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Andy Atzert has been selected to serve as the new dean of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ College of Professional and Continuing Studies, effective July 8.

In May 2019, ºüÀêÊÓƵ announced receiving National Science Foundation grants for nearly $1.7 million. This month we report that more of our faculty have been awarded grants totaling $144,200.

Dr. Foellmer shared his expertise in a video produced by the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. He explained that healthy wetlands protect property and surrounding areas by absorbing flood water from storms such as Superstorm Sandy.

Patients of all ages come from surrounding communities for low-cost treatment of hearing, speech and language issues at ºüÀêÊÓƵ’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders.

ºüÀêÊÓƵ’s sense of community extends to the entire planet. That’s why we formed a Sustainable Campus Council—powered by staff, faculty and students—to develop solutions that will make ºüÀêÊÓƵ greener.

Dr. Carson won the Teaching Excellence Award for untenured faculty at ºüÀêÊÓƵ and his teaching and research interests include literary theory, aesthetics, political theory, and ecocriticism.

In March 2019, Elaine (Kaupp) Smith '78, M.S. '88, Ed.D., was named dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health. The announcement may be new, but Dr. Smith is no stranger to ºüÀêÊÓƵ.

Igor Webb, Ph.D., director of creative writing at ºüÀêÊÓƵ, is a poet and author of short stories, essays and novels.

Jacqueline Jones LaMon is the author of two poetry collections and the novel In the Arms of One Who Loves Me.

Katherine Hill is the author of the novel The Violet Hour (Scribner, 2013).

Martha Cooley is a professor is the winner of an O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction (2017)

Judith Baumel, founding director of the Creative Writing Program at ºüÀêÊÓƵ, is a poet, critic and translator.

Vincent Wei-cheng Wang Ph.D. is welcomed as the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Debbi A. Smith, M.A., M.B.A., M.S.L.S., has been appointed Interim Dean of University Libraries for ºüÀêÊÓƵ effective April 1.

Margaret Gray, associate professor of political science, is quoted by the New York Times about indoor greenhouse farm labor conditions.

In recognition of his work, Dr. Fareri was named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), an honor given to a handful of outstanding psychological scientists in the early stages of their postgraduate research careers around the world.

Inside and outside the classroom, experiential learning works. Hands-on, high-impact learning experiences are central to ºüÀêÊÓƵ's personalized approach to education. A panel at the conference provided examples of their benefits to students.

A study by Professor Geoffrey Ream Ph.D. on suicide rates in LGBTQ youth is featured by many media outlets including Reuters and Huffington Post.

Jacques Barber, Ph.D., professor and dean of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, is the winner of this year's Division 39 (Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology) Research Award.

"The cemetery within the fortification walls of Polystylon was discovered in 1991 and contained at least 20 graves, all of which were studied by Anagnostis Agelarakis, a bioarchaeologist at ºüÀêÊÓƵ."

ºüÀêÊÓƵ students don't just learn in the classroom. They work in labs and professional settings and, at least in the classes of Michael D'Emic, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, are known to get out and get their hands dirty.

Jerold Gold, Ph.D. '80, ºüÀêÊÓƵ professor of psychology, sat down with News 12 Long Island to discuss best practices for following through on a New Year's resolution.

Stieglitz was one of 30 people selected—from over 700 who applied, she said—to visit NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

Sally Stieglitz, J.D., digital learning and instruction librarian and adjunct professor, wrote an article for American Libraries magazine about the NASA Social program.

Igor Webb, Ph.D., author, critic, professor, and director of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program hosted a gathering in celebration of his latest book, Christopher Smart's Cat, an unusual amalgam of memoir, short fiction and lit crit.

The Center for International Education has two announcements in time for International Education Week, held November 12 through November 16, 2018: the recipients of the 2019 International Faculty Development Grants, and a new map documenting faculty international engagement.

Dr. Rudolph’s research brings together political, social, and cultural history. She has worked as the Managing Editor of the journal French Politics, Culture and Society and is author of the book At Home in Postwar France: Modern Mass Housing and the Right to Comfort. 

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

Lectures by associate professor of finance and economics David P. Machlis, Ph.D., aren't one-sided talks. They're enthusiastic performances, filled with engaging give-and-take and interactive storytelling that encourage critical thinking.