So last night the Adelphi Physics department meet virtually for our annual Sigma Pi Sigma Induction (honors society) and end-of-year graduation celebration. As usual the event was amazing! But I have to tell you it was extra special this year. While we celebrated the accomplishments of many Adelphi students, this year’s theme unexpectedly and serendipitously was about how powerful Adelphi women in physics are.
The evening event started with a keynote address by Mary Klement (’71, M.S. ’73). Mary Klement is an alumnus of our department. She has had a long, wonderful, and successful career in defense! She shared details and stories about her career path at a time when there were very few woman working in technology. I am going to admit that I was BLOWN AWAY! I know there were a few times I was laughing out loud and realized that I wasn’t muted (oops). But here was the best part, at the end of evening, right after Mary signed off, I was going to ask the students what they thought. But the students beat me to the point! They exclaimed that they LOVED Mary Klement’s talk! You never know how these events are going to go. Last Night was perfect! THANK YOU MARY!!
We were happy to induct Mary Klement and Shalauni Patel into Sigma Pi Sigma Honors Society.
We also announced our departmental graduates and acknowledged our departmental award winners!
Physics Degree Recipients:
- Oliva Chierchio
- Christian Chong
- Carissa Giuliano
- Sally Lau
- Brian Lei
- Noor Mahmud (August 2021)
- Patrick Matarrese
- Brendan McDougal
- Gabriella Vidad
- Julianna Yee (December 2020)
Ricky Guy Award for Outstanding Senior:
Carissa Giuliano
Dr. Edward Burke Award for Exceptional Academic Senior:
Gabriela Vidad
Mary Ann Barraco Klement Endowment Award for Physics Research:
Mateo Murillo and Paul Russell
Physics Departmental Service Award:
Katherine Gifford
We are also happy announce the winners of the SPS service award. This awards come directly from the national office.
- Carissa Giuliano at Adelphi University “for the dedication of her professional life to physics education”
- Katherine “Katie” Gifford at Adelphi University “for being a true leader in the physics department at Adelphi University”
The event ended the most fitting way possible. Mary Klement presented the Inaugural Mary Klement Summer Fellow Amanta Promi.
A special thanks goes to
- Professor Sean Bentley for putting together such an amazing event
- Linda Rezak for preparing the awards
- Provost Everett and Dean Wang for their kind and thankful words.
Here are some pictures from the event:
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