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For Women, By Women: Research That Matters

For Women, By Women: Research That Matters

As the nation marks Women’s History Month, women across disciplines at Fordham are engaged in research that serves women on multiple fronts—studying cancer and menopause, exploring how to support women’s …

Professor Leads Groundbreaking Study on Menopause-Mental Health Connection

Professor Leads Groundbreaking Study on Menopause-Mental Health Connection

A Fordham biology professor is leading the first study examining how the transition to menopause affects the human brain at the cellular and molecular levels, supported by $2.8 million in funding …

Mind Wandering Can Be Good for Your Memory, Study Says

Mind Wandering Can Be Good for Your Memory, Study Says

Is a wandering mind better at committing certain things to memory, as opposed to a mind that is more focused? Research by a Fordham psychology professor suggests the answer is …

Using AI Language Tools to Advance Discoveries in Chemistry

Using AI Language Tools to Advance Discoveries in Chemistry

A Fordham chemistry professor has helped devise a surprising new use for AI tools like ChatGPT: predicting whether a new material can be made and, if so, explaining how to …

From the Renaissance to the Science of Impulsivity: 5 Research Insights from Fordham Faculty

From the Renaissance to the Science of Impulsivity: 5 Research Insights from Fordham Faculty

Impulsive behavior, antibiotic resistance, AI and the law—research into these and other areas took center stage at a Fordham awards ceremony that highlighted the knowledge created by the University’s faculty. …

Tracking Corporations’ Efforts to Fight Climate Change

Tracking Corporations’ Efforts to Fight Climate Change

When corporations announce they’ll cut their carbon emissions to help fight climate change, do they stick to the plans they lay out? Not always—and it’s not always obvious when those …

Understanding the Masculinity Effect in American Politics

Understanding the Masculinity Effect in American Politics

To understand U.S. politics, one needs to understand masculinity—and not just by looking at our most stereotypically manly presidents, says a new book co-edited by political science professor Monika McDermott, …

Does AI Show Empathy? It Depends on Your Gender, Study Shows

Does AI Show Empathy? It Depends on Your Gender, Study Shows

AI is a new technology that reflects age-old human biases—including stereotypes about men and women and how much empathy people of each gender need. That’s according to a preliminary study …

How to Reduce Absenteeism in Schools? The Students Will Tell You

How to Reduce Absenteeism in Schools? The Students Will Tell You

In school districts struggling with high dropout rates and absenteeism, what’s the best way to keep the kids in school and on track to graduate? For one thing, make sure …

Sound: The Overlooked Sense?

Sound: The Overlooked Sense?

Want to find a new way of appreciating the world? Try focusing on how it sounds, says Lawrence Kramer, Ph.D., a Fordham English professor who is also a musicologist and …

From El Salvador’s Civil War, a Lesson in the Power of Popular Education

From El Salvador’s Civil War, a Lesson in the Power of Popular Education

During the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s, when insurgents were battling the country’s military dictatorship, a different sort of campaign was taking place in the background—waged not …

The Tecan EVO liquid-handling robot arrives at the Calder Center.