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She was sexually abused as a child. Now, she dedicates her life to helping other survivors break the silence.

“It's thinking about how science can be taught using simpler English and shorter sentences. "

The $76 million, 100,000-square-foot Nexus Building made its campus debut in the fall of 2016, with an open floor plan designed to promote both social and scholarly engagement— reflecting Adelphi's dual commitments to community and academic excellence.

In the age of iPhones, Twitter and Snapchat, parental anxiety over media corrupting their children seems more pervasive than ever. But to Margaret Cassidy, Ph.D., associate professor and department chair of communications, it's just another recurring episode in a phenomenon stretching back hundreds of years.

When Maureen C. Roller, M.S. '01, D.N.P., clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health, proposed a study abroad program for Adelphi nursing students at a faculty meeting nearly a decade ago, she got an immediate green light. “As soon as I mentioned it, I became in charge of a committee," Dr. Roller recalled. “It's such a rich experience for students to study abroad, and I wanted our nursing students to experience that."

“The opioid crisis has become real to many people, who are now seeing it firsthand in their communities and realizing how devastating it is," said Marissa Abram, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health at Adelphi. “Nurses are essential to identifying addiction and getting people into recovery."

As teachers and mentors, Adelphi faculty members are helping to transform the lives of their students. As researchers, they're helping to transform society.

Graduate school is all about small classes and close working relationships between students and faculty members. Adam P. Natoli, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in his fourth year at Adelphi's Derner School of Psychology, is another student who is benefiting from collaborative work with a faculty mentor.

Science classes at Adelphi often incorporate field study. The marine biology class taught by Aaren Freemen, Ph.D., virtually revolves around it, engaging in what Dr. Freeman calls "boots in the mud type of work."

At Adelphi, the five-hour biochemistry lab run by Professor Brian Stockman, Ph.D., is capped at 12 students who are divided into three or four groups and conduct their own, customized research projects.

Dominic Fareri, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, knows that when people make even the smallest decision—such as whether to eat a salad or burger for lunch—their actions can be traced back to their early life history. Dr. Fareri has studied a diverse sampling of children and adults in order to parse the connection between life experience and decision-making.

Shakespeare fan fiction: self-indulgent pastime or scholarly exercise? According to Louise Geddes, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Adelphi, fan fiction—stories using characters or situations from popular works, written by enthusiasts and posted online—is just one of many internet-based activities turning Shakespeare fan studies on its head.

For the past three years, Carol S. Cohen, D.S.W., associate professor in Adelphi's School of Social Work, has served as principal investigator on a team of evaluators studying an innovative and unprecedented collaboration between seven U.S. schools of social work engaged, in pairs, with seven Chinese institutions.

Dr. Jacques Barber will be honored for lifetime work with the 2018 Distinguished Psychologist Award for Contributions to Psychology and Psychotherapy.

During the 10-week program, Maldonado is working on an individual project based on a journal article published in Advances in Cryptology, “Linicrypt: A Model for Practical Cryptography."

For the third year in a row, Assistant Professor of Biology Michael D'Emic, Ph.D., is taking students on a 3-credit field course to dig sites in northern Wyoming and southern Montana.

For Carolina Medina, the semester she spent in Australia was not only a game-changer for her academic and career goals. It was a life changer as well.

Adelphi offers personal attention from faculty members with international reputations. From Fulbright awardees to Pulitzer Prize winners, there are world-class scholars across the University.

An Adelphi chemistry professor is taking select students on a big journey to study very small things.

Adelphi computer science students are exploring the potential for hackproof electronic voting and uncovering new threats to privacy posed by virtual assistants like Amazon's Alexa.

Researchers have been studying the public health crisis resulting from the misuse of opioids and other drugs for years, covering the topic from seemingly every angle.

When children have fathers who are engaged in their lives, they do better as students and as friends, says Diann Kelly, Ph.D., Adelphi associate professor of social work.

Have you tried online dating? Receive $10 to help psychology researchers learn more about it.

Adelphi student Deepsana Shahi is now a seasoned explorer of this universe after her internship in her final semester this fall at the prestigious Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island.

Adelphi's Department of Accounting and Law has developed a new and distinctive approach that enhances its curriculum and increases students' chances of completing the exam at about the time they receive their graduate degree.

Tracy Paltoo's transformation is a result of her fierce determination and natural ability, along with support from Adelphi professors and staff.

With learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Hauppauge, more students are able to access Adelphi's uniquely personalized approach to learning.