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Adelphi's Student Newspaper Wins Three Awards at 2025 PCLI Media Awards

Garden City, NY (06/10/2025) — Adelphi University's student newspaper, The Delphian, staff and writers have been recognized with three awards by the Press Club of Long Island (PCLI), the local professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Adelphi Senior Adjunct Professor and Delphian Faculty Advisor Liza N. Burby was also recognized as a reporter of the year. They were honored among hundreds of top journalists on Long Island on June 5 at the 2025 PCLI Media Awards at Fox Hollow Restaurant & Hotel in Woodbury, N.Y.

The Delphian took second place in the Best College Newspaper category. In addition, Adelphi student William Conboy won second place in the features category for his article, "How a Class Project Turned into a New ASL Club." And Adelphi student Karla Pena won third place in the editorial/commentary category for "Slowing Down the Pace of Fast Fashion."

Burby won six awards, including second place for reporter of the year for her reporting in Newsday and other publications. Burby, who teaches in Adelphi's Communications Department and serves as the student newspaper faculty advisor, also won first and third place in the narrative arts category, first place in real estate, third place in race and diversity, and third place in profiles.

Learn more about Adelphi University's The Delphian.

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Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. U.S. News & World Report named Adelphi a 2025 Best College, Best Value College, and Top Performer in Social Mobility. In addition, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal/ America's Top Colleges all ranked Adelphi the top private university on Long Island.

Adelphi serves more than 7,600 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 121,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.

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From left to right: Adelphi’s The Delphian writers Hussein Ali Rifath, Chala Civan and Arpan Josan with Professor Liza Burby and Editor in Chief Joseph D'Andrea at the 2025 PCLI Media Awards at Fox Hollow Restaurant & Hotel.