Adelphi University's Award-Winning Exploring Critical Issues Will Discuss Concussions

(Garden City, NY, March 2015) Exploring Critical Issues, the award-winning televised series conceived and hosted by Adelphi University President Robert A. Scott, continues to bring expert panelists together to discuss important current topics. The latest edition will discuss concussions, a head injury resulting in temporary loss of brain function. It will air for two weeks, beginning on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 10:00 PM.

“Concussions are a major public health concern. They result in temporary loss of brain function, which can lead to cognitive, physical and emotional symptoms,” said Adelphi University President Dr. Robert A. Scott. “This is just one of the preventable schoolyard and public health injuries and issues we ought to consider. Don’t we owe it to our children to protect them in every way we can?”

Joining Dr. Scott to explore this critical issue are Dr. Patrick Coonan, dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health, Adelphi University; Dr. Emelia Zarco, associate professor and chair of the department of exercise science, health studies, and sports management, Adelphi University; Dr. Elizabeth Cohn, director of the Center for Health Innovation, Adelphi University; and Mr. Michael Gavagan, assistant athletic director for sports medicine, Adelphi University.

“Concussions” airs in New York and Connecticut on Cablevision 29 (Long Island) and 137 (Connecticut and New York area outside of Long Island) and FiOS 296 (New York and Fairfield, CT). It will also stream simultaneously at www.telecaretv.org on the airdates and times as follows:

Sunday, April 19 and April 26 at 10:00 PM

Monday, April 20 and April 27 at 10:30 PM

Friday, April 24 and May 1 at 1:30 PM

Sunday, April 26 and May 3 at 7:00 AM

Seen by nearly ten million households, Exploring Critical Issues has earned four Telly Awards (the cable equivalent of an Emmy) and the 2013 MarCom Gold Award for the Critical Regional Public Policy Issues (broadcast and cable) Campaign. As the engaged University, Adelphi is proud to sponsor Exploring Critical Issues to provide scholars, advocates and other distinguished guests with a forum in which to examine important local, regional, national and global topics, including the environment, health, business, the arts, politics, law and government regulations.

About Adelphi University:

Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.

For more on Dr. Scott, see: http://administration.adelphi.edu/president/index.php