Passion for Plants Leads to Study of Green Roofs
“I’ve always loved biology. I was that kid outside collecting bugs and looking at the…
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Road to Medicine Leads Through Urban Ecology
Erin Carter has plans to become a doctor someday to save lives. But before she…
Fordham Joins Call to Address Climate Change
Fordham has joined the leaders of 161 Catholic colleges and universities, religious congregations, national organizations,…
Fordham Scientist Finds Cities Now a Major Factor in Species Evolution
Cities are not just hotbeds of human activity. They are also changing the way plants…
Calder Center at 50: Tracking Plant Evolution at Warp Speed
If you want to study how plants evolve, you need a space that you can…
Calder Center at 50: Seeking the Secrets on a Salamander’s Skin
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, also known as the chytrid fungus, is ravaging frog and salamander populations around…
Calder Center at 50: A Researcher Seeks to Better Understand Ticks
The black legged tic, aka Ixodes scapularis, does not typically elicit positive reactions from those…
Fordham Biologists Honored For Work on Genetic Disease
Berish Rubin, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences, and research associate Sylvia Anderson, Ph.D., have been named…
Rats Get Spotlight at Art Event
Rats were a plentiful sight at Manhattan’s First Street Green on Saturday, May 20, but…
Rats Take Center Stage in Live Art Exhibit
Like many green spaces in Manhattan, First Street Green Art Park, a sliver of green…