CLIPS OF THE WEEK
PAUL MCNELIS, S.J.
What Would Alexander Hamilton Do?
America Magazine 10-20-16
Paul D. McNelis, S.J., America’s contributing editor for economics, holds the Robert Bendheim Chair in Economic and Financial Policy at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Fordham University, New York.
JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
How the Brown Rat Conquered New York City (and Every Other One, Too)
The New York Times 10-27-16
“They’ll gnaw through walls. They’ll gnaw through wires. They’ll destroy cars,” said Jason Munshi-South, a biologist at Fordham University.
DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES
Review: In ‘Duat,’ the Here and Now and the Hereafter
The New York Times 10-25-16
Eternity is downright cozy in “Duat,” Daniel Alexander Jones’s hearts-and-flowers-themed exploration of life and what lies beyond.
WFUV
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
RadioInfo.com 10-25-16
The stream of Fordham University‘s triple A WFUV-FM, which had a 1.1 (6+) in August but disappeared from print in September, returns in October with a 1.1 (#27, 6+).
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
“Fugitive Testimony”
NewReads.blogspot.com 10-26-16
New from Fordham University Press: Fugitive Testimony: On the Visual Logic of Slave Narratives by Janet Neary.
FORMER ADMINISTRATION
JOSEPH A. O’HARE, S.J.
Ahead of Election Year, De Blasio Must Name New Campaign Finance Board Chair
Gotham Gazette 10-26-16
O’Hare became president of Fordham University in 1984 and later served on Mayor Ed Koch’s Committee on Appointments and the Charter Revision Commission.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Royalties, Rap And Race: The Top 10 Law Schools That Teach Real-Life Music Issues
Billboard 10-24-16
Fordham Law School, which in 2014 relocated to nine floors of an architecturally striking 22-story tower on its Lincoln Center campus, offers a deep curriculum in contract law, business and corporate law, finance and intellectual property.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
JOHN D. FEERICK
Trump isn’t first to claim fraud
Associated Press via The Durango Herald 10-20-16
“He accepted the result and wanted the country to move forward,” said John D. Feerick, a professor of law at Fordham University who has studied presidential successions.
JOHN PFAFF
As Bad As Chicago Is, 17 Cities Have Higher Homicide Rates
TheCrimeReport.org 10-21-16
“With the rates, you get the true scope of the problem in the way it impacts people’s lives,” said Fordham law Prof. John Pfaff.
JOHN PFAFF
The crime wave is a myth
Business Insider 10-21-16
“It’s not a question of which one is ‘better,’ but rather what they suggest when viewed together. Which means that the NCVS results do not necessarily mean the UCR ones are ‘wrong’ (or vice versa), but they certainly provide yet another reason to view claims that crime is clearly rising with caution, and to make sure we do not over-react in response,” said John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
Toronto agent convicted of sex abuse reveals ugly side of beauty industry
The Globe and Mail 10-21-16
Susan Scafidi, founding director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University School of Law in New York, said the surprise in Mr. Anderson’s case was not the assaults, but that they were prosecuted.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
This Woman’s Halloween Costume Critique Asks Us To Dress Up In Costumes, Not Cultures
Aplus.com 10-25-16
“Halloween as a holiday has a history of being focused on inversion of power,” professor Susan Scafidi of Fordham University told Refinery29.
MARTHA RAYNER
Captured, Tortured, and Left to Rot at Gitmo: New at Reason
Reason.com 10-22-16
Martha Rayner, an associate professor of law at Fordham University and director of its criminal defense clinic, did not expect an immediate parade of planes ferrying her clients and other GTMO prisoners to their home countries but did imagine that that GTMO, and the indefinite imprisonment without trial that it stood for, would soon end.
CARL MINZNER
China’s Xi Jinping Seeks Safety in Numbers—Or Else
The Wall Street Journal 10-23-16
Mr. Xi is “casting about for tools to shake up the system. Loosening the leash of the party disciplinary apparatus and giving it greater leeway to strike fear into the hearts of officials, might be one choice,” said Carl Minzner, a law professor at Fordham University in New York who studies the Chinese legal system.
DEBORAH DENNO
Executions Fall to Lowest Level in Decades in U.S.
The Wall Street Journal 10-23-16
“It’s been this snowball effect,” said Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham University School of Law and expert on execution methods.
SEAN GRIFFITH
As deals boom, Delaware judges are leaving shareholders’ bar in the cold
Reuters 10-24-16
As Fordham law professor Sean Griffith told me Monday, Time Warner’s decision to reach a deal with AT&T without seeking competing bids is an open invitation for plaintiffs’ lawyers to argue that shareholders aren’t getting a fair price.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Obama endorses Teachout for Congress
MidHudsonNews.com 10-25-16
The President said Teachout “will be the kind of reform-minded leader we need to build on all of the programs we’ve made over the last eight years to create a stronger, fairer country for our children.”
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Teachout holds promise for new era in politics
Poughkeepsie Journal 10-26-16
Democrat Zephyr Teachout, a sharp law professor at Fordham University, ran a spirited campaign in her party’s primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.
KIMANI PAUL-EMILE
Racism in medicine: An ‘open secret’
CNN 10-26-16
“I recently spoke to physicians at a major New York area medical center and found that roughly 40% of the physicians in attendance had experienced this themselves or knew someone who had been rejected by a patient based on race or ethnicity,” said Kimani Paul-Emile, an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law and associate director of the university’s Center on Race, Law and Justice, who was not involved in the new paper.
ELIZABETH MARESCA
NY Man Fights Suspension of License Over Taxes
Courthouse News Service 10-25-16
Berry is represented by Elizabeth Maresca with Lincoln Square Legal Services, a nonprofit affiliated with Fordham Law School in New York City.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
PAUL MCNELIS, S.J.
What Would Alexander Hamilton Do?
America Magazine 10-20-16
Paul D. McNelis, S.J., America’s contributing editor for economics, holds the Robert Bendheim Chair in Economic and Financial Policy at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Fordham University, New York.
MARK CONRAD
After Unsteady Steps to Punish Domestic Violence, N.F.L. Faces Scrutiny Again
The New York Times 10-21-16
“Goodell can say, ‘This is our standard, and we look at each case individually,’” said Mark Conrad, the director of the sports business program at Fordham University.
PAUL P. BAARD
Paul Baard’s Motivation Matters: Improve the odds of making a good hire
New Hampshire Union Leader 10-16-16
Dr. Paul P. Baard is an organizational psychologist, specializing in motivation, with Fordham University, a former senior line executive in the television industry, and the lead author of a book on leadership and motivation.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACULTY
THOMAS M. BEAUDOIN
6 Reasons Going to Concerts Is Good for Your Health
U.S. News and World Report 10-26-16
Listening to a favorite band or singer perform specific tunes can take you back to the time in your life when you first heard those songs, which helps you relive joy, innocence, lust, disappointment, sadness, regret or fury from that period, says Thomas M. Beaudoin, an associate professor of religion at Fordham University who’s written several books on music and religion.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
MARY BLY
Love Between the Covers – a great documentary about the wonderful world of Romance novels
MovieMavenGal.com 10-21-16
She is also Mary Bly, tenured professor of Shakespeare at Fordham University in New York.
ANGELA ALAIMO O’DONNELL
A Great and Harsh Beauty
America Magazine 10-20-16
Angela Alaimo O’Donnell is a writer, professor and associate director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University.
THOMAS DANIELS
The Facts of Lice
Hudson Valley Magazine 10-20-16
“About 25 states now have these super lice,” says Thomas J. Daniels, PhD, who heads the Vector Ecology Lab at Fordham University’s Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station.
DINESH SHARMA
Watch This AI Platform Assess Trump’s And Clinton’s Emotional Intelligence
Fast Company 10-21-16
As Fordham University psychologist Dinesh Sharma told Fast Company in a previous interview, emotional intelligence “doesn’t get at the complex dynamics that play out in a workplace, where you’re in multilateral relationships.”
CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Are Clinton’s Catholics Getting Things ‘Backwards’?
National Catholic Register 10-21-16
Charles Camosy, a moral theologian at Fordham University who sits on the board of Democrats for Life of America, also told the Register that the leaked emails betray a working assumption among Clinton’s campaign team that “thinking Catholics” automatically favor “radical reform” to put the Church more in line with a secular political point of view.
CHARLES C. CAMOSY
What could stop antiabortion momentum? Trump winning.
The Washington Post 10-20-16
Charles C. Camosy is an associate professor at Fordham University, and the author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for A New Generation.”
CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Antiabortion activists face headwinds with Clinton leading and Trump stumbling on women’s issues
The Washington Post 10-21-16
“To have Donald Trump be the standard-bearer for the pro-life movement is horrific, because we’re on the verge of overcoming so many of the bad stereotypes about the movement” as driven by “old white guys with lots of money telling women what to do,” said Charles Camosy, a bioethics professor at Fordham University and a board member of Democrats for Life.
CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Faith Perspectives: How the last debate added to our hopelessly incoherent discourse on abortion
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10-21-16
Camosy is associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation”
CHRISTINA GREER
Takeaways from the final debate
MPR News 10-20-16
The guests were Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University, and Susan MacManus, professor of government and international relations at the University of South Florida.
CHRISTINA GREER
Poverty solutions almost absent as a presidential campaign issue
The Georgia Bulletin 10-20-16
Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science at Jesuit-run Fordham University, suggested that poverty has been avoided in the campaign because poor people don’t vote in the same numbers as other economic classes.
CHRISTINA GREER
Clinton V Trump
MSNBC 10-25-16
Fordham’s Christina Greer appeared on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” to discuss Donald Trump and Obamacare. The segment aired on Oct. 25, 2016, and also featured New York Times writer Nick Confessore.
HECTOR LINDO-FUENTES
Marquette to host symposium on 1990s peace accords in El Salvador and Guatemala
Urban Milwaukee 10-20-16
Panelists are… Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, professor of history and Latin American Studies at Fordham University;
RAYMOND KUO
National security, foreign policy worries a factor in 2016 election
The Georgia Bulletin 10-20-16
Raymond Kuo, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University specializing in international security and American foreign policy, thinks about a fifth of the electorate consider national security a top priority, while the economy and jobs are paramount.
ELIZABETH YUKO
Should young women sell their eggs?
The New York Times 10-20-16
Elizabeth Yuko, a bioethicist at Fordham University, said women should not be criticized for being paid to donate their eggs.
MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Catholic vote remains important, but less predictable than in the past
Mississippi Catholic 10-21-16
Monika L. McDermott, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, who has analyzed exit poll data for national news organizations, echoed Gray, saying the diversity among Catholics means they vote the way they want no matter what the Catholic Church teaches.
JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
HOW RATS GOT FROM MONGOLIA TO NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY TUNNELS
Popular Science 10-21-16
For the past three years, researchers of the Munshi-South Lab at Fordham University collected tissue samples from 314 rats across 76 different locations from around the world.
How the Brown Rat Conquered New York City (and Every Other One, Too)
The New York Times 10-27-16
“They’ll gnaw through walls. They’ll gnaw through wires. They’ll destroy cars,” said Jason Munshi-South, a biologist at Fordham University.SHUSHANIK HAKOBYAN
South Carolina highlights the impact of global trade — good and bad
The Post and Courier 10-24-16
Economists Shushanik Hakobyan of Fordham University and John McLaren of the University of Virginia measured how much different parts of the country depended on the tariffs that the trade deal removed.
PAUL LEVINSON
Book Notes: Oct. 23, 2016
Charleston Gazette-Mail 10-23-16
Levinson, an acclaimed author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City, served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1998 to 2001.
KERI WALSH
“If Our Neighbor Becomes President” Girls from the Chappaqua Summer Writing Program Weigh In!
The Inside Press 10-21-16
Dr. Walsh has taught at Princeton University and Claremont McKenna College, and is now a professor of English Literature at Fordham University in New York.
COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS
New Polls Suggest Trump Still in the Hunt
Lifezette.com 10-24-16
Costas Panagopoulos of Fordham University deemed the Rasmussen poll to be tied with the Pew Research Center’s poll as the most accurate polls leading up to the 2008 presidential election.
COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS
Winning Pennsylvania will be key in upcoming US election
The National 10-23-16
However, Costas Panagopolous, a professor of political science at Fordham University, said the headline figures showed only part of the story.
COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS
Kellyanne Conway on Trump campaign woes: Is the comeback plan viable?
The Christian Science Monitor 10-24-16
“The Trump campaign may be fighting a war on two fronts,” Costas Panagopoulos, the director of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy at Fordham University in New York City, tells The Christian Science Monitor.
RACHEL ANNUNZIATO
Has The 2016 Election Killed My Friendships?
Dame Magazine 10-24-16
“There’s this sense of shame in who you’re voting for, which I’ve not seen before. In both sides there are fears of being attacked by others,” Rachel Annunziato, an associate professor of psychology at Fordham University in New York, tells DAME.
JOSEPH W. KOTERSKI, S.J.
Our Work and God’s Wisdom
ByFaithOnline.com 10-24-16
Father Joseph Koterski, a Fordham University professor, explains that Creon’s decision makes sense.
SAUL CORNELL
Why gun rights advocates don’t trust Clinton on the second amendment
The Guardian 10-26-16
Saul Cornell, a legal historian and second amendment expert at Fordham University, said it was fair for gun rights advocates to question if Clinton wanted to ban handguns, but doubted that she would actually take such an extreme position.
DANIEL ALEXANDER JONES
Review: In ‘Duat,’ the Here and Now and the Hereafter
The New York Times 10-25-16
Eternity is downright cozy in “Duat,” Daniel Alexander Jones’s hearts-and-flowers-themed exploration of life and what lies beyond.
JAMES R. KELLY
An Urban Defender
America Magazine 10-27-16
James R. Kelly is an emeritus professor of sociology at Fordham University.
ATHLETICS
A-10 men’s soccer notebook: Fordham completes OT comeback, defeats Davidson 3-2
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian 10-26-16
The Fordham Rams defeated the Davidson Wildcats 3-2 on Sunday in overtime at Jack Coffey Field, propelling the Rams (6-5-3, 3-1-1 Atlantic 10) to their third straight A-10 conference victory of the season.
STUDENTS
NY Trump Supporters Exist & Would Like To Explain Themselves (Part 2)
Gothamist 10-27-16
Liam Crowley, 19, Fordham University-Rose Hill student, Belmont resident
[Angel Uwamahoro], 25-year-old student at Fordham University in New York City has two singles under her belt—Umuco Wacu, featuring famous traditional local singer Focus Ruremire, and Intashyo, featuring Jay Pac, Ju and Noah.ALUMNI
Legend: Vin Scully, His Retirement and His Legacy
InsidePulse.com 10-16-16
He served two years in the Navy, and then he enrolled at Fordham University.
WATCH: Denzel Washington Shares Why He Didn’t Follow In His Father’s Footsteps and Become a Minister
BlackChristianNews.com 10-25-16
There were a few other professions he did try out but nothing stuck until he finally pursued acting in college at Fordham University.
Who Is Nicole Tuck, DJ Khaled’s Future Wife? Rapper Videos Baby Boy’s Birth On Snapchat
International Business Times 10-24-16
According to her LinkedIn profile, Tuck attended Marymount Manhattan College for undergrad and received her masters degree from Fordham University in New York City.
Wethersfield Native Hosts New Bravo Show ‘Yours, Mine Or Ours’
Hartford Courant 10-19-16
[Taylor] Spellman, who graduated from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Wethersfield High School in 2001, moved to New York to study dance with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, then graduated from Fordham University with a degree in business.
Erie Insurance names new executive leadership
KSWO.com 10-21-16
[Sherri Silver] has a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University in New York.
Freeman Adds Margot Carter to Board of Directors
NBC29.com 10-26-16
Carter received her J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law and her B.A. from Binghamton University.
AM General Announces General (Ret.) Jack Keane Has Joined The Company As Executive Chairman
WFXG.com 10-26-16
General Keane graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Science degree and received a Master of Arts from Western Kentucky University.
Remembering Dele Giwa By Kunle Ajibade
SaharaReporters.com 10-26-16
[Giwa] earned his first degree in English at Brooklyn College (where Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi taught him briefly) and second degree in Public communication at Fordham University in the Bronx all in America and worked for about four years as a journalist with The New York Times before he came down to Nigeria.
Nadler Or Rosenthal? The Race For New York’s 10th CD
JewishPress.com 10-27-16
[Jerrold] Nadler graduated from Crown Heights Yeshiva, Stuyvesant High School, Columbia University, and Fordham Law School. Rosenthal graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, Yale University with a degree in physics, and Caltech, where he earned a Ph.D. in physics researching string theory and cosmology.
OBITUARIES
Jaime M. Recabo, 66, Of Mohegan Lake, NY, atttorney
Jaime M. Recabo
Legacy.com 10-22-16
He received his J.D. from Fordham University in 1988, after which he opened his own immigration law practice.
Robert Jogues Roepke, C.F.C., 80, Of NYC, school principal
Robert Jogues Roepke
Legacy.com 10-22-16
He received a BA in English from Iona College, his MA in Religious Education from Fordham University and his MS in Health Service Administration from Iona College.
Martha Dunleavy Rothman, Of Ocala, FL, stockbroker
Martha Dunleavy Rothman
Legacy.com 10-23-16
Martha attended Fordham University in NY, NY, earning her B.A. in history in 1968.
Patricia Chamberlain, 89, Of Yorktown Heights, NY, teacher
Patricia Chamberlain
Legacy.com 10-23-16
She later earned a Masters in Education at Fordham University.
Charlie DiSanto, 93, Of NYC, salesman
Charlie ‘Doc’ DiSanto
The Leader-Herald 10-25-16
Charlie was a graduate of Evander Childs High School and completed his BS and MS in chemistry at Fordham University.
Eileen Gertrude Matthews, S.C., 99, Of Wellesley, MA, teacher
Obituary: Sister Eileen Gertrude Matthews, S.C.
TheTablet.org 10-26-16
During her time in New York, she earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Fordham University in the Bronx.
Eleanor Peters, R.S.M., 98, Of Brentwood, NY, teacher
Obituary: Sister Eleanor Peters, R.S.M.
TheTablet.org 10-26-16
Formerly known as Sister Mary Eunice, she attended St. John’s University and received an master’s degree in math from Fordham University.
