Mumps Sick Toll Grows, as Health Department Investigates Outbreak

More than 12 students at Fordham have contracted mumps, the highly contagious viral illness, since early last week, as the New York City Health Department continues to investigate the rapidly expanding outbreak that has hop-skipped across boroughs and infected the university’s two largest campuses, school officials said. At least 11 students at the Rose Hill […]

Law School Apologizes for ‘Inappropriate Email’

School officials are currently investigating a vulgar email that was sent by an unnamed individual to Fordham’s entire Law School early Sunday morning. “F— campus security,” the email said. “My d— tastes better than that n— falsification.” Carrie Johnson, assistant dean for communications and events at Fordham Law, has said the email and its sender […]

Unable to Outgrow the Snow

Turns out, we still have a ways to go before Eddie’s opens itself to beach chairs and Frisbees. Three to four inches of snow is expected to fall in New York beginning late Monday night into Tuesday morning, according to AccuWeather’s forecast. Snow will turn to rain Tuesday afternoon. It’s unlikely the snow will amount […]

Thanks to Donor, Fordham Plans Annual LGBTQ Retreat

Thanks to the generous donation of an unnamed Fordham alum, the Campus Ministry department is set to host its first annual retreat that’s specifically tailored for the LGBTQ members of our community. The PRISM Retreat, which will run from Feb. 28 to March 2 at Fordham’s McGrath House of Prayer in Goshen, NY, is different […]

Undergrad App volume breaks school record

Fordham received more than 40,000 undergrad applications this year, breaking a school record and signaling a victory, officials say, for the recent developments made at Lincoln Center’s campus. “The 40,535 applications received by Jan. 23 mark a 14 percent increase over the 35,444 received by that date last year,” a statement from Fordham said. Those […]

Fordham Buys Off-Campus Space in Manhattan

In an effort to consolidate its “off-campus operations” in Manhattan and thereby reduce administrative costs, Fordham has purchased nine floors of commercial real estate — roughly 90,000 square feet — in the Art Deco building at 45 Columbus Avenue, which is located right across the street from the school’s Lincoln Center campus, according to University officials. […]