Student Research

It’s not student research. It’s research, period.

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It’s true that undergraduate research is a great learning tool, yielding experiences that simply can’t be replicated in a classroom. At the end of the day, though, we want your research to have legs that carry it into the world. Our students co-author papers in peer-reviewed journals, present their work at professional conferences, and participate in competitive internships and research programs by the dozens.

We’re here to help you make that happen. Each year, we back undergraduate research with valuable grants at both Fordham College at Lincoln Center and Fordham College at Rose Hill; an undergraduate research symposium and an undergraduate arts and research showcase; and an undergraduate research journal featuring work by students in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences further reinforce our commitment.

In addition, Fordham's Louis Calder Center offers summer research opportunities through their program funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

 

Student Research Stories

Stopping Memories from Becoming Runaway Fears

Stopping Memories from Becoming Runaway Fears

What causes fear to spiral out of control in the brain, fueling mental health conditions like panic disorder and post-traumatic stress? After three years of research, a Fordham biology professor …

From Maternal Health to Biodiversity: Graduate Research Fair Highlights

From Maternal Health to Biodiversity: Graduate Research Fair Highlights

Fordham’s graduate students have long worked to solve problems that cut across disciplines.  For the first time, they presented their research together at the University’s inaugural Graduate Research Fair, which …

Student Researchers Take On Big City Ants, AI Photos, Body Image, and More

Student Researchers Take On Big City Ants, AI Photos, Body Image, and More

Students at Fordham’s campuses put their curiosity on display at two undergraduate research fairs this month, showcasing their explorations of everything from the power of art to the workings of …

Tracking the Deer Population: A New Camera Technique

Tracking the Deer Population: A New Camera Technique

If you’re feeling like deer are everywhere, you’re not wrong: their abundance in the Northeast has sparked widespread concerns, from the depletion of forests to highway accidents and more. But …

Fatphobia Is Fueled by AI-Created Images, Study Finds

Fatphobia Is Fueled by AI-Created Images, Study Finds

A new study by a Fordham student shows how harmful stereotypes of heavier people can be reinforced by AI-driven programs that generate images based on the words that someone types …

Lead Testing Efforts May Be Missing Kids in High-Risk NYC Neighborhoods, Study Says

Lead Testing Efforts May Be Missing Kids in High-Risk NYC Neighborhoods, Study Says

Seeking to use machine learning to advance the public good, a Fordham graduate student applied it to the data on blood tests for lead given to New York City children—and …

Humanities Student Researchers Bond at Professors’ Home

Humanities Student Researchers Bond at Professors’ Home

Three undergraduates visited the home of professors Brenna Moore and John Seitz, where they shared updates on their summer research—and their lives—over a homemade dinner.  “Sometimes the classroom can be …

Eels in the Bronx River, COVID’s Impact on Pregnancy, and More: Research Earns Scholars Statewide Awards

Eels in the Bronx River, COVID’s Impact on Pregnancy, and More: Research Earns Scholars Statewide Awards

Four students in Fordham’s College Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) were recognized for their research at statewide student conferences this year.  CSTEP …

Students Research History of South African Repression

Students Research History of South African Repression

In the first of a series of student spotlights, students in the Department of African and African American Studies presented research about South Africa that focused on boycotts that helped …

Donor-Funded Grants Keep Graduate Student Research Going Strong

Donor-Funded Grants Keep Graduate Student Research Going Strong

Like many of her peers, Anjali Chandra returned to her parents’ home when the COVID-19 pandemic forced Fordham to suspend in-person instruction in early March. But thanks to a recently …

Students Use Gaming Technology to Track Endangered Toads

Students Use Gaming Technology to Track Endangered Toads

Over the past several years, three cohorts of Fordham students have worked with zoologists from the Bronx Zoo and Professor Damian Lyons, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer and Information …