The Fordham Observer

10/09/2025

Issue 3 is available online and on stands now. Link in bio.

09/26/2025

As announced this past February, Fordham Lincoln Center’s long-favored Argo Tea shop will be replaced by the completely student-run Saxbys cafe. The Lincoln Center campus will be the home of the first Saxbys location in New York City.

Anna Costello, a Saxbys employee, is lending an experienced hand to the cafe. Costello began as a student cafe executive officer (SCEO) at Drexel University in 2019 and is now an area operations manager for Saxbys. She described how embracing student leadership — and “really, really good grilled cheese” — allows Saxbys to foster community.

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Written by: Sophia Stephan
Photo by: Grace Santoli

09/25/2025

Fordham’s undergraduate pre-professional advising program will undergo major changes during the 2025-26 academic year as the university integrates a new assistant dean for pre-professional advising. 

The new dean will oversee the pre-law and pre-health advising programs and expand pre-professional advising as a whole. Alongside these changes, the university will also introduce a new vice president for student success. 

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Written by: Michelle Wilson
Photo by: Grace Santoli

09/15/2025

09/11/2025

Meet The Observer’s 2025-26 upper management team, some of the minds behind the production of our paper!

07/15/2025

In 2024, The Observer profiled Kenny Moll, a Fordham student who ran seven marathons in seven days along with friends and volunteers to raise awareness for climate justice in a challenge called “A Week for the World.” This June, runners took to the paths of Central Park once more, clad in sports gear and donning race bibs that marked them as participants in the third edition of A Week for the World.

Moll, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’25, organized a week’s worth of programming that combined a run club’s exercise regimen with an activist group’s focus on educational lectures. The daily 26.2-mile marathons began at 6 a.m., with runners settling down by 11:30 a.m. to cool down, rehydrate and listen to the day’s speakers. Some of the invited lecturers had also just completed that day’s run.

Moll invited 25 speakers, several of whom he had met during his time at Fordham, to talk throughout the seven days of A Week for the World. The speakers were mostly organizers involved in the fight for environmental justice, although discussions also connected climate change to its roots in capitalism and its racialized effects on society.

The purpose of the run and the talks were to raise awareness towards climate change and funds for the Sunrise Movement, an organization that A Week for the World has partnered with since its inception. The Sunrise Movement provides a platform for climate activists to canvass voters, lobby politicians and investigate legislation that will help curb climate change. According to Moll, A Week for the World has raised over $20,000 for the organization over the past three years.

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05/01/2025

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to pause the grantmaking program which awarded Fordham $50 million in 2023 to support environmental justice organizations.

Per a court filing by an official in the EPA’s Office of Mission Support, the agency has paused access to funding for nearly 800 grant programs since January.

The filing specifically lists eight programs to support environmental justice drawn from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act. 

Fordham’s grant, provided through the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program, allocated $40 million for Fordham to award to local organizations in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fordham also received $10 million for its own research and administrative costs. 

The filing states that approximately 377 awardees have been notified by the EPA regarding their grant’s termination, with 404 more to be notified in the next two weeks.

A spokesperson for the university was not immediately available to confirm if Fordham has been notified of their grant’s cancellation.

The court filing was placed under the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council v. Department of Agriculture case. The termination of the grants is still under litigation. 

The filing states that any costs incurred by grantmakers prior to the termination of grants will be reimbursed.

Written by: Sam Bracy

This is a developing story with more to come.

04/27/2025

BREAKING: All Four Fordham International Students’ Visas Restored 

All four Fordham international student visas revoked by the federal government have been restored as of 10 a.m. on April 27. This update comes after the university announced the reinstatement of one of the four international students affected on April 25. 

“At this time, all international visas for Fordham students and scholars are in force,” according to an update posted on the Fordham website. 

Since the Trump Administration took office in January, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revoked over 1,000 international students’ visas nationwide. Fordham has continued to notify its community about the status of international student visas via a webpage titled “Updates on Evolving Political Landscape.” 

The university continues to monitor the status of international student visas and provide resources, including no-cost legal consultations, to impacted individuals.

This is a developing story, more updates to follow

Written by: Shelby Williams and Charlie Kuster

04/25/2025

BREAKING: Fordham International Student’s Visa Restored

At least one international student’s legal status has been restored by the State Department as of Friday, April 25 after their visa was previously canceled, according to Fordham’s website. 

The update comes alongside reports that the federal government has begun to reinstate the status of some international students whose visas have been canceled. 

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revoked over 1,000 international students’ visas across the country, according to the Associated Press. Fordham announced the revocation of four international students’ visas between April 4 and April 10. 

The university stated on their website that it has not received any information regarding the status of the three other affected students.

This is a developing story, more updates to follow.

Writers: Charlie Kuster and Sam Bracy

04/21/2025

Pope Francis has died at age 88, according to a statement posted by the Vatican on X early this morning. He was the first Jesuit and Latin American pope in the history of the Catholic Church.

Elected in 2013, Pope Francis garnered a reputation as a liberal pontiff, in contrast to previous Vatican leadership. He often spoke against climate change, war and the Church’s excessive clericalism and adopted a more accepting position on the LGBTQ+ community.

Francis’ responses to contemporary issues modernized the Catholic Church. He will be remembered as a humble pontiff that was undaunted by tradition. 

University President Tania Tetlow met Pope Francis in June of 2024, pictured on the second slide.

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