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'''Fordham University''' is a ~~[[New York]]~~ [[private schools|private]], [[Catholic]], [[Jesuit]] [[university]] founded in 1841 as St. John's College by Reverend John Hughes, Coadjutor-Bishop (later [[Archbishop]]) of New York.<ref name="ataglance">http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/fordham_at_a_glance/index.asp</ref> The name was officially changed to Fordham University in 1907.<ref name="ataglance"/>

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'''Fordham University''' is a [[private schools|private]], [[Catholic]], [[Jesuit]] [[university]] located in [[New York City]], New York and founded in 1841 as St. John's College by Reverend John Hughes, Coadjutor-Bishop (later [[Archbishop]]) of New York.<ref name="ataglance">http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/fordham_at_a_glance/index.asp</ref> The name was officially changed to Fordham University in 1907.<ref name="ataglance"/> The university's main campus is located in the borough of [[The Bronx]] with a satellite campus for preforming arts and some graduate-level studies in the borough of [[Manhattan]]'s west side.

The school ranked #67 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|work=US News|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

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