Innovation @ Adelphi

By Samantha Stainburn

On a typical workday, you’ll find Joseph DiLallo ’08 and Nick Miceli ’12 writing computer code in an open-plan office that has whiteboard walls, ladders between floors, a collection of 1980s video game machines and free cappuccinos on demand.

The two twentysomethings are software engineers forGoogle Inc. who work out of the company’s New York City office in Chelsea. They’re part of different teams helping to develop and refine software that lets people communicate with the Internet search and communications company’s products and services.

Meanwhile, on the Upper East Side, Barbara A. Sawitsky ’75, M.B.A. ’78, spends her days reading scientific studies and poring over invention disclosures, patents and legal agreements. As director of theNew York Blood Center’s作为专利、许可和商业发展办公室的一名工作人员，她一直在寻找方法，帮助将NYBC Lindsley F. Kimball研究所的15个实验室所做的基础研究转化为新产品和新方法，让公司想要授权和商业化。

While these alums work in very different environments in very different fields, they’re engaged in the same activity…

Joseph DiLallo ’08 and Nick Miceli ’12
Mr. DiLallo and Mr. Miceli are Google software engineers writing computer code to develop and refine Internet search and communications.

Lionel Viret ’95
In the fast-changing healthcare sector, the ability to innovate is key to an organization’s survival. “We constantly have to anticipate, think, change and adapt to the new environments.”

Stephanie Nowak ’10, M.A. ’12, and Stevan Franeta ’11
Adelphi alumni are part of a thriving company that produces 3D printers that make prosthetics and other life-changing innovations.

Brian McGovern ’87, M.S.W. ’89
作为一名专门研究艾滋病毒和艾滋病问题的社会工作者，随着公众对这种疾病的理解逐渐淡去，麦戈文不得不想方设法重塑他的组织所做的工作。

Barbara A. Sawitsky ’75, M.B.A. ’78
Ms. Sawitsky is director of the Office of Patents & Licensing & Business Development at the New York Blood Center. “My skills are in seeing opportunities where someone doesn’t see an opportunity.”

Anton Soradoi ’10
In the three short years since he graduated, Mr. Soradoi has consulted for Google and now leads technology development at 1000 Passions, a startup company that arranges unique tours and experiences.