On Sunday, Sept. 10, Walsh Library unveiled its latest exhibit, “The Light of Revival: Stained Glass Design for Restituted Synagogues of Ukraine.” The exhibition displays three stained glass window designs by Eugeny Kotlyar made from 1995-2005. It is located on the fourth floor of Walsh Library within the Henry S. Miller Judaica Room and will be open through Dec. 8.
Over the course of the summer, Alexandra Rapp, FCRH ’24, worked on a research project investigating disparities in New York’s public defense system and indigent defendants.
Laine Finegan, Contributing Writer
• September 13, 2023
Since the launch of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has had an explosive introduction into everyday life. With it, industries, institutions and individuals have been forced to...
Amy Herd, FCRH ’25, an honors student double majoring in international studies and history with a Russian minor, is a student researcher who has just completed an ambitious summer project. According to Herd, she investigated “how Russian, Ukrainian, and Jewish historians’ treatment of the pre-Christian period in Eastern Europe informed the development of modern Slavic nationalisms.”
On Aug. 29, President Tania Tetlow announced in an email that Fordham has hired Tokumbo Shobowale to work as Fordham’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as well as senior vice president and treasurer.
Sofia Donohue, Assistant News Editor
• September 13, 2023
Fordham’s Serving the City Internship program provides both Fordham College Rose Hill and Fordham College Lincoln Center students with access to paid internships with nonprofit organizations in the New York area.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) and the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) hosted their annual BIPOC Student Mixer in the Great Hall on Sept. 7.
The Fordham Rose Hill United Student Government (USG) met on Thursday, Sept. 7, to discuss the upcoming construction of the McShane Marketplace and dining plans for this academic year.
Nora Malone, Contributing Writer
• September 13, 2023
In May, President Joe Biden announced that COVID-19’s national emergency status had expired and would not be renewed. This led to many organizations ending their mandates and beginning to go back to what they considered “normal”; Fordham was among them.
In summer 2022, Fordham College Rose Hill and Fordham College Lincoln Center launched a new cooperative advising system for first-year students known as the Fordham College Advising Center. This program — created to better suit the needs of Fordham’s fledgling class — recently introduced its second phase, a new wave of dedicated advisors to support first-year adjustment.
From Aug. 24 to Aug. 26., incoming first-years who share an interest in social justice advocacy participated in Fordham's pre-orientation program, Urban Plunge.
