University, Fordham << FAWR duhm, >> is a private, independent institution of higher education in New York. Its two main campuses are in New York City—Rose Hill in the Bronx and Lincoln Center in Manhattan. It also has a branch campus in West Harrison, New York. John Hughes, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, founded the institution in 1841 as St. John’s College at Rose Hill. The college’s teachings followed the tradition of the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, a Roman Catholic religious order for men. The college was renamed Fordham University in 1907. In 1974, Thomas More College for women merged with Fordham, and the university began to admit women. The school’s sports teams are called the Rams.
The university’s website at https://www.fordham.edu/ offers additional information.
