Fordham University announced a 4.65% increase in tuition as well as increases to housing and meal plan costs. This is the third increase in tuition over the past three years. Students and professors share their concerns about this increase and how it might impact their financial aid.

Jesse Meyers is donating his collection of 700 books by or about James Joyce to Fordham's Walsh Family Library. Meyers has published his work in Fordham University’s Joyce Studies Annual Journal, which is one of only two Joyce-themed collegiate periodicals.

Fordham's Global Outreach Program sent students on immersion trips to five different locations over Spring Break. Students learned about social justice issues in Puerto Rico, Ireland, Honduras, El Salvador and Peru.

Fordham and Montefiore are partnering on a new initiative to improve the hospital's clinical ethics program. Fordham's Laura Specker Sullivan, a philosophy professor, is helping the hospital's ethics program to conduct a needs assessment in the Bronx. The ultimate goal is to revitalize this program to best serve the needs of the Bronx community.

The Student Life Council met on March 26 in the McShane Center to discuss recent university developments. They discussed Fordham hiring a new Title IX coordinator and the recent $100 million donation for the development of a new STEM center on campus.

Large, inflatable rats have been spotted outside Fordham's gates. They are part of a protest against the Paulina Corporation for their lack of fair wages and benefits for their workers. Fordham hired this corporation to manage asbestos removal.

Educational institutions face potential funding cuts as the Trump administration takes action to dismantle the Department of Education. From the "Dear Colleague" letter warning institutions about their cooperation and schools losing their grants, these attacks against the department put students and higher education at risk.

Students in a Fundamentals of Communication and Media Studies course partner with the Bronx-based organization Women’s Press Collective (WPC). WPC teach journalistic, production and publication skills and lift up the voices of underpaid women. Fordham secured this community partnership with support from the Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL).