It’s been called a venerable throwback, a hidden gem, a cathedral of college sports. Since its inaugural game in January 1925, ‘Rose Thrill’ has always been much more than a gym.

They don’t make them like they used to, you might say, and you’d be right. Consider Rose Hill Gym’s exterior walls. The builder’s “local gray stone” is likely a mix of Fordham gneiss and Manhattan schist—the ancient, gritty bedrock upon which much of New York City is built. Could there be a more symbolically apt building material for a Fordham icon?

Through the decades, the gym has been the site of countless athletic contests. It’s where students push themselves to excel—amid the roar of the crowd or just the echoey squeak of sneakers on hardwood. And it’s where generations have gathered for momentous events, from Fordham presidents’ welcome addresses (where many students and families first fall in love with the University) to unforgettable concerts, baccalaureate Masses, and award ceremonies.

As the gym turns 100, here’s a look at some of the many moments and people whose energy, camaraderie, grit, and grace have brought the building to life since 1925.

The strength of the Fordham athlete finds root in spirited competition, a strong will to win, forbearance in defeat, and tempered joy in victory.

John Francis “Jack” Coffey

Widely considered the father of Fordham sports, Jack Coffey, a 1910 grad, served as the graduate manager of athletics and baseball coach for nearly 35 years, overseeing the Rams’ rise to national renown, particularly in football.

When Coffey retired in 1958, Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist and fellow Fordham grad Arthur Daley wrote that Coffey always “seemed as much a part of the Fordham landscape as the university’s gymnasium.” He called Coffey “the soul of erudition,” not just a coach and administrator but “a friend, confidant, and advisor of … generations of athletes.”

Test Your Rose Hill Gym IQ

Rose Hill Gym has been the beloved stomping grounds of many a Ram. Do you know it well enough to knock out this quiz as quickly as the Fordham Flash* might have?

Check out the answers at the bottom of this story.

* Who’s the Fordham Flash? None other than Frankie Frisch, Class of 1920. Arguably the Fordham sports GOAT, he excelled in baseball, track, football, and basketball before going on to a Hall of Fame pro baseball career.

1. The gym was considered so big for its time that Rams called it …

• The Meadow
• The Prairie
• The Plains

2. When it opened, the gym boasted …

• Equipment for weightlifting
• Three 400-square-foot boxing rings in the basement
• A swimming pool, with cutting-edge machinery for filtering and purifying water

3. Which Fordham men’s basketball star was the latest to have his number retired and jersey hoisted to the gym’s rafters?

• Ken Charles
• Ed Conlin
• Charlie Yelverton

4. What did Cindy Vojtech do for a Rose Hill Gym encore after her stellar volleyball career?

• Sang the national anthem
• Joined the WFUV broadcast team
• Delivered a valedictory address

5. Which women’s basketball star’s buzzer-beater against Rhode Island inspired a SportsCenter anchor to kick off the night’s highlights from the “Boogie Down Bronx”?

• Anna DeWolfe
• Mobolaji Akiode
• Abigail Corning

Highlights in the History of the Rose Hill Gym

1925 Brought a Flurry to Fordham

Fordham was in the midst of “a million dollar year” when the Rose Hill Gym opened in 1925, declared the Maroon yearbook staff. In addition to the gym, they cited a new campus bookstore and seismic lab along with a new library that was halfway to completion.

But it was the gym that dominated the team’s attention: “The sight of its huge, though artistically proportioned bulk is quite enough to instill in every Fordhamite a full-grown superiority complex.”

Fordham leaders clearly had great confidence in the gym’s architect, Emile G. Perrot, who also designed what would become Duane Library. “Architecture,” Perrot once said, “is the incarnation in stone of the thought and life of the civilization it represents.”

Keepsakes Lie Behind the Cornerstone

When the gym’s cornerstone was laid on a Sunday afternoon in early November 1923, a copper box of treasures from those times was buried alongside it. A list in the Walsh Library archives documents the contents.

Some items speak to Fordham’s Catholic and Jesuit ties, among them a medal of St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier. There are U.S. stamps, coins, and a flag bearing 48 stars along with copies of New York newspapers from the day.

There is no mistaking the school pride of the collection’s curators. Included are the Fordham catalog, University seal and colors, a copy of The Fordham Ram, and photos of campus buildings and grounds.

Finally, recognizing the gym’s calling as a home for sports and community, the copper box boasts Fordham athletics schedules, popular University songs, and the athletic association’s constitution.

A treasure trove, indeed—one now more than a century old.

1925: The new gym opens, hosting its first basketball game on January 16. The Rams beat Boston College 46-16 in a contest refereed by former four-sport star Frankie Frisch, the Fordham Flash, then a second baseman for the New York Giants.

Coach Ed Kelleher’s “Wonder Fives” go on to win 85 games and lose only nine between 1924 and 1929, christening the gym in spectacular fashion.

1927: A record 6,000 fans turn out to see Fordham beat City College of New York on January 22, a crowd well beyond the gym’s current 3,200-seat capacity.

1936: Foul weather forces the football Rams to practice in the gym. The team’s nationally renowned line, the Seven Blocks of Granite, includes Fordham senior and future pro football icon Vince Lombardi.

c. 1940: Trainer Jake Weber operates out of the gym’s basement. A fixture at Fordham for more than three decades until 1942, he also trains U.S. Olympic teams and is known for his “magic elixirs” and “baking machines” used to soothe student-athletes’ sore muscles.

1943: Bob Mullens earns All-America honors and leads the Rams to their first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. He goes on to play for the New York Knicks in their inaugural season (1946–47), and in 2019, Fordham retires his No. 7.

1953: In his third season as head coach, Johnny Bach, a 1948 grad, leads the Rams to their first NCAA Tournament berth. He goes on to become Fordham’s all-time winningest coach, compiling a 264-192 record in 18 seasons. He departs Fordham in 1968 and later joins the NBA. As an assistant coach, Bach helps lead the Chicago Bulls to three straight titles in the early 1990s and leaves an indelible mark on Michael Jordan, who calls him “truly one of the greatest basketball minds of all time.”

1964: Women’s basketball begins as a club sport after Barbara Hartnett Hall and several of her classmates pitch the idea. “We went to talk to the athletic director … and [he was]surprisingly open to it,” Hall, a four-year captain, later recalls.

1965: The gym is the scene of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s final high school game. Then known as Lew Alcindor, he leads Power Memorial to victory in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Championship on March 7.

Video: Watch highlights of the NBA legend’s standout performance in a packed Rose Hill Gym.

1966: The Beach Boys bring their surf rock to the Bronx on March 18, at the height of their popularity. The Lovin’ Spoonful is also on the bill.

On December 3, Simon and Garfunkel perform the first of their two concerts at the Rose Hill Gym, taking the stage for Winter Weekend. The following year, they return on October 13 to play Homecoming.

RELATED STORY: Rockin’ Rose Hill: A Look Back at Campus Concerts Since the ’60s

1967: Men’s basketball beats Iona on February 25 to launch a school-record 25-game winning streak in the gym. The home streak lasts until December 17, 1969.

The Supremes, featuring Diana Ross, perform in the gym on March 11. Future stars Gladys Knight & the Pips open the show.

1970: Women’s basketball debuts as a varsity sport, beating NYU in its first game.

“We started winning games we weren’t supposed to win, and you couldn’t get in the Rose Hill Gym. It was … a real happening. When that team played, it was New York City’s team.”

Frank McLaughlin, FCRH ’69, former longtime athletics director, on the magical 26-3 season of the 1970–1971 men’s basketball team. He was an assistant to head coach Digger Phelps that year, when the Rams rose to No. 9 in the national rankings.

1971: With gritty team play, men’s basketball captures the hearts of New Yorkers, packing the gym and selling out multiple games at Madison Square Garden on the way to a 26-3 record and a top 10 national ranking. The magical season ends with a loss to Villanova in the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional Semifinals.

RELATED STORY: ‘The Darlings of New York’: An Oral History of the 1970–1971 Fordham Men’s Basketball Team

1974: Women’s volleyball posts a 4-3 record in its first season.

1975: Eight years after his last performance in the Rose Hill Gym, singer-songwriter Paul Simon returns to tape a skit for the second-ever episode of Saturday Night Live. In the skit, which airs on October 18, he goes one-on-one with basketball great Connie Hawkins. Despite a 1-foot-4-inch height disadvantage, Simon pulls off the upset—and some deadpan comedy. “First of all, when my outside shot is on, it’s really on,” he says in a mock postgame interview with broadcaster Marv Albert.

1983: Men’s basketball upsets top-seeded Iona to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title.

1984: The Ramones play their hits in the gym on April 27. But basketball is also on the mind of NYC’s seminal punk band, according to concert committee chair Joe Cerra, then a Fordham senior. “[We] had to keep giving Joey Ramone updates on the Knicks game,” he recalled in a 2013 interview with this magazine.

1990: Jean Prioleau hits a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lead Fordham to a 69-68 win over Seton Hall on November 29, spoiling Fordham grad P.J. Carlesimo’s return to Rose Hill as Seton Hall’s head coach.

Video: “Bang!” Fordham grad and Hall of Fame basketball broadcaster Mike Breen, FCRH ’83, makes the call as Prioleau hits the game-winning shot. Fans rush onto the Rose Hill Gym floor to join the celebration as Prioleau is carried off the court.

1991: Men’s basketball wins the first of two straight Patriot League titles.

1992: Women’s basketball claims its first Patriot League title, a feat the Rams would repeat in 1994.

2000: Volleyball star Cindy Vojtech becomes the first (and, to this date, only) Ram to earn three straight Academic All-America honors, picking up the awards in two sports. Following her senior volleyball season, she joined the women’s crew and helped lead them to a second-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta in 2000.

She went on to earn a Ph.D. in economics and is currently a principal economist with the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Fordham President’s Council, helping to provide scholarship support to Fordham students.

2001: Fat Joe and Ashanti use the Rose Hill Gym in their “That’s Luv” music video.

2004: Fordham retires the No. 11 jersey of Ed Conlin, a standout player for the Rams who went on to a 10-year NBA career after graduating in 1955. “He played with a passion,” Conlin’s former Fordham coach, Johnny Bach, says at the ceremony. “We need people like Ed Conlin, people who love the game and who love Fordham.” He remains the men’s team’s all-time leading scorer (1,886) and rebounder (1,930).

2010: Fordham retires Anne Gregory O’Connell’s No. 55. A 1980 grad, she led the Rams to four consecutive postseason appearances and remains Fordham’s all-time leading scorer (2,548) and rebounder (1,999).

2012: Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Stephen Colbert meet in the gym on September 14 for “The Cardinal and Colbert: Humor, Joy, and the Spiritual Life.” The discussion, moderated by bestselling author James Martin, S.J., draws a crowd of more than 3,000 “cheering, stomping, chanting students,” The New York Times reports, calling it “the most successful Roman Catholic youth evangelization event since Pope John Paul II last appeared at World Youth Day” in 2000.

2014: Women’s basketball captures its first Atlantic 10 title and holds an NCAA Tournament selection show watch party in the gym. They would go on to win the title again in 2019.

2021: The rapper A$AP Ferg (now known as Ferg) headlines the November 4 “Late Night on the Hill” event that kicks off the 2021–2022 basketball season.

2022: Fordham hosts—and on November 22, the men’s basketball team wins—the first Konchalski Classic, an annual basketball tournament to honor the life and legacy of 1968 Fordham grad Tom Konchalski, one of the most trusted basketball scouts in the country. His four-decade career included assessments of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James as high schoolers.

In February 2021, one day after Konchalski’s death at the age of 74, New York Knicks broadcaster Mike Breen, FCRH ’83, told viewers that while Konchalski “may not have been what’s called a household name, in basketball homes, he was legendary.”

“Tom was the most influential, the most respected, and the most loved high school basketball scout in the country,” Breen said. “He helped thousands of young men, thousands of high school basketball players, achieve their dreams of playing college basketball and beyond. And every single day, he did it with kindness and humility.”

On November 29, the gym floor is designated the Frank McLaughlin Family Court—a tribute to Frank McLaughlin, the 1969 grad and former basketball star who became a devoted coach and longtime athletic director.

2023: After raucous home crowds seem to will the men’s basketball team to a pair of impressive victories in January, head coach Keith Urgo coins a new nickname for the historic gym when he opens a press conference with five words: “How about Rose Thrill, man!”

RELATED STORY: The Rise of ‘Rose Thrill’: Fans Fuel Fordham Basketball Resurgence

2024: In September, the University unveils a new court surface featuring a prominent Fordham script wordmark set over the silhouette of a large Ram head.

Did we miss your favorite Rose Hill Gym moments?

Share your own Rose Hill Gym story on the Fordham athletics website celebrating the gym’s 100th anniversary.

Answers to the ‘Test Your Rose Hill Gym IQ’ Quiz

1. The Prairie 2. A swimming pool 3. Fordham retired Charlie Yelverton’s No. 34 in 2023. 4. Cindy Vojtech was the valedictorian of the Gabelli School of Business Class of 2000. 5. Anna DeWolfe hit the game-winner against Rhode Island on February 22, 2023.

VIDEO: Watch DeWolfe’s game-winning shot.

In 1965, there were an estimated 60,000 Catholic priests living in the United States. By 2022, that number had dropped to around 35,000, even as the country’s population had grown by 100 million.

In a new documentary, Discerning the Call: Change in the American Priesthood, two Fordham students seek to explain why.

“Today, there are not as many men joining [the priesthood], and they join later,” said rising junior Jay Doherty, the film’s co-director.

“There are all sorts of different changes that have impacted the church and vocational discernment, and we wanted to tell the story of those changes through the lens of American history,” Doherty said.

Doherty, who majors in digital technologies and emerging media and philosophy, directed the film along with Patrick Cullihan, FCRH ’24, a fellow Duffy Fellow at Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture. They conducted 30 hours of interviews with 27 priests, many of them residents of Fordham’s Jesuit communities. The film debuted in April at a Fordham Center on Religion and Culture event at the Howard Gilman Theater in Manhattan and is now available online. 

High-profile Catholic leaders such as Cardinal Timothy Dolan and James Martin, S.J., editor at large at America magazine, make appearances, as does Fordham faculty member Bryan Massingale, S.T.D.

A Culture Long Gone

Cardinal Dolan spoke about how, in the years leading up to and during World War II, a strong “Catholic culture” made the vocation much more common than it is now. Catholics were born in their own hospitals, lived in predominantly Catholic neighborhoods, attended their own schools, and married other Catholics.

“With the collapse of the Catholic culture, that kind of external prop and encouragement to priestly vocations would have gone,” he said.

Dolan, who himself entered the seminary right out of high school, said that means fewer men are taking that path as teenagers. 

“Now, the decision to become a priest would not be something imposed from the outside. It would not be something that would just be expected. It’s something that is a radical choice,” he said.

The priesthood has also been attracting more men who identify as theologically orthodox; the filmmakers note that a recent survey found the percentage of priests who identify as such increased from 20% in 1970 to 85% in 2020.

Stricter Requirements

Father Martin noted that one of the changes that affected recruitment into the Society of Jesus was stricter entrance requirements implemented in the 1960s. That resulted in fewer men joining, which some church leaders have welcomed, as it means those who do are more committed. 

For the church to grow, though, Martin said leadership might have to also come from those in the pews.

“I think that the Holy Spirit might be calling lay people to a more active participation in the church,” he said in the film.

A Complex Issue

Father Massingale noted that many incorrectly assume the decline can be pinned on the church’s requirement that priests remain celibate.

“That’s certainly the case for a given segment, but it’s never been a complete explanation for all groups in the church,” he said, noting that racism also played a role.

“For many Black young men, another reason why they never entered the priesthood was because they were never asked.”

Doherty said the filmmakers wanted to include men spanning a wide range of ages, from 20-somethings to retired priests. 

Each one had an intensely personal reason for joining, he said, noting that he hopes to create a second film from unused footage focusing on these stories. He’s also interested in stories from women religious. 

In the meantime, the young directors are receiving recognition for their first film. It has been featured on SiriusXM’s Catholic Channel and WFUV, and in June, it was named the 2024 recipient of Fordham’s William F. DiPietra Award in Film.

Rediscovering Faith

For Doherty, the project has enabled him to explore his own faith.

“When I came to Fordham, I think I really rediscovered the faith and what it means to be Catholic,” he said. 

“I had many interactions with Jesuits, and they were all so brilliant and interesting,” he said. 

“I found myself wondering, ‘How did they come to this life?’”

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Bruce Green, who directs a center for law and ethics at Fordham University School of Law, said political calculations should not influence legal decisions. “The expectation is that you’re not going after someone for political reasons, that you’re following the evidence and the law, that you’re making decisions based on the facts and not based on bias,” he said.

Supreme Court to decide if White House went too far fighting social media misinformation
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Olivier Sylvain, an expert on communications law at Fordham University and a research fellow at the Knight First Amendment Institute, called it a “special, maybe even once in a generation, opportunity to define how far governments may go to protect against the online distribution of lawful and unlawful harmful content.”

Fordham University swimmer qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics
News 12 03-12-2024
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At 60, while she [Lyn Slater] was teaching at Fordham University, she enrolled in classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology, learning to analyze and repurpose old garments with a seam ripper — a tool she would use to reevaluate not just her own possessions, but every aspect of her life (at least metaphorically).

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Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham Law School, welcomed the amended policy. “I think that it’s deeply problematic to have a party be able to choose the single judge that they want to preside in the case,” he said.

What’s the latest on France’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics?
Deseret News 03-14-2024
Mark Conrad, professor of law and ethics and director of the sports business program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, said he’s surprised the French Alps bid plans aren’t more specific at this point. Asked if France will be able to catch up after such a late start, Conrad said, “I don’t know.”

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“What we have is a resilient labor market that is fighting to be dynamic in the face of inflation that is not going away, despite what policymakers are claiming. Inflation is still a bear,” said Giacomo Santangelo, a senior lecturer in economics at Fordham University.

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“In other words, Easter is not a denial of the shared vulnerability of human life. That vulnerability is not erased. Lenten fasting heightens our sensitivity to the brokenness and injustice present in the world, and deepens our resolve to attend to its wounds and scars,” wrote Rev. Bryan N. Massingale, professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University.

Professor Constantine Katsoris Honored for His 60 Years at Fordham Law School
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Professor Constantine ‘Gus’ Katsoris was honored with Fordham University’s 60-year Bene Merenti Medal at the University Convocation on March 3. The Bene Merenti is bestowed upon faculty for every 20 years of service. Prof. Katsoris is the first in the history of Fordham Law School to receive his triple for 60 years at the school.

The difference between a Biden voter and a Biden supporter, and why both matter for the 2024 election
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“As with all groups seeking to advance their agendas, Black people must continue to put pressure on the Democratic Party to make clear their concerns and needs, just like other groups seeking to advance,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor at Fordham University.

Johns Hopkins needs to drop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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“Harvard University was the last Ivy League university to require students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and they have just dropped the policy. Hopkins is one of the few schools in the country that still mandates a shot that does not prevent people from getting COVID-19 and that has side effects,” wrote Nicholas Tampio, professor of Political Science at Fordham University.

40 Years Ago, Brave Nuns Shielded a Maryknoll Msgr. From a Guatemalan Hit Squad
The Tablet 03-11-2024
Michael Lee, professor of theology at Fordham University, specializes in Church history in Latin America. He explained how bishops throughout the region gathered in 1968 in Medellin, Colombia, to ask hard questions about the Church’s role in their nations.

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“If you’re going to tell me that the economy is the strongest it’s ever been while simultaneously telling me that corporate bankruptcy filings are at the highest they’ve been in 13 years, you have to explain to me how those two things can be possible at the same time. Personal debt is at a rate that is so high that people are defaulting on their credit card payments, and consumer confidence is off,” said Giacomo Santangelo, economic professor at Fordham University.

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“A decade after Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million, the paper is losing $100 million a year. Other big outlets scooped up by deep-pocketed media outsiders aren’t faring much better,” wrote William Baker, Ph.D., professor of graduate education at Fordham University.

Pandemic Movies Reflect Our Age of Late Capitalist Despair
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“Movies depicting the spread of disease have become a well-established genre and helped frame our understanding of the real-life COVID-19 pandemic. The spirit of these films increasingly reflects the despair and atomization of neoliberal capitalism,” wrote Robert Alpert, adjunct instructor at Fordham University.

America Media Announces 2024-25 O’Hare Fellows
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Bernard L. Schwartz, Loral CEO Who Funded Democrats, Dies at 98
Bloomberg 03-10-2024
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Kelli Giddish Is Coming Back to Law & Order: SVU Season 25 — Again! Details
NBC 03-15-2024
Although Kelli Giddish stepped away from her role as Detective Rollins in Season 24 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to take a job at Fordham University as a criminology professor, she made a much-anticipated return in a guest role, reprising the character in the Season 25 premiere.

Secretary-General appoints François Batalingaya of Rwanda as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Chad
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Mr. Batalingaya holds a doctorate in public health policy from Walden University, a post-graduate diploma in humanitarian assistance from Fordham University, and a master’s degree in public health from Tulane University.

The Time Being
The New Yorker 03-11-2024
Lizzie is a regular visitor. Sometimes she brings her son, nineteen-year-old Anton. I like Anton a lot. It gives me pleasure to pay his tuition at Fordham.

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New York Daily News 03-15-2024
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How ‘Accidental Icon’ Lyn Slater Reinvented Herself and Reclaimed Her Voice
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[Lyn] Slater’s Instagram handle remains the same, but much has changed. The former professor of social work at New York’s Fordham University has reshaped her Insta platform into a place for reflection and revived her blog, which is grounded in literary stylings instead of selling stuff.

An inmate (rape, murder) threatened to kill a Miami federal judge, indictment says
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New courses bring Irish culture to Marquette
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“I taught a version of this course at Fordham University many years ago, and we had a blast,” Father Duns says. “I think students should be willing to take a risk to learn to play an instrument, and I think I provide a fun and supportive learning environment.”

Life Altering Experience: From Police Officer to Diocese of Brooklyn Deacon
The Tablet 03-12-2024
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The Guardian 03-08-2024
“Whenever I teach students about this law, my students who are Arab or Muslim always say that they’re singled out by cops every time they pass a bag check,” said Bennett Capers, a law professor and director of the Center on Race, Law and Justice at Fordham University.

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“One of the consequences of it, is it keeps the voter turnout down [and]makes it harder for those least likely to vote to vote,” said Thomas De Luca, professor of political science at Fordham University.

Minimum Capital and Cross-Border Firm Formation in Europe
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance 03-04-2024
“Budding entrepreneurs from EU countries might choose to incorporate in remaining EU countries with no minimum capital requirements (now a large set of countries including Ireland, Cyprus, and Belgium). Still, with the reforms in recent years, the incentives may have dissipated,” said Martin Gelter, professor of law at Fordham University School of Law.

Antisemitic and Racist Roots of Christian Supremacy w/ Magda Teter
KPFA 03-06-2024
We’re joined in this episode by Magda Teter, a Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies at Fordham University, as well as President of the American Academy of Jewish Research. Today we’ll be talking about her book, Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism.

US judge says altcoins in secondary market sales are securities
Trading View 03-04-2024
Last year, Benjamin Cole of Fordham University said that an SEC victory in this matter could force exchanges to quickly determine the token’s securities status. This could have a significant impact on the stability and functioning of centralized cryptocurrency platforms.

PH Consul General Highlights ‘2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea’ Contributions to International Law at Fordham University
New York Philippines Consulate Genral 03-05-2024
At a panel discussion on 4 March at the Fordham Law School, Fordham University in New York, Consul General Senen T. Mangalile delivered a speech on the contribution of the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea to international law and the crucial role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in resolving inter-state disputes.

PH Consul General Highlights Contribution of 2016 Arbitral Award on South China Sea to International Law at Fordham University, New York
Republic of the Philippines: Department of Foreign Affairs 03-06-2024
At a panel discussion on 04 March 2024 at the Fordham Law School, Fordham University in New York, Philippine Consul General Senen T. Mangalile delivered a speech on the contribution of the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea to international law and the crucial role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in resolving inter-state disputes.

New York Consul General Mangalile Calls For Peaceful Resolution In South China Sea Dispute: Delivers Stirring Address At Fordham Law School
Politiko 03-05-2024
In an enlightening discussion on international law and maritime conflicts, New York Consul General Senen T. Mangalile delivered a significant speech at Fordham Law School, Fordham University, New York. The event, part of a panel discussion, centered on the importance of the 2016 Arbitral Award regarding the South China Sea.

30 Most Educated Cities In The World
Insider Monkey 03-06-2024
New York City is an education mecca with over 80 colleges, including big players like Columbia, New York, and Fordham universities.

Vince Lombardi: NFL Legend, Pursuer Of Perfection And Humanitarian
The Sportsman 03-10-2024
Having graduated from Fordham University on a football scholarship but with no real stand-out talent with which to wow scouts, [Vince] Lombardi ended up having to try his hand as a debt collector before quickly dropping out of the law school that his father had encouraged him to attend.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to take on Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ on Broadway
Good Morning America 03-06-2024
[Denzel] Washington last danced with the Bard in an acclaimed rendition of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which was in theaters and on Apple TV+ in 2022, and which earned him his 10th Oscar nomination. He first played “Othello” as a college student at New York’s Fordham University.

Fordham will lift the Yellow Ribbon tuition cap
Local Stories NJ 03-06-2024
In a new show of commitment to veterans and military-connected students, Fordham [University] will lift its cap on tuition paid under of the Yellow Ribbon Program/Post-9/11 GI Bill. Fordham will also eliminate its annual cap on the number of Yellow Ribbon beneficiaries admitted.

Incoming Fordham Law Dean On Goals, Making A Difference
Law360 03-06-2024
Law schools can be at the center of fomenting change in their communities, believes Joseph Landau, who is set to become Fordham University School of Law’s new dean in July.

Religious Sisters Offer Affordable Housing to Students
The Tablet 03-07-2024
For [Matthieu] Langlois, a PhD student studying history at Fordham University, the camaraderie is the best part of living at the house. Prior to coming to Christus Vivit Community, he lived in a dorm on the Fordham campus.

KODACHROME by Adam Szymkowicz Opens At Fordham University
BroadwayWorld 03-04-2024
KODACHROME by Adam Szymkowicz opened at Fordham University this week. The show was directed by Michelina Smith (Fordham ’24) for her senior thesis. The production received the Fordham College at Lincoln Center Dean’s Senior Thesis Grant to supplement the show’s budget.

WCBS-NY (Radio): New York, NY – AUDIO UNAVAILABLE
WCBS-NY 03-07-2024
Yes, a college basketball team wants to join a union. Could this become a trend in college sports? Mark Conrad is a professor of law and ethics and Director of the Gabelli School of Sports Business initiative at Fordham University.

WUNC-FM (Radio) – Raleigh, NC
WUNC-FM 03-08-2024
Daisy [Deomampo] is an associate professor of anthropology at Fordham University. She’s interviewed egg donors about their experiences and feelings after donating with a specific focus on the Asian-American community in questions of race and value in egg donation

WBBM-AM (Radio): Chicago, IL – AUDIO UNAVAILABLE
WBBM-AM 03-08-2024
Beth Knobel is a former Moscow Bureau Chief and current journalism professor at Fordham University. She says the President leading off with the topic shows that the support for Ukraine is an important cost to him.

KPCC-FM (Radio): Los Angeles, CA – AUDIO UNAVAILABLE
KPCC 03-05/2024
“The patent and trademark office has issued guidance clarifying whether an artificial intelligence machine can be an inventor on a patent. Essentially, it’s saying, ‘Who gets the money from the patent? Is it AI? Or is it going to be a person?’” said Janet Freilich, professor of law at Fordham University School of Law.

Since 2010, the Student Managed Investment Fund has helped launch graduates’ careers in the financial world.

Researching companies in diverse sectors. Analyzing stock market data to understand trends. Deciding how best to invest more than $2 million of someone else’s money. This type of work happens daily at investment firms across the country. It also happens at Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business.

Through the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF), a two-semester course run by James Russell Kelly, students manage $2 million of the University’s endowment in a portfolio of stocks, bonds, and alternative assets.

Students start as analysts and are paired with second-semester students who work as portfolio managers. The analysts monitor sectors such as health care, energy, and real estate, while portfolio managers help make investment decisions and can take on additional roles, such as chief investment officer or quantitative analyst.

The fund started in 2010 with $1 million and has grown to more than $2.1 million, said Kelly, a senior lecturer in finance who also leads Fordham’s Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis.

“The primary theme is student empowerment—students make all the investment decisions,” he said. “My role is to set the parameters to give guidance, guardrails.”

At the first-ever networking event for SMIF, held on February 6 in the 12th-Floor Lounge at the Lowenstein Center on the Lincoln Center campus, current students connected with alumni who shared how their experiences helped them in their careers in the finance and investing worlds. Attendees also shared their SMIF stories with Fordham Magazine.

Rohit Roy, Class of 2024
SMIF Role: Portfolio Manager, Health Care
Major: Finance with a Minor in Computer Science

“It’s active learning—you’re not learning from a textbook, you’re not learning theory. You’re looking at active real-world events and how they’re affecting the markets.

“Full time, I’m going to be working in trading [for Apex Capital after graduation]. So it’s a very, very direct kind of jump—you don’t really trade here, it’s more of a long-term investment mandate kind of thing. But a lot of the skills are obviously transferable. Like, you have to follow the markets closely, you have to understand how things work, be able to digest high-level information very quickly and act upon it. A lot of the skills link up quite nicely.”

Rishika Pal, Class of 2024
SMIF Role: Former Managing Director
Major: Finance with a Minor in Computer Science

“I learned about [SMIF] my freshman year and I was like, what a wonderful opportunity, given the fact that not many schools trust their students with a section of their endowment. Being able to actively manage it and gain mentorship was so important to me. It was a really great experience—I ended up becoming managing director for the fund, so that was a very full circle moment.

“It’s one thing to learn about [investing] in theory, but when you’re looking at it from a holistic portfolio perspective—what data is accessible to us? What should be our benchmarks? How do we forecast and manage our allocation and risk? That type of hands-on learning, I think, is very different and unique.”

Ria Naidu, Class of 2024
SMIF Role: Portfolio Manager, Information Technology
Major: Global Business with Concentrations in Finance and Economics

“I started looking into [the SMIF experience] my junior year, when I was figuring out my path. I thought it was a good opportunity to be able to [invest] money in an educational environment where there’s slightly more room for error than when you start in the real world. Whatever [work I’ll do as an equity research associate at Jefferies] will be pretty similar to what I’m doing now. So I think that’s been very helpful to get a glimpse of it, and actually be hands on and work with it, but also learn from Professor Kelly.”

Adam Arias, Class of 2025
SMIF Role: Analyst, Health Care
Major: Finance

“It’s kind of opening my eyes a little bit. It’s a very collaborative place. In SMIF, I can already tell your voice matters more. Your ideas are encouraged to come out.

“I’m going to be working in more of a client-facing role [in my internship at PIMCO this summer]. But [through SMIF] I’m getting experience in how to work in a team, where you kind of have an equal say, and then also just developing communication skills with everyone, being able to know what’s happening in the market and convey that to your manager. In my future role, hopefully I’ll be able to convey that to clients.”

Stephen Hearn, GABELLI ’15
Vice President, Public Finance & Infrastructure Direct Lending, J.P. Morgan

“I work in the bank’s public finance infrastructure portfolio, so [we’re] kind of taking all the management risk, very similar to what SMIF did. In SMIF, I learned the proper way to analyze risk, risk-reward, which is something I kind of carried into my job.

“[The SMIF experience is] something on your resume that most other kids from other schools won’t have, even if they’ve gone to an Ivy or something like that. You may not actually have practical investing experience unless you’ve done a program like this.”

Yaakov Musheyev, GABELLI ’20
High Yield Credit Research at J.P. Morgan

“I work in credit research, looking at industry trends, company-specific trends—and covering a sector in SMIF, I feel, was pretty similar: looking at headlines, looking at news for the sector we covered, building a model for one of the things we were trying to pitch, and then doing the whole presentation. So, building out the investment thesis and presenting it.”

Brigida Caruso, Class of 2024
SMIF Role: Co-Managing Director
Major: Global Business with Concentrations in Finance and Economics

“The hands-on research that we’re able to do—it’s more independently driven, so if you have an idea that you want to run with, you’re allowed to do that. And our class is done in the trading room at Rose Hill, so a lot of Bloomberg terminals are accessible there.”

Tyler Hoffman, Class of 2025
SMIF Role: Analyst, Industrials
Major: Finance

“I’m sort of working under someone who I learn from—[that’s] not to say that the professor doesn’t teach, but he’s there more to moderate and kind of give structure to things.

“I’ll be [interning] in banking this summer. A lot of it is just analyzing companies, and when you’re in a position of investing and having your money at stake, like Fordham’s money here, it kind of ups the ante in terms of how much work you put into looking at things. I think being able to transfer that to a banking context is really important.”

In her debut memoir, Dionne Ford takes readers along for an emotional ride as she crisscrosses the country to find her enslaved ancestors—and herself.

The day Dionne Ford turned 38 years old, she came across an old “family” photo on the internet, a picture she’d never seen before. It shows her great-great-grandfather Colonel W. R. Stuart, a wealthy Louisiana cotton broker; his wife, Elizabeth; Ford’s great-great-grandmother Tempy Burton, who was given to the Stuarts by Elizabeth’s parents as a wedding present; and two biracial-looking young women, assumed to be Tempy and the Colonel’s children.

The discovery prompted Ford to embark on a yearslong journey from New Jersey to Louisiana to Virginia and back again, searching for clues into the life of Tempy and her six children, plus whoever else she could find to uncover (and understand) her roots. Last April, she published Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing, a compact yet expansive look at her trek back in time to search for her family history. And a trek it was.

“If you are going to look for your enslaved ancestors,” Ford writes in the book’s prologue, “you will have to look for the people who enslaved them. … This is a study in contrasts. Shadow. Light. Black. White. Joy. Pain. Victim. Perpetrator. You will find ephemera—editorials, photographs, wedding announcements—and atrocities—lynched uncles, your people as property in someone’s will, deed, or mortgage guarantee. You will also find the living— third cousins once removed, fifth cousins straight up, and descendants of the family that forced your family into slavery.”

The book’s title refers to a kind of pilgrimage, called sankofa by the Akan people of Western Africa. “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten,” writes Ford, who earned a B.A. in communications and media studies from Fordham College at Lincoln Center in 1991 and an M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University in 2016. As she digs deep into the 19th century, she also contends with personal trauma: the childhood sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of a close relative and the alcoholism that helped her cope. And she evokes a riot of emotion for readers, perhaps particularly Black readers, as she grapples with the history of slavery and the ways in which its aftermath affects generation after generation.

At the beginning of the book, you talk a bit about wanting your older daughter, Desiree, to embrace her roots. Did she? How did your research affect her, your other daughter, Devany, and your husband, Dennis?
This definitely affected my family. I took my girls with me on research trips, so they were a part of this journey. I do think that they both had a certain pride in just knowing about this side of their family’s history, and particularly about the enslaved women.

My cousin made this game for the kids to play that had all the ancestors on cards, and everybody always wanted to be Tempy. I felt like they already were positively internalizing their female ancestors’ lives. I think it’s always grounding for people to know as full a story as possible.

Throughout the book, you write about how language can fall short when you’re doing this kind of research—and writing about it. What advice would you give to other Black people who want to investigate their own family history? How should they get started?
Talk to your elders. Find a respectful way to let them know that you’re interested in your shared history, and you’d like to set aside time to just ask them some questions about it. They’re gone before we know it, so it’s so important.

Then get yourself some kind of group because it’s painful and hard if you’re dealing with people who were enslaved or oppressed, so working with other people who are also in earnest, who can be a support to you and you can support them, is great. The group AfriGeneas is for people who are of African descent. And if you also can find a research partner in your family, that’s really wonderful. Don’t be in a hurry, and be open-minded because you’re probably going to find a lot of things that you didn’t expect—and maybe that you didn’t want to, either.

Beyond personal reasons, why did you write this book?
James Baldwin wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” In my experience, not only can nothing be changed until it’s faced, but somehow the more I try to avoid a thing, the more power it has over me. Something fundamentally shifted in me through this process of confronting my family’s history and my own. So, by organizing my experience into a narrative, I hoped to offer that to readers: the possibility for some fundamental shift by facing whatever it is in their life they would rather avoid.

Is there a particular ancestor that you now feel most connected with as a result of your research?

How did you choose what research to cite and discuss?
I chose to include things, in the end, that were specific to my story—if they were specific to Louisiana slavery, women in slavery, or my own story—but it was hard.

For example, I kept From Slavery to Freedom, [John Hope Franklin’s classic history of African Americans], because it dealt with the Sterling family, who had enslaved some of my family. There were so many wonderful texts that did help me get a better understanding.

What would you say has been the most unexpected response to your memoir?
I have had a couple of strangers—and friends, too— say that they really appreciated me talking about the sexual abuse. One woman, in particular, said that had happened to her and that after she read my book, she actually sought out a survivors group and went for the first time in her life. That was very humbling and moving, and I felt so grateful that anything that I could write might actually help somebody find a bit more peace or serenity.

What’s next for you?
I’m working on adapting my book into a limited series. There are things you can do visually that you can’t do on the page—things that I didn’t feel comfortable doing because it was a memoir, and I really wanted to stick to as much of the truth that I was able to back up as possible. Now I’m having a little bit more fun and envisioning what it would’ve been like for them living at that time. I’m also going back to the novel that I was supposed to write as my MFA thesis at NYU but had ditched so I could work on my memoir.

I’m a member of the New Jersey Reparations Council, too. The state has been dragging its feet on passing a bill to just study reparations, so the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice just said, “You know what? We’re not waiting for you. You guys take too long. We’re convening our own council.” And they invited me to participate. I’m really excited.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Sierra McCleary-Harris is an associate editor of this magazine.

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there’s pride, still hard times
The Associated Press 08-09-2023
It was music that “had the sound of a city in collapse, but also had an air of defiance,” said Mark Naison, history professor at Fordham University in the Bronx. 

Fordham naming football stadium after famous alum Joe Moglia
New York Post 09-01-2023
Throughout his life, and throughout his football rise, Joe Moglia’s name has always been tied to Fordham. … And before Fordham’s football game against Lehigh University on Oct. 7, the university will officially name its field Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field.

Justices Thomas and Sotomayor, who say they benefitted from affirmative action, divide on its future
ABC News 06-29-2023
Fordham University President Tania Tetlow said in an interview last year: “We would like to match the demographics of this generation as best we can because when we’re not doing that, we know we’re just missing talent.”

Considering a Catholic University? Here’s What to Know
U.S. News & World Report 07-14-2023
“They are deeply committed to the complementary values of faith, critical reasoning, intercultural dialogue and academic freedom,” says Patricia Peek, dean of undergraduate admission at Fordham University, a Catholic school in New York.

LGBTQ+ Catholics urged to ‘proclaim compassionate love of God’ by Outreach 2023 speakers
America Magazine 06-20-2023
With a well-attended Mass that sent people forth with a rousing rendition of Richard Smallwood’s “I Love the Lord” — served up by the choir of New York’s St. Paul the Apostle Church and soloist Paulist Father Steven Bell — the third annual Outreach gathering of LGBTQ+ Catholics came to a close after a weekend of thoughtful discussion panels held at the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University.

For clergy abuse survivors, Sinead O’Connor’s protest that offended many was prophetic
The Associated Press 07-27-2023
Saddened by her passing, Brenna Moore, a theology professor at Fordham University in New York and a big fan of O’Connor, described her as “a kind of prophetic truth-teller.”
Society, especially in the English-speaking world, is used to men taking on this role, Moore said, but when a woman does it, she’s accused of being crazy and angry.

TikToks on all-Asian friend groups highlight what some see as prejudices within Asian American communities
NBC News 08-24-2023
“There’s a lot of diversity within the Asian American experience. So these quote-unquote toxic Asian friend groups, or monolithic Asian friend groups, monoracial Asian friend groups, are just one experience,” said Yuki Yamazaki, a clinical assistant professor of counseling psychology at Fordham University who has studied Asian Americans, multiracial Americans and colorism. 

Catholic universities say the end of affirmative action threatens their values and religious liberty
America Magazine 06-30-2023
Writing that the school had been “preparing for this moment all year,” Fordham President Tania Tetlow said the Jesuit university will “do everything allowed under the law to continue assembling a student body of the best and brightest, with every type of talent and experience.”

A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too
The New York Times 07-02-2023
But Heather Macbeth, a mathematician at Fordham University, said that this same feature — providing line-by-line feedback — also makes the systems useful for teaching. 

What is Dembow? Check out the genre that’s struck a chord with Bad Bunny, Rosalía and more
USAToday 07-19-2023
The growth of the internet and digital platforms has been pivotal in helping Dembow overcome a conservative media landscape in the Dominican Republic, says Angelina Tallaj-García, assistant professor of music at Fordham University.

Workers most exposed to AI bet it will help — not hurt — them, study finds
Yahoo! Finance 07-28-2023
Giacomo Santangelo, an economist at Fordham University and the recruiting company Monster, added that these workers might see AI as an opportunity to gain skills that increase their job security. Santangelo, who was not affiliated with the study, said that higher-paid workers often have the time and confidence to acquire new skills.

‘I haven’t been the same since’: This TikToker was shocked to find out that Buc-ee’s pays janitors the same wage as her office job — why the demand for blue collar work is soaring
Yahoo! Finance 07-06-2023
“White collar workers may experience a recession that blue collar workers don’t experience,” Dr. Giacomo Santangelo, an economics professor at Fordham University told VOA. He believes cultural disdain for manual labor has created this undersupply of blue collar workers. “We’ve gotten into this habit of saying it’s important to go to college, instead of saying it’s important to learn a skill,” Santangelo says.

The fight for Asian American studies in colleges gains ground
The Washington Post 06-27-2023
Across the country, a movement to expand Asian American studies is gaining steam. In April, Fordham University announced that it would offer a minor in the subject; Williams College announced its own program in December. 

Opinion  American conservatives are not more Catholic than the pope
The Washington Post 09-04-2023
“American conservatives don’t simply disagree with Francis or dissent from his teaching. They actually see themselves as more Catholic than the pope, and they’re not shy about saying so,” wrote David Gibson, director of Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture.

Opinion: I’ve Studied N.Y.C. Rodents for 12 Years. The Enemy Is Us.
The New York Times 08-27-2023
Jason Munshi-South is a professor of biology at Fordham University, where he runs the Munshi-South Lab at Fordham’s Louis Calder Center. He has studied the ecology and evolution of urban wildlife in New York City for 16 years, with a particular interest in rodents.

Colleges Are Going to Have to Put ChatGPT on the Curriculum
Bloomberg Opinion 09-06-2023
“I know I’m still not ready. But the waves of some storms are too big to ignore or resist. The only choice, it seems, is to ride them,” wrote Michael Peppard, a professor of theology at Fordham University.

Opinion: The solution to Biden’s student loan problems is right before his eyes
The Washington Post 07-18-2022
“Before embarking on what will likely become yet another long court battle, it should turn to a program that already exists and, if tweaked, could legally accomplish just about everything one could want from a loan forgiveness policy,” wrote John Brooks, a Fordham Law professor, along with colleagues from Georgetown Law.

These accelerated MBA programs allow undergrads to complete 2 degrees within 5 years
Fortune 06-27-2023
Four-plus-one programs keep students connected with their goals, says Barbara Porco, the associate dean of graduate studies and managing director of the responsible business center at Fordham University. 

The 15 Colleges with the Best Alumni Networks
Town & Country 08-03-2023
“Students who want to attend college in New York City but still want the classic campus experience might be drawn to Fordham, a Jesuit university with two main campuses: the traditional Rose Hill in the Bronx, and the urban Lincoln Center in Manhattan. 

Tonya Pinkins Named Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center
Broadway World 7-25-2023
Tonya Pinkins has been named as the next Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre this fall at Fordham College at Lincoln Center.

What Is EMDR Therapy, Exactly, and Can It Really Help You Process Trauma?
SELF Magazine 06-20-2023
“Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who originated it, was walking through a park, thinking about some upsetting memory, when she noticed that when she moved her eyes back and forth, she felt calmer,” Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW, an EMDR-certified therapist and clinical professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, tells SELF.

Editorial; Sinead O’Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
The Conversation 07-28-2023
“I join the chorus of voices today who say O’Connor was decades ahead of her time. But leaving it just at that, we miss something profound about the complexity and depth of her religious imagination. Sinead O’Connor was arguably one of the most spiritually sensitive artists of our time,” wrote Fordham Professor Brenna Moore.

Opinion Letters: The Supreme Court’s Rejection of a Disputed Legal Theory on Elections
The New York Times 06-28-2023
While it is common for politicians and lawyers worldwide to dismiss international best practices based on the uniqueness of their legal systems, in the U.S., too, only the Supreme Court can ensure consistency across all states and thus protect the integrity of federal elections,” wrote Jurij Toplak, adjunct professor of law at Fordham.

Law firm opens diversity fellowship to all students after lawsuit
The Washington Post 09-06-2023
Universities and private employers are “looking for workarounds” amid the legal battle over diversity and inclusion efforts, according to Kenneth Davis, a professor of law and ethics at Fordham University. 

A new website reports on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
NPR 09-06-2023
Fordham University anthropologist Ayala Fader has followed the long history of efforts by Haredi rabbis to control new communications technology, including audio and video tapes, usually by insisting that they can only be made kosher by controlling the content.

From Collingwood to coffee king: Nick Stone’s excellent American adventure
The Sydney Morning Herald 07-25-2023
After several years in the AFL – he was recruited by Collingwood before being drafted to Hawthorn and St Kilda – Stone ended up doing a Masters of Finance before eventually making his way to Fordham Business School in New York. 

PGA Tour-LIV Golf Alliance Could Take A Year To Finalize If Deal Doesn’t Collapse First
Forbes 06-06-18-2023
“We had nasty litigation between the PGA Tour and LIV and vice versa …. Now, all of a sudden, they kiss and make up in secret without telling the membership,” Mark Conrad, an associate professor of law and ethics and director of the Sports Business Initiative at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, says.

Alabama describes proposed nitrogen gas execution; seeks to become first state to carry it out
The Associated Press 08-29-2023
Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert at Fordham Law School, said that unlike lethal injection and electrocution, which have been used for decades, “experts could only speculate about how a state might conduct a nitrogen hypoxia execution.” 

Black love gets a boost on reality dating shows
NBC News 08-29-2023
Black women are also simply being presented as desirable on reality TV made for the masses, while also having agency to chart their own journeys for love, said Brandy Monk-Payton, an assistant professor at Fordham University’s department of communication and media studies. 

Russia to launch lunar spacecraft in race to find water on moon
Reuters 08-10-2023
“The last one was in 1976 so there’s a lot riding on this,” Asif Siddiqi, professor of history at Fordham University, told Reuters. “Russia’s aspirations towards the moon are mixed up in a lot of different things. I think first and foremost, it’s an expression of national power on the global stage.”

Thousands of union workers in L.A. to strike Tuesday
CBS News 08-08-2023
“We have not seen these kinds of work stoppages in decades, and I think that says something about the displeasure that workers are feeling right now within the U.S. labor market,” said Giacomo Santangelo, senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University.

Trump in court for arraignment: What to know
CBS 08-03-2023
“I think more of the drama is going to come after the fact. These are significant charges. They really go to the heart of our democracy and the sacred right to vote and to have that vote counted,” said Cheryl Bader, former assistant U.S. attorney and professor at Fordham School of Law.

Murdaugh’s Lawyers Seek New Trial, Saying Clerk Tampered With Jury
The New York Times 09-05-2023
Bruce A. Green, a law professor at Fordham University who specializes in criminal law and ethics, said he had never before heard of a clerk of court publishing a book about a trial in which she was involved. 

Nitrogen Gas Executions Could Go Horribly Wrong. Here’s Why
Newsweek 09-05-2023
Alabama’s report is the first time any state has made a nitrogen hypoxia protocol public, said Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert and professor at Fordham Law School.

Are There Any Rules About Going Braless?
The New York Times 08-29-2023
This gets a little more complicated when it comes to workplace dress codes, according to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute. New York City was, she said, the first jurisdiction to insist on “full gender neutrality,” meaning an employer can “require an individual identifying as female to wear a bra or hide her nipples, but only if the same rule applies to a male employee.”

Trump’s Emerging Defense in the 2020 Election Case Explained and Dissected by Legal Experts
USAToday 08-09-2023
“You don’t have First Amendment rights to incite crime or pressure other people to take illegal action,” said Cheryl Bader, professor of criminal law at Fordham Law. “The speech here is a testament to both the technique used to turn the findings on their head and the means by which he obtained the lawsuit.”

DeSantis claims agents can tell traffickers from migrants in call for deadly force
The Guardian 08-08-2023
John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, called DeSantis’s proposal “terrifying.”

Trump directs rage at DC judge handling his Jan. 6 case
The HIll 08-07-2023
While it’s rare for a criminal defendant to “go out of their way” to antagonize a judge, Trump’s recent social media posts will likely not have meaningful bearing on the case, according to Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University. 

Did Hunter Biden get a sweetheart deal? How these cases play out with other defendants
USA TODAY 07-25-2023
While the maximum sentence under the statute is 10 years in prison, prosecutors have wide discretion to defer prosecution or seek diversion programs and often do so in cases like Biden’s where the offender has no criminal record, the charges are minor and the case does not involve aggravating circumstances like use of the firearm in a criminal act, according to Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor who runs the Criminal Defense Clinic at Fordham Law.

Did Hunter Biden get a sweetheart deal? How these cases play out with other defendants
USA TODAY 07-25-2023
Bennett Capers, a law professor at Fordham University, previously told USA TODAY there are a lot of factors that go into determining what someone’s offense level is, and that’s before any criminal history is taken into account.

NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Risks Delays With New Jersey Lawsuit
Bloomberg 07-22-2023
“This has been in the works for quite a while,” said Nestor M. Davidson, director of the Urban Law Center at Fordham University School of Law. “Could you get a judge who is skeptical about the level of outreach to New Jersey communities and groups that will be impacted by this?”

Trump’s Trial Dates Collide With His 2024 Campaign Calendar
The New York Times 07-20-2023
“The courts will have to decide how to balance the public interest in having expeditious trials against Trump’s interest and the public interest in his being able to campaign so that the democratic process works,” said Bruce Green, a Fordham University professor and former prosecutor.

Trump’s Legal Team Is Enmeshed in a Tangle of Possible Conflicts
The New York Times 08-05-2023
“This is boundary breaking,” Bruce Green, who teaches legal ethics at Fordham Law School in New York, said about the totality of the issues involved. “What I’m most curious about is why these lawyers want to play so many roles. Usually, lawyers just want to be lawyers.”

After his Indictment, Could Donald Trump Go on Trial, then to Prison?
Al-Jazeera 08-03-2023
Bruce Green, a Fordham University professor and former prosecutor, told The New York Times: “The courts will have to decide how to balance the public interest in having expeditious trials against Trump’s interest and the public interest in his being able to campaign so that the democratic process works.

Legal Analyst Weighs in on Third Indictment — Video Unavailable
CBS 08-02-2023
“It’s not a crime to just lie. In other words, we have a First Amendment right to be protected in our speech, and particularly political speech is afforded the highest degree of protection, said Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader. “But the indictment shows that Trump was not just lying about election fraud, but he used those lies in order to try to subvert the will of the people and to actually overturn the results of a lawful election.”

China’s Shein Fashion Firm Facing Lawsuit
CBS News 07-17-2023
Under U.S. law—and the U.S. is less protective of fashion than many other jurisdictions—but under U.S. law, many copies of three-dimensional garments would not be protected. However, we do have protection for some of the things like the design on the front of a T-shirt, the two-dimensional part,” said Susan Scafidi, the founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University.

Alabama’s Last Two Executions Failed. They’re Trying Again Next Week
NPR 07-14-2023
Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert at Fordham Law School, says lethal injection problems are an issue all around the country.

Olympic Champion Caster Semenya Wins Appeal in European Court Over Testosterone Limits
The Wall Street Journal 07-11-2023
It is not clear whether CAS will revisit its 2019 decision in light of Tuesday’s ruling, said Jurij Toplak, an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University.

Biden won a global tax rate. Now Americans wonder if it was a good deal.
The Washington Post 07-05-2023
“The effects of Pillar 2 will almost certainly involve more profits shifting back to the U.S., potentially bringing lots of revenue with it,” said Fordham University law professor Rebecca Kysar, a former Treasury official who helped lead the negotiations that crafted the deal.

The US job market continues its cooldown, adding just 187,000 positions last month
CNN 08-04-2023
The labor market remains tight by historical standards; however, finding workers and filling jobs could be heavily influenced by factors such as skills, geography, and inflation, Giacomo Santangelo, an economist with employment website Monster and a senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University, told CNN earlier this week.

Indictment Alleges 7 Lawmakers Contacted After Jan. 6 Insurrection — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 08-02-2023
“Part of what has been so concerning about Donald Trump as executive is that he has never respected the Constitution and rule of law or larger American Democracy,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science. 

From fig leaves to ‘French Connection,’ the impulse to sanitize culture
The Christian Science Monitor 07-26-2023
The motives for editing out offensive language and scenes from certain works are understandable, says Paul Levinson, professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University in New York. “No decent person wants to be entertained with racial slurs and insults,” he says, “and we’re doing our best to extirpate words like that from public society.

DeSantis Tries to Reboot Struggling Campaign — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 07-21-2023
Governors usually try to tout executive experience, saying ‘I led the state and we have all these record accomplishments,’” said Christina Greer, Fordham University associate professor of political science. “Ron DeSantis doesn’t have that record. He can’t say that about the state of Florida.”

Trump’s Summer of Accountability — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 07-24-2023
“So he’s a hero at once, storming through the country protecting them and taking away other people’s civil liberties on their behalf,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham. “And he’s also the victim, which is also why he needs their time and their attention and their vote.”

Is There a Price That Keeps Trump Quiet? E. Jean Carroll May Find Out.
The New York Times 06-23-2023
Benjamin Zipursky, a Fordham Law School professor, said U.S. Supreme Court precedent has suggested that punitive damages should not exceed 10 times the compensatory damages. Using that as a guide, if Ms. Carroll obtained the $10 million in compensatory damages she seeks, a $100 million punitive damages award might be upheld.

Student Loan Forgiveness: Waiting for the Supreme Court Ruling Is ‘Nerve-Wracking’ for Many Americans — Here’s Why It’s Taking So Long
Yahoo! Finance 06-22-2023
At the same time, the SCOTUS must consider if the plaintiffs have made a convincing argument of being harmed by the Biden plan. This typically requires gaining the right to sue — and justice Amy Coney Barrett seems “especially unconvinced” that the plaintiffs have proven harm, according to Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University and Boston University.

Why the Supreme Court still hasn’t decided on Biden’s student loan forgiveness
CNBC 06-21-2023
Conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett seemed especially unconvinced that the plaintiffs proved injury, said Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University and Boston University. “Barrett was vocally and deeply uncomfortable about ruling that any of the plaintiffs had standing,” Shugerman said.

Fake ChatGPT Cases Costs Lawyers $5,000 Plus Embarrassment
Bloomberg Law 06-22-2023
“A litigator would have to be living under a rock not to have gotten the message already about the risks of blithely relying on ChatGPT,” said Fordham Law professor Bruce Green.

The Supreme Court’s term was full of whimpers. Then it ended with a bang.
Politico 06-30-2023
“The Roberts court should get zero credit for the idea that the independent state legislature doctrine being rejected is any kind of moderation,” said Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman. “That’s just Overton Window talk,” he added, referring to a strategy that seeks to shift the debate in a particular direction by floating a previously unthinkable possibility and then backing away from it.

Student-Loan Relief Backers Amp Up Pressure on Biden After Supreme Court Ruling
Bloomberg 06-30-2023
Liberal groups argue the administration could instead draw on the Higher Education Act of 1965, which gives the Education secretary some broad authorities to manage the government’s portfolio of student loans. Yet doing so would be time-consuming and probably couldn’t be completed before the 2024 elections, said Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University.

Garland’s Distance From Hunter Biden Inquiry Fails to Quell Critics
The New York Times 06-20-2023
“For Garland, there’s a kind of jujitsu in all of this — it may be principled commitment, cynical optics or a combination of both — but it’s geared at survival in a tough environment,” said Jed Handelsman Shugerman, a professor at Fordham Law School who has studied the department’s history and its leadership.

Should Trump-allied lawyers be punished for 2020 election suits? The jury is still out.
USA Today 06-19-2023
When lawyers are sanctioned, it’s usually for egregious conduct like stealing a client’s money or committing other crimes, said Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham Law School. Sanctioning a lawyer for what they put in a lawsuit is trickier.

Does the president have control over the Department of Justice?
Scripps News Service 06-17-2023
“If you asked me, I would say that it’s improper,” said Bruce Green, Louis Stein Chair of Law at Fordham Law School. “But there are some people who have the view, and it’s not a far-fetched view, that the president is the chief executive and all power derives from the president.

They invest in Black women. A lawsuit claims it’s discrimination.
The Washington Post 08-26-2023
Federal laws that were intended to ensure equal opportunity and rights for people of color “are now being used as a weapon to deny them rights,” said Kenneth Davis, professor of law and ethics at Fordham University. “It’s the height of irony.”

Conservative activist sues 2 major law firms over diversity fellowships
The Washington Post 08-23-2023
The legislation at play, which was passed after the Civil War to protect the rights of people freed from enslavement, is being used along with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to claim that companies’ attempts to eradicate racial inequality qualify as racial discrimination, according to Kenneth Davis, professor of law and ethics at Fordham University.

Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
CNBC 06-30-2023
Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman said at the time that he was struck by the “brilliant performance” of Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the lawyer who argued on behalf of the Biden administration and its relief plan.

Supreme Court decision on student loan forgiveness expected Friday
CNBC 06-29-2023
Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University and Boston University, agreed, saying it was “almost certain” that the justices will issue the rest of their decisions Friday before they break for their summer recess.

Post wrongly compares firearm offenses of Hunter Biden and Kodak Black | Fact check
USA TODAY 06-29-2023
Contrary to the post’s claim, the two men were charged under different sections of the same statute – 18 U.S. Code § 922, according to Bennett Capers, a law professor at Fordham University.

Thousands of Gen Zers think finance offers the best career prospects. But most say they’ll only stay at their first job 1 or 2 years
Fortune 06-21-2023
I recently spoke with CPA Barbara M. Porco, a clinical professor and associate dean of graduate studies in the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, who said she’s preparing her students to understand the connection between finance and accounting and ESG. From freshman year through MBA programs, ESG literacy is infused into the curriculum, Porco told me.

Mark Meadows Seeks to Move Case to Federal Court — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 08-28-2023
“Everyone around Donald Trump either has been to prison, is going to prison, or is trying to stay out of prison,” said Fordham University associate professor of political science Christina Greer. 

Officials: Jacksonville Shooting was Racially Motivated
MSNBC 08-27-2023
“We have a governor, Ron DeSantis, who does have blood on his hands because he is the one who has taken away education in the state to make sure people don’t know Black history is American history,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

Student loan-relief backers warn Biden ‘failure isn’t an option’
Bloomberg 06-26-2023
But this alternative strategy advocates are coalescing around would be time-consuming and could easily delay any relief until after the 2024 election, Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University, said. 

The Outside View: Diversity in Danger in Post-affirmative Action Era
Women’s Wear Daily 07-05-2023
I personally benefited from Fordham University’s Fashion Law Institute and founder and director Susan Scafidi, who has been critical to protecting industry talent. Fashion and the arts make us better people — providing a forum to inspire and educate, express our authentic selves and celebrate our differences.

Garland Pushes Back at Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 07-01-2023
“What Merrick Garland is really trying to lay out is protection of our institution,” said Christina Greer, a Fordham associate professor of political science. “He’s saying essentially you can’t attack the DOJ just because you disagree with things.”

New York has tried poison, traps, and birth control to fix its pest problem. Rat researchers say the city should focus on its people instead.
Business Insider 08-28-2023
Scientists even developed a rat birth control to be used in baits, according to an essay published Sunday in The New York Times by Jason Munshi-South, a professor of biology at Fordham University. 

Conservative Justices Courted by Liberal Groups in New Gun Case
Bloomberg Law 08-24-2023
Fordham University Second Amendment scholar Saul Cornell and other amici leaned on language in Bruen to argue the test should be more flexible. … Trying to compare domestic gun violence at the founding with domestic gun violence today is “like looking at two different worlds,” Cornell said. 

It’s Not the Campaign, It’s the Candidate — Video Unavailable
MSNBC 07-31-2023
“A lot of the people who like [DeSantis], or thought they like him, realize there’s something off about his ideological drive,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

CNN’s future cloudy in wake of management change
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 06-16-2023
“The days of broadcasting, the days when Walter Cronkite gave the news and got 65 million viewers — only the Super Bowl now gets that many,” said Paul Levinson, a media studies professor at Fordham University. 

Reaction to SCOTUS Ruling Limiting LGBTQ Protections
NBC 4 06-30-2023
Zein Murib, assistant professor of political science at Fordham University, said it is a setback to LGBTQ rights and sets a precedent that could impact other communities. “It immediately affects lesbians and gay men,” Murib said. “But it’s not impossible to imagine a scenario where a business could deny services to someone who is Muslim or Jewish or Hindu based on what they claim are their firmly held religious beliefs.”

Deepfake Political Ads Are ‘Wild West’ for Campaign Lawyers
Bloomberg Law 09-05-2023
AI-powered deepfake political ads aren’t just a threat to candidates and their races, they also threaten government stability, according to Catherine Powell, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.

Move-In Day at Fordham University — Video Unavailable
PIX 11 08-27-2023
Fordham University President Tania Tetlow has this advice for students: “For students, it’s just to realize that pretty soon they won’t remember not feeling at home here. … For parents, it’s to let them go, as painful as that is, to really let students become adults … to carefully let them make their own mistakes and learn from them.”

Stadium Named in Honor of Former CCU Head Coach — Video Unavailable
ABC 15 Myrtle Beach 09-05-2023
A Coastal Carolina University faculty member is being honored by his alma mater. Fordham University announcing that the football and soccer stadium will be renamed Moglia Stadium in honor of Joe Moglia, a 1971 graduate. Moglia served as the CCU football head coach for six seasons from 2012 to 2018. 

Fordham University to Honor Joe Moglia — Video Unavailable
WMBF Myrtle Beach 09-06-2023
Fordham University plans to honor alumnus and long-time CCU [Coastal Carolina University] head football Coach Joe Moglia by renaming its football and soccer stadium in his honor. Moglia retired in 2018 and currently holds a place in 10 different halls of fame.

Another historic president for Loyola University, Xavier Cole looks ahead
The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate 08-13-2023
Just four years ago, Tania Tetlow became Loyola’s first woman and lay president, and led the university out of a period of financial duress, growing enrollment before leaving for Fordham University in New York. 

Catholic LGBTQ conference talks controversies, but focuses on affirmation, love
National Catholic Reporter 06-19-2023
Tania Tetlow, Fordham’s president, set the tenor for the Outreach conference with a simple but meaningful opening line. “I am here to tell you that you are loved, bathed in the overwhelming love and acceptance of God,” she said at the beginning of her June 16 keynote address.

Fordham University to ‘maintain its emphasis on diversity’ in light of SCOTUS toppling affirmative action precedent
Bronx Times 07-03-2023
Fordham University president Tania Tetlow, a Harvard Law School graduate and former federal prosecutor and law professor, has vigorously defended the university’s use of affirmative action. Tetlow, the first female and layperson Fordham president who has served in the post since July 2022, said in a public statement that the school has “been preparing for this moment all year.”

Fordham University Reacts to SCOTUS Decision – Audio Unavailable
1010 WINS 07-03/2023
Meanwhile, in the wake of last week’s SCOTUS decision knocking down affirmative action, Fordham University is promising to maintain its emphasis on diversity. Now according to its website, 40.6 % of their undergrad population comes from underrepresented groups including students of Latino, Asian, black African-American, American Indian, Alaskan, and Hawaiian-Pacific Islander descent. The university’s president, Tania Tetlow, a Harvard Law grad and former federal prosecutor, has vigorously defended the university’s use of affirmative action. 

Urban Plunge Connects Students with the Community — Video Unavailable
News 12 08-26-2023
“Over the course of three days incoming freshmen are immersed in the culture and learning the culture of the borough that lives beyond the gates to Fordham University,” said reporter Heather Fordham.

‘Dribble for Dreams’ Charity Basketball Game this Saturday at Fordham University
PIX 11 08-15-2023
That weekend forecast is amazing, and it’s perfect for an exciting charity basketball game coming up, featuring local celebrities and influencers happening this Saturday at Fordham University.

My twins are leaving for college in a week, and I’m struggling to cope. Here’s how I’m working through it.
Insider 08-20-2023
“One minute, I’m so excited for them that they are going to Fordham University in New York City. The next second, I’ll start crying,” wrote Cheryl Maguire.

How a Bronx summer jobs program prioritizes undocumented youth
Chalkbeat 08-07-2023
The five-week paid internship places undocumented youth in administrative offices at Fordham University and Lehman College four days a week. On Fridays, students head back to Beyond Rising’s Bronx headquarters where they participate in mentoring meetings, skills training, and resume preparation. 

Phylicia Rashad resigns from her position as dean at Howard University
Daily News 08-09-2023
Rashad graduated from Howard in 1970 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at several other institutions including The Juilliard School, Carnegie Mellon and Fordham University — where she became the first recipient of the Denzel Washington Chair in Theater.

Hands-on learning partners students with researchers to monitor air pollution in NYC
The Star-Ledger 08-07-2023
In New York City, the Columbia initiative is one of several major projects involving students in air monitoring; Fordham University researchers have launched a similar initiative. An immediate goal for both is to bring students into participatory science and empower them to understand their local context.

Where to Eat Around Fordham
Eater 08-08-2023
Over 2,500 incoming freshmen are eagerly awaiting to embark on their educational journey at Fordham University. Days will soon fill up with classes and study sessions — and plenty of students looking for a respite in between or after classes.

Tonya Pinkins Named Fordham Theatre Program’s New Denzel Washington Chair
Playbill 07-25-2023
Tony winner Tonya Pinkins has been named the next Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, part of Fordham University.

Aaron Judge Opens Youth Baseball Camp in the Bronx — Video Unavailable
NBC 4 07-21-2023
Aaron Judge returns to action in the Bronx but not with the Yankees. Judge is opening up his annual youth baseball camp for young sluggers. It’s being held on Jack Coffey Field at Fordham university.

All Rise Foundation Hosts Baseball Camp at Fordham — Video Unavailable
News 12 07-22-2023
“Fordham’s Jack Coffey Field was filled with 99s … these young campers getting to hang out with the biggest 99 [Yankees’ Aaron Judge],” said Pat O’Keefe.

Aaron Judge could face live pitching soon as timeline for return comes into focus
New York Post 07-23-2023
Judge, who took part in his baseball camp for his All Rise Foundation at Fordham University, said he will be back “soon.”

Aaron Judge has injury ‘wish’ as he remains unsure about return date
New York Post 07-21-2023
Judge was at Fordham University, taking part in his baseball camp for his All Rise Foundation, with hopes of returning to the lineup “soon” from the sprained big right toe that has sidelined him since June 3.

How To Answer The 7 Toughest Job Interview Questions With Confidence
Forbes 07-13-2023
Things that are known are things like the fact that you received your degree from Fordham University in 2006. Or that water boils at 212 degrees fahrenheit (if you are at sea level).

Father James Martin Chosen by Pope to Participate in Synod at Vatican
The Tablet 07-11-2023
The priest has had two private audiences with Pope Francis and has received letters of encouragement from him, including this June when the pope sent him a handwritten note greeting those attending the Outreach LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference at Fordham University in New York City. 

Fordham University to ‘maintain its emphasis on diversity’ in light of SCOTUS toppling affirmative action precedent
Bronx Times 07-03-2023
Although no one knows how Thursday’s Supreme Court decision to strike down a decades-long affirmative action precedent will affect the nation’s colleges and universities, Fordham University officials say they remain committed to fostering racial diversity in its student body.

Etats-Unis : la discrimination positive bannie de l’université
Arte TV 06-22-2023
Jusqu’ici, la discrimination positive autorisait les universités américaines à prendre en compte des critères ethniques pour assurer la diversité de ses étudiants et corriger la sous-représentation des jeunes afro-américains et hispaniques. Une mesure qui visait à corriger les inégalités issues du passé ségrégationniste des Etats Unis. La Cour Suprême, à majorité conservatrice, a jugé jeudi 29 juin que ces procédures d’admission étaient contraires à la Constitution.

Fordham University Works To Keep 280-Year-Old American Elm Tree Healthy
Currents 05-12-2023
Farrelly is the certified master arborist in charge of keeping the nearly 300-year-old American elm tree healthy. It lives on Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus, but this was its home long before there was a school. Fordham’s director of facilities, Ralph Rivera, says it’s seen every student come and go.

A Tree Grows in the Bronx
The Tablet 06-29-2023
Bishop Hughes originally wanted to build a Catholic seminary on the site, but instead his plans morphed into a college. Today it is Fordham University. 

Outreach conference combats anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
The Tablet 06-28-2023
The annual Outreach Conference for LGBTQ Catholics and those who minister to them was held at Fordham University on 16-18 June.

Fordham Holds Climate Roundtable to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions — Video Unavailable
News 12 06-09-2023
A climate roundtable was held in our borough today. Elected officials, as well as national and community climate and health leaders, discussed how to tackle climate change in the Bronx. News 12’s Marisa Marcellino has more from Fordham University. 

Torres Discusses Environmental Issues at Fordham — Video Unavailable
Fox 5 NY 06-09-2023
Congressman Ritchie Torres held a forum on environmental issues at Fordham University today. The congressman discussed decarbonizing healthcare facilities in the Bronx and investing money from the Inflation Reduction Act to combat the impacts of climate change. 

Roundtable at Fordham Focuses on Fighting Climate Change — Video Unavailable
ABC 7 06-09-2023
At Fordham University, a previously roundtable discussion on fighting climate change took on new urgency, one congressman calling the scary skies a wake-up call.

Catholic Graduates Told to Make a Difference
The Tablet 06-14-2023
“Fordham has given you the tools to achieve, to excel, and to do great things in this world. But that’s not gonna happen by sitting on your hands,” singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder told graduates of Jesuit-run Fordham University in the Bronx in a commencement speech he delivered May 20. 

Fordham University’s REI Hosts Event to Celebrate 3 Prominent Real Estate Colleagues Who Are Changing New York City’s Landscape
Real Estate In-Depth 07-13-2023
Dr. Anthony Davidson, Dean of Fordham University’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies, was joined by [Fordham University’s Real Estate Institute] Executive Advisory Council (EAC) Chair Ryan O’Connor, President and CEO of Clinton Management, and EAC member Chris Mills, CEO and President of Electra USA, to present the awards.

Problem Not Solved: A Closer Look at the New US News Law School Ranking Formula
Law.com 06-27-2023
The factors U.S. News has chosen to emphasize in its newly revised formula will not, in fact, make the ranking a more useful guide for prospective students. U.S. News promotes short-term thinking in a situation that requires long-term decisions,” wrote Matthew Diller, Fordham Law School dean.

What next in the papal succession
The Tablet 08-17-2023
“The US Church is really a rallying point for all those angry at Francis over politics, liturgy, doctrine, and simply losing the perks they enjoyed for decades under previous popes. So there is no doubt that they will have an influence in the next conclave,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, New York, tells me.

Midnight Rambles: H.P. Lovecraft in Gotham
Publishers Weekly 08-15-2023
[David] Goodwin (Left Bank of the Hudson), assistant director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, offers a meticulous chronicle of Lovecraft’s time living in New York City from 1924 to 1926.

PRME, Network Of Sustainable-Focused Business Schools, Primed For Next Chapter
Poets & Quants 08-21-2023
Mette Morsing, global head of PRME, speaks during the 2023 Global Forum hosted by Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. 

The Top Master In Management Programs In The United States
Poets & Quants 06-26-2023
Poets&Quants has compiled a list of 32 Master in Management programs at 28 B-schools in the United States, ranging widely in cost, mode of delivery, admission requirements, and class composition. Some, like the programs at Florida Warrington College of Business and Fordham Gabelli School of Business, can be done fully online or in-person; some, like the MiMs at Texas-Dallas Jindal School of Management and George Washington School of Business, can be done in blended fashion.

Trump Arraignment in State Court — Video Unavailable
CBS 2 08-24-2023
“They’ve added some additional language for Trump,” said Cheryl Bader, a Fordham Law professor and former federal prosecutor. “He is not to post or repost any social media that might intimidate any witnesses or harm the community.”

Patents were meant to reward inventions. Now it’s time to talk about how they can’t|
Crast 08-20-2023
But research by Janet Freilich of Fordham University in the United States suggests that there is a “replication crisis” in patent claims that have rivals in other fields.

Critics of Biden’s Global Minimum Tax Deal Miss the Big Picture
Bloomberg Law 08-21-2023
Those who demand the global community make concessions to the US on the global minimum tax deal fail to understand the value of what the Treasury Department has negotiated, says Fordham Law professor Rebecca Kysar.

Georgia Charges Against Trump Unlike Other Indictments — Video Unavailable
PIX 11 08-16-2-23
“This is quite a sweeping indictment. It’s chock full of allegations and facts, and usually we see a defense lay low and see what the prosecutor is going to put forward because the prosecutor has the burden of proof in the case. But, you know, Trump is not your usual defendant and if he says that he’s going to be issuing some report, I think this shows his strategy of trying the case in the court of public opinion and we’ll probably see more of the rhetoric that we’ve already seen,” said Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader.

What Happens If Trump Is Convicted Before Election Day?
FiveThirtyEight 08-15-2023
“I think it’s the least likely case for him to be sentenced to jail time if he’s convicted,” said Cheryl Bader, a law professor who runs the criminal defense clinic at Fordham University. 

IRS Whistleblowers Claim Political Interference in Hunter Biden Investigation
Reason 07-24-2023
“It looks like ‘Middle Class’ Joe has perfected the art of taking big contributions, then representing his corporate donors at the cost of middle- and working-class Americans,” Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor and progressive Democrat warned in January 2020. “Converting campaign contributions into legislative favors and policy positions isn’t being ‘moderate’. It is the kind of transactional politics Americans have come to loathe.”

Ad Hoc Committee Urges U.S. Action on Legacy Bill
The Irish Echo 07-13-2023
Ad Hoc member Professor Martin Flaherty (Fordham Law/Princeton University) a noted human rights expert with decades of experience in Northern Ireland noted a third primary concern.” This past week’s ‘game-changing’ amendments do nothing to allay these uniformly expressed concerns. In certain respects, the amendments actually make the legislation less human rights compliant. 

Price of death: What we know about execution costs as Idaho firing squad law takes effect
Idaho Statesman 07-02-2023
Deborah Denno is a law professor at Fordham University in New York City and one of the foremost death penalty experts in the U.S. She told the Statesman that widely held beliefs that lifetime imprisonment is costlier over the life of the inmate than death sentences has been proved wrong time and again.

Fashion School Leaders Express Concern Over Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision
Prime News Print 06-30-2023
Taking the long view, Fordham School of Law professor Susan Scafidi speculated about how the decision’s reasoning is “also likely to have a much broader effect on many programs designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in education, employment, and beyond.”

A New Supreme Court Case Could Make It Even Harder to Tax the Superrich
Jacobin 06-30-2023
But the idea that income must be “realized” in order to be taxable is not rooted in history or the Constitution, argued tax law experts John Brooks, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, and David Gamage, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, in a recent paper.

Coast Guard: Crew Dead After ‘Catastrophic Implosion’ — Video Unavailable
CBS 2 06-22-2023
Lawrence Brennan teaches international maritime law at Fordham Law School, said the remains of the passengers are probably unrecoverable due to the force of the sea.

How intense is the water pressure at the Titanic wreck? And will they ever be able to recover the bodies of the five dead crew
Daily Mail 06-22-2023
Lawrence Brennan, a professor at Fordham University’s School of Law, described the situation to PBS as one of the worse case scenarios. To even make an effort, Brennan said, rescuers would need equipment ‘that are not available presently,’ and extremely expensive – which, even then, would leave a slim chance of finding anything noteworthy, aside from more debris.

Titanic sub was destroyed “almost instantaneously,” Fordham prof. Says
CBS 2 06-22-2023
“This is one of the first traumatic casualties of this nature, but these types of vessels are used frequently in oil exploration fields,” said Lawrence Brennan, who teaches international maritime law at Fordham Law School.

Questions About Liability Arise Over Titan Disaster – Audio Unavailable
KNX-AM Los Angeles 06-23-2023
“We’re at the beginning and we can’t answer those questions right now,” said Fordham Law Professor Larry Brennan. “It’s a question of whether or not the releases satisfy federal admiralty law, and I haven’t seen them in them cautious about commenting on them.”

Glossary of Corporate Jargon
BBC 07-25-2023
“It’s specific not just to the industry, it’s specific to the department you are in, it’s specific to a culture you’re in, it’s specific to an age you’re in,” said media management Professor John Carey. “Jargon is everywhere, and there’s a need to help people get past it.”

Climate change a concern for the Summer Olympics, too. What that could mean for when future Games are held
Deseret News 07-21-2023
Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, said he’s not surprised that the IOC is looking at the impact of climate change on summer as well as Winter Olympics.

Ripple’s XRP case ‘underscores the need for regulatory clarity’
TechCrunch 07-19-2023
“Lining up the summary judgment in favor of the SEC next to the summary judgment in favor of Ripple Labs, it is as if two separate law clerks wrote the different sections and the judge never reconciled them,” Benjamin Cole, fellow at the British Blockchain Association and professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told TechCrunch+.

Getting the 2030 Winter Games still seen as ‘quite hard’ for Sapporo
Deseret News 06-30-2023
Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, said the IOC is counting on Sweden’s bid to come through for 2030.

Why Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Games is ‘still alive’
Deseret News 06-29-2023
Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, doesn’t see much hope for Sapporo despite the latest efforts to bolster the 2030 bid.

Is the Biden-Harris administration doing enough to combat anti-Black hate crimes?
The Grio 09-03-2023
“What we have yet to fully acknowledge and recognize is that white domestic terrorism has always been our biggest threat to this country and the safety of this country,” Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, told theGrio. 

Nicholas Tampio, professor of political science: Learn to think for yourself
The Conversation 09-04-2023
“As a professor, I believe the purpose of a college class is to teach students to think: to read scholarship, ask questions, formulate a thesis, collect and analyze data, draft an essay, take feedback from the instructor and other students, and write a final draft,” said Nicholas Tampio, a political science professor at Fordham.

Mitch McConnell’s health reignites concerns of age and double standards
The Grio 08-31-2023
“Mitch McConnell isn’t just a senator from anywhere. He’s the Senate minority leader, which means he’s in charge of leading his party, not just in committees but in policy and ideas,” said Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University. She told theGrio, “It is apparent that he’s not well, and there’s been a decline in his communication skills with the American public in the past few months.”

The Taliban At The United Nations: An Unexpected Bid For Legitimacy? – Analysis
Eurasia Review 08-31-2023
“No one need believe that the Taliban is actually upholding women’s rights—producing even a clearly absurd report for the UN’s commission may be just enough engagement with human rights institutions for some states to argue the Taliban is making an effort, and to move to block collective ostracism, action, or sanction from other states,” wrote Anjali Dayal, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

Police Surveillance
New York Amsterdam News 08-30-2023
“The new congestion pricing will not be as simple as EasyPass. Instead, the data collection from someone’s license plate will essentially serve as a way for the NYPD to access all different types of information about individuals and their vehicles,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science.

Black People Targeted in Florida Shooting
The Grio 08-29-2023
“What we’re seeing is just the policies of Governor DeSantis making it easier for people to get guns, taking away funding for people who have mental health challenges, and sadly, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen it,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

Wagner Mercenary Chief’s Death will Destabilize Group – Audio Unavailable
WCBS-NY Radio 08-28-2023
The latest now on the death of the Wagner mercenary chief, Fordham University Professor Beth Knobel: “Prigozhin’s death and those of his lieutenants will definitely have a destabilizing effect on the Wagner group. As British intelligence put it this week, Prigozhin’s exceptional audacity and extreme brutality defined the Wagner group and are unlikely to be matched by any successor.”

Russia Prigozhin Plane Crash: Was it Revenge? – Audio Unavailable
WCBS-NY Radio 08-24-2023
“If this was an assassination, it had to have been sanctioned by Vladimir Putin personally. Nothing like this could possibly happen in Russia without Putin’s direct intervention,” said former CBS News Moscow bureau chief and Fordham University professor Beth Knobel.

City and State Attorneys Return to Court Over Right-to-Shelter Law — Video Unavailable
NY 1 08-23-2023
“I think that’s a larger question about this particular mayoral administration, which is who is in charge? What is the strategy and where are we going,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

Celebrating Hip Hop
New York Amsterdam News 08-24-2023
“There are so many ways that hip hop has been the soundtrack of my life and I am so thankful for the genius that begat a genre that has changed the course of history.” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science.

Charity Lawson led ‘The Bachelorette’ her way — changing the franchise’s narrative on race in the processThe The 19th News 08-21-2023
Brandy Monk-Payton is an assistant professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University and whose scholarship focuses on race and representation on television; she also co-hosts the “B.A.P.S. in Paradise” podcast on all things Bachelor Nation. For her, watching Lawson’s unquestionable success as Bachelorette this season has felt “complicated.” 

Yusef Salaam never lost his infinite hope
City & State NY 08-14-2023
“I don’t think that Yusef Salaam is a City Council member without Keith Wright,” said Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University.

The Bronx Social Justice and Anti-Violence Forums | Affirmative Action
Bronxnet 07-27-2023
Host Kibin Alleyne sits down with two affirmative action specialists, Victor Goode and Dr. Mark Naison, who provides a law and history perspective to the conversation of affirmative action in higher education and answers what the future holds for the controversial topic.

“A Lot of Us Were Naïve” How many Catholics changed their mind about the moment in 1992 when Sinéad O’Connor shocked the world.
Slate 07-27-2023
“Sinead O’Connor was so ahead of her time,” said Brenna Moore, a theology professor at Fordham University. “Decades and decades ahead of her time.”

Russia’s missile strikes against the Ukrainian port city of Odesa – Audio Unavailable
WCBS-NY 07-23-2023
Fordham professor Beth Knobel, formerly Moscow bureau chief for CBS news, said, “The attacks in Odessa, a major port on the black Sea, are linked to Russia’s withdrawal from a UN-brokered deal to allow Ukraine and Russia to ship grain and other foodstuffs to market through the black Sea. The UN got involved because the exports were benefiting people in parts of the world very prone to food insecurity like in Africa.”

Episode 326: The Professor and the Rough Rider
Historically Thinking  07-24-2023
Laurence Jurdem is currently an adjunct professor of history at Fairfield University and Fordham College’s Lincoln Center campus. The author of Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on U.S. Foreign Policy, he is a frequent commentator on American politics. 

Plaintiffs challenging Illinois’ gun owner ID law plan to appeal ruling
The Washington Examiner 07-23-2023
The judge noted that Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly in his defense of the FOID card used Fordham University history professor Saul Cornell’s analysis of historic firearm regulation.

Mayor Adams Names Edward Caban the NYPD’s First Latino Police Commissioner — Audio Unavailable
NY1 07-18-2023
“I do think that there’s a gender component that cannot be overlooked, and we also have descriptive representation, which means a lot to the Adams Administration,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

Rushing These 6 Baby Milestones Is A Complete Waste Of Time
Fatherly 07-18-2023
“The window for walking is wide, and there is no cause for alarm if that milestone has yet to be reached,” says Rachel Annunziato, Ph.D., a professor of pediatric psychology at Fordham University.

Podcast: Preaching the kingdom of God when justice is delayed on earth
America Magazine 07-10-2023
[Father Bryan Massingale] is a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and presently lives and works in New York City as a professor of theology at Fordham University. He is a leader in the quest for faith-based racial and sexual justice, especially within the Catholic Church, and regularly presides and preaches at the The Parish of St. Charles Borromeo

Fordham University to ‘maintain its emphasis on diversity’ in light of SCOTUS toppling affirmative action precedent
Bronx Times 07-03-2023
Mark Naison, a professor of African American studies and history at Fordham University, made it clear that he did not speak on behalf of the school but expressed faith that Fordham will continue to push for a diverse student body of the best and brightest.

Supreme Court Just Struck Down Affirmative Action
Staytunednbc on TikTok and Instagram 06-29-2023
“Get rid of the admissions advantages for the privileged, which outnumber those of underrepresented minorities,” said Mark Naison, professor of African American Studies and History.

Black America and the 4th of July
The Grio News 07-03-2023
“Some people see it as a time where it’s like, our ancestors built this nation, and even though they weren’t free during its inception, every freedom we have is because of the blood, sweat, tears, and toil of African- Americans,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science. “And so it is an opportunity for some people to actually take the day and spend time with their loved ones and their friends to think about how they fit in American democracy. 

Yusef Salaam Poised to Go from Being a Wrongfully Convicted of a Crime to Harlem’s Newest City Council Member — Audio Unavailable
WNYC 06-28-2023
“New York politics is like one big, really interesting soap opera. It’s a lot of different characters, and if you’ve ever watched soap operas with your grandmother, your babysitter, after school, sometimes it takes years for one plot to move forward. And when it does, it’s worth the wait,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

Wagner Military Group Leader Orders Mercenaries to Halt March on Moscow — Audio Unavailable
WCBS-NY 06-24-2023
Beth Knobel is a professor at Fordham University and the former Moscow bureau chief for CBS News. She says Putin has never had to deal with anything like this. “We don’t really know what’s going to happen,” she said. “It’s really an hour-by-hour thing because nothing like this has happened in the area since 1991 when there was a coup against the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.”

Escalation or Defense? Unveiling Errors in Discussing Military Aid to Ukraine
The Defense post
“In the face of attacks from missile launch sites, artillery depots, and airfields within Russia, targeting these areas becomes a completely legitimate form of defense,” wrote John Davenport, a  professor of philosophy and peace & justice studies at Fordham University.

Top Republican presidential candidates were noticeably silent about Juneteenth
The Grio 06-20-2023
Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University and host of theGrio’s “The Blackest Questions” podcast, said she is not surprised by the reactions of Republicans or lack thereof on Juneteenth.

Primary Day Results: What You Need to Know — Video Unavailable
NY 1 06-28-2023
“Harlem is shifting in a possibly more progressive direction. They’re not as interested in kind of the old guard and people who have been in office for several decades or generations and Yusef Salaam connected with voters,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.

City to Demolish and Rebuild Two Housing Projects in Manhattan — Video Unavailable
NY1 06-21-2023
“We’ve seen when things are so beautifully done, all of a sudden we can drive up rents, we can get a different type of person in this new neighborhood,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham. “I think that even though the tenants voted for it … We’ll see what happens when this great real estate actually goes up in Chelsea.”

Get ready for elections
New York Amsterdam News 06-22-2023
“This year, due to redistricting, New York’s primary day is June 27 and many districts have competitive elections to decide who will be their next City Council representative,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University. 

The Mobile Phone Is One of the Fastest Disseminated Media in History – Audio Unavailable
WNYC 06-21-2023
“In fact, one of the amazing miracles about smartphones is that they have permeated the world faster than any other medium of communication that ever was invented,” said Paul Levinson, professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University.

Rat complaints in NYC fell 15% vs. a year ago. But are we just getting used to them?
Gothamist 06-19-2023
Michael Parsons, a visiting research scholar at Fordham University studying urban rodentology, wrote in an email to Gothamist that 311 data has several limitations when used to evaluate rat populations.

Confronting Hate Chronicles the Virus of Prejudice
Hyperallergic 06-20-2023
After deep discussions about the construct of hate, Magda Teter, Fordham’s Chair of Judaic Studies, and Westenley Alcenat, an assistant professor of history and African-American studies, led students to explore the apparatuses of racism and antisemitism to build this provocative show.

Competition heats up for Fordham’s starting QB role
News 12 08-15-2023
The Fordham University football season begins in 12 days, yet a competition remains for the most important position on the field,” said Pat O’Keefe. “No. 8 C.J. Montes and No. 11 Jack Capaldi are both vying to be the Rams’ starting quarterback; that position was held since 2018 by all-American Tim DeMorat, who graduated last year.”

Football Season Opener is August 26 in Albany
News 12 07-28-2023
“Despite significant talent loss from its roster, the Rams were still picked to finish second in the Patriot League’s preseason polls,” said Pat O’Keefe.

2024 NFL Draft Prospect Zoom Interview: MJ Wright, WR, Fordham
NFL Draft Diamonds 07-10-2023
Fordham football star MJ Wright recently sat down with NFL Draft Diamonds scout Jimmy Williams for this exclusive Zoom Interview. “I’m just kind of doing the little things to better my game mentally and physically,” Wright said of his summer preparations for his final season at Fordham.

College interns share valuable lessons they learned this summer
New York Post 08-27-2023
[Colin] Chandna, a student of MS Media Management at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, helps with influencer and media research at 20Two Studio, making clippings of client features and draft pitches, “which can be a bit more tricky than other tasks, but I absolutely love doing it and the guidance received from my account mentor,” she said.

Anton Lagdameo Jr, Dawn Zulueta drop son Jacobo off at Fordham University: ‘We’re never far away’
Politiko 08-28-2023
Politiko scion Jacobo Lagdameo is diving into college life at Fordham University. Jacobo, son of Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo Jr. and actress Dawn Zulueta, left the nest to pursue college studies at the prestigious Jesuit university in New York. 

2023 MBA To Watch: Josefina Israel, Fordham University (Gabelli)
Poets & Quants 08-21-2023
“I was offered a full-time role as a Marketing Analyst at Nissan immediately following my summer internship. I’ve been in my role since September 2022, which has allowed me to gain a head-start on my career and I’m looking forward to continuing to grow within the company following my graduation,” said Josefina Israel.

Old-School Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th
The New York Times 08-13-2023
Q&A: Who are you here to see tonight? “I’m here to see them all. I want to see hip-hop history. Tonight is music education for me,” said Mary Olivette Bookman, a Fordham University music student.

Dancers pursue their dream of being a Rockette
Campus News 08-08-2023
Avery Berlowski is a sophomore at Fordham University, who’s working on a BFA in dance in partnership with the Ailey School. Although she’s competed since she was 10 in her hometown of Minneapolis, she’s never danced professionally.

New reporters bolster Tribune news coverage
The Bismarck Tribune 07-24-2023
[Julia Jaramillo] will be a junior in the fall at Fordham University in Manhattan. She is double-majoring in English and New Media and Digital Design, and is assistant arts and culture editor for the student newspaper.

Sarah Jane Nader Rocks Crochet on the SI Swimsuit Runway at Miami Swim Week
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 07-08-2023
The Baton Rouge native is a student at Fordham University and is signed with Ford Models. In 2021, she was photographed for a Laws of Motion ad campaign that landed her a large-scale feature on the side of a building in Manhattan.

College notebook: Nogay garners accolades in first year at Fordham
New Castle News 06-28-2023
Neleh Nogay stood out in her first season on Fordham University’s softball team and earned multiple honors — and rightfully so. The freshman outfielder and Neshannock High graduate earned First Team NFCA All-Region honors. Nogay also was named First Team All-Conference and All-Rookie honors in the Atlantic 10.

Yankees v. Tigers — Video Unavailable
WNBC-NY 09-06-2023
Fordham’s own Greg Weissert comes out of the bullpen to blow away Matt Vierling. The Yankees hang on and win their fifth straight. They’re back over .500.

Who is Brett Kennedy? Journeyman pitcher has impressive start for Cincinnati vs. Toronto
Cincinnati Enquirer 08-19-2023
In 222 innings over his three seasons with the Rams, Kennedy allowed just seven home runs. Hall of Famers Frankie Frisch and Ed Walsh also attended Fordham, as did former Reds pitcher Pete Harnisch, who was an All-American there.

Snapshot New York: Rob Semerano, 42, chasing his MLB dream — Video Unavailable
CBS 2 08-14-2023
Steve Overmyer: “Rob’s journey to the Big Leagues actually began at Fordham University. His 90s-plus fastball and competitive fire got him drafted by the Oakland A’s, but fate had a different plan. Rob’s budding career ended after Tommy John surgery.”

Two longtime homebrewers opening Future Days Beer Co. in Northern Liberties
Philadelphia Business Journal 08-15-2023
[Sean] McGuire and [Nick] Mata met at Fordham University and became fast friends due to their shared love of beer. They started occasionally brewing in their apartment but moved on due to their jobs. They started home brewing regularly again in 2017.

Bessies ’23: Dance World declares ‘You Won’t Break My Soul’ and celebrates
New York Amsterdam News 08-10-2023
As the ceremony got underway, the first to be applauded was Virginia Johnson, founding member and recently retired DTH artistic director,who received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement in Dance. … At one point, Johnson ventured into choreography, but an interest in journalism led to a degree in communications from Fordham University. 

Patterson Woman is a Soccer Success Story — Video Unavailable
NBC4 08-07-2023
Helping Haiti make history with its first appearance in the women’s World Cup, 22-year-old Danielle Etienne’s journey to the international stage has been anything but easy. … As if juggling five days a week of practice and caring for a newborn weren’t enough, she graduated Fordham University in May, then boarded a plane to Australia to compete.

2023 Best & Brightest Executive MBA: Robert Griffith, Fordham University (Gabelli)
Poets & Quants for Executives 08-02-2023
“Director Francis Petit is the sole reason why I selected the Gabelli School of Business. He was hands-down the most compassionate and motivating factor for me to attend,” said Robert Griffith, retired NFL All-Pro, record breaker, and holder of global multi-sector distributor of assets.

The Pekoe Group Appoints Jenny Dorso Vice President Of Marketing Strategy
Broadway World 08-07-2023
In her 10 years with The Pekoe Group … has guided digital media campaign planning for Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring productions, cultural institutions, and restaurants…. Jenny holds an MBA from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

If you find Clare Bollnow’s Avondale mural a little unsettling, she’s OK with that
Chicago Sun-Times 07-28-2023
Bollnow, who lives in Ukrainian Village, grew up in the west suburbs so close to Brookfield Zoo she could sometimes hear lions roar. She attended Fordham University.

Who Is Susan Benedetto? All About Tony Bennett’s Wife
The Statesman 07-23-2023
A graduate of both Fordham University and Columbia University’s Teachers College, Susan embarked on a career in education, teaching social studies at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts in New York City.

Dance Theatre Of Harlem’s Virginia Johnson To Receive Award For Lifetime Achievement In Dance
Harlem World Magazine 07-22-2023
Universally recognized as one of the great ballerinas of her generation … is perhaps best known for her performances in the ballets Giselle, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Fall River Legend, each of which was videotaped for broadcast. While still performing, Johnson ventured into choreography but her interest in journalism led her to Fordham University where she pursued a degree in communications.

POLITICO announces newly expanded New York Playbook Team
Editor & Publisher 07-19-2023
Jeff Coltin was most recently City Hall bureau chief for City & State New York, where he covered everything from city budgets to the crossover of hip-hop and politics, and was named the New York Press Association’s 2022 Writer of the Year. … Jeff started reporting at WFUV public radio while a student at Fordham University in the Bronx — inspired by his grandfather Wendell, who reported for the Boston Herald, among other papers.

Acacia Clement: For the Love of Horses
Saratoga Living 07-11-2023
Clement graduated from Fordham University with a degree in communications, which she has put to good use by developing into one of racing’s most recognizable and respected broadcasters.

Here’s how one Fil-Am couple from Houston started and grew their clothing label
Inquirer Manila  07-15-2023
“We both grew up attending/participating in the Fil-Am Basketball League, both of us were active in college Filipino clubs (FUPAC at Fordham University and Filipino Student Association at University of Houston). I should note that Chris did not attend University of Houston—we met at Fordham—but so many of his friends did, so he by association was “active” at the school’s Filipino club,” said Gemini Quintos.

Her Business Helps Leaders Use Lessons From The Poker Table To Raise Their Game
Forbes 06-30-2023
Ellen Leikind learned to play poker when she was growing up. While she and her mom were cooking dinner after school, they played Texas Hold ‘Em and Backgammon. … She holds an MBA in marketing from Fordham University and a certificate from Cornell University in Diversity and Inclusion.

Former Fordham softball player, joins Damar Hamlin in CPR training
ABC 7 Buffalo 07-03-2023
For [Sarah Taffet] the former Fordham Univerisity softball player at the time, it was just another routine run down the first baseline. After being tagged in the chest, she instantly felt something going wrong with her body.

Knicks add Fordham standout Khalid Moore to Summer League roster
New York Post 06-28-2023
The Knicks will bring some local flavor with them to Las Vegas. Fordham forward Khalid Moore will play for the Knicks in next month’s Summer League, the school confirmed, after Moore’s addition to the Knicks’ roster was first reported by SNY.

A Trailblazing Ballerina’s Final Bow
Harper’s Bazaar 06-28-2023
Upon retiring from DTH [Dance Theatre of Harlem] in 1997, Johnson started work on a communications degree at Fordham University, but was soon tapped to become the founding editor of Pointe magazine in 2000.

Damar Hamlin to throw out first pitch at Yankee Stadium Monday
Spectrum News 06-27-2023
The Yankees are honoring Hamlin and former Fordham University softball player Sarah Taffet during Hope Week, which celebrates acts of goodwill and perseverance.

Cole, Rizzo to learn CPR as Yankees honor Hamlin
MLB.com 06-26-2023
Yankees players and coaches, including Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo, will take part in CPR training in the Yankee Stadium outfield with former Fordham softball player Sarah Taffet, the American Heart Association and NYC Public School Athletic Leagues (PSAL) personnel.

Damar Hamlin to throw first pitch at New York Yankees game, following CPR training with team
The Buffalo News 06-26-2023
Hamlin will be joined by former Fordham University softball player Sarah Taffet, whose heart stopped on the field after a routine play in October 2021. Like Hamlin, Taffet required CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED) from her athletic training staff. 

From 2019 salutatorian, to Seaford 9/11 Committee Patriot Award winner, to Fulbright Scholar, Eric Schneider is truly one of Seaford’s finest
Long Island Herald 06-25-2023
After graduating second highest in his class, [Eric] Schneider attended Fordham University, where he double-majored in International Studies and French.

Mary Goulding’s first interview: ‘I’m lucky to be alive, but I want to play basketball again’
The Press 06-24-2023
When Mary Goulding first awoke from 12 days in a coma following an horrific car accident in late-May, her first thought was, “what am I doing here? I have basketball training to get to”.

Students Who Started College During COVID Crisis Graduate
The Tablet 06-14-2023
For Miguel Sutedjo, who majored in music and international political economy with a minor in Mandarin and English from Fordham University, the pandemic’s shutdown forced his end-of-the-year performances in his freshman year to be “swept under the rug. “It was very crazy and surreal to finish up the school year online,” he said. But Sutedjo, who will be teaching English in Taiwan for the upcoming year on a Fulbright scholarship, also said that amid the strangeness of the pandemic he got something out of it. 

Tiktok Is Cracking Up At This College Student’s Graduation Photos: ‘the Tongue One Killed Me’
In the Know by Yahoo! 06-14-2023
[Julia] Leahy, who graduated from Fordham University, shared the unedited versions of her college graduation photos, noting that the moment was “very exciting” and a “bit shocking,” considering the fact that she’s still eating Frozen mac-and-cheese for dinner.

Joey Chestnut, Miko Sudo Win Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest — Video Unavailable
CBS 2 07-04-2023
“The women were up first. Miko Sudo, who is a Fordham grad—little known fact—see what they taught us there,” joked anchor Dick Brennan, another Fordham alumnus. “She won last year. She claimed victory once again eating 39 ½ hot dog buns and hot dogs.”

Carol Robles-Román, Latina Champion for Justice, Dies at 60
The New York Times 08-24-2023
Carol Robles-Román, who advanced the causes of equal opportunity and social justice for women, immigrants and ethnic and racial minorities through leading roles as a Latina in city government, the courts and higher education in New York, died on Sunday in White Plains, N.Y. She was 60. … Following graduation from Stella Maris High School in Queens, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and media studies from Fordham University in 1983.

Tom Courtney, Runner Who Lunged to Grab Olympic Gold, Dies at 90
The New York Times 08-22-2023
Tom Courtney, a Fordham University graduate who with a homestretch surge and a lunge at the tape won a furious 800-meter run by inches in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, capturing the gold medal for the United States, died on Tuesday at an assisted living facility in Naples, Fla. 

Carol Robles-Román, who made NYC court system more accessible, dies at 60
Daily News 08-21-2023
Carol Robles-Román, a brainy and determined lawyer from a Puerto Rican family who as a top official in Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s administration made New York City’s legal system more accessible, died Sunday at a Westchester hospital. … She studied at Fordham University and then at NYU Law School, completing her legal education in 1989.

Dr. Susan Love, Surgeon and Breast Health Advocate, Dies at 75
The New York Times 07-05-2023
One of the world’s most visible public faces in the war on breast cancer, she helped reshape both the doctor’s role and the patient’s. … She finished her bachelor’s degree at Fordham University, earned an M.D. from the Downstate College of Medicine of the State University of New York in 1974 and did her surgical residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.

Robert Sherman, WQXR Host of Classical and Folk Music Shows, Dies at 90|
The New York Times 07-05-2023
The show was called “Woody’s Children,” after a reference by Mr. Seeger, on the first episode, to the singer-songwriters who followed Woody Guthrie. WQXR canceled the program in 1999, saying it no longer fit the station’s format. But it was picked up by the Fordham University station WFUV, where it ran until earlier this year.

Alex Gress, former 43North president and Life Storage executive, dies while competing in triathlon
Buffalo News 07-11-2023
Mr. Gress was born in Monroe, La., and grew up in East Amherst, graduating from Canisius High School. He earned a CPA after graduating from Fordham University, and then held jobs with different banks in New York City and London, including CIBC and JPMorgan.

Rita Reif, Antiques and Auctions Columnist, Dies at 94
The New York Times 06-25-2023
She worked at The Times for decades, and she made news herself when she challenged ownership of a painting thought to have been looted by the Nazis. … She put herself through Fordham University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1950, and then earned her master’s degree the next year.

Jay FitzGerald, legendary publisher of Golf Digest, dies at 84
Golf Digest 06-26-2023
He attended Fordham University and played sports there, then enrolled at Albany Law School. … His competitiveness at golf—and landing advertising accounts–was likened by Golf Digest’s founder, Bill Davis, to that of another Fordham alumnus, Vince Lombardi.

Their method for introducing machine learning in chemistry classes has been honored with the inaugural James C. McGroddy Award for Innovation in Education, named for a donor who funded the award’s cash prize. (See related story.)

The recipients are Elizabeth Thrall, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry; Yijun Zhao, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer and information science; and Joshua Schrier, Ph.D., the Kim B. and Stephen E. Bepler Chair in Chemistry. They will share the $10,000 prize, awarded in April.

Chemistry and Computation Come Together

The three awardees’ project shows how to reduce the barriers to learning about programming and computation by integrating them into chemistry lessons. The project came together during the COVID pandemic—since chemistry students were working from their computers, far from the labs on campus, it made sense to give them some computational projects, in addition to experiments they could conduct at home, Thrall said.

Because little had been published about teaching machine learning to chemistry students, she got together with Schrier and Zhao to design an activity. Zhao, director of the Master of Science in Data Science program at Fordham, involved a student in the program, Seung Eun Lee, GSAS ’22, who had studied chemistry as an undergraduate.

Their first classroom project—published in the Journal of Chemical Education in 2021—involves vibrational spectroscopy, used to identify the chemical properties of something by shining a light on it and recording which wavelengths it absorbs. Students built models that analyzed the resulting data and “learned” the features of different molecular structures, automating a process that they had learned in an earlier course.

For another project, the professors taught students about machine-learning tools for identifying possible hypotheses about collections of molecules. Machine learning lets the students winnow down the molecular data and, in Schrier’s words, “make that big haystack into a smaller haystack” that is easier for a scientist to manage. The professors designed the project with help from Fernando Martinez, GSAS ’23, and Thomas Egg, FCRH ’23, and Thrall presented it at an American Chemical Society meeting in the spring.

Thumbs-Up from Students

How did students react to the machine learning lessons? According to a survey following the first project, 63% enjoyed applying machine learning, and 74% wanted to learn more about it.

“I think that students recognize that these are useful skills … that are only going to become more important throughout their lives,” Thrall said. Schrier noted that students have helped develop additional machine learning exercises in chemistry over the past two years.

Machine Learning in Education and Medicine

Zhao noted the growing applications of machine learning and data science. She has applied them to other fields through collaborations with Fordham’s Graduate School of Education and the medical schools at New York University and Harvard, among other entities.

The McGroddy Award came as a surprise. “I don’t think that we expected to win,” Schrier said, “just because there’s so many other excellent pedagogical innovations throughout Fordham.”

Eva Badowska, Ph.D., dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the time the award was granted, said the professors’ “path-breaking interdisciplinary work has transformed lab courses in chemistry.”

There were 20 nominations, and faculty members reviewing them “were humbled by the creativity, innovation, and generative energy of the faculty’s pedagogical work,” she said.

In addition to the McGroddy Award, the Office of the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences is providing two $1,000 honorable mention prizes recognizing the pedagogy of Samir Haddad, Ph.D., and Stephen Holler, Ph.D., associate professors of philosophy and physics, respectively.

In the hand-written note to James Martin, S.J., editor of the Outreach website, the pope mentions Fordham by name and sends his prayers and best wishes for presenters and attendees.

“I send my best regards to the members of the meeting at Fordham University,” reads the translation of the letter, which Pope Francis wrote in Spanish and dated May 6, 2023.  “Thank you for delivering it to them. In my prayers and good wishes are you and all who are working at the Outreach Conference.”

It’s the third letter that Pope Francis has written in support of an Outreach conference.

“I’m grateful for the Holy Father’s warm letter, which is a wonderful blessing for everyone joining us this weekend at the conference,” said Father Martin. “And it’s a special grace for LGBTQ Catholics to know that the pope is praying for them.”

Fordham President Tania Tetlow will be a keynote speaker at this year’s event, which will also feature a representative from the Vatican.

Read more on the Outreach website. 

The 2023 Bronx Power 100: The movers and shakers in the Boogie Down Bronx.
City & State NY 06-05-2023
Tania Tetlow, President, Fordham University: The first woman and layperson to lead the Bronx’s largest and most storied university has worked to preserve Fordham University’s legacy while embracing its future. Tania Tetlow has embraced social justice as a central plank of her presidency and is not afraid to buck the Catholic Church when she believes it’s in the best interest of Fordham University. In April, she interviewed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, for a Fordham University School of Law event.

CLIPS OF THE WEEK

MARK CONRAD
PGA Tour, LIV Golf merger creates even bigger ‘monopoly,’ but at what price?
USA Today 06-07-2023
Without viable competition, monopolies theoretically can raise prices for consumers, underpay their labor and not care about customer complaints. In this case, the new golf entity would “dominate the market for men’s professional golf,” said Mark Conrad, director of the sports business concentration and associate professor of law and ethics at Fordham. “No doubt.”

Advice From Famous Commencement Speakers
U.S. News & World Report 06-09-2023
Stevie Wonder spoke at Fordham University in New York.
Advice to graduates: “You really do have to be woke. Now, maybe some people in this nation, some leaders some governors don’t understand what being woke is. Let me tell you what it is. It’s being awake. Being awake. Being aware. … So stand up and be counted as one against oppression, hatred, and let’s keep the truth alive.”

MARK NAISON
On a South Bronx street corner, ‘Black Benjie’ finally gets his due
Gothamist 06-04-2023
That provision proved crucial to the massive hip-hop parties held in locales across the borough in the 1970s, said Mark Naison, a professor of history and African American studies at Fordham University who has collected oral histories for the Bronx African American History Project.

JAMES BRUDNEY
Supreme Court ruling could chill labor strikes
Reuters 06-02-2023
“The court’s analysis may have modestly lowered the union-protection threshold in considering applicability or scope of the ‘take reasonable precautions’ test,” said James Brudney, a Fordham University Law School professor of labor and employment law.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Kelli Giddish Revealed She’s Expecting Her 3rd Baby with the Sweetest Photo
NBC 06-02-2023
The beloved character is doing great: [Amanda Rollins, portrayed by Kelli Giddish] recently returned to Law & Order screens on both Organized Crime and SVU, and we learned she’s thriving in her new job as a Fordham University professor of criminology.

CURRAN CENTER FOR AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDIES

A look inside the Vatican meeting that brought Pope Francis and Martin Scorsese together
America Magazine 06-08-2023
The conference took place on May 25-27, co-sponsored by the Office of Mission and Ministry of Georgetown University and the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica, along with support from Fordham University’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and Loyola University Chicago’s Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

HUGH HANSEN
Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them instead.
The Washington Post 06-05-2023
As a staunch defender of the patent system, Newman “feels it’s even more important for her to dissent,” Fordham University law professor Hugh Hansen said. “This particular point of view might be lost if she doesn’t.”

JAMES BRUDNEY
Supreme Court ruling could chill labor strikes
Reuters 06-02-2023
“The court’s analysis may have modestly lowered the union-protection threshold in considering applicability or scope of the ‘take reasonable precautions’ test,” said James Brudney, a Fordham University Law School professor of labor and employment law.

REBECCA KYSAR
Opinion: Implement the global minimum tax and don’t undermine it
The Washington Post 06-05-2023
Rebecca Kysar, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, served as counselor to the assistant secretary for tax policy in the Treasury Department from 2021 to 2022.

JED SHUGERMAN
Trump Team Braces for Federal Indictment as Former Aide Testifies in Miami
The Messenger 06-07-2023
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, who is investigating the case, might rely on the D.C.-based grand jury for indictments of Trump and any former government officials who played significant roles in the last days of his administration, said Jed Shugerman, professor at Fordham Law School.

JED SHUGERMAN
When will the Supreme Court rule on Biden’s student loan forgiveness? What borrowers need to know
CNBC 06-08-2023
Fordham law professor Jed Shugerman had tweeted after the February arguments that he was “struck by SG Elizabeth Prelogar’s brilliant performance.”

MATTHEW SCHAFER
The Mail: Actual Malice
The New Yorker 06-05-2023
“Jeannie Suk Gersen’s piece about the Supreme Court’s landmark 1964 decision New York Times Company v. Sullivan, which protects the media against defamation lawsuits, tells only part of the story (Books, May 22nd). Critics of the decision argue that Sullivan must be reworked because its principle of “actual malice” (knowingly or recklessly publishing false information) presents an impossible burden for plaintiffs,” wrote Matthew Schafer, adjunct professor of law at Fordham University.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

JOHN FORTUNATO
Surprise Merger of PGA Tour, Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Stuns Sport
Voice of America 06-07-2023
John A. Fortunato, a professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and author of the book Making the Cut: Life Inside the PGA Tour System, told VOA he was surprised by the PGA’s change in tone.

MARK CONRAD
PGA Tour, LIV Golf merger creates even bigger ‘monopoly,’ but at what price?
USA Today 06-07-2023
Without viable competition, monopolies theoretically can raise prices for consumers, underpay their labor and not care about customer complaints. In this case, the new golf entity would “dominate the market for men’s professional golf,” said Mark Conrad, director of the sports business concentration and associate professor of law and ethics at Fordham. “No doubt.”

MARK CONRAD
Can PGA Tour, PIF deal survive antitrust concerns?
The Athletic 06-08-2023
“It’s going to be very interesting to see what policies or restrictions will come to pass in this new entity, which as a basic monopoly is going to dominate the sport really worldwide,” said Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

IPSITA BANERJEE
Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting awards to Ipsita Banerjee and Barbara Hillery
Chemical & Engineering News 06-04-2023
Ipsita Banerjee, a professor of chemistry at Fordham University, has been named the 2023 E. Emmet Reid Award in Chemistry for Teaching at Small Colleges in the American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Region.

MARK NAISON
On a South Bronx street corner, ‘Black Benjie’ finally gets his due
Gothamist 06-04-2023
That provision proved crucial to the massive hip-hop parties held in locales across the borough in the 1970s, said Mark Naison, a professor of history and African American studies at Fordham University who has collected oral histories for the Bronx African American History Project.

CHRISTINA GREER
June is Pride Month
New York Amsterdam News 06-01-2023
“This Pride Month, I am going to show my support for the LGBTQ community by learning more about (and donating to) the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same-gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science.

STUDENTS

WILLIAM WINALSKi
One New Canaan family, two Eagle Scouts: Nature-lovers build garden beds, beehives for the community
New Haven Register 06-05-2023
William Winalski, a rising sophomore at Fordham University’s Gabelli School, recently received the Ryan M. Adams scholarship, named in honor of a Ridgefield teen and Eagle Scout who died in 2015.

ALUMNI

RYAN GREENHAGEN
Greenhagen Named Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
News12 06-07-2023
“Over at Fordham University, a first for a male Ram student-athlete, linebacker Ryan Greenhagen has been named the Patriot League’s male scholar-athlete of the year,” said Pat O’Keefe. “Greenhagen graduated Fordham with a 3.85 grade point average and then earned his master’s in business analytics.”

JUSTIN SHACKIL
As Yankees fans await John Sterling’s return, fill-in Justin Shackil seizes chance
The Athletic 06-02-2023
Sitting in an empty booth overlooking Yankee Stadium last week, Justin Shackil, 36, let the idea sink in and immediately tried to shake it off. … Me? Replacing John Sterling? Shackil cuts off the thought.

NICK STONE
Former Aussie footballer’s coffee chain plans 3rd NJ location
NJBiz 06-05-2023
Bluestone was founded a decade ago by Melbourne, Australia, native Nick Stone, a former Australian Rules Football (AFL) player who hung up his cleats in 2005 and moved to New York to attend business school at Fordham University while working in finance.

FRANK CALDERONI
Velocity Global CEO Frank Calderoni on the Journey of an “Employable” CEO
CNBC 06-05-2023
“I went the safe route, I thought,  which was to go into the finance world. I went to Fordham University here in the city, and I went into the college of business administration. I got interested in finance and accounting, and that kind of started my career in the financial side,” said Frank Calderoni.

MARY GOULDING
Family of Tall Fern Mary Goulding reveal she is out of critical condition
The Press (New Zealand) 06-01-2023
Goulding, who played college basketball at Fordham University in New York City, and professionally in New Zealand (most recently for the Mainland Pouākai), Australia and Sweden, had just made a full recovery from an Achilles tendon rupture suffered in last year’s New Zealand Tauihi league.

ZEIN MURIB
Pride and Prejudice: After Showing LGBTQ Support, Businesses Draw Backlash — But for Different Reasons
NBC4 06-02-2023
“This is not about merchandise. This is about cruel and coordinated attacks against LGBTQ people,” said Zein Murib, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. “If I could speculate on the remedy, it would be turning the focus away from branding and rainbows and identities and focusing more on universal issues.”

LERZAN AKSOY
Fordham business school dean on the importance of preparing students to handle ESG issues
Crain’s New York 05-29-2023
Five months into her tenure as dean of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, Lerzan Aksoy has been thinking about how to align the school’s mission with current skill set demands from hiring managers as businesses focus on environmental, social and governance innovation.

BRUCE GREEN
Trump escalates attacks on judges amid increasing legal scrutiny
The Hill 05-29-2023
“It’s a bit unseemly for the judges to respond. And if it’s a response by a judge on a pending case, then it raises issues about their fairness,” said Bruce Green, a law professor at Fordham University and an expert in legal ethics.

CURRAN CENTER FOR AMERICAN CATHOLIC STUDIES

Vatican’s resident poet, Cardinal Tolentino: Artists are responsible for ‘life of Catholicism’
National Catholic Reporter 05-30-2023
The cardinal’s remarks were delivered May 25 at a keynote address during a conference on “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” co-sponsored by the Office of Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University and the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica, along with support from Fordham University’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and Loyola University Chicago’s Hank Center.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICES

LAURI GOLDKIND
For Some Autistic People, ChatGPT Is a Lifeline
Wired 05-30-2023
“We talk about empowering people and helping people to be fully autonomous and experience success on their own terms,” says Lauri Goldkind, a professor in Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service who focuses on the marriage of social work and technology.

ANNE WILLIAMS-ISOM
Who’s who in Eric Adams’ administration: Deputy mayor for health and human services: Anne Williams-Isom
City & State 05-26-2023
Prior to joining the administration, Williams-Isom was the James R. Dumpson endowed chair in child welfare at Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service. Williams-Isom is best known as the former CEO and COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, an anti-poverty nonprofit organization. 

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

BRUCE GREEN
Lawyer’s AI Blunder Shows Perils of ChatGPT in ‘Early Days’
Bloomberg Law 05-31-2023
Advances in technology are no substitute for checking work, said Bruce Green, a Fordham Law School professor. … “This isn’t really a new problem; lawyers have offloaded or delegated work for years,” Green said.

BRUCE GREEN
Trump escalates attacks on judges amid increasing legal scrutiny
The Hill 05-29-2023
“It’s a bit unseemly for the judges to respond. And if it’s a response by a judge on a pending case, then it raises issues about their fairness,” said Bruce Green, a law professor at Fordham University and an expert in legal ethics.

SUSAN SCAFIDI
Fashion Law Institute Welcomes 14th Cohort
Sourcing Journal 05-30-2023
Susan Scafidi fought tooth and nail to create a fashion law program at Fordham University School of Law. “Why is it that fashion gets so little protection and other fields get so much?” Scafidi said of “a trillion-dollar industry that touches all of us every day.”

NESTOR DAVIDSON
Who’s who in Eric Adams’ administration – Rent Guidelines Board chair: Nestor Davidson
City & State 05-26-2023
Davidson, an expert in affordable housing and land use law, was appointed to lead the nine-member board in March, 2023.  He is a professor of housing and land use at Fordham University School of Law.

CONSTANTINE KATSORIS
Prof. Constantine Katsoris Shares His Story in ‘A Ram from Sparta’
The National Herald 05-29-2023
Prof. Katsoris, the Ignatius M. Wilkinson Professor of Law at Fordham, is a graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill (now known as the Gabelli School of Business) in 1953 and Fordham’s School of Law in 1957, where he was first in his class and received the Chapin Prize for attaining the highest weighted average.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

TIMOTHY MALEFYT
Memorial Day barbecue prices sizzle — the cost of one essential soars 28%
Market Watch 05-29-2023
Americans just want to have a good time this year, Timothy Malefyt, a professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told MarketWatch. … Last year, people were still “pulling out” of a pandemic mindset, but this year they want something “positive and celebratory,” he said.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

ZEIN MURIB
Pride and Prejudice: After Showing LGBTQ Support, Businesses Draw Backlash — But for Different Reasons
NBC4 06-02-2023
“This is not about merchandise. This is about cruel and coordinated attacks against LGBTQ people,” said Zein Murib, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. “If I could speculate on the remedy, it would be turning the focus away from branding and rainbows and identities and focusing more on universal issues.”

LENNY CASSUTO
Surprising Words The Spelling Bee Kids Can Nail But The Rest Of Us Get Wrong All The Time
HuffPost 06-01-2023
“The most common misspelling I see is ‘it’s,’ or depending on your point of view, ‘its,’ and the reason is simple: It’s irregular,” said Lenny Cassuto, an English professor at Fordham University in New York City.

ORIT AVISHAI
Israeli protesters fear for their country’s precarious LGBTQ rights revolution
Religion News Service 06-01-2023
“During research for my book about Orthodox LGBTQ activism in Israel, I noticed how efforts to change conservative communities’ ideas about equality and acceptance were grounded in claims of a shared Jewish experience,” wrote Orit Avishai, a professor of sociology at Fordham.

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Who is Ron DeSantis and what his presidency could mean for Ukraine
The New Voice of Ukraine 05-25-2023
Monica McDermott, a professor of political science at Fordham University in New York, added that Republicans are among the groups least inclined to prioritize the defense of Ukraine as important for the United States.

HAROLD TAKOOSHIAN
How Kitty Genovese’s Murder Shaped New York’s Perception of Violent Crime
Oxygen 05-26-2023
In a 2004 article, the newspaper revisited the facts of the case and spoke with Harold Takooshian, a professor of urban psychology at Fordham University who has studied the case at length. Prof. Takooshian posited that the 38 witnesses were less likely to act because they didn’t understand what was happening, not because they were apathetic.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Allen Ginsberg: Unsafe at any Speed
Counterpunch 05-26-2023
But not until now has a single MD turned to the written word to describe a singular literary genius who shifted the course of American poetry. Dr. Stevan M. Weine does that in Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness, a new book from Fordham University Press that makes Ginsberg less of a risk-taker than he actually was.

ALUMNI

ROSE MARIE BRAVO
Rose Marie Bravo to Be Honored at Bronx High School of Science’s 85th Annual Gala
Women’s Wear Daily 05-31-2023
Rose Marie Bravo, former chief executive officer of Burberry, credits the Bronx High School of Science with laying the groundwork for her success in business. … She used to take two buses to get to Bronx Science and would pass by Fordham University every day. So she called the college and asked if she could enroll, and she sent a transcript over and they said, “Sure, you can start in January.” She began at Fordham and then went back to Bronx Science in June to take the Regents tests and graduate.

ROBERT GRIFFITH
Former NFL safety Robert Griffith graduates from Fordham business school
CBS2 06-01-2023
Robert Griffith spent 13 seasons in the NFL, mostly with the Minnesota Vikings. This year, Griffith graduated from Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business with a master’s degree in international business.

JAEKI CHO
An Influencer With a Mission: Supporting New York Restaurants
The New York Times 05-29-2023
After graduating from Fordham University in 2011, Mr. Cho wrote and edited for hip-hop publications before producing a documentary, “Bad Rap,” that follows the lives of four Korean American hip-hop artists — including Awkwafina — released in 2016.

SCOTT DETROW
WITF alum Scott Detrow named weekend host of ‘All Things Considered’ and ‘Consider This’
WITF 05-31-2023
Detrow got his start in public radio at Fordham University’s WFUV. He graduated from Fordham, and also has a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government.

PEDRO GONZALEZ
All Aboard for Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
The Provincetown Independent 05-31-2023
The five actors’ performances on the Julie Harris Stage are dazzling in their physical and verbal grace. Puerto Rican-born Pedro Gonzalez, a recent graduate of Fordham University, plays Angel Cruz, the central figure of the play, a street-smart Latino youth who has been arrested for shooting a Reverend Moon-like cult figure, ultimately killing him.

MICHELLE HOPSON
Massachusetts Building Congress Appoints Michelle Hopson as Executive Director
Boston Real Estate Times 05-25-2023
Hopson earned a bachelor’s degree in legal and policy Studies from Fordham University and an Executive Education Certificate from Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business and Graduate School of Social Service’s (GSS) Center for Nonprofit Leaders.

NICK MARTINEZ
Padres pitchers attended Bronx colleges before their Major League stints
News 12 05-27-2023
The San Diego Padres’ lineup includes two Major League stars who attended colleges in the Bronx. Pitcher Nick Martinez is a Fordham University alumni and relief pitcher Tom Cosgrove went to Manhattan College.

OBITUARIES

Kurt Joseph Byerly, 51
Essex News Daily 05-26-2023
After high school, he attended Fordham University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance and was a member of the varsity soccer team. Kurt was awarded an athletic scholarship to Fordham. He grew into his role on the Fordham soccer team over his four years and was ultimately recognized as the MVP that we all knew him to be in his senior year.