What is Fordham University?
Jeopardy! 1-10-2025
On a recent episode of Jeopardy!, Tania Tetlow was featured in the “New York Colleges” category for her historic appointment as president of Fordham University. The clue highlighted her 2022 milestone as the first layperson and first woman to lead the Jesuit institution, which was founded in the Bronx.
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.
