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2026 Hofstra Undergraduate Library Research Award

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:42:46 -0400

Established in 1997 by Hofstra's Axinn Library faculty, this award recognizes and rewards excellence in research and writing by graduating seniors.

Inaba Endowed Scholarship Awarded to Aadi Gadekar

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:18:43 -0400

When Aadi Gadekar '28 studies the world's most pressing health challenges, he is looking for more than medical issues. He is striving to understand how geography, access, and inequality shape people's well-being. That interdisciplinary ...

Hofstra University Inducts Students Into Phi Beta Kappa

Thu, 28 May 2026 09:44:45 -0400

The Omega of New York Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Hofstra University welcomed 49 new members from the Classes of 2026, 2027, and 2028 at an induction ceremony on May 13, 2026.

Hofstra Doctoral Student Awarded the Prestigious Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship for Mental Health Research in Ghana

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:39:35 -0400

A doctoral student in Hofstra's School-Community PsyD program is the first at the University to be awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health. The fellowship will take Gladys Adusei of the Bronx, New York, to ...

Adrian Chen Awarded National AHA Scholarships For Heart Research

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:04:09 -0400

The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell is proud to announce that Adrian Chen, a dedicated medical student, has been awarded both the American Heart Association's (AHA) Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease...

Hofstra Student Photographer Celebrates His Own Win on the Basketball Court

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:42:12 -0400

Hofstra journalism major Joe Orovitz '27, who frequently covers Hofstra Men's Basketball for the Office of Marketing and Communications (Marcomm), is making a name for himself behind the lens. His photo of the team celebrating last week's histo...

Students Explore Engineering Across Disciplines at Brookhaven National Laboratory Mini-Semester

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:31:19 -0500

Trading winter break downtime for soldering irons, microcontrollers, and interdisciplinary collaboration, two Hofstra mechanical engin...

Hofstra in Silicon Valley Program

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:30:20 -0500

From Silicon Valley boardrooms to behind-the-scenes conversations with tech leaders, computer science and engineering students from Hofstra University's https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/engineering-applied-science...

Zucker School of Medicine Student Shines at GSA with Award-Winning Geriatric Research

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:14:12 -0500

Justin W. Lam, a second-year medical student at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, was recognized for his geriatrics research at the 2025 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting held...

Hofstra University Congratulates Fall 2025 Provost's List Students

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:26:00 -0500

Hofstra University is proud to release the fall 2025 Provost's List, which recognizes students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Hofstra University Congratulates Fall 2025 Dean's List Students

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:52:26 -0500

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the fall 2025 Dean's List for their outstanding academic achievements. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean's List.

Hofstra Engineering Students Earn National Recognition in Prestigious NIH Biomedical Design Challenge

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:31:09 -0400

A team of Hofstra engineering students from the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science earned an honorable menti...

Marketing Students Partner with Pride Pantry to Promote Campus Food Security

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:07:48 -0400

At the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, students enrolled in the Advertising Management course are learning firsthand how strategic communication ca...

Hofstra Student Wins U.S. State Department Language Scholarship

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:28:46 -0400

Bryanna Sykes, a dance and English major at Hofstra, was recently awarded the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Spark, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The CLS Spark program provides American undergraduate student...

Hofstra Student on FOX's New Game Show 99 to Beat

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:14:13 -0400

When Hofstra senior Richie Castronova boarded a plane to London last spring, he had no idea he would soon be competing for a $1 million prize on national television. Castronova '26, a TV and business major in the https://www.ho...

Hofstra Students Support Special Olympics Athletes Through FUNfitness Event

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:36:24 -0400

Hofstra School of Health Sciences students from the Physical The...

Nursing Undergraduate Pinning Ceremony

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 11:06:41 -0400

The Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies (SONPA) honored the https://www.hofstra.edu/under...

Experiential Learning Bridges Cultures in Eswatini

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:36:45 -0400

Two Hofstra civil engineering students from the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science spent their summer in Esw...

Undergraduates Drive Innovation at the Ninth Annual ASPiRe Symposium

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 14:01:22 -0400

The DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science celebrated innovation and student achievement at the Advanced Summer Program in Research (ASPiRe)<...

White Coat Ceremony Marks Milestone for Doctoral Nursing Students

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:24:55 -0400

Doctoral students in the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies (SONPA) celebrated a pivotal moment at the annual White Coat Ceremon...

PA Students Gain Service-Learning Experience Delivering Care in Guatemala

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:38:07 -0400

This summer, Physician Assistant (PA) students from the Hofstra Northwell School o...

Hofstra Students Present Environmental Hazard Research

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:19:58 -0400

Hofstra students joined Dr. Antonios Marsellos, associate professor in the Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability, at the 32nd Annual Conference on Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York (LIG) this spring at Stony Broo...

Hofstra Grad Student Awarded Environmental Scholarship

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:07:02 -0400

The South Shore Audubon Society (SSAS) awarded the Jay Koolpix Environmental Scholarship to Hofstra alumnus Benjamin Izaguirre Cortez '22, an environmental scientist who completed his undergraduate studies in sustainability and is now pursuing ...

Mu Kappa Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon Welcomes New Students

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:54:12 -0400

A group of six Hofstra University students were inducted into the Mu Kappa Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), the international honor society for geography students.

Hofstra University Congratulates Spring 2025 Provost's List Students

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:00:26 -0400

Hofstra University is proud to release the spring 2025 Provost's List, which recognizes students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.