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: Woods Prewitt David D’Onofrio, a senior at Fordham College Rose Hill studying Computational Neuroscience, has been conducting research since high school. During the summer of 2021, D’Onofrio started his research with the Lakatos Lab at the Nathan Kline Institute, researching neural networks. His research fits into the larger field of biomimetics, the creation of … More Optimizing Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) in Neural Networks
By: Ava Brimley Have you ever wondered why you cannot remember any of that Spanish or French you took in high school? Gabby Langella has decided to look into this very question. A senior at the Fordham College of Rose Hill, Langella intends to do research on language attrition–the loss of language proficiency. Langella is … More The Problem of Losing a Language
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
By: Nicholas Urbin Miguel Sutedjo was interested in music long before deciding to major in it at Fordham College Rose Hill. A sophomore with an additional major in international political economy and a minor in Mandarin, Sutedjo has played piano since he was four years old and performed jazz since ninth grade in high school. … More Investigating Asian Influences in Jazz
By: Nicole St. Jacques Adherence to COVID-19 guidelines, such as wearing a mask and social distancing, has been shown to effectively lower positive cases in academic institutions. However, despite these precautions, cases continued to rise among college-aged students during fall 2020, causing many universities to shut down during their first semester. One New York Catholic … More Fordham Researchers Identify Factors of COVID-19 Guideline Adherence Among Student Body
By: Abbigail Ramnarine Charlotte Beckford is a senior at Fordham College at Rose Hill, double majoring in mathematics with a concentration in applied mathematics and Spanish language and literature. With a focus on the application of mathematics to the environment, Beckford began to explore the population dynamics regarding moose and winter-ticks and furthered her research … More Modeling the Winter-Tick Epizootic
By: Henry Prewitt Max Luf is an undergraduate student at Fordham studying integrative neuroscience. Max’s commitments to medical sciences extend to his extracurricular involvements. He is an EMT and officer with Fordham University EMS and the Fordham Integrative Neuroscience Student Association’s secretary. After graduation in 2022, Max plans to enroll in a master’s program or … More A Study of the Neurological Effects of the ELAC2 Gene
By: Amara Overmyer What happens when the faith you have built your life upon is no longer an absolute truth? In her most recent research project, Dr. Ayala Fader of Fordham’s Anthropology department studied ultra-Orthodox Jews of Brooklyn and Upstate New York who reject the idea that the Torah is the word of God, the … More A Life-Changing Doubt
By: Maeve O’Connor This March marks one year since the widespread start of lockdown, quarantine and COVID-19. This past year has kept people apart physically, but many have remained connected to the outside world through the use of digital technologies. In a year where everyone’s life has shifted online, Dr. Gregory T. Donovan wants to know how … More Uncovering the Mystery of Smart Cities
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