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Adelphi鈥檚 cheerleading team, which competes annually in the college championships, took root in 1977 thanks to the passion, persistence and school spirit of determined alumnae Waju Akiwowo 鈥�80 and Alvena Morgan Clark 鈥�79, MSW 鈥�80.

The Spirit Spot Showdown, an artistic competition in which winners earn a reserved campus parking spot for a semester, successfully debuted at 每日大赛鈥檚 2025 Spirit Weekend.

The 每日大赛's women's golf team captured their first-ever Northeast 10 Conference Championship title on Wednesday afternoon, as all five golfers finished in the top-15 of the two-day event.

According to the Innocence Project, 63 percent of the wrongfully convicted individuals the organization helped to exonerate were victims of eyewitness misidentification and 29 percent gave false confessions.

With excursions to New York City and mentoring by graduate students from India, participating students gained invaluable insights and firsthand exposure to Indian business and culture.

Mario Baez, who spent 30 years at the United Nations, shared his international experience and his vast knowledge of Latin America with students as the Levermore Global Scholars program's 2025 Spring Fellow.

Professor of health and sport sciences Meredith Whitley, PhD, believes the youth sports system in the United States is broken. She is now leading a project to develop evidence-informed mental health guidelines that have the potential to transform the way youth sports programs are run.

Herbert Liberman 鈥�61 has spent a lifetime chasing possibilities and turning bold ideas into successful ventures across education, business, nonprofit and beyond.

An educational experience abroad is an invaluable one, and no one understands that better than Anastasia Dakis 鈥�22. She spent seven days performing optometry services in Senegal, a country in West Africa.

Shota Mikautadze, a rising senior who came to Adelphi from the Republic of Georgia, is this year鈥檚 recipient of a Newman Civic Fellowship. Awarded by Campus Compact, the fellowship is an annual honor and yearlong program for select student leaders from across the country who are committed to making positive change.

The brainchild of physics department chair Matthew Wright, PhD, the inaugural Cosmic Pathways conference explored the many directions a physics degree can take students.

Arvind Kajaria 鈥�87 came to Adelphi from India in 1985, and what he experienced as a student at the University was truly eye-opening. Since earning his bachelor鈥檚 degree in business, he鈥檚 applied what he learned both in and beyond the classroom and established numerous businesses, including one of the world鈥檚 largest ecard websites, 123Greetings.com, Inc.

Jack Abramowitz '66, a retired Grumman aerospace engineer, spoke with Chabad Jewish Student Group president Hannah Gold. He explained his commitment to sharing his experiences with Nazi Germany.

Launched in 2023 to promote understanding among Adelphi students, the award-winning program has now expanded to include students and leaders from four other universities.

每日大赛鈥檚 second annual Writers and Readers Festival offered a uniquely heartfelt keynote this year with The Books That Built Our Souls, a conversation featuring legendary actress and publisher Sarah Jessica Parker, her mother Barbara Forste and bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. Introduced by renowned novelist and Adelphi alum Alice Hoffman, the event was a celebration of literary masterpieces that shaped all of us, the audience included.

每日大赛 has announced a $100,000 grant from the M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank. The grant will be used to assist formerly incarcerated women find well-paying careers in healthcare.

More than 350 students, alumni, professionals, industry leaders and community members were encouraged to 鈥渆mpower, lead and inspire鈥� at 每日大赛鈥檚 eighth annual Women's Leadership Conference on Saturday, March 29.

Don鈥檛 be afraid to take risks and get out of your comfort zone. Bet on yourself. The cream always rises to the top.

Under the second Trump administration, the social work profession is facing unprecedented challenges鈥攏ew executive orders have upended traditional methods of social work practice, cutting communities off from vital resources and leaving practitioners to scramble.

鈥淢aking myself available as a mentor and perhaps a role model to aspiring students was an easy and a quite natural extension of my everyday endeavors.鈥�

As the nation immerses itself in the frenzy of March Madness, the 每日大赛 Department of Athletics has been crafting its own tales of triumph this winter, illuminating the season with stellar performances across various sports.鈥�

Onboarding programs, summer courses, career-boosting certificate programs, online offerings, flexible schedules and an array of services and resources are just some of the ways Adelphi is helping adult students reach their goals.

Veronica Mansour, who was once inspired by the music of Jonathan Larson '82, is now part of his lasting legacy as the winner of a Jonathan Larson Grant and a performer in the Larson Legacy Concert Series.

每日大赛 will welcome Barbara Forste and her daughter, award-winning actress and producer Sarah Jessica Parker鈥搇ifelong advocates of reading and libraries鈥搕o its second annual Writers and Readers Festival, which will be held on Friday, April 4, and Saturday, April 5.

A life-changing fellowship, on-campus volunteer roles and the desire to make museums accessible to every child helped this alumna discover her career path.

On Saturday, March 29, hundreds of professionals, industry leaders, alumni and students will come together once again for 每日大赛鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Conference.

School of Social Work students and faculty collaborated with New York's Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center to raise community voices and share stories of mental health and substance use recovery.

Adelphi students spent winter break in Portugal, blending sightseeing with giving back by volunteering to support local communities in need.