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Fordham Founder’s Dinner Raises Nearly $2.3 Million to Support Student Scholarships

Fordham Founder’s Dinner Raises Nearly $2.3 Million to Support Student Scholarships

Noah Khalil, a first-year Gabelli School of Business student, impressed President Tania Tetlow with his dreams and ambition. Khalil, who is majoring in finance with a concentration in fintech and plans to minor in computer science and psychology, told her that he’s interested in “micro financing—what it means to invest in the genius of entrepreneurship …

Fordham ‘Superfan’ Phil Cicione Is Forever Learning

Fordham ‘Superfan’ Phil Cicione Is Forever Learning

When his students are looking ahead to college, high school English teacher Phil Cicione asks them two pretty simple questions: What’s going to make you stand out? And will you be happy doing it? Cicione, a 1987 graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH), believes that college is about learning how to think and …

Student Biologist Studies Fruit Flies, Invasive Plants, and Sea Turtles

Student Biologist Studies Fruit Flies, Invasive Plants, and Sea Turtles

Stefania Bonanni, a junior at Fordham College at Rose Hill, has studied heart disease in fruit flies, the spread of an invasive plant species, and sea turtle conservation.  “I haven’t pinpointed what I specifically want to work on, but I’m eager to do research that has some kind of positive impact on the world, whether …

Center for Jewish Studies Launches Bronx Jewish History Project

Center for Jewish Studies Launches Bronx Jewish History Project

In the first half of the 20th century, the Bronx was home to hundreds of thousands of Jewish residents, many of whom had immigrated with their families in the late 1800s and early 1900s from Europe. More than 600,000 Jewish people lived in the borough in the late 1940s, but by 2003, just about 45,000 …

Mimes and Mummers Present New Spin on Jesus Christ Superstar

Mimes and Mummers Present New Spin on Jesus Christ Superstar

Founded in 1855, Mimes and Mummers is the oldest student club at Fordham. But even with all that history behind it, the group, which stages four productions annually at the Rose Hill campus’ Collins Auditorium, does not dwell in the past. From Feb. 23 to 26, the troop staged Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar—with …

Model U.N. Club Scores Victory at Prestigious Competition

Model U.N. Club Scores Victory at Prestigious Competition

When Santiago Vidal, a senior at Fordham College at Rose Hill, was considering where to apply for college, a big item on his checklist was Model United Nations. Vidal, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, who is majoring in economics and political science, first joined a Model U.N. club when he was just 11, and it’s …

Truman Scholarship Finalist Wants to Make Subway Accessible for All

Truman Scholarship Finalist Wants to Make Subway Accessible for All

In her application for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Fordham College at Rose Hill junior Abigail Dziura was asked to submit a policy proposal that addresses a societal issue. She chose something that affects millions of people across New York City—the subway system—and focused on how to make it accessible for all.  An American …

Donors’ Bequest Will Create an Endowed Chair in Cosmology

Donors’ Bequest Will Create an Endowed Chair in Cosmology

The relationship of Dennis and Patricia Marks had a studious aspect right from the start. They first met when he saw her at an outdoor concert in New York City—where they both grew up—and struck up a conversation about the book she was reading, a volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In preparation …

Perfect Eloquence: A Tribute to the Late Vin Scully

Perfect Eloquence: A Tribute to the Late Vin Scully

Vin Scully, the beloved voice of the Dodgers for 67 years, and of Major League Baseball on CBS and NBC, was known for his poetic yet plainspoken approach to sports broadcasting—and for the wisdom, humor, and humility he conveyed to people on and off the air. “Hi everybody, and a very pleasant good evening to …

WFUV at 75: Behind the Scenes at New York’s Home for Music Discovery

WFUV at 75: Behind the Scenes at New York’s Home for Music Discovery

There was a familiar hum around the WFUV studios in late October, one that had been slowly coming back in recent months, after COVID-19 forced hosts, programmers, and engineers to figure out a way to work from home for more than a year, leaving the station mostly empty. In the newsroom, Maya Sargent, a graduate …

Catching Up with John Kilcullen, Creator of the ‘For Dummies’ Book Series

Catching Up with John Kilcullen, Creator of the ‘For Dummies’ Book Series

When John Kilcullen graduated from Fordham in 1981, a leading New York ad agency where he interned wanted to hire him as a media planner. Instead, he took a job as a traveling textbook salesman for Prentice-Hall, which offered $3,000 more per year, plus a company car. “I needed to earn and save every penny,” …