A major conference sponsored by Curran Center for American Catholic Studies.

Be part of a global Jesuit tradition as we call on the Holy Spirit to ignite the new academic year with the fire of God's blessing. (Lunch in the Atrium to follow) Joseph M. McShane, SJ President of Fordham University Celebrant and Homilist

The Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice invites all students, faculty, and staff to consider participating in this day of service and remembrance for 9/11.  Participants will engage with the community through a service project in the morning, then return to campus in the afternoon to reflect and engage in dialogue together.  A light

Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service and The Collaborative for Children and Families will host a conference that will focus on Medicaid-eligible children and families who have an opportunity to receive improved access to their health care and human service needs and how to ensure that care is provided.

A forum including panel discussions, breakout sessions, and multimedia components will address racial equity in theater, specifically how to increase the representation of Asian Americans in the field. Co-sponsored by the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Asian American Performers Coalition (AAPAC), the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, and Fordham’s

Cinema Under the Influence and Fordham University will host a 40th anniversary screening of Network featuring Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times.

This three-day conference will celebrate modern Catholic social teaching in the 125 years since Pope Leo XIII issued the first-ever papal encyclical on economic issues and the plight of vulnerable workers and families. Sponsored by The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies.

A panel of experts will hold a conversation on the new tone Pope Francis has brought to the papacy and the future of the church in the U.S. Co-sponsored by the Department of Theology and Alumni Relations.

Speaker: Nancy Cartwright, PhD, philosophy professor at Durham University, will deliver the John C. and Jeanette D. Walton Lectures in Science, Philosophy, and Religion.

Graduate business students from Professor Travis Russ’ class will perform real stories about their personal and professional lives.

Peter Vaughan, PhD, chair of the Diversity Task Force, and members of the Task Force will discuss the charge of the group, how it will proceed, and answer questions about the group.

Sustainable designers will showcase clothes from their collections and also speak briefly on how the ethical and environmentally friendly fashion movement supports the goals of women’s empowerment and sustainability. Sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Service’s Institute for Women and Girls.