The Louis Calder Center

Michael Kausch has a very mixed relationship with some of the smallest living things on earth. On the one hand, Kausch, a Ph.D. student based at Fordham’s Louis Calder Center biological field station, is studying the causes and consequences of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in New York metropolitan area lakes. For the last six years, …

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With the effects of climate change drawing increasing attention, the Fordham community has ideas for bringing the issue down to Earth and spurring the public to action. Robin Happel describes global climate change in terms both vivid and personal: the wildfire smoke that was so thick she “could barely see the road” while going home …

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After entering Fordham College at Rose Hill with ambitions of becoming a medical doctor, Elsa Au-Yeung, FCRH ’20, made discoveries that took her career down another avenue of the health sector. What she discovered was research—first at the Louis Calder Center, Fordham’s biological field station in Armonk, New York, and then in the labs on …

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Researching how plants adapt to a changing climate. Examining the effect of water conditions on populations of aquatic organisms. Investigating vector-borne diseases. These are just some examples of the work being done at Fordham’s Louis Calder Center in Armonk, New York. The 113-acre biological field station allows Fordham students, both graduate and undergraduate, to conduct …

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In early March, Ar Kornreich was a whirlwind of preparation. After six months of classes, Kornreich was almost ready to begin fieldwork for a biology Ph.D. dissertation. From late May to early August, Kornreich would roam the 113 acres of Fordham’s Louis Calder Center with a cutting-edge Vesper GPS logger, trapping, banding, and tracking gray …

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Not only did this year’s Calder Summer Undergraduate Research (CSUR) Symposium feature a diverse mix of research—it also included a diverse group of student scientists and a keynote speaker who stressed the importance of diversity and inclusion in and outside of the lab. “The projects this year run the gamut, from fungus and bats, to …

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Brassica rapa, a spindly plant with yellow flowers that’s commonly known as field mustard, is great at adapting to rapid changes in its environment, be it heavy rainfall or drought. But a recent study by Fordham scientists has found that plants that adapt to wild swings in precipitation still suffer adverse effects, including a reduction …

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In a keynote address at the annual Calder Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Jessica Schuler of New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) stressed the need for engaging the general public as citizen scientists—volunteers trained to gather data for scientific research. “It’s up to us to train everybody about ecology, it doesn’t have to be to understand research protocols …

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When is a canal or a highway better at stopping movement than helping it? When rats are trying to cross it. This simple observation, a team of researchers led by Fordham scientists has learned, is applicable in cities as diverse as Vancouver, Canada; New York City; New Orleans; and Salvador, Brazil. And it has implications …

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Fordham marked the golden anniversary of the Louis Calder Center on June 14 with reflections on the history of the113-acre facility and a new commitment to strengthen its role in wildlife conservation. At a luncheon held on the front porch of Calder Hall, the Gatsby-esque mansion perched on a 680-foot-high bluff just 25 miles north of …

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Accolades and jokes took centerstage at the Rose Hill Gym on May 17, as graduating members of Fordham College at Rose Hill gathered to celebrate academic accomplishments at the annual Encaenia ceremony. Film and television major Colleen Granberg was tasked with lightening the mood as the 2018 Lady of the Manor. In a speech peppered …

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