Research.com, a leading academic platform, included LIU on its list of “Best Colleges.” The rankings feature colleges and universities across the country that provide their students with the most beneficial combination of affordability, quality of education, and projected alumni salary. The detailed analysis evaluates more than 400 metrics from credible sources such as Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and College Scorecard. Read more.

Richard Hagen Jr. ’91, was named CEO of TSA Financial LLC, a fintech securities firm with the largest data-driven investment platform in South Korea. Hagen has over 30 years of leadership experience in the industry, most recently as the CEO of PayPal Invest. Prior to that he served as President of Ally Invest, where he led Ally’s digital investing and investment advisory services.

The School of Nursing at LIU Post earned the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice® endorsement from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL). LIU is one of only 48 institutions to achieve the distinction, which recognizes healthcare institutions and practices that have demonstrated excellence in applying all the four standards of Prebriefing, Facilitation, Professional Integrity and Debriefing.

The men’s and women’s swimming teams combined to win 21 medals at the Northeast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, including 9 gold medals. The men’s team won eight event championships and finished third in the final team standings, while the women’s team won 6 medals and finished in fifth place in the final team standings.

The Conversation, a popular online news outlet that publishes insightful academic research, highlighted a new paper co-authored by Or Dagan, Professor of Clinical Psychology. The research, published in the Journal of Developmental Psychology, found that children with difficult temperaments, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure attachment relationships with one or both of their parents. Read more.

The latest black hole research from Physics Professor Steve Liebling was published in Universe. The study simulated plausible gravitational wave (GW) signatures in two exotic scenarios: black hole emission and black hole absorption. Liebling, winner of the prestigious Buchalter Cosmology Prize, has worked alongside members of LIGO, the world’s largest gravitational wave observatory.

Elizabeth Jensen, a PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program, presented her research at the 33rd International Congress of Psychology (ICP) Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. The paper examined reported stress and attitudes toward seeking psychological help among law enforcement officers.

Faculty members in the Department of Counseling and Development, Dr. Alyssa Sceppaguercio and Dr. Devyn Savitsky, presented their research at the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (IAMFC) 2025 World Conference in New Orleans. Sceppaguercio and Savitsky presented on “Exploring Student-Athlete Mental Health, Coach-Athlete Dynamics, and the Enhancement of Familial Relational Development in the Pursuit of Athletic Endorsement.”

Ph.D. candidate Prashanth Parupath, ’21, co-authored a study published in Pharmaceutics, a Q1 journal ranked among the top 25% in the field. The paper explored the potential of nozzle-based additive manufacturing techniques for developing patient-centric, on-demand medications.