Research

For Emma Phan, a sophomore chemistry major, the summer was a chance to dive into her research project related to ALS, a neurodegenerative disease. With help from recent graduate Beatriz Goncalves, FCRH ’23, and her mentor Professor Ipsita Banerjee, Ph.D., Phan looked into how specific peptides—strings of amino acids—could potentially mitigate an enzyme that contributes …

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More than 30 undergraduates at Fordham College Rose Hill just completed a summer full of research, mentorship, and exploration. The second annual FCRH Summer Research Program, which had its final presentations on August 1 and 3, provides its participants with a unique opportunity to dedicate the summer to a research project of their choosing. Students …

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This summer, Fordham received approval for a new major in biochemistry from the New York State Department of Education. The major aims to help students combine biology and chemistry work to better understand the chemical processes that are the foundation of life. “Our body essentially is like a laboratory—you have chemical reactions going on 24/7,” …

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Four students in Fordham’s College Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) were recognized for their research at statewide student conferences this year.  CSTEP and STEP are programs that provide support to New York high school and college students from underrepresented backgrounds, including academic support and counseling, scholarships, and …

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More than 35 students from a variety of disciplines in Fordham College at Lincoln Center presented their research at the annual Ars Nova fair on April 20, held in the 12th-Floor Lounge at the Lowenstein Center. Student presentations explored everything from new methods of environmental remediation to finding a welcoming queer, Arab community and analyzing …

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Fordham faculty and students demonstrated how they’re using data to enhance medical research, examine the impact of social media, prevent AI “attackers,” and more at the “Doing Good with Data” symposium, held at the Law School on April 11. “It’s particularly exciting to see how data science is being used to enhance ethically informed and …

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With a $2 million grant from the Bangladesh government, Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Ph.D., assistant professor in computer and information sciences at Fordham, is working to strengthen his native country’s ability to use artificial intelligence.  “Once the project is completed, it will give us a framework under which hundreds of researchers can build interesting AI models …

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This year, California became the first state in the U.S. to implement legislation that delays school start times. However, schools across the nation are still split on the best time to begin school each morning.  Fordham psychology professor Tiffany Yip, Ph.D., the mother of two teenage students herself, said she wanted to know how much …

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Gesturing to the stained-glass image of St. Ignatius in the Keating First auditorium, Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, said that the founder of the Jesuit order charged his followers with nearly an impossible task: to follow the greater glory of God or, as it’s known in Jesuit terms, magis. “Remember you are men …

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An idea from a student inspired the Fordham Graduate School of Education’s first all-day retreat and research celebration for doctoral candidates at the Lincoln Center campus on May 4.  “As a doctoral student who came into the program online during the pandemic, I thought it would be wonderful to bring our doctoral programs together,” said …

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Fordham graduate student Xiangyu Tao is studying how racial discrimination via social media affects adolescents of color. Her research was published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence this past fall.  “Xiangyu’s research represents an innovative and methodologically rigorous approach to understanding how racially biased social media posts affect the mental health of Asian, African …

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