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Peter Wirthumer, Pei Lee, and Fan Zhang"Team IPED" took second place in the U.S. national competition for the Global Management Challenge held at the New York Stock Exchange.

The Global Management Challenge is the largest Strategy and Management Competition in the world with over 500,000 students and professionals participating in over 30 countries. more>>>

Peter Wirthumer
Pei Lee
Fan Zhang
Daniel SoyerThe story of Jewish immigrants making their way to, and strugging to succeed in, the United States is a rich and varied one that cn be felt deeply in New York City. It's a story that Daniel Soyer, Ph.D., is well-versed in.

Soyer, a professor of history, specializes in American immigration history, American Jewish history, and the history of New York City. more>>>

Daniel Soyer, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Stephen GrimmStephen R. Grimm, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, has received a $3.56 million grant from the Templeton Foundation to develop a better understanding of human understanding itself.

Grimm's award is the largest that Fordham University has ever received in the humanities. It will fund an interdisciplinary initiative, "Varieties of Understanding: New Perspectives from Psychology, Philosophy, and Theology." more>>>

Stephen R. Grimm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Olivia HookerIn 1961,Olivia Hooker completed her doctoral studies atthe University of Rochester, where she was the only woman and only African-Americanin her class. She became a psychologyprofessor at Fordham University in 1963, and stayed for 22 years. Celia Fisher, Ph.D. who directs Fordham's Center for Ethics, remembers Hooker initiating and leading a mentoring program for ethnic-minority students.
Read the article on Professor Olivia Hooker

Olivia Hooker, Ph.D.
professor emerita of psychology at Fordham
Christine ZolnikOn the “Aww, aren’t they cute!” scale, bears, chipmunks, and mice would seem to inhabit the opposite ends of the spectrum.

But from Christine Zolnik’s perspective, they’re on equal footing when it comes to understanding how tick-borne diseases spread through cities, suburbs and forests. more>>>

Christine Zolnik, Ph.D. Candidate
Biological Sciences
Scyatta WallaceScyatta Wallace, Ph.D. (GSAS '98 and '02) was selected to receive the 2012 American Psychological Association Division 35 Carolyn Robertson Payton Early Career Award. Division 35 is the Society for the Psychology of Women.

View Dr. Wallace's Biography

Scyatta Wallace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Marillac Hall
St. John's University
Daniela JoppHitting 100 can come with a cost: loss of health, loss of mobility,and even loss of friends and family -- all of which would seem to take any anticipation out of the alleged achievement.

But according to Daniela Jopp, Ph.D., many very happy old individuals say that they are, in fact, very happy. more>>>

Daniela Jopp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Christiana PeppardChristiana Peppard, Ph.D., is researching the meaning of water in a globally-driven economy whose demand could make it the "new oil."

"In a situation of aridity, or in a situation of scarcity, that's where you go to study how water functions and what it means,"she said. "[It's] where ethical ideals also run into the hard ground of realism and human thirst." more>>>

Where we get our fresh water? (video)
Christiana Peppard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Theology and Science
Mary BlyMary Bly (a.k.a. Eloisa James) Talks to TIME about her Literary Double Life

By day, Mary Bly is a highly credentialed (Harvard, Oxford, Yale) Shakespearean scholar and professor at Fordham University. But when no one is looking, she transforms herself into Eloisa James, author of 21 romance novels, 17 of them New York Times bestsellers. more>>>

Mary Bly, Ph.D.
Professor of English
LouieDean-Valencia"The history faculty is incredible. Not only do the professors push you to new limits, they provide you with a support system that creates a true learning environment."

Louie Dean-Valencia,Ph.D. Candidate
Modern European History
Research Grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation
Summer Fellowship, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
GSAS Summer Fellowship
GSAS Research Support Grant
Jason Aloisio "The establishment of Fordham Urban Sustainability and Ecosystems (FUSE) would not have been possible without the vast institutional support I received. The Fordham community came together in helping me gain access to roof space on the Rose Hill campus and then construct an experimental agricultural rooftop."
FUSE Blog

Jason Aloisio, Ph.D. Candidate
Biological Sciences
GSAS Research Support Grant, 2011
Urban Ecology and Ecosystems Section of Ecological Society of America-Travel Grant
Suzanne Macey "Thanks to the generous GSAS Research Support Grant, I will be able to use the results of my analyses to provide bog turtle habitat managers with critical information on optimal nest-site characteristics and effectiveness of habitat restoration on nesting habitat through reports and publications."

Suzanne Macey, Ph.D. Candidate
Biological Sciences
Clare Boothe Luce Fellow
GSAS Research Support Grant
 
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