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On January 6, 2021, when thousands of violent rioters launched an attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., there was much more at stake than the presidential election results the insurgents sought to impede.

Steven Cox, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders and director of the Voice and Quality of Life Laboratory (VQLL) at 海角社区, studies how voice disorders can impact individuals' physical, psychological and social functioning. He has a particular interest in communication and quality-of-life concerns in individuals treated for laryngeal cancer.

Katherine Fiori, PhD, was a young graduate student at the University of Michigan when she was first introduced to the Early Years of Marriage (EYM) Project鈥攁 long-term study launched in 1986 to look at how the early development of marriage impacts a variety of marital outcomes, including the mental and physical health of spouses, the…

Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States face daunting odds. An overwhelming majority are returned to their country of origin, their petitions for asylum denied.

This spring, more than 180 海角社区 School of Social Work students pioneered new efforts to address racial justice. Part of the University’s annual social action initiative, groups of students took an innovative online approach to the three-month project, focusing on highlighting issues such as the effects of race and racism on criminal justice, health,…

The first of its kind when it was founded almost 50 years ago, the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology is nationally known for reimagining clinical psychology and for its contributions to research.

Each spring, the Adelphi community comes together to celebrate student scholarship and creativity during the annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference.

Bernadine Waller, MA '10, wears many hats at Adelphi. She is the associate director of experiential learning in the Center for Career and Professional Development and an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work, where she is also pursuing her PhD with the goal of using research to improve lives.

This op-ed appeared in the February 1 issue of the publication Academic Leader and is used here with permission. As a physicist, I spend time thinking about different ways to measure things. As we reach the COVID-19 pandemic’s one-year mark, we should take an opportunity to reflect on the progress, successes and failures of the…

As society inches toward greater equality for women and sexual minorities, psychologists continue to report links between prejudices against these groups and religion.

Pharmaceuticals save human and animal lives, but when they end up in our waterways, they present a dangerous form of pollution.

More than 252 million of the world's entrepreneurs are women, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's (GEM)聽2018/2019 Women's Entrepreneurship Report. Perhaps inspired by these women who have taken on the business world, an average of almost 18 percent of women globally said they too aspired to start a new business within the next three years.

Who is better prepared for success in college: first-generation students, meaning the first in their families to pursue higher education, or non-first-generation students, those whose parents and perhaps earlier generations in the family attended college?

When GM, the auto manufacturer, is planning the next quarter's production of its Sierra Denali pickup, it needs to be able to accurately predict the timely delivery of parts and components鈥攆rom its other units and external suppliers. The company does this by using a computer simulation or a model which tries to mimic the real world. In reality, managers often don't have accurate or complete data to build the model. Eunji Lim, PhD, assistant professor of decision sciences, has addressed this problem by developing an algorithm that takes care of the problem of insufficient data.

Nearly 250 million people in India do not have access to electricity. Creating the infrastructure to connect them to the power grid is a costly and challenging project. Gita Surie, PhD, professor of management, has been studying how an ecosystem for providing renewable energy for the world鈥檚 poorest people living in rural areas can be created that will both safeguard the environment and improve social and economic conditions in India.

Annually, worldwide, 1.3 million tons of garbage go into landfills. Reducing such waste is one reason behind the growth of 鈥渁lternative giving,鈥� where people share and exchange products instead of throwing them away. Fan Liu, PhD, assistant professor of marketing, and Zachary Johnson, PhD, associate professor of marketing, studied this growing practice and found that it, enabled by social media and networks, benefits the broader society.

Climate change has been identified in many quarters as the existential crisis facing all of mankind. It has been estimated that the world needs to spend between $1.6 trillion and $3.8 trillion every year to honor the commitments of the Paris climate agreement. Robert Goldberg, clinical associate professor of finance, and Mariano Torras, PhD, professor of economics and department chair, have proposed that a fund be set up by the government to pay for the costs associated with carrying out the changes needed to halt global warming.