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With high praise from our own President Christine Riordan, Ronald Sentwali Bakari, PhD. expertise and experience is a welcome addition to our community.

In many cases, details most people never think about can be vital to efficient operation. Take the size of components in electronic circuits, for instance. If these components, such as transistors or capacitors, aren't precisely the right size, laptops or other devices can overheat, run too slowly or break down.

The Princeton Review Guide ranks ¹û½´ÊÓƵ as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the nation.

Research by Geoffrey Ream, PhD, associate professor of social work, is featured in the Chicago Tribune on anti-bullying training being required in states across the U.S. The article, originally published in the Associated Press, also appears in many other outlets.

Since 2015, seven faculty and administrators from ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's College of Nursing and Public Health have been inducted into the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). On November 7, 2019, two more of ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's own joined their ranks: Maryann Forbes, PhD '99, and Keiko Iwama, PhD '18.

Jessie Klein, PhD, associate professor of sociology, shares her knowledge of the bullying epidemic in America on the Progressive Radio Network.

Christopher Saucedo, professor of art and art history, completed an inspirational Q&A with The Wave.

Bestselling authors Jacqueline Woodson '16 (Hon.) and Alice Hoffman '73, '02 (Hon.) published their latest in a succession of critically acclaimed works. They are joined by Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, whose first work of fiction was also released.

Salvatore Primeggia '64, MA '66, PhD, professor of sociology at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ, will be honored as the 2019 Legends Award recipient. He teaches courses including The Italian American Experience and Media Images of Italian Americans.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, is featured in Healthline on millennials and health.

Hurricane Dorian's devastation of the Bahamas and the East Coast of the United States drives home how emergency management as a field of study and training is vital.

Rachel Fryman, a clinical social worker in ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Learning Resource Program, is honored by State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin as one of Long Island’s outstanding women.

Derner Professor Michael O’Loughlin runs a program at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ, where doctoral students can train to conduct interviews and clinical examinations in order to write affidavits for asylum seekers under supervision by an ¹û½´ÊÓƵ faculty member.

When Jacqueline Jones LaMon, JD, was six years old, she wrote her first poem after being inspired by a lesson in school about Walt Whitman. Hundreds of poems later, LaMon is now an award-winning author who was recently appointed associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and was selected as a 2019 BAU Institute Fellow.

Ellen Hagan, adjunct professor, has co-led ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat for high school students every July for the past 17 years. But Hagan is active outside of her work at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ. She's an educator, performer, author of two poetry collections, and now an author of a young-adult novel.

Andy Atzert has been selected to serve as the new dean of the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ College of Professional and Continuing Studies, effective July 8.

In May 2019, ¹û½´ÊÓƵ 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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ’s Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders.

¹û½´ÊÓƵ’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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ greener.

Dr. Carson won the Teaching Excellence Award for untenured faculty at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ 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 ¹û½´ÊÓƵ.