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Published:Philosophy may be seen as an area of academic speculation, but Shawn Kaplan, PhD, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics and Public Policy program, researches how moral concerns affect current real-world issues.
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Published:Adelphi’s annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, better known as Research Day, celebrated its 20th anniversary with undergraduates and graduate students presenting their work in each of our Core Four areas of focus: arts and humanities, STEM and social sciences, health and wellness, and the business and education professions.
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Published:Zahin Ritee is a physics scholar, a leader, a high achiever—and an award-winning singer. Now she's been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar for excellence in STEM.
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Published:Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, has received a federal grant to tackle the threats acidification and harmful algal blooms pose to Long Island Sound ecosystems and organisms.
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Published:The poet William Blake may have decried how the muses—the "Fair Nine"—have forsaken poetry, but the art form continues to thrive at Adelphi.
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Published:When Shana Caro, PhD, joined the Adelphi faculty in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor of biology, she had a pressing priority. “I wanted to locate a place where I could do fieldwork that was close to campus so that I could easily bring students from campus to help with my research.â€
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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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Examining How Gender Bias Is Built Into AI
CategoriesPublished:Over the past two decades, devices that make use of artificial intelligence (AI) have infiltrated our existence.
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Published:When patients are given the diagnosis no one ever wants to hear—that they have cancer—the first questions most will ask are about their prognosis.
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Poetry for the Senses
CategoriesPublished:Jan-Henry Gray, assistant professor of English and director of Adelphi’s MFA in Creative Writing program, sat in on Professor Emerita Judy Baumel’s Forms of Poetry graduate course in Spring 2021 as a way to revisit and rediscover poetic forms. It was during this “refresher” course that he wrote the earliest draft of “Ghazal of Oranges,”…
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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:Proposed structural changes would help youth sports programs meet participants' developmental needs
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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 ÃÛÑ¿TV 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:A new feeding practice could become the standard of care in other neonatal ICUs
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Published:Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.
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Published:A study outlines ways to encourage student inquiry
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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: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.Â
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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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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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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.
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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.