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[[File:FordhamLogo.png|FordhamLogo.png|right|frameless|link=Special:FilePath/FordhamLogo.png]]We’re a Jesuit, Catholic university. Our spirit comes from the nearly 500-year [[File:FordhamLogo.png|thumb|FordhamLogo.png]]history of the Jesuits. It’s the spirit of full-hearted engagement—with profound ideas, with communities around the world, with injustice, with beauty, and with the entirety of the human experience.

<br/>This is what makes us [https://www.fordham.edu/ Fordham]: We’re a tight community in New York City, and we value and educate the whole person, as described by our principle of ''cura personalis''. Much of our Jesuit history and mission comes down to three ideas, which, translated from the Latin, mean roughly this:

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= Innovation & Entrepreneurship =

== Promoting Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship==<div>Fordham promotes student innovation and entrepreneurship through formal programs and extracurricular activities. Fordham offers many different concentrations relating to innovation and entrepreneurship, including sustainable business and social innovation concentrations, enabling its students to explore and learn valuable skills. Students can begin learning about innovation and entrepreneurship through classes such as "Exploring Entrepreneurship" and "Innovation and Resilience". Fordham also offers classes that allow students to pursue innovation or entrepreneurship after college, such as “Launch Your Start-Up” and “Leadership and Change”. The University houses numerous extracurricular activities and innovation spaces that further allow students to expand their knowledge outside the classroom. The Fordham Foundry and Social Innovation Collaboratory are spaces and extracurricular offerings where like-minded individuals are able to help one another and work together. The Fordham Foundry provides competitive opportunities that give students a chance to win monetary prizes based on their businesses or business ideas, such as the Pitch Challenge and Hackathon. The Foundry also hosts many events in which students can connect with entrepreneurial mentors. Additionally, the Entrepreneurship Society and the Compass Fellowship are other extracurricular outlets for students to further their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship.</div>==Encouraging Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship ==

Fordham promotes student innovation and entrepreneurship through formal programs has been named a “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka, a global organization that honors universities for innovative efforts to foster social good and extracurricular activitiesstrengthen society. Fordham offers many different concentrations that deal with innovation and entrepreneurshipAdditionally, according to a survey by ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', which asked respondents to rate their MBA program from sustainable business 1 (completely disagree) to 7 (completely agree) according to the statement, “My school emphasized the principles of corporate, social innovation concentration, enabling its students to explore and learn valuable skillsenvironmental responsibility”, Fordham's Gabelli School of Business had a score of 7, earning it the number 1 spot out of 83 schools. As a Jesuit institution, Fordham also offers classes that allow students to pursue strongly believes in social innovation or and entrepreneurship after college, such as “Launch Your Start-Up” well as investing in the continuous development of their faculty and “Applied Innovation Consulting”staff. The University houses numerous extracurricular activities and innovation spaces that further allow students to expand their knowledge outside the classroom. The Although Fordham Foundry and Social Innovation Collaboratory are spaces and extracurricular offerings where like-minded individuals are able has yet to help one another and work together. The Fordham Foundry provides competitive opportunities that give students a chance pursue any policy changes to win monetary prizes based on their businesses or business ideasencourage more faculty entrepreneurship, such as the Pitch Challenge faculty lead by example, actively share their learnings and Venture Up. Additionally, the Entrepreneurship Society, Concourse Groupbest practices, and Social Impact 360 are other extracurricular outlets for students to further their interests participate in new advancing the field of social innovation and entrepreneurshipchange making in higher education.

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration==

Fordham has been named a “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka's Office of Corporate and Foundations Relations work with the President's council to establish strategic partnerships with corporations. They create mutually beneficial relationships between the University and corporations. Some examples of actions they have helped institute include: hosting CEO breakfasts, a global organization that honors universities using relationships for innovative efforts to foster social good student internships, guest lectures from business professionals, and strengthen societymore. As a jesuit institutionThe Fordham Foundry, Fordham strongly believes in social Fordham’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, also works closely with numerous student and investing in the continuous development of their faculty and staffalumni-run start-up businesses. Although The Fordham has yet to pursue any policy changes to encourage more faculty entrepreneurshipFoundry provides great resources through its network and partnerships with NYC Business Solutions, the faculty lead by exampleBNP Paribas, actively share their learnings and best practicesNASDAQ OMX Education Foundation to help, educate, and participate in new advancing the field connect entrepreneurial students. The Student Alumni Office offers programs on ranging levels of social innovation commitment that aim to connect currently enrolled students to alumni mentors, these include Fordham Alumni Network, Alumni Directory, and change making in higher educationFordham Mentoring Program.

== Actively Supporting the UniversityEngaging with Regional &nbsp;Technology Transfer Function Local Economic Development Efforts==

As the only Jesuit University in New York, Fordham has a fundamental respect for intellectual property that is produced by either employees or students at committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and effort to help its surrounding community. New York City provides Fordham with a special kind of classroom, its unparalleled resources shape and enhance Fordham's professional and undergraduate programs. The Universityrecognizes its debt of gratitude to the city and its responsibility to enrich NYC. As a universityFurthermore, Fordham is committed to research and education that assist in the alleviation of poverty, it has a nationally recognized Intellectual Propertythe promotion of justice, Media & Entertainment Law Journalthe protection of human rights, that has been running since 1990and respect for the environment. Fordham also offers has a variety of classes to educate programs that get students on involved in the community and local businesses through volunteer opportunities. Opportunities include Urban Plunge, the fundamentals Center for Community-Engaged Learning, and specifics of patent lawsthe Dorothy Day Center. These resources really give students hands-on experiences to contribute to a greater cause. The University Fordham also has sought seed a myriad of opportunities to help local businesses in the Bronx and alumni donations to properly fund professional Manhatten grow and technological researchsucceed.

== Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =Landscape Canvas=

Fordham has the office of corporate and foundations relations which works with the President's council to establish strategic partnerships with corporationsThe 2023 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs. They create mutually beneficial relationships between the University and corporationsgoogle. Some examples of actions they’ve helped institute include: hosting CEO breakfasts, using relationships for student internships, guest lectures from business professionals and more. The Fordham Foundry, Fordham’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, also works closely with numerous student and alumni run startcom/spreadsheets/d/1b1oKSENFeHvncY-wmXAB_WbSG8ohHOznuiNp-fCw-up businesses. The Fordham Foundry provides great resources through their network and partnerships with NYC Business Solutions, BNP Paribas, and NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation to help, educate, and connect entrepreneurial studentsJ0/edit?usp=sharing here.]

The 2022 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_eMojePLQ3PyndLX1_E-x14Lmax36KMC7n2tE8lH1lw/edit#gid== Engaging with Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts ==0 here.]

As the only Jesuit University in New York, Fordham is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and effort to help its surrounding community. New York City provides Fordham with a special kind of classroom, its unparalleled resources shape and enhance Fordham's professional and undergraduate programs. The University recognizes its debt of gratitude to the city and its responsibility to enrich of NYC2021 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs. Furthermore, Fordham is committed to research and education that assist in the alleviation of poverty, the promotion of justice, the protection of human rights and respect for the environmentgoogle. Fordham has a variety of programs that get students involved in the community and local business through volunteers opportunities. Opportunities include Urban Plunge, the Center for Community Engaged learning, and the Dorothy Day Center. These resources really give students handscom/spreadsheets/d/1T-TAcHuWTobBMqk_RrZlz19UcxU03moHI9Fi_Hr7-on experiences to contribute to a greater causeMA/edit?usp=sharing here.]

The 2020 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gmLBBKI1wTdvjHsaF7AuxxHIRQcBq8BJm9dDeRZKfU4/edit?usp= sharing here.] The 2019 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idVrW3gS3u0DA8ec9VithZuB_eJ2k1WMccpyMAOiMZ8/edit?usp=sharing here.]

= Strategic Priorities = The 2023 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Priorities:Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here.] The 2022 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here].&nbsp; The 2021 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here].&nbsp; The 2019 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here].&nbsp;

= Related Links = ==2023 University Innovation Fellows Candidates:== [[Fellow:Luigi Di Sanzo|Luigi Di Sanzo]] [[Fellow:Emma Foley|Emma Foley]] [[Fellow:Nishka Singh|Nishka Singh]] [[Fellow:Rakshitha Rajasekaran|Rakshitha Rajasekaran]] ==2022 University Innovation Fellows Candidates:== [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Vanditha_Krishnan Vanditha Krishnan] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Julia_Maling Julia Maling] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Eden_Kavanagh Eden Kavanagh] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Ojaswi_Pradhan Ojaswi Pradhan] ==2021 University Innovation Fellows Candidates:== [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Alina_Furman Alina Furman] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Gillian_Gural Gillian Gural] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Braulio_Mourao_Pacheco Braulio Mourao Pacheco] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Annie_O%27Malley Annie O'Malley] ==2019 University Innovation Fellows Candidates:== [http://universityinnovation.org/Brittany%20Gesell Brittany Gesell] [http://universityinnovation.org/Gerald%20De%20La%20Cruz Gerald De La Cruz] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giana_Bartko Giana Bartko]<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia&nbsp;Benabdeljalil]</div>

==2018 University Innovation Fellows:==