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Angela Davis Speaks to Packed Room

March 6, 2019

Angela Davis spoke to a packed room in McGinley Ballroom at Fordham University on Feb. 25th.

Debunking Fordham’s Class Sizes

February 13, 2019

When classrooms are poorly assigned to seat the amount of students in the class, it polarizes the classroom environment to be either extremely spacious or congested.

Sistine Chapel Reproduction Installed in Butler Commons

January 23, 2019

A reproduction of the Sistine Chapel ceiling from The Met has been installed in Butler Commons.

Humanities See Drop in Students, Fordham Follows National Trend

November 28, 2018

Following national trends, Fordham students are studying humanities less with a drop from 595 students to 482.

College Students Face Difficulties in Voting Absentee

November 28, 2018

Many out-of-state students at Fordham ran into problems while attempting to apply for and mail absentee ballots.

University Searches for New Permanent Dean of GSAS

November 14, 2018

The university announced Eva Badowska, Ph.D. is set to become the dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences as well as the Associate Vice President for Arts and Sciences.

Uniquely-Structured Courses Draw Higher Student Interest

November 7, 2018

Fordham's popular classes range from Dr. Mark Naison's "Rock & Roll to Hip-Hop" to Prof. Francis Petit's "Sports Marketing" to Dr. Scott Poulson-Bryant's "Stayin' Alive: Performing Race and Ethnicity in 1970s Literature and Popular Culture."

University Seeks to Add Tenured Professors

November 7, 2018

Fordham saw a slight decrease in the number of tenured professors, prompting the university to look for new ones.

Student Starts Company to Promote Positivity

November 7, 2018

Awful Cloth launched last month and is focused on encouraging an optimistic outlook.

Overtime: On Ohtani vs. Andujar

November 7, 2018

The AL Rookie of the Year race between Shohei Ohtani and Miguel Andujar shouldn't be a discussion.

Fordham Moves in Rankings

September 12, 2018

By Eliot Schiaparelli College rankings from both The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education and US News and World Report came out last week. Fordham found itself at No. 203 out of 968 schools, in the WSJ rankings and No. 70 out of 312 for US News....

Fordham University Remembers Dr. Stephen Freedman

September 12, 2018

By Madison Hennessy The university community gathered on Thursday to celebrate the life of former provost Stephen Freedman, Ph.D. Freedman, who died suddenly at the age of 68 this past summer, was honored in a public memorial service at the University Church whe...