TANIA TETLOW
Nell Nolan: Junior Achievement Hall of Fame, Dress for Success, Ogden Richardson Society
The New Orleans Advocate 06-15-2022
Of course the highlight of the evening was the induction of the 2022 laureates. Spotlighted were Susan Brennan, founder, Second Stages, LLC; Patrick Comer, founder, Lucid; John M. Hairston, President and CEO, Hancock Whitney Corporation; Sonia Perez, President, AT&T Southeast States; Tania Tetlow, President, Loyola University of New Orleans, who will move to New York this summer to be the next president of Fordham University.

JOHN FORTUNATO
New Saudi-Sponsored Golf Tour Roils US Golf
VOA News 06-14-2022
John A. Fortunato, a professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told VOA that the question of “free agency” in golf is not new. Some European players, for example, play in PGA Tour events in the U.S. but also participate in non-PGA events in Europe.

JOHN PFAFF
What Liberal Prosecutors Are Drawing From Chesa Boudin’s Recall
The New York Times 06-13-2022
John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University, said a preliminary look at voting patterns suggested that in San Francisco, Philadelphia and other cities, the areas most affected by violent crime and guns tended to strongly support liberal prosecutors.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Justin Lin Net Worth 2022: What Is Lin Famous for?
Michigan Sports Zone 06-14-2022
In 2009, Lin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Fordham University, and the following year, he was chosen to become a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Brian Daboll happy with offseason progress
Giants.com 06-13-2022
Daboll recently sat down with Bob Papa on the ‘Giants Huddle: Front Office Edition’ podcast – presented by Fordham University – to discuss a variety of topics, including how he thought his first offseason program as head coach went.

SKELETON CREW’s Phylicia Rashad Wins 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Broadway World 06-13-2022
She is the first recipient of the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre at Fordham University, and has received Honorary Doctorates from Spelman College, Fordham University, Carnegie Mellon University, Howard University, Providence College, Morris Brown College…

ADMINISTRATION

TANIA TETLOW
Nell Nolan: Junior Achievement Hall of Fame, Dress for Success, Ogden Richardson Society
The New Orleans Advocate 06-15-2022
Of course, the highlight of the evening was the induction of the 2022 laureates. Spotlighted were Susan Brennan, founder, Second Stages, LLC; Patrick Comer, founder, Lucid; John M. Hairston, President and CEO, Hancock Whitney Corporation; Sonia Perez, President, AT&T Southeast States; Tania Tetlow, President, Loyola University of New Orleans, who will move to New York this summer to be the next president of Fordham University.

ADMINISTRATORS

SUSAN BALL
RNL Announces Higher Education Fundraising Advisory Board
Yahoo Finance 06-13-2022
The 11 members of the RNL Fundraising Advisory Board are:
Susan Ball, Executive Director of Development, Fordham University

EDWARD KULL
No angst about college athletes cashing in at 1st NIL summit
The Associated Press 06-15-2022
One of the few athletic directors to attend was Fordham’s Ed Kull. He brought water polo players Victor Schultz and Mark Katsev, who created a company called Opp4U that companies can use to connect with college athletes.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN PFAFF
What Liberal Prosecutors Are Drawing From Chesa Boudin’s Recall
The New York Times 06-13-2022
John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University, said a preliminary look at voting patterns suggested that in San Francisco, Philadelphia and other cities, the areas most affected by violent crime and guns tended to strongly support liberal prosecutors.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

JOHN FORTUNATO
The collateral dilemma: why it’s harder to get bank loans when you live on a reserve
Cost of Living with Paul Haavardsrud 06-12-2022
HOST: “John Fortunato, a professor at Fordham University, says this can be money well-spent; but not always.” 

JOHN FORTUNATO
New Saudi-Sponsored Golf Tour Roils US Golf
VOA News 06-14-2022
John A. Fortunato, a professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told VOA that the question of “free agency” in golf is not new. Some European players, for example, play in PGA Tour events in the U.S. but also participate in non-PGA events in Europe.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

SAUL CORNELL
The 2nd Amendment
Civics 101 06-14-2022
HOST: “And right after that, you heard Saul Cornell, he’s professor of history at Fordham University, and he wrote the book, A Well-Regulated Militia.”

BRANDY MONK-PAYTON
STOP CALLING REALITY TV A “GUILTY PLEASURE”
Mic 06-13-2022
“Reality TV is very generative in the sense that it allows us to hopefully better critically consume how we understand our identity and how identity itself is a performance,” Brandy Monk-Payton, Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, tells me. “It’s crucial to how we are social creatures and how we create relationships with each other.” 

CHRISTINA GREER
Why We Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Move On From Jan. 6
The United States of Anxiety on WNYC 06-14-2022
Why We Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Move On From Jan. 6. Fordham University political science professor, Christina Greer, joins to takes our politics questions on the hearings and more. 

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
What Wall Street volatility means to people struggling to keep up with rising costs
CBS New York 06-14-2022
Santangelo, a senior lecturer in economics at Fordham: “The economy is going too fast because they created too much money too rapidly in order to fight what they expected to be the covid recession. It was too much stimulus too quickly because there was a slowdown in production, and everyone had more money but nothing to spend it on so price levels went up.” 

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
New Yorkers grappling with inflation call for action from feds
NY1 Spectrum News 06-15-2022
Economist and Fordham University professor Dr. Giacomo Santangelo agrees. He says the combination of inflation, supply chain issues and uncertainty about future corporate profits can mean big trouble if the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration don’t act fast.

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
US interest rates see highest increase in 30 years
TRT World 06-16-2022
Santangelo: “It means that moving forward, anytime the average person goes into a bank to take out a loan – anytime we borrow – we should expect to see higher interest rates. So this is going to have an adverse effect on mortgages, car loans, student loans, so this is going to have an adverse effect on all of our spending moving forward.”

ALUMNI

Mario Gabelli’s 2022 Portfolio: 10 Tech Stock Picks
Yahoo Finance 06-13-2022
[Mario Gabelli] was a first-generation college graduate in his family from Fordham University’s College of Business Administration in 1965 as a summa cum laude. After completing his graduation, Gabelli joined Loeb, Rhoades, & Co. as a security analyst and covered the farm equipment industry and auto parts conglomerates. 

New episcopal vicar of education appointed for the Archdiocese of Newark
Essex News Daily 06-13-2022
[Rev. Stephen J.] Fiichter, who was ordained a priest in 2000, earned his Licentiate in Philosophy and Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, a Master of Social Work from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in sociology from Rutgers University. 

Latinas in Business Inc Announces a Strong Lineup of Speakers for 2022 Women
Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit
Fox 40 WICZ 06-14-2022
Rechelle Balanzat, CEO & Founder of JULIETTE and thrice time entrepreneur, immigrated from the Philippines with her parents as a teenager.  She graduated from Fordham and has a background in tech. She is the recipient of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses award, she is a Tory Burch Fellow, and a graduate of the International Drycleaning & Laundry Institute. 

TODAYS DENTAL NEWSNew York State Dental Association Installs New President
Dentistry Today 06-13-2022
Dr. Anthony M. Cuomo, president-elect, is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He is in practice with his son, Christopher, at Northeast Implant & Oral Surgery in Carmel and Danbury, CT. Dr. Cuomo is a graduate of Fordham University and New York University College of Dentistry.

Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi runs as a tax-slashing centrist in bid to topple Hochul in NY governor’s race
New York Daily News 06-13-2022
The young Suozzi attended Boston College and Fordham Law School in the city. Along the way, he became enamored of former Gov. Mario Cuomo, perhaps planting the seeds of his own push for governor.

SkyPath Private Wealth, Firm with $1.2 Billion AUM, Chooses Sanctuary Wealth
MyChamplainValley.com 06-13-2022
Founding Partner Ken Hopkins began his financial career with Merrill Lynch in 2013, rising to the position of Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor. He graduated from Fordham University with a master’s degree in finance in 2013.

Donaldson determined to build chemistry
Jamaica Observer 06-13-2022
Defender Maliah Atkins of the University of South Dakota and goalkeeper Serena Mensah of Fordham University, who were both a part of the Under-20 set-up, are the only new additions to the senior Reggae Girlz pool.

ATHLETICS

2023 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tim DeMorat, QB, Fordham
NFL Draft Diamonds 06-14-2022
Fordham University’s gunslinger, Tim DeMorat, recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds writer Jimmy Williams.

Basketball: Newcastle Falcons import Nicole Munger has hunger back for playing
Cessnock Advertiser 06-13-2022
Satisfied, Munger moved into coaching at Fordham University, where she was the coordinator of recruiting and player development. Then COVID-19 struck. “After I graduated from Michigan, I had no interest in playing or traveling for that matter,” Munger told the Newcastle Herald. “I got into coaching at Fordham. I loved it. The first year I missed playing and second year with COVID I got to play in practice. I still had it. I thought I may as well give it a try.”

STUDENTS

National collegiate sportscasters program recognizes two Hokies for work behind the microphone
Virginia Tech News 06-14-2022
Chelesnik started reading off the first team All-Americans in alphabetical order and began with Nick DeLuca, a senior from Fordham University. DiDomenico quickly ran through the alphabet in his head. Phew. ‘E’ in DeLuca comes before ‘I’ in DiDomenico, so there was still hope.

CHRISTINA GREER
‘Good, Fast Political Theater’: Winners and Losers of New York’s Gubernatorial Debate
The New York Times 06-07-2022
Christina Greer is a political scientist at Fordham University and a co-host of the podcast “FAQ.NYC.” 

SAUL CORNELL
Supreme Courts Case on NY’s Open Carry Law
WBCS 2 New York 06-06-2022
“The consensus based on the oral arguments is that they will probably strike down New York’s law, which has been on the books for a century,” Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University, told CBS2’s Dick Brennan on Monday.

LAURI GOLDKIND
Therapy on the go: Mildly depressed or simply stressed, people are tapping apps for mental health care
The Conversation (US) 06-2022
Lauri Goldkind, Associate Professor of Social Work, Fordham University

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

“Proudly She Served”–Their Tragedies and Triumphs Taught Me What True Courage Is
The Warhorse 06-08-2022
I teach a workshop for veterans at Fordham University—now all virtual, of course—open to all veterans who paint and want to paint. The workshop is based on the notion that all artists make art to learn the truth about themselves. This is certainly true for me taking on a series of 12 large portraits of women veterans.

Collegiate Athlete Pay Will Kill Teams, Educational Groups Say
Bloomberg Law 06-08-2022
The plaintiffs are current and former student-athletes who attended and played collegiate sports for Villanova University, Fordham University, Sacred Heart University, Cornell University, and Lafayette College.

Fordham Opens New Student Center, Honoring Departing President
The Norwood News 06-08-2022
Fordham University held a ribboncutting ceremony on April 27 to mark the official opening of its newly renovated student center at the college’s Rose Hill campus. Previously named the Laurence J. McGinley S.J Center, the newly renovated building was renamed the Joseph M. McShane S.J. Campus Center in honor of the University’s current president who is wrapping up his final term at the college

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

DANIEL CAPRA
Judicial committee adopts controversial change to expert witness rule
Reuters 06-07-2022
“There are people who are benefiting from the misapplication of the law and they are fighting to maintain the misapplication,” professor Daniel Capra of the Fordham University School of Law, who is also part of the advisory committee on evidence, said at Tuesday’s meeting.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY

LAURI GOLDKIND
Therapy on the go: Mildly depressed or simply stressed, people are tapping apps for mental health care
The Conversation (US) 06-2022
Lauri Goldkind, Associate Professor of Social Work, Fordham University

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

KEVIN MIRABILE
CD Interest Rates Forecast: How Good Will They Get In 2022?
Forbes 06-07-2022
Kevin Mirabile, a professor of finance and business economics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York, has a similar outlook. He foresees CD rates being higher by the end of 2022, but not by much.

LERZAN AKSOY
Simplicity Is Key to Trader Joe’s Success
The Food Institute 06-02-2022
Fordham University’s American innovation index ranked Trader Joe’s No. 7 among 200 brands nationally across 20 industries. “There are many reasons why Trader Joe’s has fierce loyalty and extremely high innovation scores, [including]the research and development they do when introducing new products into the marketplace,” said Fordham marketing Professor Lerzan Aksoy.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

SAUL CORNELL
Supreme Courts Case on NY’s Open Carry Law
WBCS 2 New York 06-06-2022
“The consensus based on the oral arguments is that they will probably strike down New York’s law, which has been on the books for a century,” Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University, told CBS2’s Dick Brennan on Monday.

CHRISTINA GREER
Metrofocus: Frontpage Forecast
PBS 13 06-06-2022
Joining us tonight to discuss the issues and what’s next for the tristate are Fordham University political science professor Dr. Christina Greer, Manhattan Institute policing and public safety expert Rafael Mangual, and Gotham Gazette Executive Editor Ben Max.

BRYAN MASSINGALE
Rev. Pritchett Reflects on Pilgrimage to Louisiana  
Seton Hall University News 06-06-2022
During his visit, Rev. Pritchett also attended an IBCS-hosted workshop, “Racial Justice and the Demands of Discipleship: Realizing Pope Francis’ Vision,” delivered by Bryan Massingale, Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University. Massingale is known as a leading Catholic social ethicist and scholar of African-American theological ethics, racial justice and liberation theology.

SAUL CORNELL
FACT CHECK: JOE BIDEN CLAIMS INDIVIDUALS COULD NOT BUY CANNONS WHEN THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS ENACTED
Check Your Fact 06-06-2022
Saul Cornell, a history professor at Fordham University, pointed Check Your Fact to an article he wrote for Slate in 2021 in which he argued that Biden’s previous statement on cannons was wrong, but his wider view on the Second Amendment was correct. “Although Biden did not get the history right in this instance, the constitutional principle he identified was uncontroversial at the time of the Second Amendment,” Cornell wrote.

CHRISTINA GREER
‘Good, Fast Political Theater’: Winners and Losers of New York’s Gubernatorial Debate
The New York Times 06-07-2022
Christina Greer is a political scientist at Fordham University and a co-host of the podcast “FAQ.NYC.” 

BRYAN MASSINGALE
In wake of rash of mass shootings, Georgetown panelists say gun violence is pro-life issue that must be addressed with sensible laws
Catholic Standard 06-08-2022
That call was echoed by panelist Father Bryan Massingale, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University in New York. “All too often we frame this (issue of gun violence) as a political issue, not a life issue,” he said, calling for lawmakers to support “common-sense gun legislation” including banning assault weapons, raising the age to legally purchase firearms and requiring mandatory waiting periods.

CHRISTINA GREER
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
New York Amsterdam News 06-09-2022
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC

ALUMNI

Westchester Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Gleason Retires
Talk of the Sound 06-06-2022
[Thomas] Gleason holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science/Economics from Fordham University in the Bronx, NY. He also is a graduate of the FBI National Academy 200th Session, Quantico, Virginia. 

Biglaw Associate Isn’t Sure Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Will Make Much Of A Difference For Lawyers
Above the Law 06-06-2022
Marcella Jayne, a litigation associate at Foley & Lardner, commented on the impact that President Joe Biden’s potential move to cancel $10,000 in federal student loan debt per borrower would have on heavily indebted attorneys. Jayne, a single mother to two children, has a student loan balance of $173,000 after graduating from Fordham University School of Law in 2018. 

World Insurance Associates Hires GC From Amynta Group
Law360 06-07-2022 (subscription required)
After graduating from Syracuse University and Fordham University School of Law, Robb joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York.

White Heron names new resident director
The Inquirer and Mirror 06-07-2022
[Mark Shanahan] is a graduate of Brown University and Fordham University.

Cardinal Tobin Appoints New Episcopal Vicar of Education for the Archdiocese of Newark
Insider NJ 06-0-2022
Fr. [Stephen J.] Fichter, who was ordained a priest in 2000, earned his Licentiate in Philosophy (Ph.L.) and Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) from the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, and a Master of Arts (M.A.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology from Rutgers University. 

Carolyn Blackwood Exiting as Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group COO
Yahoo News via Variety 06-08-2022
Prior to New Line, Blackwood worked in business affairs and legal at independent production and sales company MDP Worldwide. She attended Fordham University where she studied American studies and fine arts, and earned a law degree at Pepperdine. 

FinTech Leader DigniFi Bolsters Its C-Suite, Appointing Mariana Coontz as Chief Financial Officer and Kristy Nordmann as Chief People Officer
AP News 06-08-2022
With the appointment of these inspirational leaders, DigniFi is signaling its commitment to doing things differently. Mariana, a Fordham University alum, daughter of immigrants, Bronx native, and mother of five, brings a non-traditional outlook to the CFO role. 

OBITUARIES

Louis Russell “Rusty” Burress, 74, Training Advisor of the U.S. Sentencing Commission
Greenville Online 06-03-2022
He graduated from Greenville High School in 1965. He held a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Carolina (1970) and a Master of Arts Degree in Probation and Parole Studies from Fordham University.

Richard E. Valence, 93, vice president of accounting
Legacy.com 05-30-2022
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having been stationed in Germany. Richard attended Fordham University, graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting. Mr. Valence was the Vice President of Accounting for Security Connecticut for many years prior to his retirement. 

TANIA TETLOW
Presidencies of Firsts
Future U 06-01-2022
Two storied Jesuit institutions, the College of Holy Cross and Fordham University, have their first lay presidents. But Vincent Rougeau and Tania Tetlow are also both trained lawyers and each one is the first Black president and first woman president to lead their institutions, respectively. Michael and Jeff welcome Vince and Tania to the podcast.

BANG! Here’s Mike Breen’s iconic NBA catchphrase origin story
FTW! USA Today 06-02-2022
So I dug around and found this, from a Breen conversation with Zach Gelb on CBS Sports Radio, and it started at Fordham University … in the stands:

The Sperber Prize Podcast: Lesley MM Blume and her book Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
RSS.com 05-20-2022
The Sperber Prize is given in honor of Ann M. Sperber, the author of the excellent biography of Edward R. Murrow, Murrow: His Life and Times (Fordham University Press).

JOHN PFAFF
Port Authority Settlement Will End Undercover Bathroom Patrols
The New York Times 06-01-2022
John Pfaff, a Fordham University law professor who analyzed several years of agency data for the case, noted that such arrests spiked around 2014, composing about 13 percent of all arrests that year. Otherwise, they often represented under 3 percent of arrests annually.

ADMINISTRATION

TANIA TETLOW
Presidencies of Firsts
Future U 06-01-2022
Two storied Jesuit institutions, the College of Holy Cross and Fordham Universities, have their first lay presidents. But Vincent Rougeau and Tania Tetlow are also both trained lawyers and each one respectively is the first Black president and first woman president to lead their institutions. Michael and Jeff welcome Vince and Tania to the podcast.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

The Sperber Prize Podcast: Lesley MM Blume and her book Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
RSS.com 05-20-2022
The Sperber Prize is given in honor of Ann M. Sperber, the author of the excellent biography of Edward R. Murrow, Murrow: His Life and Times (Fordham University Press).

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

SUSAN SCAFIDI
Luxury stores still limiting crowds post-COVID — and won’t admit why
New York Post 05-30-2022
In the wake of such heists, there is simply a “new lack of trust” on the part of retailers “about who is walking through their doors,” said Susan Scafidi, founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School.

JOHN PFAFF
Port Authority Settlement Will End Undercover Bathroom Patrols
The New York Times 06-01-2022
John Pfaff, a Fordham University law professor who analyzed several years of agency data for the case, noted that such arrests spiked around 2014, composing about 13 percent of all arrests that year. Otherwise, they often represented under 3 percent of arrests annually.

BRUCE GREEN
Durham probe takes massive hit with Sussmann acquittal
The Hill 06-02-2022
But Bruce Green, a Fordham University law professor and former federal prosecutor, says previous attorneys general since the Nixon administration have historically taken a hands-off approach to special counsel investigations and Garland would be inviting a political backlash if he were to depart from that norm.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY

JOHN COSGROVE
Turning Pregnant Women and Doctors Into Criminals
The New York Times 05-30-2022
The writer is professor emeritus in the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

CHRISTINA GREER
So much to celebrate in June
The New York Amsterdam News 06-02-2022
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.

CHRISTINA GREER
Rep. Crenshaw: ‘I don’t really classify these rifles as weapons of war’
MSNBC 05-29-2022
HOST: My panel is back… including Christina Greer, who I’m giving the last word.”
GREER: “We’ve seen time and time again, that Republicans like to argue semantics because they know their logic is flawed. I mean, as the [RNC] chairman [Steele] said, there’s no reason we should have AR-15s in our communities. And it raises the larger question: there’s no reason why we should have tanks in our communities, but we saw that in Ferguson and so many urban areas in America. So it does reflect a mindset that so many in America have, that people of color are the enemy, the same way they see people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats are not saying ‘Take away guns, period.’ You know, my grandfather had shotguns, and rifles and pistols. He hunted, as many American families do. That is very different than owning an AR-15 and is incredibly different than an 18-year-old who can’t even get Claritin [without showing his license]at Target, but can get an AR-15 with no identification and a series of magazine rounds and bullets. That’s also a larger question. Hopefully, the President and the Democratic Party can be a lot more forceful. If we can’t have some sort of assault weapons ban, maybe we can actually think about artillery.”

RACHEL ANNUNZIATO
Students Seek Stronger Connections With Professors but Rarely Take the Lead
Inside Higher Ed 05-20-2022
At Fordham University’s Bronx campus, meanwhile, Rachel A. Annunziato has noticed a positive side to professors being honest about difficulties—open dialogue. “It’s been therapeutic for students and faculty to share how stressful it’s been,” says Annunziato, associate dean for strategic initiatives and a professor of psychology. “Students are attuned to it, too. They genuinely care. A lot of classes now start with, ‘How’s everybody doing? What can we do for each other?’”

ALUMNI

BANG! Here’s Mike Breen’s iconic NBA catchphrase origin story
FTW! USA Today 06-02-2022
So I dug around and found this, from a Breen conversation with Zach Gelb on CBS Sports Radio, and it started at Fordham University … in the stands:

West Orange HS fine arts teacher receives Governor’s Award
Essex News Daily 06-01-2022
Mapes graduated from Fordham University with a double major in English and Spanish literature.

Ruth Whaley’s Legacy: First Black Woman To Practice Law In North Carolina Finally Honored
NewsOne 06-01-2022
At 21, the Fordham University graduate left North Carolina to study law in New York City, after Jim Crow laws prohibited her from practicing in her hometown. With hard work and determination, Whaley graduated top of her class from Fordham’s law school. The icon opened up her own practice, which she maintained until 1944, Fordham’s website noted. Additionally, Whaley served as the secretary of the New York City Board of estimates from 1951 to 1973.

STUDENTS

College-Sponsored National Merit Scholars Include McLean Student
McLean Patch 06-01-2022
The McLean winner is Juliana M. Toro of McLean High School. The award comes from Fordham University. Toro is undecided on a major to pursue.

“We’ve gone through so much”: As the class of 2022 graduates, they’re nervous about the future
Fortune via Yahoo Finance 05-28-2022
“My requirements for a job are insanely low,” [Griffin] LeMarche, 21, Fordham University, says, but he’s still excited for this next step. “I have the dream job, I have an apartment, and now I have two weeks to work my ass off and start putting a dent in my rent.”

35 MCPS Students Earn National Merit College Scholarships
Montcomery Community Media 06-02-2022
Liam Volz will attend Fordham University and is considering a career in investment banking.

OBITUARIES

Hugh H. Grady Jr., Shakespearean scholar at Arcadia, English professor emeritus, author, and political activist, has died at 74
The Philadelphia Inquirer 06-01-2022
Born Oct. 6, 1947, in Savannah, Ga., Dr. Grady graduated from Benedictine Military School and earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Fordham University. He went to Paris for his junior year of college and — witnessing the French demonstrations against capitalism, consumerism, and traditional institutions — later became active in Fordham’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society and supported left-wing progressive policies for the rest of his life. He met fellow activist Sue Wells at Fordham. They read poetry to each other, married in 1969 and had daughters Constance and Laura. 

William Lucas, the 1st Wayne County executive and onetime candidate for governor, dies
Detroit Free Press 05-31-2022
He later joined the New York Police Department, where he worked for nine years, often undercover. He also enrolled in Fordham University’s law school, taking classes at night and earning a degree in 1962.

DAVID GIBSON
In closing Catholic News Service, US bishops undermine their pastoral work
National Catholic Reporter 05-12-2022
David Gibson is the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. He was formerly a national reporter for Religion News Service and an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker.

SAUL CORNELL
The Horror in New York Shows the Madness of the Supreme Court’s Looming Gun Decision
Slate 05-19-2022
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University.

SAUL CORNELL
Appeals courts have rejected bans of gun sales to those under 21
The New York Times 05-25-2022
Saul Cornell, a historian at Fordham University, said both majority opinions had overlooked important historical evidence. “Anyone who knows anything about founding-era law and looked at the standard treatises would understand that there was no category of young adult under Anglo-American law,” he said, summarizing an essay he published last year in The Yale Law & Policy Review. “Anyone under 21 was an ‘infant.’ Minors were legally disabled in the eyes of the law.”

Man graduates Fordham 66 years after freshman year
Eyewitness News ABC-7 05-20-2022
One of the great lessons of life is that you’re never too old to learn, words that ring especially true for one graduate of Fordham University. John Lenehan, now 88, is no stranger to Fordham. He started college there in 1956.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Photos: Former Saints coach Sean Payton delivers keynote at Loyola graduation
Nola.com 05-15-2022
Payton and four others received honorary degrees during the event, the last for Loyola President Tania Tetlow, who is leaving at the end of the school year to become president of Fordham University in New York.

Marquette University and Roosevelt University win 12th Annual Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation Chicago Real Estate Challenge
RE Journals 05-14-2022
The colleges and universities that participated in the 2022 Challenge included four teams from Midwest schools: Ball State University, Marquette University, University of Notre Dame and Roosevelt University. The other national participants were Cornell University, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Fordham University.

John Brown Lives! Honors Artists/Activists with Annual Award
Yahoo News 05-12-2022
One [Lake Placid School of Dance] student was accepted into the Ailey School and Fordham University program, an innovative Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in dance. “This hasn’t happened in forever,” Rea-Fisher said.

Abortion is also about racial justice, experts and advocates say
NPR 05-15-2022
A report from National Advocates for Pregnant Women and Fordham University dug into 413 arrests of pregnant women, from 1973, when abortion was legalized, up until 2005. 

The Russian Orthodox Leader at the Core of Putin’s Ambitions
The New York Times 05-22-2022
“He managed to sell the concept of traditional values, the concept of Russkiy Mir, to Putin, who was looking for conservative ideology,” said Sergei Chapnin, a senior fellow in Orthodox Christian studies at Fordham University who worked with Kirill in the Moscow Patriarchate.

Fordham conference on abuse highlights ways the church can foster healthier culture of sexuality
National Catholic Reporter 05-23-2022
Last month, scholars from all over the world met to discuss projects related to the clergy sexual abuse as part of Fordham University’s “Taking Responsibility” initiative. Some attendees disclosed their abuse by Jesuit priests, adding a palpable solemnity to the larger, systemic issues that make up the Catholic sexual abuse crisis. These stories also laid the backdrop for how important it was to research and answer exactly how Jesuit institutions can “take responsibility.”

SCHOOL OF LAW

‘You Can Be Inspiring’: US Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain Emphasizes Mentorship to Fordham Law Graduates
New York Law Journal 05-23-2022
During her address at Fordham Law School’s graduation ceremony Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York spoke about the importance of mentorship, including the influence Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, played in her own life. “I have the opportunity to serve as I do today because of the care, vision, generosity, and grace of God and of those who have mentored me,” Swain said.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Community Policing Uncovered: Surveillance, Displacement & Counterinsurgency in Our Cities
East Bay 05-15-2022
Dylan [Rodriguez] is the author of three books, most recently White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Racial Genocide (Fordham University Press, 2021), which won the 2022 Frantz Fanon Book Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association. 

ADMINISTRATORS

DAVID GIBSON
Some Catholic abortion foes are uneasy about overturning Roe
The Associated Press via MOR-TV 05-15-2022
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, questioned the significance of recent promises by Catholic bishops and other anti-abortion leaders to boost support for unwed mothers. “Can this movement that is so tied to the Republican Party and the conservative movement suddenly pivot to mobilizing its people for socially liberal policies?” Gibson asked, referring to programs such as subsidized child care and paid maternity leaves.

DAVID GIBSON
In closing Catholic News Service, US bishops undermine their pastoral work
National Catholic Reporter 05-12-2022
David Gibson is the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. He was formerly a national reporter for Religion News Service and an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker.

DAVID GIBSON
No Jesus for Nancy Pelosi? House speaker could appeal bishop’s communion ban to Rome
The Sacramento Bee 05-23-2022
No Jesus for Nancy, Cordileone announced last week, on account of her support for abortion rights. Only if this is, as the archbishop and others insist, a purely pastoral act of love and compassion — a charity, really, intended to save her soul and others — then, as Fordham University’s David Gibson asks, “My question is why these bishops don’t love Republicans as much as they love Democrats.”

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

DEBORAH DENNO
Experts: Arizona executioners took too long to insert IV
The Associated Press via KJZZ 05-15-2022
Deborah Denno is a law professor at Fordham University. She says the Arizona Department of Corrections should have provided more details about the process. “They have great detail about what he ate, you know, his last meal,” Denno said. “This is the irony of the lethal injection procedures. But very little information about how the execution occurred, except that it lasted too long, they couldn’t find a vein, and they had to do a cutdown procedure.”

JULIE SUK
Lindsey Graham – Fact-checking Lindsey Graham on the US allowing abortions at 20 weeks
The Paradise 05-14-2022
Graham cast the U.S. as an outlier, but Fordham University law professor Julie Suk said international comparisons are challenging. “Many Americans use the term ‘abortion on demand’ in a way that would encompass ‘medically indicated abortion’ in Europe,” Suk said. “So the comparison of abortion here and abortion in Europe gets very sloppy and confused.”

JOEL COHEN
SCOTUS Leak Shows Why Litigators Need to Know Their Judges
Bloomberg Law 05-23-2022
Joel Cohen practices white-collar criminal defense at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. Previously, he served as a federal and state prosecutor. He is the author of “Blindfolds Off: Judges on How They Decide,” and is an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law and Cardozo School of Law.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

BENJAMIN COLE
The 2022 Disruptor 50: How we chose the list of companies
CNBC 05-17-2022
Special thanks to the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Council, who again offered us their time and insights. As always, we appreciate their contributions:
Benjamin M. Cole, Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business

MICHAEL PIRSON
Podcast: Michael Pirson and the Effort to Humanize Business Education
BarryWehmiller.com 05-11-2022
Leading this focused effort are BW’s Director of Strategy, Improvement and Culture, Brian Wellinghoff, and Michael Pirson, an Associate Professor of Management, Global Sustainability, and Social Entrepreneurship at Fordham University and Research Fellow at Harvard University.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

SAUL CORNELL
America: Changed Forever 5/13
CBS Radio 05-13-2022
“The norms that govern our debate over guns in America are just so radically different, that it’s almost hard to explain it to anyone who lives outside of the United States. They just don’t understand. For instance, like, if you were to explain to anyone that after the Sandy Hook horrific shooting that , gun sales shot u, not gun regulations across the board, they would scratch their heads.” – Dr. Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University is the author of A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America. Dr. Cornell discusses America’s historic, unique, and deadly relationship with guns.

CHRISTINA GREER
Eric Adams is playing hard to get
Politico 05-15-2022
“The interesting thing is you don’t want to wait too long until an endorsement becomes obsolete,” said Christina Greer, a Fordham University political science professor who hosts a podcast about New York. “We’ve seen people endorse two or three days before elections, but if its in that final push, it’s no longer a favor, they’re no longer beholden politically.”

SAUL CORNELL
The Horror in New York Shows the Madness of the Supreme Court’s Looming Gun Decision
Slate 05-19-2022
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University.

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
The role party affiliation played in getting US to grim new milestone of 1 million COVID deaths
Yahoo News via The Conversation US 05-18-2022
This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts. It was written by: Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY.

CHRISTINA GREER
Where do the District 10 congressional candidates stand? We asked some experts
City & State New York 05-25-2022
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University and co-host of “FAQ NYC” podcast “Anytime someone’s a sitting elected, they’ve got a bit of an advantage, largely because they have this built-in base. So Mondaire and Yuh-Line are already in the game, because their fundraising and organizational campaign efforts are still fresh.” 

CHRISTINA GREER
We need better accessibility in NYC
New York Amsterdam News 05-19-2022
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.

CHRISTINA GREER
Adams welcomes comparison to Fetterman
Politico 05-19-2022
The host had asked Adams about a recent New York Times article that said Fetterman, who won the state’s Democratic Senate primary earlier this week, shared some of his same traits, namely that they seem to be “simultaneously progressive, moderate and conservative,” in the words of Fordham University political science professor Christina Greer.

ANGELA ALAIMO O’DONNELL
Literary Standards: Are They Real?
The Epoch Times 05-25-2022 [subscription required] My co-judge was poet and professor at Fordham University, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell.

SAUL CORNELL
The Right Found a New Way to Not Talk About a School Shooting
Slate 05-25-2022
The grim logic of modern gun rights culture and the relentless assault on gun regulation has made America an outlier among industrial democracies when it comes to gun violence.
Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University.

SAUL CORNELL
Appeals courts have rejected bans of gun sales to those under 21
The New York Times 05-25-2022
Saul Cornell, a historian at Fordham University, said both majority opinions had overlooked important historical evidence. “Anyone who knows anything about founding-era law and looked at the standard treatises would understand that there was no category of young adult under Anglo-American law,” he said, summarizing an essay he published last year in The Yale Law & Policy Review. “Anyone under 21 was an ‘infant.’ Minors were legally disabled in the eyes of the law.”

ALUMNI

Photos: Meet SI Swimsuit Rookie Kamie Crawford
The Spun by Sports Illustrated 05-14-2022
Former Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford is well prepared to make her SI Swimsuit debut this year. The 29-year-old Fordham University graduate and TV presenter is a body positivity advocate who was on her own fitness and wellness journey long before her Swimsuit shoot in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

LevelField Financial Names V. Gerard “Jerry” Comizio to its Board of Directors; Retained to Act as a Special Advisor on Regulation to LevelField’s CEO
WICZ 05-12-2022
Mr. Comizio received his master’s degree in global policy from Johns Hopkins University, LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center, JD from the Pace University School of Law, and BA from Fordham University.

Laundry Tech Company Juliette Acquires New Manhattan Facility & Discovers New Traditions
WICZ 05-122-2022
A thrice time entrepreneur, founder and CEO Rechelle Balanzat immigrated from the Philippines with her parents as a teenager. She graduated from Fordham and has a background in tech. She successfully completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program; she is a 2019 Tory Burch Fellow, as well as a graduate of the International Drycleaning & Laundry Institute. She has also been honored by the Philippine Embassy as a Distinguished Filipino Woman.

Securities meet cybersecurity: how companies can face mounting threats
Reuters 05-16-2022
Kenneth N. Rashbaum is a partner with Barton LLP in New York City, where he leads the privacy and cybersecurity group, advising companies in the areas of data privacy, cybersecurity, information management, information safeguards in service and license agreements, and in litigation and regulatory proceedings. He is an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School and the author of articles on topics such as cyber litigation, cross-border transfer of personal information, and HIPAA compliance regarding electronic health information. 

Dick Barnett whispers loudly
The Denver Post 05-22-2022
Dick Barnett – Dr. Dick Barnett – an owner of two championship rings with the Knicks and a Doctor of Education from Fordham University, is nothing but relentless when he wants to accomplish something worthwhile.

Beach-Nesting Bird Monitoring Underway at Forsythe Refuge in Holgate
The Sandpaper 05-19-2022
This year’s Forsythe team includes field crew leader Emmy Casper, who has a master’s degree in biology from Fordham University and is returning for her third year on the project. Amy Kopec, too, has prior “beach-nester” experience from her two years at Crane Beach, one of the major piping plover nesting sites on the north shore of Massachusetts. Erin Foley, meanwhile, is joining the Forsythe project after serving as beach monitor at the National Guard Training Center last summer.

Thomas J. Baskind Establishes Endowed Scholarship At Fordham University
MenaFN 05-18-2022
The Baskind family is pleased to announce that the Thomas J. Baskind Endowed Scholarship has been established to provide opportunities to deserving students at Fordham University.

STUDENTS

Abortion debate is a reminder that those with disabilities are worthy of life
The Philadelphia Inquirer 05-15-2022
Aja Beech, photographed in 2018, writes about the complex conversation about abortion and disability. She is currently working toward a Masters of Legal Studies degree at Fordham University.

They Treated Their Sports Like a Job. They Wish the N.C.A.A. Had, Too.
The New York Times 05-15-2022
One month after Johnson, represented by Paul L. McDonald, a Philadelphia lawyer, filed his lawsuit in November 2019, five former athletes joined the case, including tennis players from Sacred Heart University and Lafayette College; a Fordham University swimmer and baseball player; and a Cornell University soccer player.

Man graduates Fordham 66 years after freshman year
Eyewitness News ABC-7 05-20-2022
One of the great lessons of life is that you’re never too old to learn, words that ring especially true for one graduate of Fordham University. John Lenehan, now 88, is no stranger to Fordham. He started college there in 1956.

Pueblo West students get ROTC scholarships for 7th year running
The Pueblo Chieftain 05-22-2022
The Pratt Institute, where Perez will go to college, doesn’t offer ROTC classes and training. Perez will take classes at Pratt and fulfill his ROTC commitments at Fordham University.

11 Horseheads student-athletes sign to compete at Division-I and Division-II levels
WNEY 05-17-2022
Eva Koratsis signed to play softball for Fordham University. Koratsis was an All-State selection as a junior and has played a major role in the Blue Raider success over the last few seasons. “It just felt like home,” said Koratsis. “The team was like family and I knew it was right for me the minute I was there.”

Mount St. Michael basketball star signs to Fordham University
News 12 the Bronx 05-17-2022
Mount St. Michael Academy basketball star Noah Best announced his college intentions on Tuesday. News 12’s Pat O’Keefe has more on the Bronx athlete’s decision to join Fordham University.

OBITUARIES

Gerard O’Connor, 92, Physical Education Teacher
Long Island Herald 05-19-2022
O’Connor was born and raised in Brooklyn, attended St. Augustine Diocesan High School and was the original member of the Brooklyn Cadets baseball team. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1952 during the Korean War, and spent a year in the New York Air National Guard in 1953. He graduated from Fordham University in 1954, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting. While working as an accountant in NBC Rockefeller Center, he met his future wife, Carol. They wed in 1962 and moved to Lynbrook to raise their family.

Donald K. Ross, Leading Public Interest Lawyer, Dies at 78
The New York Times 05-19-2022
Honing the strategies he devised as student body president to revive Fordham University’s famed football legacy, Mr. Ross was for five decades at the forefront of movements on behalf of consumer protection, government ethics, environmentalism, health care, voting rights, tax reform and access to mass transit, as well as the movement to close nuclear power plants after the partial

“I support the Denise Jefferson Memorial Fund, it enables dancers who otherwise would not be able to come to Fordham,” she said at a May 2 reception benefitting the program at the Lincoln Center campus. “I’m very joyful about that.” 

Dugan Perlmuth said she has a mailing list of friends she invited to the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance Benefit Concert, which returned with live performances after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. More than 200 rush tickets were sold for the concert and the evening raised about $32,000.

That night, for nearly 90 minutes, students in the dual program honored the modern dance tradition through numbers drawing from ballet to modern jazz to hip-hop.

More than 120 student dancers are enrolled in the program, which allows students to earn a liberal arts undergraduate degree while also earning a BFA degree through study with the Ailey School, the official school of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

The evening drew supporters such as Fordham alumna Delia Peters, who attended Fordham in the 1980s while a full-time dancer at the New York City Ballet company.

Was it hard to balance studies and dance? Not really, said the 1985 graduate.

“The skills we learn as professional dancers serve us very well here. Our papers were never late, we were never late for our tests, because, when that curtain goes up, you gotta be ready with your pointe shoes on, your hair up, your make up on–no excuses.”

Peters majored in the then-new Middle East Studies Program and retired from dancing three years after starting classes at Fordham. However, she continued working for the New York City Ballet in a different capacity before moving on to a career in law.

“I love Fordham. It made me a better-rounded person,” she said, adding that she also supports the Ailey/Fordham BFA program by serving on its benefit committee. “Contemporary dancers, I learned, have a longer lifespan to get into a [dance]company. They can do this. And, if they’re going to do this, then I want to be a part of making it the best it can be. And, it has turned out to be one of the best in the country.”

For novelist Peter Quinn, conversion means persistence
U.S. Catholic 05-12-2022
Quinn’s interest in chronicling the Irish American experience through fiction was fostered by his own upbringing and later by his studies at Fordham University in the early 1970s, though he didn’t publish his first novel, Banished Children of Eve (Fordham University Press), until 1994. In the meantime, he toiled as a speechwriter for former New York governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo as well as the Time Warner communications organization.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Fordham University
Bronx Times 05-06-2022 (page 60)
On April 27, Fordham University honored outgoing President Father Joseph M. McShane, SJ, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Joseph M. McShane, S.J., Campus Center.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Fordham University
Bronx Times 05-06-2022 (page 60)
On April 27, Fordham University honored outgoing President Father Joseph M. McShane, SJ, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Joseph M. McShane, S.J., Campus Center. 

Local universities set vaccination requirements for graduation guests
Yahoo News via CBS New York 05-11-2022
This spring, local colleges are returning to in-person pomp and circumstance. Big crowds will celebrate happy graduates, but not everybody is invited. CBS2’s Tony Aiello spoke with one mom flustered by the mandatory vaccine policy at Fordham University.

SCHOOL OF LAW ADMINISTRATORS

BERNICE GRANT
AI Contracts Provider Evisort Raises $100 Million To Reimagine Legal Docs
Forbes 05-11-2022
However, Evisort’s Series C round is especially notable because innovation and venture backing in the legal space is rare. Bernice Grant, senior director of Fordham School of Law’s Entrepreneurial Law Program, views Evisort’s journey as catalyzing legal startups and freeing lawyers from menial labor. “

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

GMAT vs GRE: here’s what MBA applicants need to know heading into 2023
Fortune Education 05-10-2022
But test-optional policies aren’t just a reaction to complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many schools plan to maintain their new policies, including top-ranked schools like the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business, and Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business see a median starting salary of $110,000 a year or more for 2021 graduates. 

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN PFAFF
Progressive prosecutors have unintended impact on crime
Carolina Journal 05-10-2022
Spurred on by the Ferguson case, other police shootings, and Fordham University law professor John Pfaff’s anti-incarceration book “Locked In,” would-be reformers started a movement “that has just expanded in scope to an enormous degree,” Mangual said. “The term ‘progressive prosecutor’ was probably unfamiliar to most Americans just 10 years ago,” he said. “Now we’re at a point in which nearly 50 million Americans are living in jurisdictions with self-described progressive prosecutors.”

DEBORAH DENNO
Clarence Dixon, Arizona’s first execution in 8 years, is dead
12News.com 05-11-2022
“The first lethal injection execution occurred in 1982, and that injection was botched,” said Deborah Denno, a Fordham University professor who is an expert on execution methods. 

DEBORAH DENNO
Death row inmates’ last meals: What to know about the history behind our strange fascination of these requests
FOX13 Seattle 05-12-2022
In the same article, a capital punishment law expert who taught at Fordham University School of law said the ritual of the last meal captures the public’s attention, because “the activity of sitting down for dinner is one Americans with no experience of prison life can relate to.”
“It brings us back to the fact that this is a human being who will not be having any more dinners like we do,” said Deborah Denno, in the BBC News article.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

GEORGE DEMACOPOULOS
How about the Napolean treatment for Putin?
Kitsap Sun via MSN 05-06-2022
The second guy reported to be close to Putin is Patriarch Kirill, primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. According to an April 21 article in The New Yorker by Paul Elie, Kirill “…gave an incendiary homily likening Russia’s invasion to a culture war against the West.” Elie further notes that George Demacopoulos, a theologian at Fordham, writes that Putin, “attacked Ukraine and then invoked Christianity to justify the invasion as an act of holy war…”

PAUL LEVINSON
Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter and the First Amendment: ‘What should be done?’
Yahoo Finance 05-06-2022
Fordham University professor Paul Levinson explained television and radio networks that broadcast on public airwaves have authority to choose whose content and what content is broadcast. However, they’re prohibited from doing so in a way that violates the First Amendment.

CHRISTINA GREER
What Happens if SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade?
The Jonathan Capehart Show on MSNBC 05-08-2022
CAPEHART: “Professor Greer… all I could think was, ‘Child, please?‘Are you serious?’
GREER: “I read and reread that, Jonathan, several times, largely because Clarence Thomas is responsible for aiding and abetting the erosion of our institutions and our democracy, to say nothing of his wife…”

GEORGE DEMACOPOULOS
Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts
NPR 05-09-2022
“I do actually think it’s growing,” said George Demacopoulos, a professor and the director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. “I don’t think these people are necessarily changing the minds of people already in the church, but I do think they are bringing others culturally or politically like them into the church.”

CHRISTINA GREER
We can always count on the audacity: Calling out the 47 senators who voted against Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Grio 05-09-2022
Christina Greer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, a political analyst at thegrio.com, and the author of “Black Ethnics”. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, and campaigns and elections.

MARK MATTSON
New Grateful Dead documentary from Bay Area director explores what it really means to be a Deadhead
SFGate 05-10-2022
Those anecdotal affirmations are finding support by a growing body of academic work. Deadhead resilience is a topic that psychiatrist Adam D. Brown, a professor at the New School, is studying. His work builds on Fordham University psychologist Mark Mattson’s studies of Deadhead memory, which demonstrated its affirmative power. 

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
New numbers on inflation not shocking to experts
KCBS Radio 05-11-2022
The consumer price index is up 8.3%, remaining at a four-decade high. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Holly Quan and Jason Brooks spoke with Giacomo Santangelo, an economics professor at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
Celebrating Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Biggie!
New York Amsterdam News 05-12-2022
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC

ELIZABETH STONE
How College Clubs Can Lead to Careers
US World and News Report 05-12-2022
Elizabeth Stone, an English professor at Fordham University, has written about higher education for publications including the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education and Insidehighered.com. 

STUDENTS

Research shows how people perceive gender through speech
NYU 05-10-2022
In addition to Houle, the study’s authors include Deanna Goudelias, a research assistant at APPL and master’s student at NYU Steinhardt; Mackenzie P. Lerario, a board-certified neurologist and master’s student at Fordham University; and Susannah V. Levi, an associate professor at NYU Steinhardt.

ALUMNI

Strong is the New Black: The Joys of Weight Training and Powerlifting
Black Girl Nerds 05-10-2022
BGN spoke with two Black women who love to lift as much as I do, Alicia Archer, (BFA in dance from Fordham University/The Ailey School, Equinox, NYC group fitness instructor) and Phoebe Gavin (career coach) about the joy that weight training and powerlifting has brought to their lives.

For novelist Peter Quinn, conversion means persistence
U.S. Catholic 05-12-2022
Quinn’s interest in chronicling the Irish American experience through fiction was fostered by his own upbringing and later by his studies at Fordham University in the early 1970s, though he didn’t publish his first novel, Banished Children of Eve (Fordham University Press), until 1994. In the meantime, he toiled as a speechwriter for former New York governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo as well as the Time Warner communications organization.

OBITUARIES

Maria Marcus, Public Interest Lawyer and Mentor, Dies at 88
New York Times 05-06-2022
She taught at the Fordham University School of Law from 1978 until her retirement in 2011. She was only the second woman to become a tenured full professor there.

Obituary: Emilia ‘Amy’ (Ariola) Michelsen, 68, Of Danbury, Teacher
Danbury Patch 05-11-2022
She was born on October 5, 1953 in New York, NY, the daughter of the late Dr. Dominic and Philomena (Starace) Ariola. She was a graduate of Fordham University and went on to receive her Master’s of Education from Sacred Heart University.

Keith Urgo getting ‘indescribable’ chance as Fordham’s new basketball coach
New York Post 04-27-2022
It was then that Urgo realized how much his life was going to change. He just didn’t know what direction it was headed in at the time, that a week later he would be a head coach for the first time, at The Bronx school his father attended, after working for 16 years as a Division I assistant at Villanova, Penn State and Fordham.
“It’s indescribable,” the 42-year-old Urgo told The Post ahead of his Friday press conference that formally announced the hire. “My father’s been crying for several days since we heard the good news. My father’s from Brooklyn. My mother’s from Brooklyn. We grew up hearing about Fordham, the Fordham Rams and Fordham alumni, and pride they all have in this place.”

ANJALI DAYAL
As UNSC chair, U.S. plans to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine and rising food prices
NPR All Things Considered 05-03-2022
“Anjali Dayal, a U.N. watcher who teaches international politics at Fordham University says this focus makes sense…”

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

The Latin American synodal conversion process: lessons learned, challenges and hopes
National Catholic Reporter 05-03-2022
Editor’s note: The following keynote address was delivered at a conference for and with a group of U.S. bishops March 25-26 in Chicago. “Pope Francis, Vatican II, and the Way Forward” was co-organized by Loyola University Chicago’s Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, Boston College’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, and Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. Also helping with the organization was NCR political columnist Michael Sean Winters.

Taylor Swift, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Mayor Eric Adams set to speak at NYC commencements
New York Post 04-20-2022
The Class of 2022 at Fordham University will hear from the Rev. Calvin Butts, pastor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, at its May 21 ceremony. Butts is a visiting professor at the school.

“Patriarch Kirill? Just think about money and power. He stole his hidden money from the church.”
Persia Digest 05-05-2022
Scholar Serge Chapinin is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University. But above all, Patriarch Kirill has known since the early 1990s, although he was expelled from the head of the newspaper of the Moscow Patriarchate. “I knew ‘Metropolitan Kirill’, and he’s a friendly person,” he says today in an interview with Republic and signed by Rosalba Castelletti. 

CEPA’S FIRST IMMERSION EXPERIENCES
Ignatian Solidarity Network 05-04-2022
John Carroll University (OH) and Fordham University (NY) participated in the first CEPA immersion experiences in early March to visit The Industrial Commons of North Carolina. Students visited textile manufacturers and even a cotton farm to learn about ethical and sustainable production that centers around people, the planet, and profit.

FORMER ADMINISTRATORS

UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES TO BE HELD MAY 7
WKTN 05-02-2022
Prior to her appointment at Dominican, [Donna] Carroll served as Secretary of the University at Fordham University in New York, and Sr. Vice President, Dean of the College, and Dean of Students at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN PFAFF
I’ve Been Incarcerated for 21 Years. I Wish the Judge Could See Who I Am Today.
New York Times 05-05-2022
In “Locked In,” John Pfaff, a Fordham University law professor, argued that high rates of admissions into prison on the front end, not “truth in sentencing” policies that kept people in for longer sentences on the back end, drove mass incarceration. What Mr. Pfaff can’t speak to, but I can, is the overall toxic sentiment in the cell blocks when there are no incentives for those of us who committed violent crimes to do better or want better for ourselves. It brings to mind the James Baldwin quote taped to my cell wall: “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

MARK CONRAD
Salt Lake, Sapporo head race to 2030 Olympics, and maybe ’34
USA Today via AP 05-02-2022
Mark Conrad, who teaches sports law and ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told the AP that a joint award seemed possible. He is not involved in the process and watches an an outsider. “Salt Lake City facilities remain from 2002 and are used, and in good shape,” Conrad said, also noting strong public support for the bid. “But the IOC owes Japan big-time and I believe that many facilities may be there or shared via Nagano.”

BARBARA PORCO
ISSB to give jurisdictions input into global sustainability standards
Accounting Today 04-27-2022 (subscription required)
“I am reassured that the ISSB will move forward with the same ideology as SASB standards and the IIRC, which is looking at how industry by industry is impacted, and that value creation process, which is part of [integrated reporting],” said Barbara Porco, Associate Dean of Graduate Students at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York. “I also feel that the ISSB will continue to look at the dimensions that are articulated through SASB sustainability metrics. It’s not just environmental, but you look at the governance piece and the innovation piece. You’re looking at both social capital and human capital. I really like the way that they break out the social and human capital piece, the internal employee lens.”

JACK BREWER
Fatherhood and second chances
Washington Times 04-28-2022
Jack Brewer serves as the chair of the Center for Opportunity Now, and vice chair of the Center for 1776 at the America First Policy Institute. He was appointed by former President Donald Trump to the Congressional Commission for the Social Status of Black Men and Boys and is currently a professor at Fordham Gabelli School of Business. Brewer previously played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Russia’s Move To Gold May Jolt Your Company
Forbes via Zenger News 05-02-2022
“If you like fishing, if you like being on boats, you need that lighthouse, you need that safe harbor,” said Giacomo Santangelo, a senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University. Not just in case of danger, but for an overall orientation and orderly operation. “The reserve currency is that safe harbor [providing]stabilization of trade and currency markets.”

GARRETT BROAD
Garrett Broad: A New Vision of Food Tech Justice
Eat for the Planet 05-02-2022
Garrett Broad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. His research and teaching focus on contemporary social movements, digital media technologies, and the food system. 

PAUL LEVINSON
Why Twitter Users Are Flocking to Mastodon
Lifewire 05-03-2022
“Mastodon with maybe a few million users is minuscule compared to Twitter’s 330 million users, so comparing it to Twitter is an academic exercise, not a real-world strategy,” Paul Levinson, a professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University, who studies new media, told Lifewire in an email interview. 

ANJALI DAYAL
As UNSC chair, U.S. plans to focus on Russia’s war in Ukraine and rising food prices
NPR All Things Considered 05-03-2022
“Anjali Dayal, a U.N. watcher who teaches international politics at Fordham University says this focus makes sense…”

CHRISTINA GREER
Democrats divided over return to office amid New York’s recovery
Politico via Yahoo News 05-04-2022
Christina Greer, a Fordham University political science professor who hosts a podcast about New York, said the divide reflects both ideology and the pressure Adams and Hochul are under as chief executives. “It’s not surprising that the two executives, the mayor and the governor who have more financial constraints on them, are the ones pushing for folks to go back to offices,” she said.

CHRISTINA GREER
Draft Opinion on Roe Proves Elections Have Consequences
Mehdi Hasan show on MSNBC 05-03-2022
The tragic reality, if the majority indicated by the existence of the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is that access to abortion will be decided state by state by state — that is, by elections. Mehdi is joined by Christina Greer and Liz Plank to discuss: Will that be enough motivation for voters to turn out and elect lawmakers who will defend those rights?

CHRISTINA GREER
Black Conservatives Are Praising ‘African American’ Elon Musk
Newsweek 04-27-2022
Amid debates over whether the term “African American” applies exclusively to the American descendants of enslaved people forcibly removed from sub-Saharan Africa, Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said it ultimately boils down to Black Americans’ personal preferences. “There’s some people who are 10th generation Black American, but they like the term African American because it connects them to an ancestry that they were stolen from,” Greer told Newsweek.

KIRSTEN SWINTH
Universal daycare: Is it something that could happen now?
Repro Rights NOW/Substack 04-29-2022
But when examining feminist history, the desire to advance welfare and daycare rights came earlier. In Dr. Kirsten Swinth’s book, Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family, she explained the devastating loss that came with their effort to make that a basic service of the federal government. 

“This is one of those core heartbreaking moments in feminist history,” Swinth said over the phone. “It did receive popular attention. There was legislation that was passed by Congress in 1971 for comprehensive childcare at the national level. And President Nixon unexpectedly vetoed it.”

ATHLETICS

Keith Urgo getting ‘indescribable’ chance as Fordham’s new basketball coach
New York Post 04-27-2022
It was then that Urgo realized how much his life was going to change. He just didn’t know what direction it was headed in at the time, that a week later he would be a head coach for the first time, at The Bronx school his father attended, after working for 16 years as a Division I assistant at Villanova, Penn State and Fordham.
“It’s indescribable,” the 42-year-old Urgo told The Post ahead of his Friday press conference that formally announced the hire. “My father’s been crying for several days since we heard the good news. My father’s from Brooklyn. My mother’s from Brooklyn. We grew up hearing about Fordham, the Fordham Rams and Fordham alumni, and pride they all have in this place.”

BANG! Here’s Mike Breen’s iconic NBA catchphrase origin story
For the Win! USA Today 05-03-2022
So I dug around and found this, from a [Mike] Breen conversation with Zach Gelb on CBS Sports Radio, and it started at Fordham University … in the stands:

ALUMNI

Tommy Dorfman Makes Her Met Gala Debut – Check Out Her Dress!
Just Jared 05-03-2022
“I used to come to the Met all the time in college. I studied at Fordham University on the Upper West Side, so this was my between-class lunch spot,” [Dorfman] added about the steps.

Practicing Met Gala Red Carpet Poses With Tommy Dorfman
Vogue 05-02-2022
Turns out, though, the actor is no stranger to hanging out on the Met steps. “I used to come to the Met all the time in college. I studied at Fordham University on the Upper West Side, so this was my between-class lunch spot,” Dorfman tells Vogue. 

The Legendary Lydia Nicole, Spanish Harlem Actress, Comedian, Writer And Producer
Harlem World 05-03-2022
Nicole studied theater at Fordham University in New York City before moving to Hollywood.

The Rev. Herbert Keller to be University of Scranton commencement speaker
Times Leader 05-02-2022
Keller entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1969, received a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy from Fordham University in 1975, earned a master’s from Weston School of Theology in Boston and a professional diploma in secondary school administration from Fordham. He was ordained a priest in 1981, spending 35 years in secondary education.

LIN-MANUEL’S WIFE Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s wife Vanessa Nadal?
The Sun 05-01-2022
Vanessa was previously a research and development specialist at Johnson & Johnson after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004. In 2007, she left Johnson & Johnson to study law at Fordham University. In 2019, Vanessa became an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.

STUDENTS

Student achievements of those from the Capital Region
Times Union 05-02-2022
Phi Kappa Phi: Emily Lewis, Ballston Spa, Fordham University, New York City; Alexandria Wyckoff, Gilboa, State University of New York at Oswego; Kirsten Spero, Mechanicville, Fordham University; Taylor Coiner, Saratoga Springs, State University of New York at Oswego; Marie Woldring, Saratoga Springs, Fordham University…

I Am an Asian American, but Invisible
The New Social Worker magazine May 2022
Ada Lin is an MSW student at Fordham University, where she will graduate in May 2022.

OBITUARIES

In Memoriam: IACS Trustee Ellen Hancock
USC Dornslife 05-02-2022
Born in the Bronx, on April 15, 1943, to the late Peter and Helen (Houlihan) Mooney, Hancock grew up in New Rochelle, New York. She graduated from The Ursaline School, The College of New Rochelle and Fordham University, where she earned a master’s degree in mathematics. 

Joseph Vincent Munna, 90, strategic communicator
Atlanta Journal Constitution 05-01-2022
Joseph had a brilliant mind, a quick wit and an unquenchable curiosity. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Fordham University and he attended St. John’s University School of Law until his entry on active duty with the U.S. Air Force in June of 1955. 

JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, S.J.
Fordham University President Steps Down After 19 Years
NBC NEW YORK 04-22-22
Father Joseph McShane reflected on his last two decades leading one of the most prominent Jesuit universities in the country.

KEITH URGO
NCAA Coaching Carousel: Fordham Officially Elevates Keith Urgo To Head Coach
Forbes 04-26-2022
After former head coach Kyle Neptune succeeded Jay Wright at Villanova last week, Fordham on Thursday officially named interim head coach Keith Urgo as his successor. Urgo, who brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the position, served as the associate head coach at Fordham in 2021-2022.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

The Long Holy War Behind Putin’s Political War in Ukraine
The New Yorker 04-21-22
At conferences, on Zoom, and on Public Orthodoxy, a Web site hosted by the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, they have engaged in arguments that are often abstruse, but the underlying feeling is simple and shared: Anyone paying attention should have seen this coming.

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Take College Rankings Lists At Face Value
Forbes 04-22-22
Fordham University (NY)

From New York’s ‘number-one bird killer’ to wildlife haven: How the Javits Center went green
Yahoo! News 03-22-22
In a 2014 study, by New York’s Audubon Society and Fordham University, Canada geese, American Kestrels, herring gulls, great black-backed gulls, rock pigeons, mourning doves, fish crows, barn swallows, northern mocking birds, European swallows and house swallows were spotted visiting the Javits.

ADMINISTRATION

JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, S.J.
Fordham University President Steps Down After 19 Years
NBC NEW YORK 04-22-22
Father Joseph Mcshane reflected on his last two decades leading one of the most prominent Jesuit universities in the country.

ADMINISTRATORS

DAVID GIBSON
Marjorie Taylor Greene to right-wing Catholic site: How come “God hasn’t destroyed” America?
Salon 04-27-2022
“There used to be a genuine ‘ecumenism of the barricades’ among culture-war believers, like the old First Things crowd in the Richard John Neuhaus days,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, referencing the ecumenical Christian right magazine that helped cement the partnership between conservative Catholics and evangelicals. “But they were believers.” Greene and Voris, by contrast, he continued, “seem to be political performers following a script more than scripture. They are so alienated from their respective faith communities it is hard to see them as evangelical Protestant or Roman Catholic. They seem to be trying to pump each other up more than pursuing some actual goal.”

DAVID GIBSON
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Catholic Church is ‘controlled by Satan,’ in remarks on bishops and the Catholic League
America Magazine 04-28-2022
“This isn’t about Catholicism. It’s not about Christianity. It’s just about each of these players trying to generate more income and more attention,” David Gibson, head of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told America. 

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

DEBORAH DENNO
Arizona is set to execute Clarence Dixon. Here are 2 key issues to watch
KJZZ Public Radio 04-27-2022
Deborah Denno is the founding director of the Neuroscience and Law Center at Fordham University’s school of law and an expert on the death penalty. The Show spoke with her for more insight on the case.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

GEORGE DEMACOPOULOS and ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU
The Long Holy War Behind Putin’s Political War in Ukraine
The New Yorker 04-21-2022
Last week, on Fox News, George Demacopoulos, a theologian at Fordham who has been honored as an archon—a distinguished Christian—by Bartholomew I, the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, declared that “Putin is an instrumentalizer of religion.”
“What we’re seeing on full display” in the R.O.C.’s support for Putin “is a kind of rejection” of that ethos, “a kind of religious nationalism that in many ways is cancelling out the other,” Aristotle Papanikolaou, an Orthodox theologian at Fordham, who helped draft the document, said at the Georgetown conference. 

ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU
Orthodox Christianity splinters as Russia ignores calls for Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
KCBS Radio 04-25-2022
For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with Aristotle Papanikolau, Co-founding Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University.

AMY SEYMOUR
Dunning-Kruger Discussion
Daily Nous 04-25-2022
Amy Seymour, assistant professor of philosophy at Fordham University, writes: The claims made by Blair Fix in “The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation” are both vastly overstated and ones to which David Dunning has responded. Notably, [Joachim Krueger and Ross Mueller] Kruger himself* raised the original statistical complaint twenty years ago (with Mueller in 2002, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology), but Kruger also refutes that complaint in the immediately following article in the very same issue of the journal (with Dunning, 2002). The responses to the complaint seem compelling and there’s lots of further research which suggests the effect is fairly robust.

CHRISTINA GREER
Some of Eric Adams’s Hires Have Troubling Pasts. He’s Fine With That.
New York Times 04-27-2022
“If he spends the vast majority of his time dealing with the fallout of people in his inner circle who have behaved or are behaving badly, then that means he can’t do his job,” said Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University. “And he seems really excited to do this job.”

CHRISTINA GREER
Hochul Honeymoon Is Over for Livid Albany Lawmakers
NBC-4 New York 04-27-2022
“Republicans are motivated in ways Democrats aren’t,” said Christina Greer, a political scientist and professor at Fordham University. “If Republicans can make a case to voters to turn out… Then she’s got a much tighter race.”
“We can’t forget that we had a three-term Republican governor,” Greer said, pointing to former Gov. George Pataki.

JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
‘Throughline’: How rats became one of Earth’s most successful mammalian colonizers
NPR via KMSU 04-26-2022
“This is Dr. Jason Munshi-South. He’s a professor of biology at Fordham University in the Bronx, where he leads his own research lab.”

CHRISTINA GREER
Still thinking about Ketanji Brown Jackson
New York Amsterdman News 04-28-2022
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.

ATHLETICS

NCAA Coaching Carousel: Fordham Officially Elevates Keith Urgo To Head Coach
Forbes 04-26-2022
After former head coach Kyle Neptune succeeded Jay Wright at Villanova last week, Fordham on Thursday officially named interim head coach Keith Urgo as his successor. Urgo, who brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the position, served as the associate head coach at Fordham in 2021-2022.

Fordham University seeks new coach for basketball program
News 12 Bronx 04-21-22
The Fordham University basketball program is still reeling from the sudden departure of its head coach, Kyle Neptune, after just one season on the Rose Hall campus.

Jay Wright to remain at Villanova, explains why he’s retiring; Kyle Neptune introduced as new coach
Philadelphia Inquirer 04-22-22
Here’s what Neptune had to say about taking over for his mentor and former boss:First, I want to thank the Fordham community for really accepting me… I really appreciate you guys and thanks for giving me a chance.

Villanova’s Jay Wright retiring as coach; Fordham’s Kyle Neptune taking over
ABC News 04-21-22
Fordham’s Kyle Neptune, who spent 10 years under Wright as a video coordinator and an assistant coach, will take over as Villanova coach.

Neptune Was Brief, Rams Made Progress
NY Sports Day 04-21-22
Kyle Neptune had a vision to rebuild the Fordham Men’s basketball program when he was hired to be their head coach last March with a five-year contract.

Women’s Tennis Shuts Down Rutgers-Camden, Secures #2 Seed in NJAC Tournament
New Jersey City University Athletics 04-21-22
Jersey City will face one last NCAA Division I opponent, Fordham University, on Saturday, April 23, at 1:00 p.m.

Kyle Neptune Officially Introduced As Head Coach
The Villanovan 04-22-22
Neptune rejoins the Villanova community after spending the last year as head coach at Fordham University.

Old dogs teach O.B. athletes new tricks
Herald Community Newspapers 04-22-22
Ed Kull, the athletic director of Fordham University and the father of an Oyster Bay Little Leaguer, will also help run the clinic.

Women’s Tennis Takes on Division I Fordham to Close out Regular-Season Play
New Jersey City University Athletics 04-23-22
The New Jersey City University women’s tennis team has wrapped up its 2022 regular-season at the home courts of Division I competitor, Fordham University.

NFA baseball trying to shed growing pains – Norwich Bulletin
Norwich Bulletin 04-24-22
He was the basketball coach at Fordham University when I arrived onto the Bronx’s Rose Hill campus in the fall of 1980. Being in the media capital of the world, Penders was the most quoted coach in the country during his eight seasons (1978-1986) at Fordham.

Report: Bruiser Flint interviews for Fordham job
WHOP 04-25-22
Kentucky Sports Radio reports Kentucky associate head coach Bruiser Flint has reportedly interviewed for the head coaching opening at Fordham University.

Meet Kyle Neptune, the Villanova Wildcats’ New Leader
Main Line Today 04-25-22
During his single season directing the Fordham University program, Neptune and his staff dressed as if it were 2019.

Fordham Basketball Coaching Search Odds
HoopDirt 04-25-22
Current odds to replace Kyle Neptune (Villanova) as the head coach at Fordham.

ALUMNI

The Smooch That Sealed the Deal
The New York Times 04-24-22
Both soon learned that they had each graduated from Fordham in the Bronx — Mr. Cordell in 2011 and Ms. O’Conor, who attended on a soccer scholarship, in 2014 — and were living in Manhattan.

Hamilton Zanze Names New Chief Executive and Expands Shareholding Partnership from Within
WICZ-TV 04-21-22
John Gilmore, Managing Director of Project & Risk Management John joined HZ in 2006, bringing experience as a construction manager, risk manager, and asset manager. At HZ, he specializes in budgeting, project management, risk management, insurance, conservation initiatives, and telecommunications initiatives. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University and an M.B.A. from Fordham University. He lives in Paso Robles, California.

Special Education Law Attorney Tracey Spencer Walsh Launches Podcast Featuring Experts in the World of Special Needs
WICZ-TV  04-21-22
Tracey’s passion for law has extended into teaching. She has served as an Adjunct Law Professor at Fordham University School of Law (her alma mater) and designed the first Special Education Law course at the law school. 

The Undocumented Youth Changing New Mexico
Yahoo! News 04-21-22
“Mexican individuals who immigrated to the U.S. before age 13 have a significantly higher risk of developing mood and anxiety disorders than those who do so later in life,” Esquivel said, quoting from a 2018 research paper by [Fordham University [alumna Isabelle Cooper-Perales]. “This may be because of their fear of being deported and separated from their family.” 

‘Worth a lifetime of PTSD’: Cradling a Ukrainian infant, a Post Falls Marine and counselor finds meaning in his pain
Yahoo! News 04-24-22
Now, Malone is a licensed master social worker with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Hawaii and a master’s from Fordham University.

Do John and Martha Mitchell Stay Together or Did They Divorce?
The Cinemaholic 04-23-22
John Mitchell was originally from Detroit, Michigan, but spent his childhood in Queens, New York. He received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law and started practicing law in 1938.

ZCG Adds to Credit Investment Team
Business Wire 04-25-22
Mr. Vladescu has a B.S. in finance from Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business.

Amanda Seyfried Net Worth 2022: How Much Does Amanda Seyfried Make As American Actress?
NovaScotiaToday 04-24-22
[Amanda Seyfried] studied opera as a teenager and graduated from William Allen High School in 2003; she had planned to attend Fordham University in New York City, but she opted not to after being cast in the film “Mean Girls.”

Ch. 15- WEST SIDE STORY | Broadway Podcast Network
Broadway Podcast Network 04-25-22
Jennifer Delac- A graduate from Fordham University (Lincoln Center) with a BA in Theatre, Jennifer is now pursuing her MFA in Directing at the Pennsylvania State University under the mentorship of Susan H. Schulman.

Speaker Announced for 2022 Commencement
University of Scranton 04-26-2022
Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J., vice president for Mission and Ministry at The University of Scranton, will serve as the principal speaker at the University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 21. The ceremony will begin at noon at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre.

Where is Katie Dolan Now?
The Cinemoholic 04-27-2022
As a double major (Physics and Political Science) graduate of Fordham University, with a minor in Concentration in American Catholic Studies, Katie [Dolan] has actually bounced around a lot in her career — just like she said. 

OBITUARIES

Sister Agnes Kelleher, O.S.U.
Catholic New York 04-21-22
Born in Manhattan, she entered the Ursuline Sisters in 1936 and professed final vows in 1942. She held a bachelor’s degree in education from Fordham University and a master’s in education from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Donald W. Murphy 1925 – 2022
Legacy.com 04-24-22
Bill graduated from Fordham Preparatory School and Fordham University in New York.

Edward J. Shaughnessy
The Poughkeepsie Journal 04-23-22
He continued his graduate education at Fordham University in European History, receiving a Master of Arts and was later awarded a Masters degree in Theology studies from Manhattan College.

“There are generations of Rams here,” he said. “We seek one another out and when we come together, we share our stories because we know by sharing, we deepen our love for one another. We deepen our commitment to tomorrow. And for Fordham, tonight is a thanksgiving night.”

More than 200 students and 91 donors attended the celebration, which allows for scholarship recipients to meet and connect with the donors who have helped to fund their education. The venue was teeming with smiling faces. 

Jason Backa, a sophomore who commutes to Fordham College at Lincoln Center from Staten Island, almost didn’t make it. With a big presentation due for his Physics Lab II course the next day, a social outing in midtown Manhattan seemed almost impossible. But he made the trek so he could meet the person who helped make his education possible—Mary C. Guardiani, UGE ’62.

“It was great,” said Backa, the recipient of the Libby and Mary C. Guardiani, UGE ’62, Endowed Scholarship. “Not only because I got to meet her, but I got to know more about her, and she got to meet my dad.”

Backa, the son of Albanian immigrants and the second in his family to attend college (his brother John, who graduated from FCLC in 2021, was the first), said he had such an appreciation for the scholarship because the pandemic was tough on his dad’s electrician business, which made finances tricky.

Guardiani beamed when talking about Backa.

“He only stayed for maybe 10 minutes because he had to go home and study. He’s pre-med. He’s making his father so proud,” she said.

Roger Milici, vice president of development and university relations, shared a statistic that got a strong round of applause.

“At the beginning of the last campaign, we had just 200 endowed scholarships. And now I’m pleased to say that we’ve got more than 700,” Milici said.

Milici introduced student speaker Amanda Morrow, a Fordham College at Lincoln Center junior studying theater.

Morrow is the recipient of the Denzel Washington Endowed Scholarship, which she referred to as a “true blessing,” adding she never imagined being able to attend college more than 3,000 miles away from her home in the San Francisco Bay area. 

“Throughout my time here, I have worked in a costume shop, a church, as a nanny, as a restaurant hostess, as an audition reader, and as a roller rink host; all to support myself outside of school. I have balanced these jobs along with rehearsals, classwork, a social life, and the occasional mid-day nap,” she said “Receiving this scholarship this year alleviated a lot of that stress. I have had time to invest in my other skills, whether that is learning to stunt for films in Brooklyn, or roller skating through Central Park.”

Many of the recipients said their scholarships offered peace of mind. What’s more, they said, is the help they receive from the office of financial aid. 

“They’re looking out for you,” said Raekwon Fuller, a junior theater major at Fordham College at Lincoln Center and the recipient of the Burns Family Artistic Scholarship. “I had no idea I was gonna get it. I  got an email one day saying that I received a new award. I went into my package and it was just there. I was blown away. I was like, ‘Mom, did you, did you email somebody? Did you call somebody?’

“It just gave me so much relief because this is one less thing, one less loan I’m gonna have to take out. It’s nice to being able to be at a school where our financial aid package extends past that first package that you get and, how every year, they’re still trying to find ways to make your college experience be more comfortable.”

Anne Baskind and her son, Tom, attended the celebration to meet the recipient of the scholarship set up in honor of Thomas J. Baskind, the late family patriarch, a longtime journalist who was twice awarded the New York Daily News-Joseph Medill Patterson Scholarship in Journalism while he was at Fordham in the 1960s.

Tom was emotional when speaking about the event.

“I got here and I was overwhelmed,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting it, but just thinking about my father and if he was here. His time at Fordham was always near and dear to his heart.”

Its recipient, Sophia Forlenza, a Fordham College at Rose Hill sophomore from Connecticut, is majoring in Digital Technologies and Emerging Media, and said she was very inspired to meet the family of the esteemed journalist whose scholarship helped make her Fordham education possible. 

“I’m so honored and lucky to be here,” Forlenza said. “It’s almost overwhelming, really. To meet everyone here and for them to be so welcoming is just really wonderful.”

Tracy A. O’Neill, FCRH ’87, a Bronx native whose husband, Terence P. Begley, GABELLI ’86, also went to Fordham and received financial aid by way of scholarships, said the couple were lucky to experience firsthand the difference donors made in their lives.

“Fordham opened so many doors for me and my family, which all began with the generosity of donors like you, and that’s why we’re here today,” she said, addressing the crowd. “To give back to this community that offered so much for our family over the years, and to recognize students from our local community through our family’s Bronx scholarship.” 

SAUL CORNELL
Guns, guns everywhere: Last week’s subway shooting was horrifying. If the Supreme Court creates a national right to carry, the future will be worse.
New York Daily News 04-17-2022
Cornell, a professor of history at Fordham University, is author of “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origin of Gun Control in America.”

MARK CONRAD
Legal experts question conclusions of NHLPA report on Kyle Beach
Yahoo Sports 04-18-2022
According to Mark Conrad, who is an associate professor of law and ethics and the director of the Sports Business Concentration at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, such inconsistencies can be expected given a decade has passed since the events.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Russia believed the West was weak and decadent. So it invaded.
Washington Post 04-15-2022
Kristina Stoeckl (@StoecklKristina) is professor of sociology at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). She was supported for this article by participation as Senior Fellow in the “Orthodoxy and Human Rights” project sponsored by Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center, and generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and Leadership 100.

Russian Orthodox Church lends legitimacy to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine
Irish Times 04-19-2022
“For Ukrainian priests and Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill has betrayed them,” said Sergei Chapnin, senior fellow in Orthodox Christian studies at Fordham University in the US.

Is a Catholic university still Catholic when the priests, brothers and sisters have left?
America Magazine 04-20-2022
First it was Fordham University in New York. Two weeks later, a similar announcement was made at Rockhurst University in Missouri. The next day, Santa Clara University in California followed suit. Within a matter of weeks, three Jesuit institutions announced they would soon be led for the first time by laypeople, rather than priests or brothers.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Speculating on our climate future
ASU News 04-8-2022
[Andrew Dana] Hudson, an Arizona State University alumnus with a master’s degree in sustainability from the School of Sustainability in the College of Global Futures, is seeing his first novel, “Our Shared Storm: A Novel of Five Climate Futures,” published by Fordham University Press this month.

Women’s equality in the corporatized university discussion, May 4
Marquette Today 04-21-2022
Beyer’s book, “Just Universities: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Corporatized Universities,” was published by Fordham University Press in 2021 and has been used on several Catholic campuses by discussion groups.

FORMER ADMINISTRATION

MICHAEL “MICK” MCCARTHY, S.J.
New dean for School of Theology and Ministry
Boston College news 04-21-2022
Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., former vice president for mission integration and planning and associate professor of theology at Fordham University, has been named dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, effective July 1. 

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

KAREN GREENBERG
An eye-opening portrait of bin Laden, drawn from his personal files
Washington Post 04-15-2022
Karen J. Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law and the author of “Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy From the War on Terror to Donald Trump.”

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

MARK CONRAD
Legal experts question conclusions of NHLPA report on Kyle Beach
Yahoo Sports 04-18-2022
According to Mark Conrad, who is an associate professor of law and ethics and the director of the Sports Business Concentration at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, such inconsistencies can be expected given a decade has passed since the events.

MARK CONRAD
Reds, Bengals sue former players over workers’ comp
Cincinnati Business Courier 04-08-2022
California passed relaxed workers’ comp claim laws about 20 years ago, prompting a lot of players to file claims there, Mark Conrad, director of the sports business program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told me. The state was “a haven” for workers’ comp cases involving athletes, he said.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

CHRISTINA GREER
NY Gov. Hochul hits election hurdle in running mate’s arrest
Associated Press 04-15-2022
“Right now Kathy Hochul has such a significant lead as far as polling and fundraising is concerned, I don’t think as of now the troubles will hurt her drastically for the June primary,” Fordham University political science professor Christina Greer said. “Obviously her opponents will raise questions and have raised questions about what she knew.”

DENNIS M. REGAN
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books presents Free And Holy Where You Are: The Daily Life of a Catholic
WICZ Fox 40 04-19-2022
Msgr. Regan is a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, and has a doctorate in sacred theology. He has served as Rector and Professor of Moral Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Huntington, New York, and adjunct professor at Fordham University and St. John’s University.

CHRISTINA GREER
Mayor Adams Holds Multiple Events After Leaving COVID Quarantine
NY1 Inside City Hall 04-20-2022
Errol Louis: “Joining me now to talk about Adams’ busy week, and, much more, is my politics panel. We have NY1 political commentator, Christina Greer, who is also a professor of political science at Fordham University and a co-host of FAQ podcast…”

SAUL CORNELL
Guns, guns everywhere: Last week’s subway shooting was horrifying. If the Supreme Court creates a national right to carry, the future will be worse.
New York Daily News 04-17-2022
Cornell, a professor of history at Fordham University, is author of “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origin of Gun Control in America.”

STUDENTS

Ukrainians show faith in the face of destruction
Faith and Leadership 04-19-2022
Nicholas Sooy is a Ph.D. candidate at Fordham University. Together with his wife, he runs the U.S. branch of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship and edits its journal and website, In Communion.

ALUMNI

How a Fordham psychology graduate became a hit down the crypto rabbit hole
City A.M. 04-20-2022
Milana Valmont always knew she would become an entrepreneur – but she never thought it would be a crypto entrepreneur. Her background is in corporate finance. She graduated from Fordham University in New York with a degree in Economics and Psychology and rose quickly in her banking career becoming a private equity analyst in the same city. However, crypto intrigued her. A friend, who worked in cyber security, started to tell her about Bitcoin and Ethereum and the technology fascinated her. She joined several Slack and Telegram groups and started to go down the rabbit hole.

10 Industrial Stocks to Buy Today According to Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO Investors
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance 04-20-2022
As opposed to some of his other peers in the industry, who had a late start, Mr. Gabelli took an interest in the stock market at an early stage, which is evidenced by his first stock purchase that he made just as his teenage years started when he was 13 years old. After graduating high school, he would go on to attend Fordham University on a scholarship, following which the executive would enroll in the prestigious Columbia Business School.

ICHNOS SCIENCES WELCOMES ASHOK MARÍN AS NEW GENERAL COUNSEL
NBC 29 04-19-2022
Ashok [Marin] holds a J.D. from Fordham University (New York, NY, USA). He is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families.

Brightwood Announces Appointment of Frederick Jelks and Chris Halajian as Directors
NBC 29 04-19-2022
Mr. [Chris] Halajian also held roles as an investment bank analyst for JP Morgan and Rabobank, and as a financial management analyst for Cantor Fitzgerald. He holds a bachelor’s in Finance and Accounting from Fordham University.

LiquidX Names Dominic Capolongo as Chief Revenue Officer
WICZ Fox40 04-19-2022
Mr. [Dominic] Capolongo began his career as an attorney and was a partner with Kaye Scholer before his move to investment banking. He earned a JD from Fordham University School of Law and a BA from SUNY Binghamton. 

14th Annual Hermitage Greenfield 2022 Prize Dinner
Sarasota Herald Tribune 04-18-2022
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, [Debra Feldman] is finishing up her Master’s degree in School Psychology at Fordham University in New York City. 

Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District: A guide to the 2022 primary and candidates
WESA-FM 04-19-2022
Jerry Dickinson is a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who lives in Swissvale. He first sought election to Congress in 2020 as a progressive challenging the incumbent Doyle, and he ran on expanding access to health care, climate justice, and making Pittsburgh a livable place for Black residents. Dickinson grew up in the foster care system with 10 brothers and sisters in Shaler Township. Party: Democrat   Experience: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (2020 – present), Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A.); Fordham University (J.D.)

WATERGATE REVISITED Who was John N Mitchell?
The Sun 04-18-2022
Born on September 15, 1913, much of John N Mitchell’s early life was centered in New York City. Following his graduation from Fordham University, John entered a career in law.

Former Yorktown Supervisor Michael Grace Runs for Lieutenant Governor
Tap Into Yorktown 04-20-2022
Michael Grace, a former Yorktown town supervisor, is running for lieutenant governor, the State Board of Elections confirmed last week. The 65-year-old Republican served as town supervisor from 2012 to 2017. He is a senior partner at the law offices of Grace & Grace. He graduated from Fordham University with a law degree in 1984.

SiriusXM Expands Brand and Consumer Marketing Team
Radio Insight 04-18-2022
[Rolanda] Gaines holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Fordham University, with additional studies at the Stanford Japan Center in Kyoto.

QU history professor to present first Aaron Pembleton lecture Thursday
Muddy River News 04-20-2022
[Justin] Coffey, a professor of history, has been a QU faculty member since 2007. He earned a doctoral degree in history from the University of Illinois-Chicago, specializing in United States history since 1877. He also holds a master’s degree in history from the University of Wyoming and a bachelor’s degree in history from Fordham University in New York.

ATHLETICS

NY Team Ready to Make Noise
NYC Hoops. Net 04-15-2022
The team is the brainchild of Coach Nihad Musovic a former 4-year Fordham University player and the Montenegrin Nationals team. 

MATT LEWIS & HIS DETROIT CITY RIGHT AT HOME AS THE UNDERDOG
US Soccer 04-18-2022
Matt Lewis knows something about being a Cup underdog. Five years ago, little was expected of him (and his Fordham University teammates) during the NCAA College Cup. But the Rams won three straight matches, two on the road, to reach the Elite Eight for the first time.

Sources: Villanova’s Jay Wright expected to retire as head coach; Kyle Neptune likely to take over
ESPN 04-20-2022
Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright is expected to retire after 21 seasons as head men’s basketball coach at Villanova, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fordham’s Kyle Neptune, who spent 10 years under Wright as a video coordinator and assistant coach, is expected to be named his successor, sources said.

OBITUARIES

William ‘Bill’ O’Brien Kelly, 91, banking professional
Countryside Funeral Home 04-15-2022
Bill was a graduate of Fordham University, Bronx, NY where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting.

Friends, Family Mourn Death Of Rockland Assistant District Attorney, Stephen Moore
Nyack Piermont Patch 04-18-2022
Moore grew up in Rockland County and began his 30-plus-year career at the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office on Aug. 20, 1984 after graduating from Fordham University and Pace University Law School, the DA’s office said.

CHRISTINA GREER
The Trials of Alvin Bragg
New York magazine 04-13-2022
“When Black mayors come to power, they’re always accused of being soft on crime. But Eric Adams isn’t like most Black mayors,” said Christina Greer, a political-science professor at Fordham University. “He’s not a lawyer; he’s a blue-collar police officer. You can’t use Eric Adams as your proxy for ‘soft on crime.’ So it falls to Bragg.”

Gracie Awards: Melissa McCarthy, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Tamron Hall Among Honorees
The Hollywood Reporter 04-13-2022
The 47th Annual Gracie Awards are set to take on May 24, 2022 in Los Angeles. Local and student award winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 22 in New York City. A complete list of the 2022 Gracie Awards winners, which The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal, follows.
– Fordham Conversations – Attacks on Asian Americans and The Search for Solidarity
WFUV-FM, Public Affairs [Radio – Nationally Syndicated Non-Commercial]

ANJALI DAYAL
What a UN vote shows about how much of the world views the war in Ukraine
NPR All Things Considered 04-09-2022
Russia also sent a letter warning countries not to go along with the U.S. and its partners, and that, too, played a role, says Anjali Dayal, an assistant professor of international politics at Fordham University.

JOHN PFAFF
Subway Attack Heightens Pressure on Mayor Adams to Combat Gun Violence
The New York Times 04-14-2022
John Pfaff, a criminal law professor at Fordham University, said the mayor was right to focus on the national context and systemic issues at play. “This is not something that has a simple solution, and lots of cities are struggling with this,” Mr. Pfaff said.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Ellucian Unveils 2022 Impact Award Winners Recognizing Higher Ed Institutions for Commitment to Student Success
Ellucian 04-13-2022
Fordham University – New York, New York: Serving more than 17,000 students across multiple campuses, Fordham University was presented an Innovation award for its use of data integration between Ellucian Ethos and PeopleAdmin to make talent acquisition more efficient and bring the hiring process online.

ADMINISTRATION

JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, SJ
The 238th Anniversary dinner of the Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick in The City of New York
New York Social Diary 04-06-2022
Following a lively cocktail hour the dinner commenced after a moving invocation and featured speakers the Reverend Joseph M. McShane SJ and Captain Scott Kelly. Father McShane is stepping down as President of Fordham University, a position he has held since 2003 during his tenure he has overseen a host of initiatives to raise the national profile of the University and further its Jesuit mission.

DONNA RAPPACIOLI
10 Women Business School Leaders You Should Know About
MBA.com 03-02-2022
Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business is led by Donna Rapaccioli, who first joined the school in 1987 when studying her bachelor’s degree in business administration. Rapacciolli, who also holds a master’s degree and PhD from New York University’s Stern School of Business, is an expert in earnings management and international accounting.

ADMINISTRATORS

PATRICIA PEEK
Female Panel of College & University Experts Visit Students, Parents
TapInto Chatham 04-10-2022
The School & College Counseling Department hosted an informative evening for students and their parents with a panel of college and university experts discussing enrollment management, the college search, college applications, and admission committees and decisions from Fordham University, Franklin & Marshall College, Stevens Institute of Technology, The University of Tennessee / Knoxville, University of Notre Dame, and University of South Carolina. 

WFUV 

Gracie Awards: Melissa McCarthy, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Tamron Hall Among Honorees
The Hollywood Reporter 04-13-2022
The 47th Annual Gracie Awards are set to take on May 24, 2022 in Los Angeles. Local and student award winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 22 in New York City. A complete list of the 2022 Gracie Awards winners, which The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively reveal, follows.
– Fordham Conversations – Attacks on Asian Americans and The Search for Solidarity, WFUV-FM, Public Affairs [Radio – Nationally Syndicated Non-Commercial]

DANIEL ROSSEN’S DEBUT ‘YOU BELONG THERE’ IS CINEMATIC FOLK-ROCK
Pop Matters 04-13-2022
I first heard “Silent Song” in the car on the radio, thanks to WFUV, a New York-based radio station out of Fordham University.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN PFAFF
How Sacramento’s mass shooting killed the myth of ‘tough-on-crime’ prosecutors | Will Bunch
Inquirer 04-07-2022
Fordham University law professor John Pfaff recently crunched the numbers for 69 major police departments and noted that the relative share of homicides remained the same from 2019 to 2020 regardless of whether or not that jurisdiction has a progressive prosecutor. A number of the localities that then showed noteworthy declines in their murder rate — Boston, Dallas, St. Louis, and Seattle, among others — have some of the most progressive, reform-minded DAs.

DEBORAH DENNO
Which is kinder? A firing squad or the electric chair?
Yahoo News 04-11-2022
“People think of lethal injection, and they think of a flu shot,” Fordham law professor Deborah Denno told The Marshall Project. “It seems so violent to have a bullet go in you.”

JOHN PFAFF
Subway Attack Heightens Pressure on Mayor Adams to Combat Gun Violence
The New York Times 04-14-2022
John Pfaff, a criminal law professor at Fordham University, said the mayor was right to focus on the national context and systemic issues at play. “This is not something that has a simple solution, and lots of cities are struggling with this,” Mr. Pfaff said.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

ANJALI DAYAL
What a UN vote shows about how much of the world views the war in Ukraine
NPR All Things Considered 04-09-2022
Russia also sent a letter warning countries not to go along with the U.S. and its partners, and that, too, played a role, says Anjali Dayal, an assistant professor of international politics at Fordham University.

ANJALI DAYAL
Russia’s Invasion Has Created Victims the World Recognizes
Foreign Policy 04-05-2022
By Anjali Dayal, an assistant professor of international politics at Fordham University, and Kate Cronin-Furman, an associate professor of human rights at University College London.

CHRISTINA GREER
Alvin Bragg Says He’s Not a Politician. Is That the Root of His Trouble?
The New York Times 04-11-22
“He’s trying to have a conversation about undoing some really unjust policies in the height of crime spikes and a global pandemic and feelings of unease,” said Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham.

YUKI YAMAZAKI
‘Bridgerton’ star Charithra Chandran shares realities of colorism many South Asians face
NBC News 04-11-2022
“These actors and actresses are not a good reflection of the whole continent or all the people that enjoy Bollywood,” Yuki Yamazaki, a psychotherapist studying Asian Americans and colorism at Fordham University, previously told NBC Asian America.

CHRISTINA GREER
100 days in, Adams shows why he’s New York City’s “perfectly imperfect” mayor
Gothamist 04-10-2022
Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University who has written why Adams is so difficult to define, said New Yorkers should have expected nothing less. “Eric Adams essentially told us that he was going to be a wildcard and I don’t think he’s deviated from that,” she said.

CHRISTINA GREER
On the GOP and the Jackson Nomination
MSNBC/The ReidOut, 04-08-2022
I’m joined now by Dean Obeidallah, host of the eponymous “Dean Obeidallah Show” on SiriusXM, and Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
The Trials of Alvin Bragg
New York magazine 04-13-2022
“When Black mayors come to power, they’re always accused of being soft on crime. But Eric Adams isn’t like most Black mayors,” said Christina Greer, a political-science professor at Fordham University. “He’s not a lawyer; he’s a blue-collar police officer. You can’t use Eric Adams as your proxy for ‘soft on crime.’ So it falls to Bragg.”

SAUL CORNELL
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
KPRK 90.7FM 04-13-2022
Joining us is Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University and author of A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America; Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect? His latest book is The Second Amendment Goes to Court.

CHRISTINA GREER
After New York political scandal, Brian Benjamin’s future (and Hochul’s election bid) is uncertain
Yahoo News via The Grio 04-13-2022
Despite the political nightmare that the Benjamin scandal may appear to be for Gov. Hochul, she might just be able to turn things around, said Dr. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, a contributor for theGrio and a television analyst. “It depends on who she nominates or if she nominates someone right away as her lieutenant governor,” Greer told theGrio.

JOHN DAVENPORT
What Is a No-Fly Zone? And How Would It Change the War in Ukraine?
Readers Digest 04-14-2022
“A no-fly zone is a military measure, usually imposed by outside forces on a conflict zone in which there is, or soon may be, a civil war or international war,” says John Davenport, PhD, professor of philosophy, peace, and justice studies at Fordham University. No-fly zones have been used to prevent military aircraft from engaging in aerial attacks during times of conflict.

ALUMNI

Ian Matthew-Clayton named Vice President and Chief Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Officer
Newswise 04-11-2022
Prior to his work at Johns Hopkins, [Ian] Matthew-Clayton served as Director of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment at the George Washington University, as well as Director of Human Resources Operations at the City College of New York. He earned his B.A. from the University at Buffalo and holds an M.S.Ed. from Fordham University.

New Hampshire educator named new assistant school superintendent in Milton
The Patriot Ledger 04-10-2022
[Garth McKinney] holds a doctorate in education from Boston College, a master’s in education as a reading teacher from Fordham University and a bachelor’s in elementary education from Stonehill College.

Personnel moves at Zehnder, new partner at Kean Miller, New Orleans Women & Children’s Shelter elects board officers
NOLA.com 04-10-2022
Emma Giroir has been hired in New Orleans as a UI/UX designer. Giroir previously worked as a UX Designer for Amaly, developing screen designs and style guides for the company’s mental health app. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University.

Micha Green joins The Sun as content editor for features, the arts, and opinion
The Baltimore Sun 04-05-2022
Before working at the Afro, she hosted a podcast, wrote for the Capital News Service and produced digital and social media content for the Congressional Black Caucus. She graduated Fordham University Lincoln Center before completing her Master’s in Journalism at the University of Maryland. Micha grew up in Prince George’s County and is an experienced Zumba instructor.

Viola Davis, Inside Out
The New York Times 04-12-2022
Denzel Washington directed Davis as an absent mother in the 2002 film “Antwone Fisher” and in “Fences,” in which he also co-starred, and he spoke of her work with deep respect. “Acting is investigative journalism, and we interpret the world differently,” he said. “The beginning work is similar: You circle the subject, your character.” Washington studied journalism at Fordham University, but he learned this strategy, he said, from Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, whom he met while researching a role. 

GreenBox POS Appoints Securities And Transactional Attorney Adele Hogan To Board Of Director
The Street 04-11-2022
[Adele] Hogan keeps an on-going commitment to the legal and financial education of others, teaching, chairing, and speaking at PLI, Board Associations, and Fordham University, and judging Transactional Law Competitions at Cornell Law School. She holds a Juris Doctorate from Cornell University Law School.

Malcolm Moran: “So Reggie is holding court before the game . . . “
Press Box Access podcast 04-13-2022
[Fordham alumnus] Malcolm Moran spent more than 30 years writing sports for Newsday, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and USA Today.

OBITUARIES

Dr. William J. Brennan, 86, dentist
Press Republican 04-10-2022
After high school he matriculated at Fordham University in New York City where he continued to excel academically and athletically. Studying a pre-dental curriculum and playing center fielder on the Fordham varsity baseball team kept him busy until his graduation in 1957. While in New York City he met and started dating the love of his life Patricia.