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In addition to teaching, Derner faculty members engage in scholarship and research. Here are recent highlights of their work.

Throughout our 125-year history, many of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s women leaders were the only women in the classroom, boardroom or corner office—and had to blaze a trail for the women who followed in their respective fields.

Don Center director Gita Surie, PhD, is establishing the center as a knowledge hub and valuable resource for the University as a whole through programs that focus on innovative technologies and decision sciences.

Students who graduated from the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business in May received much more than a solid education and a bachelor’s degree. They were the first ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ undergraduates in four years to have had access to the business school’s innovative Willumstad Winning Edge program—giving them the skills, credentials, connections and real-world experiences critical…

The fall semester kicks off with Welcome Weekend, an opportunity for incoming students to start their journeys and for the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ community to welcome them aboard.

Shawana Singletary, assistant vice president and chief enrollment officer, talks about her role leading international, undergraduate and graduate admissions and enrollment, what attracted her to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ has earned the Reimagined Computer Science Curriculum for an Inspiring Programs in STEM Award given by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. This honor recognizes the effort that colleges, universities and outside organizations have undertaken to empower women and underrepresented students of all levels to succeed in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines.…

Renowned for her research on parent-child attachment, she is committed to building Derner's legacy of setting the standard in clinical training.

Dear ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Community, Just as we all return to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ for Fall 2022, September will be National Campus Safety Awareness Month. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s Garden City campus is rated one of the safest in the country, and we work hard to maintain that proud distinction. Campus safety is everyone’s responsibility. Only by working together as a community…

Dear Students and Families, After more than a year of planning and training, I am pleased to share with you the official launch of our One-Stop Student Services Center, effective today, August 15, 2022! Since March 2021, we have gathered feedback and listened to your suggestions on how to improve the student experience as it…

For the past year, a group of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ staffers has been quietly working on building the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Staff Council, the first on campus to serve the interests of staff at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ by acting as a liaison between the staff and the University’s executive leadership.

These boards—and their dedicated members—make critical contributions to advancing student success. For example, our Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology Advisory Board launched its first-ever fundraising initiative 10 years ago to help support PhD students from diverse backgrounds. That scholarship fund has since grown to $1.25 million.

Biology professor Aaren Freeman, PhD (second from left), is known for his efforts to bring oyster beds back to Oyster Bay, Long Island. Now he’s also pioneering a new way to fertilize the town’s golf courses—with kelp. It’s a great example of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's commitment to sustainability.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s new Faculty Mentoring Academy is our way of supporting our newest academic colleagues by providing important connections, perspectives and valuable support for balancing teaching, research and service.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ’s award-winning Mentoring Program has helped bring about a culture shift at the University. Chotsani Williams West, MA ’07, who has led the program since its inception in 2014, explains its recipe for success.

When Adelya Urmanche, PhD ’22, was looking for a school for her doctoral studies, she wanted to stay close to home. At the age of 9, Urmanche emigrated from Kazan, Russia, with her mother, landing first in Brooklyn, New York, and then in New Jersey. Home had moved around enough for her already. She wanted a strong psychology program that offered both research and clinical experience, but she also wanted to stay near her mother.

Being a graduate student is different from being an undergraduate student.

Shea Wachter '22 turned to sculpture and the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ community to work through grief.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ has been named one of 171 colleges and universities on Phi Theta Kappa's 2022 Transfer Honor Roll—and one of only three on Long Island in New York. PTK recognizes four-year colleges and universities that have developed strong transfer pathways leading to excellence and success among community college transfer students.

The physical world can present challenges to those with disabilities. So can the online world. That's why in the Accessible Computing Seminar, taught by Robert Siegfried, PhD, professor of mathematics and computer science, students learn how to use their programming skills to accommodate everyone.

Julianne Farrell, a rising senior, launched a chapter of this organization that provides a place for students to discuss mental health issues, support one another and learn how they can advocate to help others.