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Dr. Olivia J. Hooker turns 100

Joanna Mercuri — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:20:48 +0000

Happy birthday to Fordham psychology professor emerita Olivia J. Hooker, Ph.D., who celebrates her 100th birthday today!

Her many accomplishments during the last century include: becoming the first black woman to enlist in the United States ‪Coast Guard‬, surviving the‪ ‎Tulsa Race Riots‬ of 1921, and working as a prominent researcher in school‪ ‎psychology‬.

Many well-wishers have been saluting Dr. Hooker and her work in‪ ‎civil rights‬ today, including a couple of presidents — President Barack Obama and our very own Father McShane!

Listen to an interview with Dr. Hooker on WFUV.

Michael Walsh, 1989—2015

Joanna Mercuri — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:09:02 +0000

Michael Walsh (1989—2015)
2011 Fordham College at Rose Hill graduate and four-year member of the cross country and track and field teams

Keating at Christmas

Joanna Mercuri — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:52:16 +0000

Photo by Jon Roemer

Cardinal Dolan Blesses Fordham Students Bound for Africa

Janet Sassi — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:51:15 +0000

On Wednesday, Dec. 3, His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan congratulated and blessed two Fordham graduate students who have been assigned to work with Catholic Relief Services in Africa. From left to right are : Sean Kenney, Cardinal Dolan, and John Mulqueen. The students are students in Fordham’s International Political Economy and Development program.

— Janet Sassi

Lessons and Carols

Joanna Mercuri — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:27:32 +0000

A scene from last year’s Festival of Lessons and Carols. This year’s festival will take place Saturday, December 6. The concert will be presented again on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. at the University Church, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx NY.

The Coiled Path

Joanna Mercuri — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:15:52 +0000

A look from above at one of several spiral staircases in Fordham Law School’s new building.

Photo by Kathryn Gamble

Jazz at (Fordham) Lincoln Center

Joanna Mercuri — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:58:38 +0000

Fordham College at Lincoln Center is collaborating with Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC). In addition to the chamber jazz ensemble, there is a full jazz orchestra and a guitar ensemble of Fordham students who receive instruction from Fordham and JALC instructors.

Members of the chamber jazz ensembles recently performed two sets from their current repertoire on Nov. 8 at JALC’s Ertegun Atrium prior to performances of “Celebrating Bobby Hutcherson: Life of a Legend.”

The Keating Of Yore

Joanna Mercuri — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:49:36 +0000

Keating Hall on a balmy summer day, circa 1940s.

Photo courtesy of Fordham University Archives

An Aerial View

Janet Sassi — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:02:47 +0000

Our alumni set their sights high. Photo/Tweet by Lorenzo Ferrigno, FCRH ’12.