Deirdre Farabaugh ’14 was named as the new director of the Desmond-Fish Public Library by the Board of Trustees. Farabaugh was selected due to her commitment to create opportunities for lifelong learning through new programming, collections and services including a dialogue about race and a “Coffee With a Cop” program.

Long Island University professors have published a groundbreaking study in Nature Journal Scientific Reports that serves to advance the treatment of cirrhosis, a liver disease that kills over 1.3 million people per year. Dr. Jeffrey Idle, director and endowed professor of Arthur G. Zupko’s Institute for Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, and Dr. Diren Beyoglu, associate director and associate professor of Arthur G. Zupko’s Institute for Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, found that fetal bile acids, normally absent in adults, reach increasingly high levels in plasma as liver cirrhosis progresses, adding an important biomarker for evaluating the stages of cirrhosis.

Former 2004 Olympic Fencing Team member and LIU women’s fencing Head Coach Ivan Lee won the Veteran 40-49 Men’s Saber title at the USA Fencing Summer Nationals. During his championship run, Lee gave up just five touches in his six pool bouts and four touches in the elimination rounds, and has won numerous national and international championships during his prestigious career. Most recently, he led LIU freshman Laura Fekete to the first NCAA Division I National Championship in school history.

Angelo Vivolo ’68, former educator turned successful restaurateur, was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to the CUNY Board of Trustees. Vivolo served as a teacher in the New York City Department of Education for 10 years, a lecturer for City Technical College’s hospitality, culinary and hotel management program, and a university trustee of John Cabot University in Rome. He owns five restaurants in Manhattan and is a supporter of the education-related organizations of the Partnership for Inner-City Education, the Futures in Education Program and the Child Center of New York.

Alan Adaschik ’73 travels to breathtaking locations in Alaska and advocates for the preservation of our planet’s environment in his new book, An Alaskan Adventure: A Travelogue and Environmental Treatise. Adaschik’s third book chronicle’s his motor-home journey through the remote Alaskan landscape with his wife and two dogs while stressing the importance of conservation for future generations. Before becoming an author in retirement, Adaschik served as a fighter pilot in the Navy, a flight test conductor for the Grumman Aerospace Corporation, a financial analyst for the Singer Company, and a senior financial analyst for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

23 Members of the LIU women’s hockey team were recognized with All-Academic Team honors by the New England Women’s Hockey Alliance. The LIU Sharks continue to dominate on the ice and in the classroom with special recognition to sophomore goalkeeper Kenzie Harmison, one of 12 athletes in the conference who earned Student-Athlete of the Year honors for obtaining a perfect GPA. Harmison also earned the Most Outstanding Player award in the 2019-20 NEWHA Championship, and was LIU’s Most Valuable Player during the team’s run to the 2020-21 Commissioner’s Cup Championship title.

Fashion Merchandising Program Director Cherie Serota offered expert advice to brands that appeal to Gen Z consumers. In an interview with Sourcing Journal, a leading business-to-business trade publication, Serota said that the new Gen Z customer is more concerned than ever before with recycling and repurposing garments to reduce their carbon footprint, and that brands need to engage with Gen Z consumers-turned-social-media-influencers who are driving modern fashion trends.

Morgan Schauer, LIU women’s hockey senior captain, became the first Shark ever drafted to a professional women’s hockey team. The Metropolitan Riveters selected her in the fifth round of the National Women’s Hockey League draft. Schauer played in every game during her two-year career at LIU and was a crucial defensive leader for the Sharks’ back-to-back New England Women’s Hockey Alliance championship teams in 2020 and 2021.

The Long Island University School of Business is among less than 5% of the more than 16,000 schools granting business degrees around the world that have earned the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation. This represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. AACSB-accredited schools have the highest quality faculty, deliver relevant and challenging curriculum, and provide educational and career opportunities that are not found at other business schools.

Elan Katz ’96, founder of Specialty Infusion Centers, QuickRx pharmacies and Cure Urgent Care, is one of 50 Health Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021 according to the networking platform IdeaMensch. Since opening his first pharmacy in 2001, Katz has rapidly expanded his care network to dozens of locations in the New York metropolitan region with a focus on providing underserved neighborhoods with access to the medications and services they need. He is an active member of The American Pharmacist Association (APA), The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA).