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EPA Cancels $60 Million Fordham Grant
The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated the program that gave Fordham a $60 million grant for environmental justice programs, according to an email sent by Tania Tetlow on May 6. Through the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program, Fordham was given $48 million to distribute to partner organizations and received $12 million for its own administrative costs, according to University Spokesperson Bob Howe.
BREAKING: Fordham Joins Legal Brief Opposing Visa Revocations
Fordham University joined 85 other educational institutions on an amicus brief in support of the American Association of University Professors’ lawsuit against the President Trump administration’s revocation of international student visas on April 9. The brief argues that the State Department’s revocation of over 500 visas of noncitizen faculty and students has created a climate of fear on campuses nationwide.
Joy in the Struggle
Categories: Fr. Bryan Massingale on Ignatian values and the struggle for justice April 9, 2025 Bryan Massingale doesn’t love it when people write about him. In fact, he said he hates the way profiles preserve a particular account of who he is, like a fossil of an extinct specimen trapped between layers of sediment.
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Sam Bracy (she/her), FCLC ’25, is a news editor at the Observer. She is a journalism major interested in tracing the impact of public policy on local communities. In her free time, she likes to cook and write emails.
Song and Class Struggle in ‘Three Penny Opera’
Performers directly confronted audience members for their complicity in poverty at Fordham Theatre’s Mainstage production of “Three Penny Opera.” Before the (metaphorical) curtain raised, “Three Penny Opera” subverted theatre conventions. Players warmed up on and in front of the stage as attendees entered the auditorium, sometimes greeting friends as they took their seats.
Tetlow: Fordham ‘Stands Firm’ in Catholic Values
University President Tania Tetlow reasserted Fordham’s commitment to a diverse academic community in a speech before Fordham faculty, administrators and staff at McNally Amphitheater on Feb. 26. The address was titled “Sign of the Times” after the Catholic principle that one’s practice of faith should respond to the state of the world.
Work Study Cap Disrupts Student Finances
Students scramble after work study was capped at 10 hours a week, some losing hundreds of dollars in income March 5, 2025 Fordham student workers who receive federal work-study saw their schedules capped to a maximum of 10 hours per week on Feb. 21, costing some students hundreds of dollars every pay period. Some students said they were not fully compensated for working over 10 hours the week before the policy was announced.
Papal Letter Embodies Jesuit Mission
“I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations,” Pope Francis wrote in a letter to the Bishops of the United States on Feb. 10.
Order Could Revoke Visas of Pro-Palestine Activists
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 29, to combat antisemitism threatens to deport international students and faculty who express pro-Palestinian views. Critics said the order violates the First Amendment as it will chill speech on college campuses. Others said the move is the latest action in a campaign to suppress campus activism by placing pressure on educational institutions.
Fordham May Lose Millions in Federal Grant Freeze
Trillions of dollars of federal money are in jeopardy after an order released by the White House Office of Management and the Budget ordered a widespread freeze of many federal grants and loans. A federal judge in D.C. temporarily halted the order’s enforcement Tuesday evening after a lawsuit alleged it was unconstitutional. The freeze would affect up to $3 trillion of federal aid, including millions granted to Fordham.
Law Students Aid Trans Doc Changes
At an office in the West Village, a notary’s stamp lands on a stack of papers with a heavy “CA-CHUNK” and a cheer goes up. Angel, a Brooklyn resident, is one step closer to having their name on their official New York ID. “I’m glad it’s done. It feels like a relief,” Angel said. Angel is one of several trans and non-binary New Yorkers who received assistance from Fordham Law School (FLS) students at a name and gender marker change event on Jan. 16.
Fordham Lacks Plan to Address Drought
Categories: Facilities shared no plan to mitigate water consumption during worst drought in a century November 20, 2024 New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a drought warning on Nov. 18 amid the driest conditions in exactly a century, urging New Yorkers to voluntarily conserve water. New York City’s reservoirs were at 60% capacity on Nov. 19 according to the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), down from about 79% normally.
Tony Berry is Here to Make a Difference
The first time Tony Berry voted he was just four years old. As he cranked the lever to cast his mother’s ballot in the 1998 election, his lifelong passion for civic engagement was seeded — a passion that he carries with him in his role as Fordham’s FitzSimons fellow. Berry is tasked to foster a culture of constructive discourse on Fordham’s campuses over the 2024-25 academic year.
Climate Summit: Anxiety to Action
Youth environmental activists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators discussed how to involve young people in the environmental justice movement at a Climate Week summit on Sept. 24 at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus.
Fordham Post-Protest
Fordham University changed after approximately 45 individuals organized an encampment-style protest on May 1 in the Leon Lowenstein Center lobby at the Lincoln Center campus. Fordham Public Safety’s request for the New York Police Department (NYPD) to arrest 11 undergraduate students and four alumni disturbed some students’ opinion of the university. Manon McCollum, Fordham College at Lincoln Center ’24, was arrested at the encampment.
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