The U.S. Department of Education (DOE)’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in New York determined that Fordham University breached Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 when it denied a student’s...
Fordham University denied a student’s request for a service dog to live with her on campus, despite her documented disability with the Office of Disability Services. She submitted her request shortly...
Throughout this semester, we have analyzed the four main candidates of the 2016 Presidential Election (Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson) on individual issues relevant to the Fordham community. As the...
As the general election nears, The Observer will be running a series of articles on political issues that interest students. In our coverage, we will analyze each of the four presidential candidates’...
As the general election nears, The Observer will be running a series of articles on political issues that interest students. In our coverage, we will analyze each of the four presidential candidates’...
As the general election nears, The Observer will be running a series of articles on political issues that interest students. In our coverage, we will analyze each of the four presidential candidates’...
Residents of Finlay Hall found what was likely an anti-gay message written on the white board of their door on Sept. 3. Residential Life staff notified Public Safety of the message, which initiated an...
As the general election nears, The Observer will be running a series of articles on political issues that affect students directly. In our coverage, we will analyze each of the four presidential candidate’s...
On June 19, Elliott Copeland, a rising senior in the Gabelli School of Business at Rose Hill, died from injuries he sustained last week after being hit by a car in Manhattan.
Joseph McShane, SJ,...
On June 18, Noah Goldstein, a 2016 alumnus of the theatre program at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, passed away.
Joseph McShane, SJ, president of Fordham University, informed the Fordham community...
Over spring break, the Department of Facilities Operations banned smoking within 50 feet of all building entrances on the Fordham Lincoln Center campus. This policy applies to all street-level and plaza-level...
Virtual reality (VR) is figuratively everywhere. From a much more literal standpoint however, these constructed graphical environments only exist within the frame of one of a few box-like devices.
A...
Fordham’s Wi-Fi network continues to cause problems for students. Both the 33 percent increase in device ownership this year and the increasing usage of streaming services have considerably affected...
A dislike button is finally coming to Facebook.
As for its purpose, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO and co-founder, stated that “it will mainly be used to express mild disapproval, or to express solidarity...
Patrick Hornbeck II, chair and associate professor of theology at Fordham University, will join Al Jazeera America in its coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. Starting Sept. 22. Hornbeck will...
On Sept. 20 at 7:19 p.m, members of the Fordham community received a security alert, informing them of a “suspected bias crime” at the Rose Hill campus. According to the email, a backwards swastika...
Certain tech accessories are going to make your life easier in college. Though they do come with an initial cost and will add weight to what you have to carry around, I promise all of these items are well...
When Fordham IT announced that the university’s internal Portal (my.fordham.edu) would be undergoing improvements, we were promised “a substantial upgrade to both its appearance and its underlying...
Macs and PCs get the basics right, but sometimes stock programs just lack the intangibles that make for great software. Take the default browsers on each OS for example, Safari and Edge, whose feature...
The Daily Beast reported today that Fordham University is among the 22 schools that have not yet rescinded the honorary doctorates they awarded to Bill Cosby. After the recent case involving Director...
Fordham University’s Banner and My.Fordham internal sites are set to be updated this summer and will go offline between July 16 and July 20, while improvements are being made.
Changes include migrating...
We are thankfully nearing the end of the semester and approaching the summer months. The release of Windows 10 is almost here. Apple just revealed its vision for the future of computing with the new MacBook....
The security of personal information in the digital age is always at risk since threats can easily come from anywhere, including from trusted sources like Fordham University. Director of Information Technology...
The majority of people use the headphones that come with their devices simply because they are free. It is very tempting from a convenience standpoint, but most do not realize that these included headphones...
On Thursday April 16, the United Student Government (USG) hosted the Undergraduate Appreciation Awards (UNDYs) in the Atrium at Fordham Lincoln Center. The ceremony honors notable undergraduate students...
Mobile photography has quickly become an integral part of smartphones. Though an afterthought initially, the camera is now a defining feature that can have huge impacts on the success of any of these devices....
Each year, tech companies will make a point to refresh either the design or internal specs of their most popular products. Often times they update both. And while the tech industry strives for innovation...
Even though storage is inexpensive, manufacturers are becoming quite cheap in the way they make their products. As a case in point, take a look at any one of your personal devices. You will find, in most...
The watch is making a comeback of sorts. And as you might have guessed, Apple and Google have their hands in it. There are a few newcomers this time though, like Pebble and Withings, which are quickly...
Voice features on phones have come a long way from the beginning. At first, they were limited to voice searches that were kind of cool, albeit gimmicky, to show off to people. Then they gained additional...
Microsoft Office. Adobe Creative Cloud. Google Play Music. Netflix. Amazon Prime. That’s pretty much everything I do on a computer on a daily basis. And nearly all of them are moving to subscription...
The clouds have rolled in and taken over much of our digital lives by storm. From Google Drive to Adobe’s Creative Cloud, clouds are seemingly everywhere. Personally, I’m against the trend, as I find...
Think back to the last time you used your MP3 player. It might have been five years ago. Possibly longer. Maybe you still use yours. But for the vast majority of people, they have gone the way of Pluto....
Slow and buggy computers plague everyone from time to time and can be downright vexing. And then an IT support tech clicks a few buttons, types some commands and inexplicably the computer begins cooperating...
