On Sept. 19, 2022, the Fordham community received an annual report from the Office of Development and University Relations (DAUR), which detailed the results of Fordham’s fundraising, marketing and communications efforts for the fiscal year (FY) 2022.

Fordham’s Family Weekend was held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. For many dorming students, it was their first reunion with their families since they moved in to their dorms in August. It also served as an opportunity for many parents to meet newly elected Fordham president, Tania Tetlow.

In December 2021, the university began rolling out a new pilot interface for the Degree Works program.

Madeline Drucker, FCRH ’24, is the head of a biology team working with DNA fragments to create new strands of DNA with mutations. Drucker’s research aids a larger study on translation synthesis run by Dr. Elizabeth Thrall in her biophysical chemistry lab.

Asian Cultural Exchange (ACE) and Fordham University Philippine-American Club (FUPAC) held their annual mixer on Sept. 30 in North Dining.

Starting since March 2022, the Fordham Faculty United (FFU) has been in union contract renewal negotiations with Fordham University administrators to improve benefits for university faculty. Throughout these negotiations, the union has prioritized three areas of improvement: higher compensation, provision of health benefits for adjunct faculty and reaching a pay parity across all of the schools at the university.

From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is celebrating LatinX Heritage Month with a different event each week during the month.

On Thursday, Sept. 29, the Fordham University Rose Hill United Student Government (USG) met to discuss recent public concerns and new club proposals.

Hurricane season has been in full swing the past few weeks, doing significant damage to a multitude of areas in the southern United States, the Caribbean and reaching up to Canada.

The classes of 2025 and 2026 are the largest classes to ever come to Fordham.