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Unexpected Gardens and Birds in NYC

August 24, 2016|George Bodarky

We are a society addicted to our cell phones. Take a look around the streets of New York City and chances are the majority...

Fordham Conversations: Fordham U's Dodransbicentennial Celebration

August 22, 2016|Robin Shannon

Fordham University has begun its yearlong 175th Anniversary Celebration. 

On this week’s Fordham Conversations, Host Robin...

Addiction in the Legal Profession

August 17, 2016|George Bodarky

A recent study found that lawyers struggle with substance abuse, particularly drinking, and with depression and anxiety more...

Exploring the History of the Bowery

August 16, 2016|George Bodarky

The Bowery in Lower Manhattan is New York City’s oldest thoroughfare. The 1.25 mile stretch has a rich and storied past with...

Fordham Conversations: Autistic Spectrum Disorder

August 15, 2016|Robin Shannon
Autism is a developmental disorder that can hinder a persons social skills and cause them to have repetitive and restrictive...

Operation Backpack Provides Backpacks for Underprivileged children in Chelsea

August 11, 2016|Tatiana DiBucci
Summer is coming to a close, and one organization wants to make sure students from low-income neighborhoods have all the...

Fordham Conversations: Social Stigma

August 11, 2016|Robin Shannon
Social Stigma can take on many forms.  It may be an unpleasant remark, a strange look or even the refusal of employment.  
 
F...

Upper West Side School to Open a Year Ahead of Schedule

August 10, 2016|Tatiana DiBucci
A new school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan will house nearly seven hundred students in September of 2017. PS191 will...

The Power of Bath Time

August 10, 2016|George Bodarky

When you think about bath time, what comes to mind? If you’re a parent of a young child, perhaps it’s the challenge of...

Williamsburg Officials Urge Mayor de Blasio to Complete Park

August 08, 2016|Tatiana DiBucci

New York City and private developers are bidding for a plot of land in Brooklyn. Eleven years ago the city promised to build...

Sen. Blumenthal Calls for Food Safety Agency

August 08, 2016|Kacie Candela

Food safety is under the jurisdiction of 15 federal agencies. That's why some lawmakers are pushing to consolidate....

Fordham Conversations: Mark Street's Hasta Nunca

August 03, 2016|Robin Shannon


Fordham Conversations Host Chris Williams talks to Fordham professor and filmmaker Mark Street about his film "Hasta Nunca"...

Morning Brief: August 3

August 03, 2016|Kacie Candela

Egyptian Chemist Ahmed Zewail, Noble Prize-Winner, has died at the age of 70.  He was a science adviser to President Obama. ...

NYPD Chief of Department James O'Neill to Replace Bratton as Police Commissioner

August 02, 2016|Kacie Candela

Mayor Bill de Blasio has named NYPD Chief of Department James O'Neill to replace Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.  A...

Morning Brief: August 2

August 02, 2016|Kacie Candela

The first Apple store in all of Brooklyn has officially opened on the corner of Bedford Ave and North 3rd Street in...

Police, Bronx Churches to Host Gun Buyback

August 01, 2016|Tatiana DiBucci

More than 33,000 people are killed by guns each year. Now, a program will resurface in the Bronx in hopes to lower that...