Did you know that proteins are nano-scale machines that help us think, dance, and keep the threat of cancer at bay? Did you know that biology is a new research frontier for physical scientists? In this talk, Taekjip Ha, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss how biophysicists are using light-based tools to poke

Khetha Dlamini is a master’s candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a teaching assistant for the Financial Crises: Concepts and Evidence course at Harvard University. Prior to attending Harvard, he worked in economic policy in South Africa, advising senior policymakers and business leaders. He held various positions at the National Treasury of

Join us for this lecture in honor of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, in conversation with Adele Reinhartz.

In May 1960, following the publication of his best-known work, Christ and Apollo: The Dimensions of the Literary Imagination, Time magazine hailed the Jesuit William F. Lynch as “one of the most incisive Catholic intellectuals in the U.S.” However, by 1987, Daniel Berrigan could write in his obituary for Lynch (Berrigan’s close friend) that his

A third-generation Bronxite, educated in Bronx schools from kindergarten to graduate school, Peter Quinn weaves together family history, personal experience, and the borough’s still-unfolding saga into an examination of one of the country’s most unique pieces of real estate. (Hey, if you can’t brag about the Bronx, what's the use of growing up there?)

Join us for an open house introducing the Advanced Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care, hosted by GRE faculty members Lisa Cataldo, Ph.D., and Mary Beth Werdel, Ph.D. There will be a roundtable discussion centering on the new certificate, which addresses society's growing need for helping professionals who understand the dynamics and effects of trauma on individuals

While social workers work to raise our collective voices of protest against blatant forms of racism in society, we may be less sensitive to “the subtle, cumulative mini-assault is the substance of today’s racism” present in our profession. Microaggressions are often illusive and nuanced, verbal and nonverbal acts that reflect the superiority, hostility, and discrimination

Join us for a hybrid book talk in conversation with Abner Green. Public attention in recent months has focused on the large Hasidic community in the New York area and the interplay of politics, state funding, and educational standards. This talk will focus on one of the largest and most interesting examples, Kiryas Joel, a

Join us for a book talk with Serhii Plokhy on his recent book, The Russo-Ukrainian War. Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war—and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military. The West

Bruce S. Kristal, Ph.D., will present "Modeling at a Different Level to Optimize Data Use: Accurately Predicting the Outcome of the Fusion of Mathematical Models." Resolving technological gaps in the optimal handling and leveraging of data resources will facilitate future progress across many fields. Often, it is advantageous to combine multiple mathematical models for robustness

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The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the next episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity. This episode will feature Reyhan Durmaz and Ashley Purpura. The

Join us for a lecture from Laura Specker Sullivan, titled "Situated Personhood: Insights from Caregivers of Minimally Communicative Individuals." For caregivers of minimally communicative individuals, providing support in the absence of clearly meaningful responses is ethically fraught. We conducted a secondary analysis of qualitative data from caregivers of individuals who are minimally communicative, including persons

Johannes Flick, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Physics, City College of New York, will present, "First-Principle Approaches to Strong Light-Matter Coupling in Molecular and Extended Systems." In recent years, research at the interface of material science, chemistry, and quantum optics has surged and now offers new possibilities to study light-matter interactions. The combination of theoretical

The Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), in partnership with the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, invites you to a talk entitled Exoneration, Education, Change: A Conversation with Yusef Salaam. In 1989, at the age of 15, Salaam was tried and convicted in the “Central Park jogger” case along with four other Black and

Economists endlessly debate the nature of legal tender monetary systems—coins and bills issued by a government or other authority—yet the origins of these currencies have received little attention. Dror Goldberg tells the story of modern money in North America through the Massachusetts colony during the 17th century. As the young settlement transitioned to self-governance and

In 1977, the American Jewish Committee awarded Billy Graham its first National Interreligious Award in recognition of the evangelist’s support of Israel and endorsement of interfaith relations. While bestowing the award upon an evangelical—and not a mainline Protestant or Catholic—made sense to the AJC, not all Jewish communal organizations or American Jews understood this decision.

Join us for this lecture by Saba Nerina Visacovsky, part of the Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series. The progressive Jewish movement in Argentina and South America was formed in the heat of the slogans and transnational initiatives of the popular front and its call for unity to fight fascism and anti-Semitism, and in defense of the Yiddish

In the past 15 years, Lancaster County has increasingly become a thriving hub for Orthodox Jewish tourists seeking “kosher” leisure activities, including encounters with the Amish tourist industry. The expanding Orthodox Jewish tourist infrastructure has developed in tandem with an unexpected economic collaboration between some ultra-Orthodox Jews and local Amish and Mennonite farmers to produce

The concept of moral distress refers to a clinical situation in which the patient is perceived to be “suffering” and the clinician knows what they feel to be the best course of action, but that course conflicts with what is best for the organization, other providers, other patients, the family, or society as a whole.