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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 that deal with relating to innovation and entrepreneurship, from including sustainable business to and social innovation concentrationconcentrations, 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 Challengeand Hackathon. The Foundry also hosts many events in which students can connect with entrepreneurial mentors. Additionally, the Entrepreneurship Society, Gabelli Technology and Entrepreneurship (GTECH), and Social Impact 360 the Compass Fellowship are other extracurricular outlets for students to further their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div>==Encouraging Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship==

== Actively Supporting Fordham'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&nbsp;Technology Transfer Function ==and corporations. Some examples of actions they have 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 start-up businesses. The Fordham Foundry provides great resources through its network and partnerships with NYC Business Solutions, BNP Paribas, and NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation to help, educate, and connect entrepreneurial students. The Student Alumni Office offers programs on ranging levels of commitment that aim to connect currently enrolled students to alumni mentors, these include Fordham Alumni Network, Alumni Directory, and Fordham Mentoring Program.

Fordham has a fundamental respect for intellectual property that is produced by either employees or students at the University. As a university, it has a nationally recognized Intellectual Property, Media ==Engaging with Regional & Entertainment Law Journal, that has been running since 1990. Fordham also offers a variety of classes to educate students on the fundamentals and specifics of patent laws. The University has sought seed and alumni donations to properly fund professional and technological research.Local Economic Development Efforts==

== Facilitating As the only Jesuit Universityin 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 NYC. 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 environment. Fordham has a variety of programs that get students involved in the community and local businesses through volunteer opportunities. Opportunities include Urban Plunge, the Center for Community-Engaged Learning, and the Dorothy Day Center. These resources really give students hands-Industry Collaboration ==on experiences to contribute to a greater cause. Fordham also has a myriad of opportunities to help local businesses in the Bronx and Manhatten grow and succeed.

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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 NYC2022 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 environment. Fordham has a variety of programs that get students involved in the community and local businesses through volunteer opportunities. Opportunities include Urban Plunge, the Center for Community-Engaged learning, and the Dorothy Day Centergoogle. These resources really give students handscom/spreadsheets/d/1_eMojePLQ3PyndLX1_E-on experiences to contribute to a greater causex14Lmax36KMC7n2tE8lH1lw/edit#gid=0 here.]

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= 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:==