By: Chris Seyun Jeong Nurul Eisha currently works as a Laboratory Assistant in the Department of Chemistry at Fordham University. He is performing research in structural inorganic chemistry with Dr. Peter Corfield, Lecturer in Fordham University’s Department of Chemistry. Eisha is a Biology major in the class of 2023 at Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus … More Dr. Peter Corfield’s Crystallography Lab
By: Caroline Palermo Professor Tiffany Yip of Fordham University’s psychology department, in her current study that began in 2018, conducts research on the correlation between racial discrimination and sleep patterns. Before beginning this study, Yip proposed a grant to the National Institute of Health and eventually received the funding necessary for her current research. Now, … More Yip’s Sleep Study: How Racism and Stress Can Impact One’s Sleep Pattern
At the mention of “neuroscience,” what comes to mind is often the image of brain scans, EEGs (brainwave readers), and a flurry of lab coats dissecting and analyzing brain tissue. Of course, this is a crucial part of neuroscience, responsible for the discovery of pathways in the brain, the sources of bodily functions, neuron classes… … More Theoretical Neuron Networks
Dr. Robinson has been conducting research regarding paleoecology, the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environments, since before he was a PhD Biology student at Fordham University. Much of Dr. Robinson’s research focuses on mentoring and conducting modern pollen projects—analyzing pollen samples found in geographical deposits—which reveals to scientists much about ancient ecosystems … More Extinct Megafauna From the Ice Age: What They Tell Us Today
Veronica Quiroga, a senior at Fordham University, is an African American Studies major who also works as a research assistant for the Bronx African American History Project. Quiroga is currently working on her senior thesis: an ethnographic study of a group of young men who live in the Wagner Houses of East Harlem. Since attending … More Ethnographic Study of Young Men in NYC Public Housing
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complicated neurodevelopmental disorder that is slowly being pieced apart by the research of those in the neuroscience field. Taking on a piece of the puzzle is Fordham University student Celia Hans, with the help of Dr. Batista-Brito and her research lab at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Hans is a … More Piecing Together Autism Spectrum Disorder: Fordham Student’s Research on Inhibitory Neurons in Mouse Brains
I am currently a freshman attending FCLC and double majoring in Integrative Neuroscience and English on the pre-medical track. On Thursdays, I volunteer in the Surgical Acute Care Unit at NYU Tisch Hospital. During one of my shifts, I had a conversation with a physician-scientist who introduced me to the world of research. Since that … More Detecting human iPSC-derived neuron effect in chromatin dynamics and genetic variants using in situ Hi-C assay
A sophomore at FCRH, Gabriella Langella says she has always been interested in the intricacies of the human brain. She is an Integrated Neuroscience major on the cellular and molecular track and a Spanish minor. This pairing is reflective of her interest in the intersection between neurology and linguistics–how the brain responds to different languages. … More Civic Programs as a Tool to Foster Social Engagement & Community Building: Following up with the MoralUp! Project
For the past two years of her undergraduate studies, Fordham Rose Hill junior Tereze Nika, a dedicated psychology major, has worked in Dr. Hyots’ adolescent research lab to uncover some of the most influential factors that impact development. Aside from being an academically driven Dean’s List student and Psi Chi psychology honors society member, she … More Positive Parental Response Affects Adolescent Development
In times of racism and injustice, is God angry or complacent? What is the role of a religion that promotes love and unity in situations of rage over inequality? These are questions that Professor Marjorie Corbman tackles in her dissertation titled: “Divine Discontent: The Influence of Messianic-Nationalist Movements on Early Black Theology’s Portrayal of God’s … More Divine Discontent
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