CLIPS OF THE WEEK
FRANK ZAMBRELLI & DONNA RAPACCIOLI
ESG Is Fashion’s New Management Approach, Report Says
Women’s Wear Daily 09-15-20
The coronavirus, despite its manifold challenges, has helped to push the industry forward in its sustainability efforts and, as Frank Zambrelli, sustainability adviser and executive director of the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham, explained, it has helped some companies finally realize the business benefits of going green.
“Our mission is really about educating compassionate, global business leaders who want to make positive change,” said Donna Rapaccioli, dean of the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham, on how Fordham, and specifically the Gabelli School, view business as a “compassionate and regenerative force for prosperity.”
ASATO IKEDA
A Great Wave of Hokusai Drawings Resurfaced at the British Museum
Atlas Obscura 09-17-20
“There has been a heated debate among specialists of Japanese art history in the past few days—about where [the collection]has been in the past 70 years and where it should belong now,” says Asato Ikeda, an assistant professor of art history at Fordham University, in an email.
ALLISON PFINGST
What Is Cottagecore? Meet The Biggest Trend During Quarantine.
HuffPost 09-11-20
“The teens and twenty-somethings espousing Cottagecore are, for lack of better word, woke,” Allison Pfingst, a fashion historian at Fordham University, said in an email to HuffPost Finds.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
New York Schools Ranked Among 2021’s Best Colleges: U.S. News
Patch 09-14-20
Fordham University, New York, No. 66
ADMINISTRATORS
FRANK ZAMBRELLI & DONNA RAPACCIOLI
ESG Is Fashion’s New Management Approach, Report Says
Women’s Wear Daily 09-15-20
The coronavirus, despite its manifold challenges, has helped to push the industry forward in its sustainability efforts and, as Frank Zambrelli, sustainability adviser and executive director of the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham, explained, it has helped some companies finally realize the business benefits of going green.
“Our mission is really about educating compassionate, global business leaders who want to make positive change,” said Donna Rapaccioli, dean of the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham, on how Fordham, and specifically the Gabelli School, view business as a “compassionate and regenerative force for prosperity.”
MICHAEL GRIFFIN
Colonials Weekend to be held virtually, feature auction
The GW Hatchet 09-13-20
Michael Griffin, the associate vice president for alumni relations at Fordham University, said the biggest goals of an alumni weekend are to increase alumni engagement, steward existing and potential donors and identify new volunteers.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Leading Fashion Sustainability Initiatives Band Together to Accelerate Impact
Women’s Wear Daily 09-17-20
The Conveners also count the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, nonprofit Fashion for Good and the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, which was originally convened by U.N. Climate but is actually an industry-led coalition.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
CARL MINZNER
Hong Kong Is a Troubling Case Study in the Death of Democracy
Wired 09-17-20
On the mainland there are “very clear control mechanisms to ensure nothing will challenge the party,” says Carl Minzner, a professor of Chinese law and politics at Fordham University in New York, pointing to restrictions on internet, education, religion, and social movements.
LEAH HILL
The country needs school disciplinary reform
Boston Globe 09-16-20
“Many of [these kids]are going to be lost in terms of being able to participate in our democracy,” said Leah Hill, a law professor at Fordham University who has studied the school-to-prison pipeline.
JOHN PFAFF
In Brooklyn, Residents Traumatized By Spiralling Gun Violence
Barron’s 09-15-20
And they are far from the levels experienced in the Big Apple in the 1970s and 1980s, says John Pfaff, a professor of criminal law at Fordham University.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
The Biden Family Business: Corruption
Spectator 09-15-20
Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout is another liberal who thinks Biden’s corruption makes him eminently defeatable: “Biden has a big corruption problem and it makes him a weak candidate.… ‘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. 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.”
JAMES BRUDNEY
OSHA’s Wave Of Virus Fines Fails To Win Over Skeptics
Law 360 09-17-20
Fordham University School of Law professor James Brudney, who has served as chief counsel and staff director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, offered a similar sentiment, saying OSHA may have sent a more stern warning to employers to take workplace safety seriously had it issued fines months ago.
JAMES BRUDNEY
A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds
USA Today 09-14-20
An industry approaching a federal agency with a draft regulation or other policy isn’t unusual, said James Brudney, a professor at Fordham Law School and former chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor.
JERRY GOLDFEDER
Lawyers create task force to help journalists and politicians monitor presidential race
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 09-14-20
[Jerry] Goldfeder is special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor of election law at Fordham Law School.
JAMES COHEN
New evidence key to charges in Nebraska protester’s death
Associated Press 09-17-20
“It can often be hard to sort out,” Fordham University law professor Jim Cohen said about crimes during protests.
JAMES COHEN
New evidence key to charges in Nebraska protester’s death
ABC News 09-16-20
“It can often be hard to sort out,” Fordham University law professor Jim Cohen said about crimes during protests.
JAMES COHEN
Nassau DA reviewing 1998 fatal Hempstead police shooting
Newsday 09-11-20
Fordham Law School professor James Cohen said it wasn’t fair to Zoll to reopen the case decades later and called the chances of criminal charges “very, very small.”
MARC GILMAN
INSIGHT: Covid-19 Shapes Priorities for SEC’s Event, Risk Examination Team
Bloomberg Law 09-11-20
He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
GENEVIEVE O’CONNOR
Capital One® Savor® Cash Rewards Credit Card
WalletHub 09-14-20
Genevieve O’Connor
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
STANLEY VELIOTIS
Tax-Related Executive Orders And Budgetary Impact
Tax Notes 08-03-20 [subscription required]
Meghan Keough is a 2020 graduate of Fordham Universityʹs Gabelli School of Business. Stanley Veliotis is an associate professor at the Gabelli School of Business.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
ASATO IKEDA
A Great Wave of Hokusai Drawings Resurfaced at the British Museum
Atlas Obscura 09-17-20
“There has been a heated debate among specialists of Japanese art history in the past few days—about where [the collection]has been in the past 70 years and where it should belong now,” says Asato Ikeda, an assistant professor of art history at Fordham University, in an email.
GRANT SCHNEIDER
REOPENING WITH TEACHING AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Active Rain 09-15-20
Plenty has happened since I began teaching my HR class at Fordham for the Spring semester in March.
NICHOLAS TAMPIO
DeVos vows to require standardized tests again: 4 questions answered
The Conversation 09-15-20
Nicholas Tampio, a Fordham University political scientist who researches education policy, puts this declaration into context.
MARK NAISON
Fighting evictions: The 1930s and now
Monthly Review Online 09-02-20
As Mark Naison, professor of history at Fordham University in the Bronx, has written, “Using their networks…in fraternal organizations, women’s clubs and left-wing trade unions, aided by younger comrades from the high schools and colleges, Communists were able to mobilize formidable support for buildings that were out on strike, and to force police to empty the station houses to carry out evictions.”
CHRISTINA GREER
Do not let the polls fool you
New York Amsterdam News 09-17-20
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.
CHRISTINA GREER
Homeless Hotel Controversy Takes Center Stage in Mayoral Race
NY1 09-16-20
“For Maya Wiley to weigh in on the homelessness issue on the Upper West Side, which tends to be a highly participatory district, and series of districts when it comes to municipal elections, I think it’s her way of taking a bold stance,” said Christina Greer, professor at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
Scott Stringer’s Strengths and Weaknesses as He Runs for Mayor
Gotham Gazette 09-12-20
Voters may not be ideological about their choices in June 2021, said Dr. Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University.
ALLISON PFINGST
What Is Cottagecore? Meet The Biggest Trend During Quarantine.
HuffPost 09-11-20
“The teens and twenty-somethings espousing Cottagecore are, for lack of better word, woke,” Allison Pfingst, a fashion historian at Fordham University, said in an email to HuffPost Finds.
BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
USA: Hundreds of Catholic leaders call President Trump a ‘threat to Catholic values’
Independent Catholic News 09-11-20
Rev Bryan Massingale, Professor of Applied Christian Ethics, Fordham University said: “President Trump’s intentional strategy of inciting racial fear and division is contrary to American principles of decency and reflects a commitment to the sinful ideology of white nationalism.
STUDENTS
It’s your Huddle for Monday, Sept. 14, 2020
OutSports 09-14-20
Meet one of the new members of the GO! SPACE Facebook group: Jaden Vazquez! “I’m a junior at Fordham University in NYC. I play linebacker here for the football team. I am an Urban Studies major and have a minor in Business Administration. I am from Bethlehem, PA. I am also out publicly as bisexual!”
Watch Rach Tear Up Listening to Amazing Updates From 4 Kids She’s Inspired Through The Years
The Rachael Ray Show 09-11-20
“I just want to thank you so much for being a role model to me,” says “Cook-Off” contestant Alessandra, who’s currently studying business at Fordham University, “for being someone to look up to and someone to strive to be.”
ALUMNI
Transmission Challenges in a Carbon-Free World
Energy Central 09-17-20
Mr. [Mark] Gabriel holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Fordham University in New York and completed the coursework for a master’s degree in administration and management from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont.
Binghamton University TEDx conference celebrates 10th anniversary with virtual event
Binghamton 09-17-20
Abby Govindan, Fordham University graduate and budding comedian, “How Media Affects Self-Representation”
Wheatley Heights, NY Author Writes Financial Planning Guide
Fox 21 Delmarva 09-17-20
Melvin [Greene] received a Bachelor’s Degree from Benedict College, an MBA in Taxation from Governor’s State University and an MST in Taxation and Accounting from Fordham University Graduate School of Business.
These Two Lawyers Face Up To Life In Prison For Allegedly Burning An Empty Cop Car
Buzzfeed 09-16-20
After college (Princeton for Mattis, Fordham for Rahman) both enrolled in law school in the early 2010s, [Urooj] Rahman continuing at Fordham and Mattis returning to his hometown for classes at New York University.
Spotlight on Bronxville Businesses: Bronxville Fitness Club, Fabio’s Hair Studio & Wild Vine & Liquors
My Hometown Bronxville 09-15-20
After graduation from Fordham University, Pat [Attiriano] worked for Deloitte and Touche specializing in Healthcare Accounting and Consulting working with all the major metro healthcare systems.
Policymaker Profile: Getting to Know Peter Reichard
Utah Policy 09-15-20
[Peter Reichard] Education: Loyola University (BA); Fordham University (MA).
5 Quick Ways to Make People Who Are NOT Models Look GREAT in Portraits
Shutterbug 09-14-20
A Fordham Law School graduate and Lawyer admitted to practice in New York, [Kesha Lambert’s] fascination with photography inspired a career change and a focus in weddings.
St. Joseph School announces Brookline resident as assistant principal
Wicked Local Brookline 09-14-20
[Dan] Price received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Fordham University and master’s degree in educational leadership with a Catholic schools focus from Boston College.
Current Real Estate Advisors Announces New Hire Stefano Santoro to Lead South Florida Expansion
Business Wire 09-14-20
Stefano [Santoro] is a graduate of Fordham University with a Master’s in Business Administration.
Citi Private Bank Names New Global Trust Head
Family Wealth Report 09-13-20
[Rob Laughlin] holds a BS in accounting from Syracuse University and is a graduate of Fordham University’s School of Law.
CNN is not responding to ethical lapses exposed by Tucker Carlson
Washington Post 09-13-20
A graduate of Fordham Law School, [Chris] Cuomo had some thoughts on these matters.
