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Christine Schwall-Pecci has attended Jubilee before—her own fifth and her husband’s 10th—but this year she’ll be seeing Fordham’s annual alumni reunion through brand-new eyes. “It’ll be the first time that my husband and I are bringing our daughter to the Fordham campus,” she said of Jubilee Weekend, to be held May 31 to June 2. …
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At the Climate Action Summit held April 8 at Rose Hill, several elected officials were on hand to celebrate Fordham’s new role as an EPA grantmaker. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the crowd, “We couldn’t have thought of a better place than Fordham” to dispense the federal funding, which will go to grassroots …
Earthquake Update | 4 p.m. Dear Members of the Fordham Community, The University has completed a thorough assessment of our campuses following the 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the greater New York City area. No members of the community were injured, and there was no damage to any of Fordham’s campuses. If you notice any damage, …
Nazeen Shah, a junior at Fordham College at Rose Hill, recently wrote a children’s book about a young tennis player named Aliha, who is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In many ways, this was an autobiographical story for Shah, a member of Fordham’s club tennis team who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when …
The Fordham community gathered on Manhattan’s West Side on March 18 to celebrate the University’s accomplished student scholars and those who make it possible for them to dream. The annual Fordham Founder’s Dinner, held at the Glasshouse, raised $2.5 million for the Fordham Founder’s Undergraduate Scholarship Fund, which supports scholarships for 48 Fordham Founder’s Scholars. …
Many donors are giving to the Trustee Diversity Fund and other scholarships for students from underrepresented groups to support greater on-campus diversity and inclusion, a central goal of the University’s $350 million fundraising campaign, Cura Personalis | For Every Fordham Student. But some scholarship donors are advancing this goal through their focus on students from …
Raising two sons, Donna Smolens, FCRH ’79, GSAS ’81, saw firsthand how the right kind of advising can enhance students’ social confidence, academic achievement, and intellectual growth. When she learned about the new Fordham College Advising Center, then, she was enthusiastic. Her response? “‘This is the best thing you guys can do,’” she said. The …
Fordham will soon be providing students with new hands-on learning and research opportunities in the burgeoning field of optics, thanks to a Fordham parent’s gift that will provide a new pulsed laser for the physics and engineering physics department. Sarah Girardi, M.D., PAR ’24, made her gift last year after seeing how hands-on learning unlocked …
His time at Fordham left Paul Ostling, UGE ’70, LAW ’73, with indelible memories: The “electric” atmosphere at Madison Square Garden, where the track and field team competed in the world-renowned Millrose Games for the first time when he was a member. The Fordham Law School dean whose simple gesture gave him a powerful lesson …
Students in Fordham’s Pre-Law Symposium got a visit from two high-profile alumni who told them to look beyond “traditional” legal careers. In their Feb. 21 talk, Anne Williams-Isom, FCLC ’86, deputy NYC mayor for Health and Human Services, and Catherine Blaney, FCLC ’86, development lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies, encouraged students to consider opportunities in government, …
Luke Bailey Santos, an economics student at Fordham College at Rose Hill who was passionate about public service and worked on numerous political campaigns across the East Coast, died in his off-campus apartment on Feb. 20. The cause of death is not yet known. He was 20 years old. “We pray hard for Luke’s family …
