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Christina Flythe is the Director of Nutrition of Child Care Council of Suffolk, Inc., is a certified facilitator for Parent Leadership Training Institute, sits on the Executive Board for National Council of Negro Woman, Huntington Section, and works with various organizations across Suffolk County.

Perry Greene, PhD, former vice president for diversity and inclusion, is quoted in Newsday about workplace bias and micro-inequities.

Adelphi has received the 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.

Caroline Dougherty, a senior, grew up hearing her father's stories about their Irish ancestors. The family can trace their roots back hundreds of years, going back to when Sir Cahir O'Doherty (1587–1608) led an unsuccessful rebellion against the English and was exiled, scattering members of the O'Doherty clan all over the world.

This month, Adelphi's new Hispanic Community Partnership Program gave 17 local high school students a firsthand look at college life.

The new LGBTQ+ and Allies Affinity Group joins the Multicultural Chapter to give our alumni with shared interests a place to connect, network and find support.

African American women make up a disproportionate percentage of victims of intimate partner violence. Are they receiving the help they need? Bernadine Waller, MA ’10, associate director of experiential learning at Adelphi's Center for Career and Professional Development and a PhD candidate in social work, just received a prestigious grant for her research—and, she is searching for an answer.

Senior Lila Woodbridge worked with Joan L. Schimke, associate professor of communications, on a documentary short about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire screened at Cinema Village in Manhattan.

Research by Geoffrey Ream, Ph.D., associate professor of social work, has revealed a shocking fact: Nearly one-quarter of young teens who died by suicide were LGBT.

Innovate LI covered how Adelphi's approach of reaching out to multicultural students—starting as early as middle school—is raising awareness and attracting a diverse range of applicants.

The first hot day of the year brought with it the chill of what Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Perry Greene, Ph.D., called “senseless, ongoing horror in Sri Lanka," at a campus memorial service on April 24 for the 300 people killed in the Easter Sunday church attacks across that country.

Adelphi's Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host a summer college-readiness program free of charge for Hispanic high school students, scheduled for August 1 to August 4.

Famed rapper, activist, artist and cultural theorist Chuck D '84, '13 (Hon.), received a hero's welcome when he returned to his alma mater April 15 for a conversation on the Westermann Stage in the Concert Hall at the 51±¬ÁÏ Performing Arts Center with University Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Perry Greene, Ph.D.

What's it like living in a world where people fear you because of your religion? More important, what can we do about it?

This month, representatives of Bridges to Adelphi will be going around campus to educate others about the program as well as sponsoring events that draw attention and awareness of neurodiversity.

A professor and dean at Ithaca College has been named dean of 51±¬ÁÏ's College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.

Najee Hunt is a student leader who is actively helping create a diverse and inclusive culture on campus. As president of the campus organization Black Students United (BSU), he is passionate about supporting and mentoring fellow students of color. He has also expanded the organization's mission to include support of young people from the surrounding community.

Perry, Greene, vice president for diversity & inclusion, talks about the importance of hiring and maintaining a diverse faculty.

We are saddened once again by a senseless and awful act of hate which has killed and injured so many people who were practicing their faith in two mosques in New Zealand.

Dr. Perry Greene developed this task force to identify and assess the access issues so they could then prioritize and act.

This group aims to ensure that Adelphi continues to monitor issues related to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigration status, and visa and international student climate, and to serve as a coordinating body for resources and information, among other things.

This task force looked ahead at this year's priorities and looked back at last year's major achievements.

This 10-person group, working closely with the University Diversity Committee to further support the inclusion and acceptance of students, faculty and staff who identify as LGBTQ+, looked ahead at this year's priorities and looked back at last year's major accomplishments.