Profiles in Service
More than 2.5 million Americans have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, serving…
Features
The Birth of a Billion-Dollar Industry
Seventy-five years ago, on September 30, 1939, Fordham competed in the first live televised broadcast…
Rockin’ Rose Hill: A Look Back at Campus Concerts since the ’60s
From the Beach Boys and the Kinks to the Ramones and U2—a nostalgic look at…
On Humor and the Spiritual Life: Stephen Colbert in Conversation with Cardinal Timothy Dolan
It was equal parts pep rally, comedy show, and religious revival in the Rose Hill…
Pulling Together: On the Enduring Values of Crew, Family, and Philanthropy
V. John Kriss, FCRH ’62, believes there is something special about crew and the kind…
Forever Young: A Personal Note on Pete Fornatale
Shortly after the Spring 2012 issue of FORDHAM magazine was on its way to readers,…
The Fordham Connection to Saint Kateri, the First Native American Catholic Saint
In October 2012, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha—17th-century Mohawk maiden, patron of ecology and the environment—will become…
Cosmic Connections: On the Life and Legacy of Nobel Laureate Victor Hess
Bill Breisky recalls his grandfather Victor Hess, who discovered cosmic radiation 100 years ago and…
The Daring Discovery of Cosmic Radiation
One hundred years ago, on Aug. 28, 1911, Victor Hess took to the skies in…
TMC Grad Lynn Neary Takes the Books Beat at NPR
Lynn Neary’s cubicle at National Public Radio is a book lover’s dream. Stacks of hardcovers…