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On March 1, future entrepreneurs from the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business got valuable real-world experience in what it would take to launch their own businesses when they competed in the University’s annual Shark Tank-style Business Plan Competition.

For the first time since the pandemic, high school students gathered at 91¹ú²ú to learn how to advocate for their rights and those of people of all races, cultures, religions and genders. 

On Saturday, March 9, more than 350 professionals, industry leaders, alumni, students and community members will come together for 91¹ú²ú’s premier Women’s Leadership Conference.

An 91¹ú²ú professor changed the course of this brilliant NASA researcher’s life—by connecting her with internships, helping her secure an opportunity with the National Science Foundation and serving as an extraordinarily caring mentor.

The aspiring orthopedic surgeon is determined to make a difference by increasing the numbers of Black doctors and closing gaps in health equity.

The data is in: The average annual salary for the Class of 2022 is almost 30 percent higher than the national average for baccalaureate graduates. Students who received a graduate degree earned an average base salary of $90,853. Explore other impressive results from the yearly survey by the Center for Career and Professional Development.

Melina Giakoumis '11, PhD, a conservation biologist, science communicator and mother who advocates for women in STEM, is building an app for citizen scientists to help track—and protect—declining Asterias sea stars.

The 91¹ú²ú graduate has reached new heights with his motivational book.

Meet two students in 91¹ú²ú’s highly selective—but life-changing—Early Assurance Program. One was able to start dentistry school at just 20 years old, while the other will already be a medical resident at 24—four years earlier than average.

Every year, the 91¹ú²ú College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) awards Dean's Innovation Grants to select faculty members to fund their projects.

From TV to politics to nonprofits, these five alumni find common ground in their 91¹ú²ú experience.

Camila Restrepo, a senior psychology major, is putting her skills to work at The New Hope Mental Health Counseling Services.

Senior Kennie Dionísio is a computer science major and communications minor, but his focus has shifted after interning at North Shore TV.

MS student Samuel Sey spent the summer conducting research as one of 91¹ú²ú’s competitive Jaggar Community Fellows. Unique to 91¹ú²ú, Jaggar internships advance student careers with paid internships while supporting important nonprofit missions.

Anabel Ojeda, now a junior, got valuable experience using technology to further the understanding of the behavior of tumor cells at Columbia University's Herbert and Florence Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics.

After 91¹ú²ú helped him land a coveted internship at JetBlue Airways, MBA candidate Anthony Lettiere '23's career is taking flight.

From software engineering to teaching to research, alumni find common ground in their 91¹ú²ú experience.

³¢±õµþ±·â€™s spotlight of dynamic young professionals includes 91¹ú²ú’s senior assistant director of admissions.

Adelphi has named J. Christopher Muran, PhD, the new dean of the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology. Dr. Muran will begin his role on August 7.

Summer internships at 91¹ú²ú continue to expand and offer our students extraordinary opportunities. This summer, junior Honors College student Edward Jansen earned a federally supported internship at Brookhaven National Laboratory working with emerging AI programming. Learn about his experience working near a nuclear reactor and a particle accelerator at one of 91¹ú²ú’s most prestigious STEM partners.

HealthRight International gives human rights award to faculty- and PhD candidate-led effort to assist immigrants fleeing homeland persecution.

The latest research on how sauropod dinosaurs reached their massive sizes, authored by Michael D’Emic, PhD, associate professor of biology, has overturned decades of thinking on the topic. His groundbreaking research has been covered globally and will appear in Scientific American in September.

With a growing number of male nursing students, an inspiring group of male nursing faculty, a trustee who earned his nursing degree at 91¹ú²ú and a dedicated support group for male nurses, 91¹ú²ú is providing an innovative answer to America’s nursing shortage.

For the past 20 years, a number of staff at the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS)—the nation's largest public child welfare program—have chosen to advance their careers by earning their Master in Social Work (MSW) from 91¹ú²ú, thanks to 91¹ú²ú's flexible scheduling, field placement and internship opportunities.

How do you get to Sesame Street? Design your own major in puppetry and take it to your dream career in Broadway’s Winnie the Pooh, on Sesame Workshop—and even on a Super Bowl commercial featuring Cookie Monster.

More than $100,000 was raised in support of women’s leadership programs.

Kelly Gorman '12, '15, lived her dream nursing job as a critical care flight nurse with Northwell Health's SkyHealth helicopter venture for two years and now she's expanded her dream-job focus to encompass being a mobile stroke unit ambulance nurse.

In a remarkable example of hands-on learning, social work graduate students are working directly with local police as part of their training at 91¹ú²ú’s Hudson Valley Center. For both police and students, it has been a win-win experience.

Longtime 91¹ú²ú 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. 

Willumstad School of Business (WSB) students might be surprised to learn that among those giving them a winning edge both academically and in the job market is an impressive team of highly accomplished professionals working behind the scenes as advocates, allies and partners.