.
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Published:For the past 19 years, Adelphi has honored students, student organizations and faculty members who have made a commitment to pursue excellence in their various endeavors.
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Published:In 2019, Miriam Velsor, clinical supervisor of speech-language pathology, and Ryan Lee-James, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, developed an exciting speech-language pathology course鈥攐ver the summer, graduate students would travel together to聽Mustard Seed Communities, a home for children with disabilities in Kingston, Jamaica. They would learn best practices for serving diverse populations with…
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Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, responds to a Financial Times article, 鈥淭alk of doing good things rings hollow at Davos.鈥
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Published:Courses in jazz and blues literature and race and gender in film added to African, Black and Caribbean Studies offerings.