What Happened
The New York Review of Books 01-11-2025
This particular care with archives and interpretation is the mark of [Magda] Teter’s career as a historian. At Fordham, where she is the chair of Judaic studies, she concentrates on premodern relations between Jewish and Christian peoples and how that lineage informs the present.

My twins are both in college, and their dorm rooms show just how different they really are from each other
Business Insider 01-12-2025
My twins both attend Fordham University in New York, but that’s where their similarities stop. Over the summer before their freshman year, my daughter asked me several times, “When can we go shopping for my college dorm room?” Once we picked a day, we asked her twin brother if he wanted to join, and his answer was, “Nope.”

How Tania Tetlow Is Leading Fordham University Through Higher Education’s Era of Uncertainty
Jesuits.org 01-07-2025
“One thing that Jesuit schools collectively have been doing and thinking about is, how do we better remind people what Jesuit education is? There’s a very important part of Jesuit tradition: When you go into a foreign land, you don’t just shout at people in Latin. And I think when we talk to Gen Z, it’s not enough to talk to them about cura personalis and magis, right? We have to translate into their language, so we’ve really been working hard to do that,” said Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University.

Pitt names Jerry Dickinson as new law school dean
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01-09-2025
Mr. Dickinson earned his juris doctor from Fordham University, his master of laws degree from the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law in Johannesburg, South Africa, and his bachelor of arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross. He is a former Fulbright scholar to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Trump’s Pick for U.S. Attorney Is Enmeshed in Long Island Politics
The New York Times 01-07-2025
Anne Donnelly, the Nassau County district attorney and a Republican, said she had known Mr. [Joseph] Nocella since they were 18 and students at Fordham University and described him as fair-minded. She said his experience overseeing “a rainbow of cases,” along with his familiarity with the Eastern District’s terrain, would serve him well. “One thing about Joe: He certainly knows Long Island,” Ms. Donnelly said.

What is jury nullification and what does it mean for Luigi Mangione’s defense?
CNN 01-10-2025
“It’s not a legal defense sanctioned under the law,” said Cheryl Bader, associate professor of law at Fordham School of Law. “It’s a reaction by the jury to a legal result that they feel would be so unjust or morally wrong that they refuse to impose it, despite what the law says.”

Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage
Los Angeles Times 01-09-2025
Raised in New York and Connecticut, she [Betty Gilpin] attended Fordham University, where she studied acting with a Jesuit priest, Father George Drance, who encouraged her to use visual metaphors. “It just took me out of my own head, and made it a magic process, rather than a math equation: ‘Is this right or wrong?’” she says. “Thinking about it in an abstract way helps me shimmy my feathers for the coins.”

The Man Who Would Be King
Forbes 12-29-2024
“I think the NBA is thinking about who can be the next person who’s not just a great player but somebody who really resonates with the larger, wider group of sports fans,” says John Fortunato, a sports media professor at Fordham University.

Trump sentenced in hush money case, will not face jail or probation
The Washington Post 01-10-2025
Former federal prosecutor Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law School, said Merchan had been in a challenging position presiding over the case because he had to balance the norms of a criminal proceeding with Trump’s unusual status.

MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of Congestion Pricing; The State of the City Analysis; Anti-Social Americans
WNYC 01-10-2025
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC creator and co-host, Daily News columnist and editor at The City, talk about Thursday’s State of the City address by Mayor Eric Adams.

TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
The New York Times 01-09-2025
Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham, said that was the wrong analysis. “Imposing foreign ownership restrictions on communications platforms is several steps removed from free speech concerns,” she wrote in a brief supporting the government, “because the regulations are wholly concerned with the firms’ ownership, not the firms’ conduct, technology or content.”

Trump spared jail, fine or probation at hush money sentencing days before inauguration
Reuters 01-11-2025
“He doesn’t want to be sentenced because that is the official judgment of him being a convicted felon,” said Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham University in New York.

What Could a TikTok Ban Mean for Fashion?
WWD 01-10-2025
Susan Scafidi, academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, said, “The loss of TikTok, even on a temporary basis, would upend the influencer economy in the U.S. and eliminate a key marketing channel for many fashion brands, especially those with Millennial and younger audiences. Social media adapts quickly, and much of the activity on TikTok could migrate to other platforms, but business as usual in the form of product promotion would be at least briefly chaotic.“

70% of Americans are eligible to file their taxes for free starting today. Here’s what you need to know
Fortune 01-13-2025
But, for those that owe money to the IRS, Stan Veliotis, associate professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business says he would not file a tax return early. That’s because retroactive tax law changes are not uncommon. In 2021, changes to unemployment compensation tax resulted in income from 2020 being taxed differently for some Americans.

Political warfare: Why the House accusations against Liz Cheney are baseless and wrong
The Hill 01-07-2025
“Ironically, the interim report accuses the Select Committee of weaponizing the professional conduct rules by unjustifiably instigating an ethics complaint against Hutchinson’s first lawyer. But the report then opts to play tit for tat. It is high time for both sides to lay down their weapons, reserving accusations of criminal and professional misconduct for situations where they are justified, rather than using baseless accusations for rhetorical effect,” said Bruce Green, professor at Fordham Law School and director of the Stein Center for Law & Ethics.

Pope Francis names Cardinal McElroy next Archbishop of Washington, DC
The Tablet 01-06-2025
“Sending McElory to Washington is not about trying to tip the scales in a more liberal direction,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Centre on Religion and Culture. “It’s about promoting solidarity over division, and building what Francis has called ‘a better kind of politics’ rather than indulging in the worst kind of partisanship.”

Trump taps Nassau County Judge Joseph Nocella Jr. as U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York
New York Daily News 01-06-2025
Nocella earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, where Trump also studied before transferring to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and later graduated from Columbia Law School, Newsday has reported.

PMC Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne Receives U.S. Navy’s Top Civilian Honor
WWD 01-06-2025
Byrne, who is a Fordham University Military Hall of Fame inductee and established the Marine Corps Birthday Ball with the actor and former Marine Harvey Keitel, emphasized the importance of integrity and leadership.

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case days before inauguration
Freedom Online 01-10-2025
Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, said “he doesn’t want to be sentenced because that is the official judgement of him being a convicted felon.”

Elon Musk: Trump’s Strategic Whisperer
Reformatorisch Dagblad 01-06-2025
Are Musk’s power and influence unstoppable? Political scientist Paul Levinson, affiliated with Fordham University in New York, thinks that there will come a time when the tech billionaire will reach his limits. “Musk has a mega-ego, but so does Trump. That will clash at some point.

Trump taps Nassau Judge Joseph Nocella Jr. to be U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Newsday 01-06-2025
Nocella, a graduate of Columbia Law School and Fordham University, will replace Breon Peace as the top federal prosecutor for the federal court district covering Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Students from Liberty Partnerships Program in the Bronx win financial services competition
Bronx Times 01-09-2025
The event was put together by SuitUp, an organization that works to equip students for life beyond the classroom by developing, organizing and implementing engaging educational competitions in communities across the country and beyond. This was the organization’s third annual Battle of the Boroughs competition, which was held in partnership with Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business and Fordham Foundry.

John Countryman, child actor who became diplomat, dies at 91
The Washington Post 01-09-2025
After he [John Countryman] graduated from Fordham University in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree in English, Mr. Countryman received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Berlin as his introduction to Europe and foreign affairs.

New dean appointed at University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh Business Times 01-09-2025
A Fulbright Scholar, [Jerry] Dickinson studied comparative constitutional law and housing law at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dickinson earned his JD from Fordham University. He has twice run for office, most recently vying for the Democratic nomination for the 12th Congressional District’s seat in the U.S. House in 2022.

Walking It Like You Talk It!:The Extraordinary Life of Donna Sue Johnson
Lavender Magazine 01-09-2025
This bold statement “stuck in my mind,” Johnson recalls, and inspired her to attend a Saturday MSW program at Fordham University from 1997-2001. “It turned out to be a magnificent academic experience,” she says, and this led to work as an emergency room psychiatric clinician where she evaluated patients for level of care, an occupation she continued for 20 years.

The First Day of Panama’s Canal
The New York Times 01-05-2025
Mr. [David] Gonzalez held on to his press pass for the event (“Actos de Transferencia del Canal a Panamá”) and gave it to the Museum at The Times. (He also donated an early digital camera.) Mr. Gonzalez retired from The Times last year and is currently exhibiting his photographs at Fordham University’s campus in Manhattan.

Luigi Mangione appears in court
CBS News 12-19-2024
“So, usually, murder is prosecuted by the state where the murder occurs. But here we have this parallel federal case which involves charges of interstate stalking. So, in other words, he planned this murder, allegedly out of state, traveled on interstate highways to New York, committed the murder here, and then allegedly left the state. So we see those charges involving interstate travel firearm charges, which are also within the federal jurisdiction,” said Cheryl Bader, clinical associate professor of law at Fordham University.

How 4 Well-Known Companies Recovered From Their Crisis Situations
Forbes 12-26-2024
A crisis can be a tipping point for whether a business survives the situation, or succumbs to it. JetBlue’s crisis “during an ice storm that stranded passengers for hours was a defining moment for the airline,” Stacey Cohen, an adjunct marketing and public relations professor at Fordham University, recalled in an email interview.

Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College
New York Daily News 12-22-2024
“Given that he has now won the presidency both ways, his support for its abolition could carry enormous weight and garner the bipartisan backing that is required for a constitutional amendment. I know it may be hard to believe that Trump would do this, but if Nixon can raise a glass to Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing, then Trump can help democratize our elections,” said Jerry Goldfeder, director of the Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project.

Denzel Washington’s Journey to Hollywood Titan in Unseen Interviews | ET Vault Unlocked
Entertainment Tonight 12-19-2024
Denzel [Washington] did go to college. He played basketball and football at Fordham University. He graduated in 1977. And talk about full circle – as Denzel played a doctor on TV, we were there as he got his first of three honorary doctorates.

“Much Better Than The Book”: Conclave Gets Strong Review From Pope Expert, Though The Ending Is “Quite Absurd”
Screen Rant 11-26-2024
David Gibson, the Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, explains why he believes the Conclave movie is better than the book it is based on. The story of Conclave follows Cardinal Lawrence, who is tasked with organizing a conclave of cardinals to vote for a new pope after the death of the previous one.

Trump Admin Gave Tariff Exemptions to Companies that Donated to Republicans: Study
The Latin Times 01-06-2024
“Even though we did not find an impact of donations to Trump’s first inauguration on the chance of being granted an exemption,” said Grace Lee, associate professor at Fordham University, and another co-author of the report, “it is possible that donations to the inaugural committee may increase the chance of being exempted from tariffs in Trump’s second term.”

Biden can’t pardon Luigi Mangione on state charges | Fact check
USA Today 12-16-2024
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is the entity that charged Mangione with second-degree murder, meaning New York Gov. Kathy Hochul could pardon him, Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader told USA TODAY.

Bingdi Chunyu: Harnessing Data Science to Foster Inclusion and Equity in POC Communities
LA Weekly 12-17-2024
Bingdi’s [Chunyu] journey began with her pursuit of a Master of Business Analytics at Fordham University, where she excelled academically as a research assistant, contributing to multiple machine learning projects. She was recognized as one of the Global Analytics Competition finalist for her outstanding achievements, and was consistently included on the Dean’s List for academic excellence.

Going Broad
Columbia Journalism Review 12-16-2024
When I asked Olivier Sylvain, an administrative law scholar at Fordham University, about Carr’s ambition to regulate content moderation on social media by reinterpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, he replied, “You have to explain the agency’s decision to switch from saying you don’t have authority over something to saying you do, given all the steps you have to take when you change a position like that and the scrutiny it’s subject to, never mind the constitutional scrutiny,” he said.

The First Day of Panama’s Canal
The New York Times 01-05-2025
Mr. [David] Gonzalez held on to his press pass for the event (“Actos de Transferencia del Canal a Panamá”) and gave it to the Museum at The Times. (He also donated an early digital camera.) Mr. Gonzalez retired from The Times last year and is currently exhibiting his photographs at Fordham University’s campus in Manhattan.

All the Light We Cannot See: Urgency for Understandable Academic Writing
Fair Observer 12-27-2024
[Leonard] Cassuto is a professor of English at Fordham University in NYC. He has written several books and articles on how to improve the American higher education system, including his latest, Academic Writing as if Readers Matter. He wrote the book for two reasons: “academic writing has a bad public reputation” and indeed, “reading most academic writing is work” — “both in the literal and the figurative sense.”

“One Technical Problem”: Conclave’s Secret Cardinal Is Realistic, But A Pope Expert Explains 1 Flaw That Would Upend The Story
Screen Rant 12-27-2024
The start of Conclave has one flaw with the secret cardinal explained by David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. The story of Conclave follows Cardinal Lawrence, who is tasked with organizing a conclave of cardinals to choose a new pope.

A college professor discusses Putin’s comments post-Azerbaijan plane crash
Audacy 12-28-2024
Putin said the country’s air defense systems were repelling Ukrainian drones and stopped short of taking responsibility for the incident. For more on this, KCBS Radio’s Shane Guinness spoke with Professor Beth Knobel, Professor of Journalism at Fordham University and former CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief.

Inside the strange carnival with surreal rides by Dali and Basquiat that was lost for decades — but is now open in NYC
The New York Post 12-25-2024
“We just saw it and we knew we had to do it. Since we were in eighth grade, we’ve always wanted to do this, so we might as well get married today!” said Rory Dwyer, 19, a student at Fordham University.

Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
NBC Los Angeles 12-29-2024
“He looked around at the federal judiciary and he said, ‘You all look like me, but that’s not how the great United States looks,’” Ginsburg said to a Fordham University Law School forum in 2016.

Johnny Russell, Shirley Temple’s Co-Star in ‘The Blue Bird,’ Dies at 91
The Hollywood Reporter 12-31-2024
When he [Johnny Russell] and his parents decided he should have a “normal” childhood, Countryman attended the Jesuit military prep school St. Francis Xavier in New York and Fordham University and spent a year at the University of Berlin on a Fulbright fellowship.

King Kong Ain’t Got Sh*t On Me: Celebrating Denzel Washington’s 70th Birthday With His Best Performances Throughout His Career
Global Grind 12-30-2024
[Denzel] Washington ended up attending Fordham University where he earned a BA in Drama and Journalism. He worked as creative arts director of the overnight summer camp at Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut following a period of indecision on which major to study and taking a semester off.

Denzel Washington Joked That He Started Acting to Avoid Getting Punished by His Mom
Showbiz CheatSheet 01-02-2025
Thanks to his mother’s influence, [Denzel] Washington furthered his education by going to Fordham University, where he intended to become a doctor. “I was actually pre-med. I thought, ‘You go to college, be a doctor.’ Then, I went into political science, pre-law … I found out I wasn’t doctor material, I found out I wasn’t lawyer material, then I started studying journalism,” Washington said.

This week in Christian history: United Methodist Building opened, Saint Abo martyred
The Christian Post 01-05-2025
“Among the various causes championed by [John Joseph] Hughes, his influence is felt especially in the realm of higher education. He founded Manhattan College, St. John’s College (now Fordham University), Fordham Prep, the Academy of Mount St. Vincent (not the College of Mount Saint Vincent), and Marymount College,” noted Old New York Tours.

Growing up Italian at a New York institution
ABC13 01-02-2025
After graduating from Notre Dame High School and Fordham University, [Vivian] Cardia became the first Italian-American woman to trade on the American Stock Exchange. Chaotic moments during the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash stick with her today. Vivian eventually went on to take over the family business.

Wabanaki basketry and holiday flamenco: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
Los Angeles Times 12-20-2024
A graduate of New York’s Fordham University and the University of British Columbia, [Bobby] Garcia directed and produced over 50 plays and musicals across multiple international markets and won three Aliw Awards for direction (the premiere live entertainment award in the Philippines).

Meet Michelle Cheramie, the New Orleans animal rescuer who won’t give up til Scrim is safe
Nola.com 12-25-2024
[Michelle] Cheramie, 55, comes from Cut Off, Louisiana – Cajun country – where, she said, everybody knew everybody. In college at LSU, Fordham University in New York, and Nicholls State University, she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in psychology and the other in art. She began her multifaceted career working in a Raceland mental health facility.

The Mets just invested $765 million in their glow up. Can they be bigger than the Yankees?
NBC News 12-11-2024
A region’s second-place franchise can emerge from shadows if an owner is willing to shell out cash, Fordham University professor Mark Conrad said, citing the NBA’s Steve Ballmer, who has remarkably made L.A. Clippers games fashionable events. “The focus of New York baseball could be shifting now,” said Conrad, who teaches sports law at Fordham’s business school.

At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism
The Times of Israel 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, the Shvidler chair of Jewish studies at Fordham University and president of the American Academy for Jewish Research, lamented “social media culture that allows you only to like or block, a short-form quickness of reaction … We have to relearn to disagree with each other, not to cancel each other.”

Is It Ever OK to Go Barefoot in Public?
The New York Times 12-16-2024
According to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, “Most barefoot bans simply reflect private dress codes put in place by restaurants, retailers and others concerned about safety and their own potential liability for splinters, slips and stubbed toes.”

The dean of the state Senate has seen it all
City & State New York 12-11-2024
The state Senate is saying goodbye to its dean as state Sen. Neil Breslin [FCRH ‘64] prepares to say his final farewell to the chamber after 28 years in office. First elected in 1997, the Albany-area native has seen a lot, from entering in the minority to presiding over a legislative coup and becoming part of the Democratic supermajority.

Juan Soto’s 15-year deal has short-term benefits that outweigh long-term risks, experts say
Newsday 12-09-2024
Soto, 26, who agreed to the largest guaranteed contract in North American sports history at 15 years and $765 million, might be costing baseball’s richest owner a whole lot of money, but he also stands to elevate the franchise, increase ticket sales, provide profitable merchandising opportunities and raise TV ratings for the team’s flagship network, SNY, said Mark Conrad, professor of law and ethics at Fordham University, and director of its sports business concentration.

New York Red Bulls Sign Goalkeeper Ryan Meara to New MLS Contract
Red Bull 12-09-2024
Prior to New York, [Ryan] Meara was a four-year starter at Fordham University, where he was a three-time All-Atlantic selection. He holds Fordham’s all-time record for shutouts in a career with 31 and was named Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2011.

Antisemitism on Campuses
Harvard Magazine 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, professor of Judaic studies and history at Fordham University, spoke about what antisemitism studies could learn from other fields. “Black studies and racism studies study the impact of racism on its victims,” she said. “Antisemitism studies make the victims invisible or implicated. We study the perpetrators, we study the antisemites.”

Battle Of The Boroughs 2024
The Bronx Daily 12-09-2024
SuitUp, a nonprofit entity that strives to increase career readiness for all students through innovative business plan competitions, has partnered with the Fordham Foundry, Fordham University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship within the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, a thought leader in business education for the future and in the areas of social and corporate responsibility, to encourage more students—especially those from underrepresented communities—to consider careers in financial services.

NYC mayoral hopefuls want a rent freeze, but tenants may have to wait until 2026
Brick Underground 12-10-2024
New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie committed to appointing “members of the rent guidelines board that will be putting our renters first,” at the Saturday forum at Fordham University. Attorney Jim Walden said he supports freezing the rents for tenants who live in buildings owned by landlords who will not disclose their operating costs and income, Gothamist reported.

What is the Heisman trophy made of? Height, weight and who designed it
Diario AS 12-10-2024
The now-famous pose wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment idea. Eliscu consulted Jim Crowley, head coach at Fordham University and a member of Notre Dame’s legendary “Four Horsemen.” Crowley’s players demonstrated sidesteps, forward drives, and, of course, the signature stiff-arm move, which Eliscu painstakingly recreated in clay. After rigorous critique and adjustments—including a Notre Dame football team endorsement – the design was finalized.

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn’t Fit His Loyalist Mold
The New York Times 12-10-2024
Mr. Trump’s post on Truth Social announcing Mr. Bessent’s selection made no mention of his husband, Mr. [John] Freeman, 62, who grew up in the Bronx. Mr. Freeman was an athlete (football, rugby) whose father died young, and he attended Fordham University and night classes at Brooklyn Law before joining the Bronx district attorney’s office.

Bing Crosby’s 7 Children: All About the ‘White Christmas’ Singer’s Family
People Magazine 12-15-2024
Harry [Crosby] now works in business as an investment banker. He began his career at Lehman Brothers and went on to assume partner roles at Cranemere and Snow Phipps. In 2019, he joined Trilantic North America as a partner of business development. Harry received a master’s degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and a business degree from Fordham University.

Denzel Washington’s 5 decades of groundbreaking excellence in film
Rolling Out 12-10-2024
The Boys & Girls Club played a pivotal role in his development, while his [Denzel Washington] father’s work as a Pentecostal minister and his mother’s entrepreneurial spirit instilled discipline and work ethic. After his parents’ divorce at age 14, boarding school experiences and later studies at Fordham University set the stage for his acting career.

Denzel Washington: A legacy of excellence in film and beyond
The Grio 12-09-2024
After [Denzel] Washington’s parents, Denzel Sr. and Lennis, divorced when he was 14, he and his sister were sent to a boarding school in New Windsor, New York. Post-high school, Washington made his way to Fordham University.

First look: Future Days Beer Co. readies for debut in Northern Liberties
Philadelphia Business Journal 12-11-2024
First reported by the Business Journal in 2023, Future Days is owned by Nick Mata and Sean McGuire, who met while in school at Fordham University and have been homebrewing together for more than 10 years. In 2021, the duo signed a lease on the building, which had previously been vacant for 15 years, according to Mata. They spent the next three years converting it into a brewery while attempting to maintain historical aspects of the property.

Origin of new Northern Liberties brewery can be traced to college apartment bathtub
Philly Voice 12-11-2024
Future Days Beer Co. opens Thursday in a renovated carriage house in Northern Liberties, but its original home was much more modest. The brewery was born in an off-campus apartment near Fordham University in the Bronx, where two college juniors [Nick Mata and Sean McGuire] decided to give beer-making a spin.

Bears sign three to Division I programs
Elgin Courier 12-10-2024
Offensive lineman Jaxon Taylor will be heading to Fordham University. As a critical protector for sophomore quar terback Weston Nielsen, Taylor anchored Bastrop’s offensive line and helped power the team’s success. He fielded offers f rom Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Bryant, per 247Sports.

Poets&Quant’s 2024-2025 MBA Ranking: For The First Time Ever, Kellogg Takes First
Poets&Quants 12-03-2024
In all, 11 programs advanced in double-digits, with large gains by the University of Wisconsin’s Business School, up 18 spots to rank 35th best, and Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, up 16 places to finish 44th.

A pope expert fact checks Conclave’s wildest moments
GQ 12-04-2024
“I was in Rome with a group of Fordham students in October for the global meeting of Catholic leaders, called a synod. During that time, Pope Francis met with a group of trans and intersex Catholics. It was a very powerful meeting. The pope’s affirmation of them as created by God with inherent dignity was extraordinarily moving. One of them, Nicole Santamaria, an intersex woman from El Salvador, wrote about her experience and to me, it’s a testimony more powerful than Conclave’s surprise ending,” said David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.

Home Depot accused of faking Black Friday deals by masking original prices with holiday sale stickers showing the same cost
Fortune 12-05-2024
“All kinds of pricing shenanigans have been going on for decades,” Luke Kachersky, an associate professor of marketing at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business, told Fortune. “For example, retailers displaying things like, ‘regularly $X, now $Y,’ even though it’s hard to imagine the retailer ever having really offered the item—or anyone ever buying it—at the ‘regular’ price.”

You Want That Gift to Arrive Today? This Is What It Takes.
The New York Times 12-03-2024
As Halloween approaches, more costumes are moved to same-day delivery. The same goes for toys as Christmas nears. “It’s not necessarily going to be what you want,” said Matthew Hockenberry, a historian of supply chains at Fordham University. “It’s what you are willing to accept.”

The jobs most vulnerable under the next Trump administration
CNN 12-09-2024
The potential loss of millions of people in the US would mean businesses nationwide could see revenues decline substantially, said Monster economist [and senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University] Giacomo Santangelo. “In the face of inflation, the Federal Reserve is going to have to raise interest rates,” Santangelo told CNN.

Trump Organization Plans an Ethics Policy Without Banning Foreign Deals
The New York Times 12-05-2024
“It looks like Trump is planning to flagrantly violate key anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution again,” said Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham Law School, who served on the legal team for one of the emoluments lawsuits filed in 2017. “It would be untenable if there is not a significant challenge to that.”

Paying Juan Soto would be smart money for Mets or Yankees, Fordham expert says
New York Daily News 12-06-2024
According to Mark Conrad, director of the Sports Business Concentration and professor of law and ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, paying Soto what he wants is smart money. “It’s supply and demand,” Conrad told the Daily News.

2024 Power Players in Health Care
Politics NY 12-02-2024
She [Anne Williams-Isom] has decades of executive and leadership experience including serving as CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, serving as a leader at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, and serving as a professor at Fordham University. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a doctorate in divinity.

Psychobiography Across Cultures
Psychology Today 12-02-2024
“Of all the quantitative and qualitative research methods taught in graduate psychology programs, psychobiography is the set of research procedures that most parallel the practice of counseling and psychotherapy; and that is, the intensive psychological study and understanding of a person in familial, religious, community, socio-cultural, political, and historic context,” said Joseph G. Ponterotto, professor in the Division of Psychological and Educational Services at the Fordham University Graduate School of Education.

How Realistic Conclave’s Twist Ending Is Explained By Pope Expert
Screen Rant 12-05-2024
In an interview with GQ, David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, addressed Conclave’s surprise ending. Gibson discussed the feasibility of an intersex pope and the broader implications of the film’s ending, touching on the Church’s evolving stance on gender and sexuality.

New York Giants’ Brandon Brown to participate in NFL’s Front Office & General Manager Accelerator Program
Giants.com 12-09-2024
A four-year letterman as a defensive back at Fordham University, [Brandon] Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a dual concentration in entrepreneurship and communications media management. In addition, Brown was a two-time all-Patriot League academic selection. After graduating from Fordham in 2010, Brown earned a Juris Doctor degree from Barry University Law School in Orlando, Fla.

Yahoo Sports AM: Hired to be fired
Yahoo! Sports 12-06-2024
The Bronx is famous for a lot of things. Hip-hop. The Yankees. Jennifer Lopez. Now, thanks to Fordham University, the New York City borough has a new claim to fame: Water polo!

A Bronx Tale – Fordham is For Real! Taking the Fight to USC in Semifinals at NCAA Water Polo Champs
Swimming World 12-07-2024
Later in the evening, the most anticipated match of the day featured Fordham University against Long Beach State University. Fordham, entering the tournament with an unblemished 31-0 record, faced a formidable opponent in Long Beach State. The match began with Fordham taking a 2-0 lead, courtesy of goals from George Papanikolaou (#6) and Lucas Nieto Jasny (#10).

Why were prison workers excluded from California’s new indoor heat rules?
Santa Monica Daily Press 12-02-2024
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has even acknowledged that five facilities that once experienced fewer than five days above the extreme heat threshold annually will see as many as 24 days by mid-century, and potentially 41 days by 2070. Fordham University researchers have warned that without retrofitting, many carceral facilities will become so unbearable from climate change effects that corrections employment recruitment may suffer.

APACS partners with Kaplan to provide free graduate test prep for STEM and health students in New York
EdTech Innovation Hub 12-03-2024
Students at 27 institutions across the state will have access to courses for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, and DAT through this initiative, which aims to support careers in STEM, health, and other licensed fields. Under Kaplan’s All Access License, students will also benefit from courses designed to build technical and soft skills for career readiness. Participating schools include: Fordham University.

Greek-American Singer Elaina Poulos on Her New Song ‘Mi Mou Thimoneis’
The National Herald 12-03-2024
“After the success of my first song ‘I Agapi Ine Pantou’, I wanted to continue chasing my dream of becoming a famous Greek-American singer. My colleague and fellow singer Eleni Basi introduced me to the lyricist of my song, Giannis Mallias who actually wrote Vasilis Karras’ hit song ‘Ap Ton Vora Mehri to Noto’. It was an honor to sing a song written by Giannis and the fact he believes in me means the world,” said Elaina Poulos, student at Fordham University.

Student-athletes at Bergen Catholic announce college decisions at Signing Day event: photos
NorthJersey.com 12-04-2024
John Morris sits with his family behind him after he signs a commitment letter to play football for Fordham University during a Commitment Day Ceremony for eight Bergen Catholic athletes at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

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KCEN 12-04-2024
Christian Tutson is heading to the big apple. He made his commitment to Fordham University. The wide receiver had 39 receptions, 652 yards and 4 td’s.

Denzel Washington’s Alma Mater Shares Throwback Photo of Actor with Gladiator II Parallels: He ‘Owned the Stage’
People Magazine 11-25-2024
Denzel Washington’s alma mater is throwing it back almost 50 years in honor of his latest role. As Washington’s new movie Gladiator II hit theaters over the weekend, his former college, Fordham University, posted a snapshot of the actor back in a student production in the ’70s.

How will Pope Francis and the Catholic Church navigate a second Trump presidency?
CNN 11-27-2024
“(It) may be that a Trump presidency pushes the US hierarchy closer to Pope Francis and the Vatican,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, New York, told CNN. But Gibson says the church in the US is now facing an “existential crisis” given that Catholic leaders had been so aligned to Republicans based on pro-life causes.

Fordham Law takes top spot at prestigious city bar competition
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11-27-2024
Fordham University School of Law took first place in the regional rounds of the 75th National Moot Court Competition, held Nov. 20-21 at the New York City Bar Association in Manhattan. The winning team included law students Annika Jorgensen, Emily Stubblefield and Matthew Salavitch, coached by Abigail Conroy.

‘Black women are tired.’ Harris’ loss has some organizers reexamining their coalitions
NPR 11-26-2024
Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University whose expertise is in Black politics, said if enough organizers take a step back or rethink some of their past strategies, it could have an effect on U.S. politics. “I think it will change what it looks like,” she said.

Joe Biden’s Pardon of Hunter Lowers Bar for Trump’s Potential Self-Pardon
Newsweek 12-02-2024
Ethan J. Leib, a law professor at Fordham University, argued that while some, including Trump, claim there would be nothing wrong with a president pardoning themselves, such an act would violate the Constitution’s principles and the presidential oath, which prohibits self-dealing. “I think it’s important to note that it’s wrong for President Trump to engage in self-benefit, and it’s equally wrong for President Biden,” Leib told Newsweek.

Opinion: Republicans Launch Anti-Trans Assault as Democrats Flounder
Daily Beast 12-01-2024
Yet while Mace seemingly looks to divide voters with hate, Black women have consistently helped preserve democracy with unity in the recent election and beyond, explained Fordham University professor Dr. Christina Greer in her new book, How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams. “The history of America is a history of progress and regress,” explains Greer.

Congress Must Pass Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Now!
The Daily Kos 11-27-2024
The commission was accused of trying to suppress some of its own research on the subject of corporate media ownership consolidation. According to research conducted by Fordham University and the Universities of Michigan and Delaware, the result of this FCC policy has been a reduction in local news coverage and less BIPOC and female ownership of media.

Judith Jamison Obituary
Playbill 11-27-2024
While serving as artistic director, Ms. Jamison led the theatre to numerous achievements, including the establishment of its permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance in Manhattan’s West 55th Street; a 50th anniversary world tour to 50 cities; a partnership with Fordham University to offer a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program; and more.

CFVI partners with Fordham, EPA on $40M environmental justice grants program
The Virgin Island Daily News 11-27-2024
U.S. Virgin Islands groups with a focus on environmental justice can apply for funding for their projects under a program in which The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is partnering with Fordham University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CFVI announced recently.

Museum of Arts and Design to Present First Retrospective of Multimedia Artist Saya Woolfalk
The City Life Org. 11-25-2024
The garments she has crafted double as costumes and the installations as sets for in-gallery original dance performances choreographed and performed in collaboration with the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA Dance Program. The exhibition will also include an original audio production.

Putting Them On Game: A List Of Actors/Filmmakers Denzel Washington Has Mentored
Global Grind 11-26-2024
In 1977, shortly after graduating from Fordham, [Denzel] Washington made his screen acting debut in the 1977 made-for-television film Wilma which was a docudrama about sprinter Wilma Rudolph. His first Hollywood appearance came in 1981 film Carbon Copy.

A Ninety-Nine-Year-Old Lawyer’s Final Case in “Frank”
The New Yorker 11-25-2024
Their stories had ended, but Frank [Lucianna] went on. He graduated from Fordham Law and began representing indigent Black defendants in Bergen County, because when he hung out his shingle they were some of the only clients he could get. He came to specialize in murder cases with psychological defenses: in 1981, Frank pioneered the “battered woman” defense when he won an acquittal for Dorothy Rapp, a housewife who had killed her abusive husband.

The Democrats’ Billionaire Mistake
The Atlantic 11-25-2024
Noah [Redlich] is a second-year law student at Fordham University. I’ve known him since he was 5. At 7 he could tell you the name of every U.S. senator. It wasn’t just a party trick—as he grew older, his interest in politics grew into a strong belief in the Democratic Party’s potential to improve the lives of the working and middle classes.

How Trump wants to cut spending. And, possible Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
NPR 11-26-2024
Black women have been essential when it comes to turning out voters. But after Vice President Harris lost the chance to become the first Black woman president, many Black women organizers say they’re exhausted. Some have decided to step back, and it’s unclear when they’re ready to return. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, says if enough organizers take a step back or rethink some of their past strategies, it could affect U.S. politics.

Fordham University water polo team dreaming of NCAA glory
CBS News 11-18-2024
Fordham Water Polo finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the nation, a feat unheard of for an east coast team, let alone a water polo team in the Bronx. “It’s definitely been a surprise to everybody because nobody expects some team from the Bronx, right on the East Coast, to be up there,” says one of the Fordham Water Polo players.

Trump DA Faces Deadline as New York Hush Money Case in Limbo
Bloomberg Law 11-19-2024
Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law School in New York, said that it is more likely the sentencing in the New York case is postponed until after Trump leaves office, rather than the case being thrown out.

NYC’s Embattled Mayor Embraces Trump in Bid for Warmer Relations
Bloomberg 11-19-2024
“She [Gov. Kathy Hochul] needs Donald Trump to work with her and not be an obstacle,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

Denzel Washington on ‘Gladiator II’ Same-Sex Kiss That Was Cut: ‘Wasn’t a Big Deal’ (Exclusive)
Extra 11-19-2024
Plus, he [Denzel Washington] talked about getting ready to play Othello on Broadway, a role he first acted at 22 as a student at Fordham University. Denzel insisted, “I think I know the part a little better now. I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to the rehearsal.” He added, “Film is a director’s medium, stage is an actor’s medium.”

Is the FAFSA Ready for Prime Time?
Inside Higher Ed 11-20-2024
Brian Ganhoo, assistant vice president for student financial services at Fordham University, said that while his institution wasn’t a partner in the department’s FAFSA testing, the past few weeks have boosted his confidence that this year’s rollout should go smoothly.

Professor Levinson: Elon Musk Must Choose Between Government Role and Control of X
European Center for Populism Studies 11-21-2024
“With this historical perspective in mind, while I am always concerned about new technologies, I don’t believe social media presents an insurmountable threat to democracy. In fact, it cuts both ways. Social media enables lies, fascism, and the suppression of truth, which are central to fascistic systems. At the same time, social media provides a unique platform for individuals to disseminate the truth widely,” said Paul Levinson, professor of communication & media studies at Fordham University.

Rachel Ravel revels in perfect match role as Tzeitel
LA Times 11-22-2024
Rachel Ravel has traveled all over in pursuit of her dream of performing on stage. It took her out of her home state of Texas, saw her attend a performing arts boarding school in Massachusetts and then go to college to study acting at Fordham University in New York.

Staffing News from the Training Team
NPR Extra 11-22-2024
George [Bodarky] is an adjunct professor of journalism at Fordham University and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He’s held leadership positions within public radio, including serving as president of Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (now PMJA), and the New York State Associated Press Association.

The internet is making us inhuman
iainews.com 11-20-2024
What happens when we stop thinking of people as people and start thinking of them as statistics? In an increasingly online world — where many interact with people online more than in real life — the subjective experience of others is being forgotten. In this piece, Nicholas Smyth [associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University]argues that the internet and other modern trends have created a new, modern dysfunction.

CISA’s Internship Program Delivers Outstanding Results in Vulnerability Management
Homeland Security Today 11-20-2024
The interns’ work spanned the entire spectrum of vulnerability management, resulting in notable advancements. Here are some highlights of their contributions: Laura S., from Fordham University, developed an automated tool using Python to parse scanning data, directly update vulnerability findings and optimizing assessment completion times.

Creature of the Night: A Review of “Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham”
The Metropole 11-19-2024
David J. Goodwin [assistant director of the center on religion and culture at Fordham University]deftly unfolds Lovecraft’s attempt to make a place for himself as a writer in New York City. Unable to secure steady work, minimally productive in his writing, and dependent on the generosity of his wife, Lovecraft found life in Manhattan and Brooklyn to be one of constant poverty.

Hard Rock executive licensed by Nevada Gaming Commission as work continues on Las Vegas project
CDC Gaming 11-21-2024
New Jersey native who has a degree in finance from Fordham University, worked in economic consulting for AEG, and was an equity analyst on Wall Street, [Vincent] Zahn got involved in the gaming industry in 2006 as an analyst at Merrill Lynch.

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Consumed: The Real Restaurant Business 11-24-2024
“Fordham University – The students that are there, they love this neighborhood and they love us. We have to take care of them and I think we should be giving them a service.”

How Strong Girls United is teaching girls life lessons through sports
TODAY Show 11-18-2024
Mallory McClellan, a Fordham University student and softball player, works with the girls at C.S. 55 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in the Bronx. Each week’s playbook includes physical and mental exercises. “I hope when we leave that these girls take away a few tangible things like breathing exercises, but more than anything, I hope they just feel more confident in their own skin, willing to try new things, take risks, and go after things that they didn’t think possible,” said McClellan.

Fordham water polo team aims for national title
Fox 5 NY 11-14-2024
Fordham University’s men’s water polo team is making history this year, challenging the West Coast’s dominance in the sport and emerging as the only unbeaten team in the nation. Now, they have their eyes on a national title and putting the Bronx on the map.

‘Dear Ms. Jamison’: A Heartfelt Tribute to Judith Jamison from a Student at The Ailey School
BET 11-11-2024
In this powerful letter, Ailey student Sophia Cooper honors Judith Jamison. She reflects on her profound impact as a trailblazer in dance and Black storytelling and shares how Jamison’s legacy fuels her own journey in the world of dance. Originally from Lexington, KY, Sophia Cooper is in her third year at Fordham University and The Ailey School, double majoring in Dance and American Studies with a concentration in Diversity and Difference.

Jewish Life Stories: Anne Golomb Hoffman, 78, Jewish scholar at a Jesuit university
Jewish Telegraphic Agency 11-13-2024
As a professor of English and Modern Hebrew Literature at Fordham University, the Jesuit university in the Bronx, [Anne Golomb Hoffman’s] specialties included modernist Hebrew writers like S.Y. Agnon, contemporary Israeli fiction, and Freud and psychoanalysis. In the 1990s, she created the annual Nostra Aetate Dialogue, hosting conversations in Jewish-Catholic reconciliation, as well as Fordham’s Jewish Texts Reading Group.

See iconic NYC buildings made of gingerbread in this beautiful exhibition
TimeOut 11-11-2024
Another award-winner was a gingerbread creation of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx by Petroula “Patty” Lambrou of Patty Pops. The design features the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University in a snowy, candy cane-studded scene.

The Watchers: Vatican Experts Explain What Really Happens in ‘Conclave’
The Hollywood Reporter 11-14-2024
“One of the film’s dynamics that does track with a real conclave or College of Cardinals is that a pope never lets on that his health is bad — a pope is never sick until he’s dead — because it would lead to more jockeying. And that’s what you have happen here, where they all start doing that after he dies,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.

Dancer, Choreographer, and Former Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Judith Jamison Dies at 81
Playbill 11-10-2024
While serving as artistic director, Ms. Jamison led the theatre to numerous achievements, including the establishment of its permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance in Manhattan’s West 55th Street; a 50th anniversary world tour to 50 cities; a partnership with Fordham University to offer a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program; and more.

‘Fordham Now’ Reports on ‘Commonweal’ Centennial Benefit Dinner
Commonweal Magazine 11-13-2024
At the dinner, Commonweal honored Fordham president Tania Tetlow — the first woman and lay president of the university — with its Centennial Award.

World Day of Poor: Report shows global poverty efforts have stalled
National Catholic Reporter 11-17-2024
“The main result of this year’s report is that the recovery from the pandemic that we observed last year in reducing the global poverty gap may have stalled,” Henry Schwalbenberg said at the U.N. event announcing the report. Schwalbenberg, an economics and development professor at Fordham University, and his research assistants, led this year’s report.

Judith Jamison: Remembering the Trailblazing Dance Legend
WWD 11-11-2024
The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater now encompasses the Ailey Extension, the Ailey Arts in Education & Community program and the Alvin Ailey B.F.A. program at Fordham University.

Cardinal Cupich: 10 years as archbishop of Chicago
Chicago Catholic 11-13-2024
On Sept. 26, 2023, Cardinal Cupich delivered an address titled “The Bond of Perfection: From a Consistent Ethic of Life to an Integral Ethic of Solidarity,” at Fordham University in New York City. The talk was sponsored by Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture and the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and expanded on “the consistent ethic of life” proposed by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin in a talk delivered at Fordham University 40 years earlier.

Did The Fashion Girlies Predict Trump’s Win? Signs Point To Yes.
HuffPost 11-15-2024
Susan Scafidi, a professor, and founder and director of Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, thinks the re-embrace of thinness has something to do with another, related cultural divide: rich versus poor, rather than conservative versus liberal.

How Kamala Harris and the Democrats lost the 2024 US election
Al Jazeera Up Front 11-15-2024
[To] discuss the fallout of the 2024 U.S. presidential election are Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science and American studies at Fordham University, Katie Halper, journalist and host of The Katie Halper show, Ryan Grim, reporter and co-founder of Drop Site News, and Emma Doyle, former White House principal deputy chief of staff under the Trump Administration.

Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia
The Vocal Fries Podcast 11-12-2024
Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English at Fordham University, about his class called “Literature and Psychology of Disgust,” which explores how language evokes emotional responses, particularly disgust, and his book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, which was released in September.

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
US Weekly 11-12-2024
The Fordham University alum’s [Taylor Schilling] performance in the Netflix comedy-drama earned her an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations across its seven seasons. Schilling has also taken her talents to the big screen, starring in The Lucky One (2012), The Titan (2018) and The Prodigy (2019). She starred in Apple TV+’s Dear Edward in 2023.

Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level
The Nation 11-11-2024
“With Donald Trump’s reelection, the slide toward a dangerously empowered president has reached a moment of reckoning, particularly when it comes to foreign affairs and warfare,” wrote Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.

Episode 265: Dissecting the 2024 Presidential Election
Scholars Strategy Network’s No Jargon Podcast 11-13-2024
In a candid conversation, Dr. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, shares her reflections on the 2024 presidential election as an expert on American politics, Black ethnic politics, and campaigns and elections.

IN SUPERB IRONY, BLACKS, LATINOS HELP PUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE HANDS OF NATIVISTS
South Florida Times 11-14-2024
Fordham University law professor Tanya Katerí Hernández, in her 2023 book “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle For Equality,” points to a similar disconnect between Latino Americans and African Americans, who should be allies. However, she writes, “The ongoing upkeep and silent acceptance of anti-Blackness implicates many other racial and ethnic groups in the United States as well as across the globe.”

Clash of Traumas: Historicizing October 7th
CounterPunch 11-13-2024
In a series of four lectures at Fordham University, Myers and Ibish have turned around Edward Said—who advocated for the Palestinian people with empathy for the genocide suffered by Jews—to acknowledge the trauma experienced by the Palestinians.

Westport Country Playhouse Names Volunteers To Theatre Council
Broadway World 11-14-2024
Sara Robbin is a graduate of Cornell University and Emory Law School. After practicing law for many years at both a large NYC law firm and in-house at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, she found her true passion as a legal writing professor at Fordham Law School. She now has her own company assisting students with college and graduate school admittance essays.

The past few years have left clergy burned out and exhausted. But that can change, say experts.
Nola.com 11-17-2024
“Pastors and priests, people in ministry, people in caring professions, they carry a lot of suffering,” said Mary Beth Werdel, director of the Pastoral Mental Health Counseling program at Fordham University.

Culinary Institute of American elects new board chair
The National Provisioner 11-14-2024
As he began his own career, [Marc] Sarrazin learned the ins and outs of the meat business from his father while securing his business bona fides, earning his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

Dramaturg Morgan Jenness Has Died
Playbill 11-14-2024
[Morgan] Jenness fully served on the faculty at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Pace University, and Columbia University School of The Arts, where they taught theatre history and adaptation.

Judith Jamison, legendary artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, dies at 81
The New Pittsburgh Courier 11-14-2024
Following Ailey’s death in 1989, Jamison took over as the artistic director of his company, steering it through a period of profound growth and establishing its first permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance. She also founded a partnership with Fordham University, creating a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program to support a multicultural dance curriculum.

Local artist brings public art project, “Pulse of NY,” to the Bronx and beyond
Bronx Times 11-13-2024
During a stop at the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, [Cherie] Corso told the Bronx Times that she makes a point to roll out the canvases at all hours of the day and night, in different neighborhoods and environments, from subway stations to college campuses (most recently Fordham University) to markets, shops and events.

‘Fordham Now’ Reports on ‘Commonweal’ Centennial Benefit Dinner
Commonweal Magazine 11-13-2024
At the dinner, Commonweal honored Fordham president Tania Tetlow — the first woman and lay president of the university — with its Centennial Award.

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Adds Seven New Members to Its Advisory Board
Smithsonian 11-12-2024
Based in the United States and Africa, these new members are global leaders in sectors such as entrepreneurship, philanthropy, financial services and higher education. Continuing members include: Gay McDougall, distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice of Fordham University Law School

Denzel Washington Teases His Retirement Amid Possible ‘Black Panther 3’ Role
Yahoo! News 11-12-2024
Incidentally, [Denzel] Washington’s upcoming turns in both the Othello stage show and the big screen production are nods to his start in acting. After first attending Texas Tech University and Fordham University in the 70s for their sports programs, he pivoted to Drama and Journalism, earning a BA in the latter course in 1977.

WAHS celebrate record-setting 13 student-athletes heading to DI programs
CBS 19 News 11-13-2024
Like many high schools across the area, it was a day of celebration at Western Albemarle as a record-setting 13 student-athletes signed to Division I programs on Wednesday. Here’s a full list of all 13 signees. Congratulations to all of them: Richard Wang (swimming) – Fordham University.

Ella Montgomery and Adrianna Richardson Commit to Swim in College Next Year
WDEA 11-14-2024
A pair of Ellsworth Eagles will be swimming for college programs next year, after Ella Montgomery and Adrianna Richardson committed to swim for Fordham University and St. Michael’s College respectively. Montgomery signed to attend Division 1 Fordham University, in the Bronx.

Making A Difference: Prepares students for PSAT, SAT, and ACT exams and scholarship opportunities.
V103 iHeart Radio 11-18-2024
Many of Scholar Ready’s students have earned academic scholarships, including full rides to Mississippi Valley State University, Fordham University, Texas A & M University, and the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

County-by-county election results map for New York. How did my county vote in the 2024 presidential race?
CBS News New York 11-06-2024
“If you have Democrats in charge of the state, Democrats in charge of the city and Democrats in charge of the country, if you’re not happy, you kind of go to the Republican candidate,” said Boris Heersink, a political science professor at Fordham University.

Americans are feeling anxious — so they’re ‘doom spending’
CNN 11-10-2024
“Inflation is slowing down, but for many people, what they see on the shelf in the grocery store is their reality,” said Sertan Kabadayi, a marketing professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. “Since those prices are higher than last year, they still think that the economy is not in good shape and that the economy is getting worse.”

Trump will face fewer speed bumps in Washington during his second term
Reuters 11-07-2024
“There’s going to be very few restraints on Trump and I think he’s going to feel very empowered with that decision in his pocket,” said Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader.

Fordham launches NIL initiative as Rams begin climb with million dollar dreams
The New York Post 11-05-2024
Supporters of the Fordham [University] men’s basketball program on Tuesday announced the launch of Rose Thrill Marketplace, which will aim to grow NIL opportunities for players “by connecting them with sponsorship deals, brand partnerships and community engagement activities,” according to a release.

Penn State Case Testing Sports Merch Industry Heads Before Jury
Bloomberg Law 11-08-2024
IP law professor Susan Scafidi of Fordham University said “it would be nice to have case law” from the appeal, as the questions raised carry profound implications. “Is Vintage using these trademarks as source indicators, and if not, does Penn State have a leg to stand on?” she said.

The 2025 Tax Brackets Are Here. See Where You Land.
The Wall Street Journal 10-22-2024
Your effective tax rate will be lower than your top rate. That is because the first slice of income is taxed at 10%, the next slice at 12%, and so on. A single person who makes $120,000 and takes the standard deduction in 2025 would have a sliver of income taxed at 24% but a 15% effective tax rate, according to Stan Veliotis, a CPA and tax lawyer at Fordham University’s business school.

What a Trump Presidency Might Mean for Mayor Adams’s Criminal Case
The New York Times 11-10-2024
“If I am Eric Adams, I am sleeping a little more peacefully tonight knowing Donald Trump will be in charge and not Kamala Harris,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University. “Especially because Donald Trump has been very clear that he equates his prosecution as similar — with the Democrats being the villain.”

US judicial panel to develop rules to address AI-produced evidence
Reuters 11-08-2024
“It seems like a good idea to have something in the bullpen as it were rather than nothing,” said Daniel Capra, a professor at Fordham School of Law who serves as a reporter to the committee and will help draft the potential rule.

Bloomberg Surveillance: The Fed & Trump
Bloomberg 11-07-2024
“I always show my students the distribution curve right – that hump in the middle. In the past, we have had presidents who all clustered around the middle. We had George H.W. Bush, we had Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama. That is, in our modern presidency, where presidents hung out. Obama was not a radical president,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

How Kamala Harris and the Democrats lost the 2024 US election
Al Jazeera 11-08-2024
“In this particular phase for Kamala Harris—a short one, at that—she had to make the case, simultaneously running as both an incumbent and a newcomer, that the current state of the economy, even though it was getting better, still felt different from how it did under the Trump administration,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

‘Negativity is exhausting’: Trump turns to dark rhetoric in his closing argument
MSNBC 11-05-2024
“Well, I think, as we said, you know, the negativity of this particular campaign is exhausting, and Donald Trump has been exhausting to a lot of Americans and Republicans, and so keep in mind, he’s been on the top of the ticket three times now – He’s possibly going to lose the popular vote again tonight, and so he would have lost three times, and if he loses again, Republicans really have to reorganize themselves, because the messaging isn’t there,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

John Davenport and Jack Curtis: Donald Trump uses the law to stiff his neighbors
PIttsburgh Post-Gazette 11-04-2024
“In the long run, Congress needs to set stricter guidelines concerning how political leaders run their businesses. It may even be necessary to alter the constitution to require politicians to hold businesses in blind trusts during their terms in office, or longer,” said John J. Davenport, professor of philosophy and peace and justice studies at Fordham University and one of the story’s lead authors.

Trump Wins the Presidency; NY’s Congressional Swing Seat Results; The Day After Election Day
WNYC 11-06-2024
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013) offers political analysis of Donald Trump’s win and Kamala Harris’s loss.

Global viewers help Max add 7 million streaming subscribers
Marketplace 11-07-2024
Former HBO executive Charles Schreger, who teaches marketing at New York University and Fordham University, pointed out that in the third quarter, Max’s average revenue per domestic subscriber was about $12. For international subscribers, it was about $4. “If you’re selling a streaming service in a country that has less wealth,” he said, “you offer it at a much more modest price, because that’s what the economy will absorb.”

Bronx business owners hopeful Trump presidency will improve inflation
News 12 Bronx 11-07-2024
“The problem with the Trump tariffs and the problem with a lot of the Trump economic plans is they’re talking about how this is going to benefit U.S. corporations in 10, 15, 20 years from now. In that 10 to 15 to 20-year transitional period, the people that are going to pay the price for that are consumers and current small businesses.” said Giacomo Santangelo, an economics lecturer at Fordham University.

Report: Alabama’s criminal justice funding methods may affect crime victim compensation
Alabama Reflector 11-05-2024
“It is one of the most inefficient ways because, for many people who owe fines and fees, they simply do not have the ability to pay, so it is like trying to get blood from a stone,” said Lauren Jones, legal and policy director for the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School in New York.

The Catholic voting gap was the largest in decades, polls show. Whom did they choose?
The Kansas City Star 11-06-2024
Cristina Traina, professor of Christian theology and ethics at Fordham University, told McClatchy News in a phone interview that experts used to be able to assume how the majority of Catholics would vote. “You could pretty much assume that 80% to 90% of Catholics were going to vote a particular way because of their Catholic identity and the priorities that the Catholic church and they as Catholics had,” Traina said. “That’s no longer true. Catholics are across the spectrum.”

Young accountants: Choose your own adventure
Accounting Today 10-02-2024
“It’s always easier to go from big to small. It’s harder to go from smaller to big,” said Stan Veliotis, associate professor at Fordham University. “Both are possible, but it’s easier in one direction versus the other.” He said that students risk giving the impression to future employers that they couldn’t get an offer from the big firms – not that they didn’t want to work there.

Trump’s New York Case: What Happens Now?
Factcheck.org 11-07-2024
Trump could get prison time, but that’s not likely, Cheryl Bader, a clinical associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, told us in a June interview. For a first-time convicted felon, with a low-level, nonviolent felony and a person of advanced age, “under any circumstance like that, there’d be a relatively low chance of incarceration,” she said.

Is Test-Driven Educational Reform Sapping the Joy in Learning from the Nation’s Classrooms?
History News Network 11-05-2024
“Make no mistake about it, when we destroy the joy of learning in a large portion of our youth, most of whom are from racial minorities and immigrant backgrounds, we are doing our nation irreparable harm. Will people please wake up and stop this travesty against the young people of our nation? Let students learn, let teachers teach, let the joy return to our schools,” said Mark Naison, professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University and Director of Fordham’s Urban Studies Program.

Bakers turn Rockefeller Center, Bronx Zoo, pizza and other NYC icons into gingerbread masterpieces
NBC 4 New York 11-08-2024
To represent her home borough, Lambrou-Kalognomas centered her gingerbread masterpiece around Southern Boulevard and surrounded it with Fordham University’s Keating Hall (where she met her husband), the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden’s conservatory and icing-decorated train from the NYBG’s beloved holiday train show.

How Strive Higher Is Opening Doors for Bronx Students Through Cultural Access and Mentorship
Playbill 11-07-2024
One of Strive Higher’s hallmark events has become an annual tradition: a Halloween celebration at Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus. This event serves as more than just a festive gathering; it’s an introduction to higher education for Bronx families, many of whom have never set foot on a college campus despite living nearby.

An Unexpected Story Is Unfolding in College Sports
Newser 11-09-2024
If you check the national rankings, you’ll see that New York City’s Fordham University is currently tied for No. 2. This isn’t supposed to happen: The sport has long been dominated by West Coast schools, but the Bronx team is 25-0 and ripping through its opponents, including a few California schools “that got the sport buzzing,” writes Gay.

Ecumenical Patriarchate hosts International Conference honoring Metropolitan of Pergamon (VIDEO)
Orthodox Times 11-05-2024
From November 5 to 7, 2024, the Ecumenical Patriarchate hosts an international conference in memory of the renowned theologian, Metropolitan John D. Zizioulas of Pergamon, at the Grand Hyatt Istanbul Hotel. This significant event is organized in collaboration with the Volos Academy for Theological Studies and the Center for Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University, USA.

Elections 2024: Ritchie Torres on Fighting for The Bronx, Challenges in D.C. & Gaza
Norwood News 11-04-2024
On climate change, with Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Torres secured a $50 million environmental justice grant to be administered by Fordham University to various community-based organizations, the largest such grant received by a Bronx-based institution, and also with Schumer, secured funding for a community-driven, envisioning process for the reimagining the Cross Bronx Expressway.

Veterans Day 2024: Famous Celebrities Who Served In The U.S. Military
Forbes 11-08-2024
According to Men’s Health, legendary M*A*S*H star Alan Alda attended Fordham University on a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship and joined the Army Reserve after graduation.

Hard Rock executive seeks licensing in Nevada as resort transition continues
The Las Vegas Review-Journal 11-06-2024
[Vincent] Zahn, a former Nevada resident who moved to Florida to join Hard Rock, told board members he aspired to be a Wall Street investment banker when he lived in northern New Jersey and attended New York’s Fordham University.

NY1 – New York, NY: AUDIO UNAVAILABLE
Inside City Hall 11-05-2024
“Pennsylvania has had so many dedicated New Yorkers going there (democrats) to knock on doors for Kamala Harris, and surprisingly enough, so many of Donald Trump’s vitriolic statements about Latinos in general, about Mexican Americans being rapists, Venezuelans being gang members, the list goes on and on, and for whatever reason, that didn’t stick in a lot of communities,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

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Spectrum News 1 11-05-2024
“We know Americans go to the polls based on economic issues. They don’t necessarily go based on immigration for Latinos or civil rights for black Americans. Abortion is an economic issue, and it affects women and men. So, as we see so many people get galvanized, if Kamala Harris is successful this evening, it will be because successful this evening, it will be because so many families recognized that this issue impacts them in a financial, not just a moral way, but a financial way,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

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KGMI 11-05-2024
“The Ukrainian President, Vladimir Zelensky, was in New York in September and had meetings with former President Trump. He also met with President Biden and Vice President Harris, and people were watching those meetings very clearly, particularly to see where Trump would come down on continuing aid to Ukraine. The United States is the biggest donor to the Ukraine war effort. The US has given about $60 billion,” said Beth Knobel, professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University in New York.

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Mornings on 1 11-06-2024
“I think, you know, in the next few days or weeks, there will be some sort of scapegoating as to who was the problem in the democratic party and what was the messaging. But I think we also have to be very clear that historically, white women have always been Republicans when it comes to the presidency,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

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WWNO 11-06-2024
“I think a lot of Latino men were voting on an aspirational voting pattern and they don’t necessarily see themselves as the people Donald Trump is talking about, and so we’ve looked at data from, say, Arizona time and time again, where we’ve seen Latino men who were immigrants themselves wanting to pull up the ladder once they get the right to vote,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

NYC schools chancellor: My mom pulled me out of the school system I now lead
Chalkbeat New York 10-29-2024
“Not long after, as a new alumna of Fordham University, I was riding the subway one day when I saw an ad for the New York City Teaching Fellows program. At that moment, it all clicked. That subway ride marked the start of my teaching career and my life’s work,” said Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Fordham alum and chancellor of New York City Public Schools.

How Does Dignity Fit Into Your Leadership?
Harvard Business Review 10-30-2024
“In fact, dignity violations may be a leading cause of the broken psychological contract between leaders and employees today. Data shows that managers’ inability to recognize the full humanity of workers over results, profits, and business targets is a main reason driving trends like quiet quitting or the great resignation,” said Michael Pirson, professor of global sustainability and humanistic management at Fordham University, and Ayse Yemiscigil, PhD, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, two of the study’s lead authors.

How to distinguish yourself in a competitive law school admission cycle
The National Jurist 10-29-2024
“As of the time I’m writing this, applicants to law school in the current admissions cycle are up almost 25%. And applications are up about a whopping 35%. Why? Possibly because it is an election year. In the almost twenty years that I’ve been a prelaw adviser, some application cycles are much busier than others. This means, if it continues, it could be a very competitive cycle,” said Hillary Mantis, assistant dean of the Pre-law Program at Fordham University.

What Teens Said They Hope for and Fear in the 2024 Election
The New York Times 10-31-2024
“I believe that this age demographic cares a lot about activism and the way our society progresses. We have seen the negative impacts thus far when it comes to political leaders, and most if not all of the people around me want to make a change in some way,” said Nikki Hatzopoulos, freshman at Fordham University in New York.

‘I Didn’t Do an About-Face on Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg Did an About-Face on Me.’
Politico 11-03-2024
“I eat my hat on Buttigieg, who I thought of as a McKinsey operator,” posted Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor and high-profile antitrust thinker, during the debate, referencing his time spent as a corporate consultant. “He’s doing really great work.”

How could allies of Donald Trump challenge the US election result?
The Financial Times 10-30-2024
The party plans to deploy 230,000 volunteers, including many attorneys, across “every battleground state” to monitor alleged fraud. “I expect them to attempt to bollix up the works if they can,” said Jerry Goldfeder, the director of Fordham law school’s voting rights and democracy project.

Control of the US House is up for grabs – and may hinge on two blue states
Christian Science Monitor 10-31-2024
Democrats are aggressively going after three more New York seats, and eyeing a “cherry on top” at the tip of Long Island, says Jacob Smith, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. In the 2022 midterms, held not long after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats did better than expected nationwide, with an anticipated “red wave” largely failing to materialize. But in the Empire State, the party got swamped, says Professor Smith.

Review: Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel takes us deep into presidential politics, divine providence and the NBA
America Magazine 11-01-2024f
“Vinson Cunningham is a talented writer for The New Yorker. Much of his work entails critical reviews of the arts: film, television, music and theater. Such constant application of a critical eye must have affected Cunningham’s own work in composing his first novel, Great Expectations, especially his decision to take a title from Charles Dickens. Being a reviewer himself must have made him doubly conscious as author of his own work of fiction,” said Kevin Spinale, assistant professor in the Curriculum and Teaching Division of the Fordham University Graduate School of Education.

See how NYC retail owners stay open amid rising shopliftings
CGTN America 10-29-2024
Economist Giacomo Santangelo thinks that adding federal resources could create more problems than it solves. “If the crime is going to continue, then you have an escalation on the thieves side, and then an escalation on law enforcement, and then you have that kind of back and forth.”

Temp jobs drop by 48,500 amid strikes, hurricanes
Staffing Industry Analyst 11-01-2024
“I felt the numbers were going to come in low — everyone felt the numbers were going to come in low — not this low,” Monster Economist Giacomo Santangelo said in an interview with SIA. This was the lowest jobs-creation number since the pandemic.

IRS Releases New Tax Brackets for 2025
The Fiscal Times 10-22-2024
Your effective tax rate will be lower than your top rate. That is because the first slice of income is taxed at 10%, the next slice at 12%, and so on. A single person who makes $120,000 and takes the standard deduction in 2025 would have a sliver of income taxed at 24% but a 15% effective tax rate, according to Stan Veliotis, a CPA and tax lawyer at Fordham University’s business school.

JISA Meets… Bryan Massingale
Jesuit Institute South Africa 10-31-2024
“One of the major learnings I’m taking away from my experience is that Africa is a vast continent with many different opinions on this issue, and in the media, we only hear the stories of resistance to Pope Francis’s overtures and repression and those repression stories, the stories of torture and real abuse are real, but there are also contrary voices that are also working to expand it, to create a more inclusive society, a more equal society, a more just society. They’re also in Africa, and they’re also in the church,” said Fr Bryan Massingale, professor of theological ethics at Fordham University.

Trump and Harris neck-and-neck as economy drives voter concerns
The New Voice of Ukraine 11-02-2024
For Monica McDermott, a political science professor at Fordham University, this election feels critical. “Many experts see this election as a turning point for American democracy, but it’s unclear how much the American people share that view. Voter turnout on November 5 will tell the story,” she explains.

Practicing “Civic Discipleship” This Election Season With Fr. Bryan Massingale
Busted Halo 10-31-2024
When forming our consciences this election season, Father Bryan [Massingale] notes, “I think sometimes we have this understanding, even among Catholics, that politics and faith should not meet at all; that is not at all what we believe as Catholics. But as I tell people, when Catholics enter the political arena, we don’t bring partisan values to the conversation – we bring Gospel values to the conversation.”

Adams Administration Appoints Top Scientists To NYC Climate Change Panel
Harlem World 11-01-2024
Chief Climate Officer and New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala today announced the appointment of the fifth New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). Below is the full list of appointees: Dr. Marc Conte (Fordham University)

Opinion: I’m not in sync with daylight saving time
Greenwich Time 11-03-2024
“It was accurate time, specifically atomic time, that helped scientists build a more accurate time standard that today runs our satellite GPS and global computer systems. So, when the scientists got control of time we reaped many benefits,” said William Baker, Ph.D., professor of graduate education at Fordham University.

Student Voices on Democracy & Voting
PBS 11-04-2024
Fordham [University] in NYC – Check out two PSA’s created by students at Fordham: On Election Day, you’re voting for more than who will be in the White House. You’re also voting for local legislators and on policies that impact your daily life. Get to know your ballot and gain confidence in who you are voting for, because it matters.

Only in Print: Recognizing Over 400 Years of Black Catholic History in the United States
The Tablet 10-30-2024
In July 1990, at a meeting at Fordham University in the Bronx, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus designated November as Black Catholic History Month. The month serves as an opportunity to reflect on the challenges and triumphs black Catholics faced throughout history and celebrate their ongoing contributions to the Church.

What are the oldest active college basketball arenas?
ESPN 11-01-2024
Home of the Fordham Rams men’s and women’s basketball teams, Rose Hill Gymnasium is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx borough of New York City. It is the oldest on-campus venue used primarily for NCAA Division I basketball. “The Prairie” also houses the Fordham volleyball team and was the site of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s final high school basketball game in 1965.

Inside NYC’s glorious, surreal Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest
The Washington Post 10-28-2024
“It was brave of me,” she said with a laugh on Sunday, while nearby a young woman wore a shirt with embroidered lettering: “If you look like Timothée Chalamet, text me ASAP.” (Another woman, 20-year-old Fordham student Chloe Lefaivre, said it flat-out: “I came here looking for a Timothée Chalamet dupe.”)

Walgreens in the Bronx among 1,200 stores nationwide shutting doors for good
ABC 7 NY 10-31-2024
The pharmacy located East Fordham Road will be shutting down for good on Nov. 7. It’s one of 1,200 locations across the U.S. that will be closing over the next three years. “I think it’s very inconvenient,” said Fordham student Ryan Murphy. “We don’t have another good option in the area.”

Freestyle Reflections Another Swim-Centric Step for Freestyle Swimwear
Swimming World Magazine 10-31-2024
The guiding principle for Audrey Tirrell in founding Freestyle Swimwear was finding products she wished she could use when she swam. The discomfort and drabness of training suits has been the animating force behind the company she founded while still at Fordham University.

Paul Morrissey death: Cult filmmaker and Andy Warhol collaborator dies at 86
The Independent 10-29-2024
Born in 1938 in Manhattan, [Paul] Morrissey graduated from Fordham University before joining the US military. He moved to the East Village in New York City in 1960, and opened an underground cinema where he screened his own films as well as early works by Brian De Palma.

Paul Morrissey, Icon of NY Underground Cinema Behind ‘Trash,’ ‘Flesh’ and More Andy Warhol Films, Dies at 86
Variety 10-28-2024
Born on Feb. 23, 1938, in Manhattan, [Paul] Morrissey was raised in Yonkers, where he attended Roman Catholic schools before earning a bachelor’s degree in English at Fordham University. He began making 16mm shorts shortly after, oftentimes drawing from his religious background.

John F. Keenan, U.S. Judge in Myerson and Marcos Trials, Dies at 94
The New York Times 10-28-2024
John Fontaine Keenan was born in Manhattan on Nov. 23, 1929, to John and Veronica (Fontaine) Keenan. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1951 and from Fordham University School of Law in 1954. He married Diane Nicholson, a teacher, in 1956.

BTS’s Jin, Hugh Jackman, John Legend: The smartest, sexiest men alive
Study International 10-01-2024
Not only did he [Denzel Washington] earn a bachelor’s degree in theatre at Fordham University, but Washington also served on the university’s Board of Trustees for six years since 1994. Even sexier, he gifted the university US$2 million with an additional US$250,000 to establish a scholarship fund for students of Fordham College at Lincoln Centre, where he attended in the past.

Mother Lucille Cutrone, founding member of CFR Sisters, dies
Aleteia 10-31-2024
Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit priest who had spent time in prison in the Soviet Union in the 1940s and 1950s. Fr. Ciszek, who worked at Fordham University in New York after his return from Russia, was Lucille’s spiritual director for several years.

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TheGrio – US Streaming Video 10-29-2024
“I’m fascinated by how black people exist in this country that is America that’s founded on white supremacy, anti-black racism, capitalism, patriarchy, and how it is that we not only survive, but we thrive,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.

Tania Tetlow grew up in a uniquely Catholic and Jesuit-influenced household, where dinner conversation centered around intellect, scripture, and justice. Throughout her career, Tania’s Jesuit formation and devotion to justice have guided her, whether she was prosecuting violent crimes, helping lead recovery efforts for the New Orleans Library system post-Hurricane Katrina, or serving as the first female and lay president of a major Catholic university. 

On this episode of The Catholic Leaders Podcast, hosts Kerry Robinson and Kim Smolik sit down with Tania Tetlow, the current president of Fordham University. Tania grew up in New Orleans and spearheaded efforts to raise millions to rebuild and reimagine the city’s libraries after Hurricane Katrina as chair of the New Orleans Library board. She is a trailblazer in Catholic higher education, having served as the first female president of Loyola University New Orleans before becoming the first female president of Fordham in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger defense calls in famed expert who helped O.J. Simpson get exonerated
Fox News 10-23-2024
After Idaho reinstated the firing squad last year, one of the nation’s leading experts on capital punishment, Fordham Law School Professor Deborah Denno, told Fox News Digital the method is far more humane than lethal injections, which have been badly botched in recent years.

Singaporean firms whose ship ignited the Baltimore Bridge catastrophe fined $100 million
Fortune 10-24-2024
In April, the two firms had taken action to shield themselves from liability, citing the Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, according to Lawrence Brennan, a professor of admiralty and international maritime law at Fordham University School of Law in New York who spoke to Fortune at the time.

What Next After FTC Blocks Tapestry’s $8.5B Acquisition of Capri?
Women’s Wear Daily 10-24-2024
Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law School’s Fashion Law Institute, said the first sentence of Judge Jennifer Rochon’s ruling said it all – “Antitrust has come into fashion.” In granting the injunction, Scafidi said the court agreed with the argument, but added that the “conclusion seems at odds with the vagaries of fashion trends and the difficulty of predicting consumer demand in fashion.”

Harris vs. Trump: What Fashion’s Future Looks Like Under the Next President
Women’s Wear Daily 10-22-2024
“There’s no rule requiring U.S. presidents or their families to buy American, but when they do, their style choices boost brand awareness,” said Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law School’s Fashion Law Institute.

Renewable infrastructure managers pursue wealthy investors
Equities.com 10-24-2024
While donor pushback at many U.S. educational institutions has led to reduced allocations to impact investments by endowments, Fordham University has established a new committee to address non-donor stakeholder concerns. University President Tania Tetlow has announced the creation of the Socially Responsible Investing Committee (SRIC) earlier this month to address student and faculty concerns about how Fordham invests its $1 billion endowment.

Republicans Are Gaining on Democrats in Early and Mail-In Voting
National Review 10-23-2024
Early voting is “interesting from a ‘how are people engaging in democracy?’ perspective,” but as far as election results, “I don’t think there’s much we can learn from early voting,” said Jacob Smith, assistant professor of political science at Fordham University.

Trump Eyes MAGA Spectacle for Deep-Blue New York in Final Push
Bloomberg 10-27-2024
“I would think that the week before your election, you’d be in swing states, not New York City,” said Christina Greer, a Fordham University political science professor.

Gustavo Gutiérrez, Father of Liberation Theology, Dies at 96
The New York Times 10-23-2024
The cause was pneumonia, said Leo Guardado, a friend and former assistant who is now a theology professor at Fordham University.

R.I.P. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the prophet who revolutionized Catholic theology for the poor
America Magazine 10-23-2024
“He [Gustavo Gutiérrez] did not attempt to make Christianity “relevant,” but he showed that when Christian faith responds authentically to human suffering, it fulfills its deepest calling. Gustavo Gutiérrez was both a prophet who denounced the abuse of the marginalized and a mystic who saw God’s presence where it seems most absent,” said Michael E. Lee, professor of theology and director of the Francis & Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University.

Humanitarian Assistance Past and Present
The Wilson Quarterly 10-22-2024
Jamie [McGoldrick] also hosts Fordham University’s Humanitarian Fault Lines Podcast. Together, they explored an increased focus on resilience and recovery, appreciation for psychosocial and other protection interventions—especially for women and girls—and the great promise of people-centered localization and cash-based assistance.

Career success as a lawyer also means good mental well-being: coach
Legal Dive 10-24-2024
For Jordana Confino, a former federal court law clerk who is now an adjunct law professor at Fordham University, success meant “throwing myself 150% into my work at the exclusion of basically everything else” to always be “the hardest working, most productive person in the room.”

‘Make ‘Em Laugh: A History Of Movie Comedy From Charlie Chaplin To Mel Brooks’ At Southbury Public Library
Patch 10-23-2024
Brian Rose is a professor emeritus at Fordham University. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America.

Madison mortgage company agrees to settle with feds over alleged Birmingham redlining
Wisconsin Examiner 10-25-2024
“As a general matter, an argument that says that we can make an individual judgment about any borrower based on where they actually live, or based on their race, or based on anything that is not related to that person’s individual ability to repay and evaluate their collateral, is irrational and banks should not be doing it,” Nestor M. Davidson, faculty Director at the Urban Law Center with Fordham Law School.

Young accountants: Choose your own adventure
Accounting Today 10-02-2024
“It’s always easier to go from big to small. It’s harder to go from smaller to big,” said Stan Veliotis, associate professor at Fordham University. “Both are possible, but it’s easier in one direction versus the other.”

These are the most haunted toilets across NYC: ‘They sent a resident minister to have a bathroom blessing’
New York Post 10-26-2024
Before it was a university, Fordham, where parts of the 1973 horror classic “The Exorcist” were filmed, was a private residence called Rose Hill Manor, built by Benjamin Corsa in 1751 — and some believe it’s haunted by one of Corsa’s descendants.

Modern ‘Boss Mindset’ Entails Empowering Employees, Leaders Say
The Food Institute 10-23-2024
The event was created in partnership with Boss, Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center. Refreshments were provided by Seraphim, a non-alcoholic, wellness-focused wine brand, and Vibal, an energy-infused ready-to-drink iced tea maker.

Funding period opens for $40M in environmental justice project grants
News is my Business 10-25-2024
The application period for funding under Fordham University’s environmental justice program, “Flourishing in Community,” has opened to support communities affected by climate change, pollution and other environmental factors in Puerto Rico, New York, New Jersey, the U.S. Virgin Islands and eight federally recognized Indigenous nations.

Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol’s Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86
The New York Times 10-28-2024
Mr. [Paul] Morrissey was born on Feb. 23, 1938, in Manhattan to Joseph and Eleanor Morrissey, and grew up in Yonkers, N.Y. He attended Roman Catholic schools and studied English at Fordham University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1955 and began making 16-millimeter silent films.

Armenian pontiff makes rare visit to Waukegan church; ‘This is … special’
Chicago Tribune 10-24-2024
The 78-year-old cleric [His Holiness Aram I] was born in Lebanon, and studied at the American University in Beirut, as well as in Switzerland, Oxford University in England and Fordham University in New York. He holds two master’s degrees, a doctorate and several honorary degrees.

Uillinn Dance Season prepares for spectacular ‘Triple Spiral’ on Tuesday
The Southern Star 10-25-2024
She [Chloe Pisco] then worked as a professional ballet dancer for 10 years of tours in soloist/principal roles with Cork City Ballet, at the same time as secondary school. She graduated dance performance and teaching in New York (Alvin Ailey School fo Dance/Fordham University), as well as achieving highest honours for her Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing exams.

Tommy Dorfman on Being Maternal, Feral and Everything in Between in Her Romeo + Juliet Broadway Debut
Broadway Buzz 10-24-2024
[Tommy] Dorfman landed in New York City at Fordham University’s theater program without any particular professional aspirations. “The only way I got into college was through acting,” she says, explaining through gritted teeth, “I was a party kid—so my grades weren’t very good.” College didn’t squash her party-kid ways, but her classes did manage to capture her attention.

A Win-Win-Win: Urban Arts Alumni Uplift the Next Class and Earn Money for College As Teaching Assistants, Thanks to Funding From KeyBank Foundation
Street Insider 10-23-2024
According to Mabel, an Urban Arts alum and sophomore at Fordham University studying Computer Science, “The best part of being a Teaching Assistant is making a difference in students’ lives. Urban Arts has made such a big impact on my life that I feel more than happy to give back to this community.”