Join us for this panel conversation as a part of the AAPI monthlong event series at Fordham. The event will bring together three speakers who will share their experiences of being AAPI in America, and how it has impacted their path to achieving the "American" dream. The event is brought to you by the Asian
Social media helped propel recent political movements, such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. How might Catholic social teaching play a role in such activism? What might it tell us about online engagement? In this presentation, Duffy fellow Samantha Sclafani will explore the position of religious ethics in the digital public square. Samantha Sclafani is
We are kicking off this year's lecture series, as we always do, with heroic tales from second-year students' summer internships. Please come and learn about their adventures and what opportunities are available for students. This summer, our students interned at the United Nations Development Program, Santander, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Join us for a lunchtime talk with UCLA Law professor James Park, author of the forthcoming book The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies, who will discuss the history of securities fraud regulation from the 1960s until the present. Public companies now face constant pressure to meet investor expectations. The
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Ebenezer Obadare, a Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, he was a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He is also a senior fellow at the New York University School
We are kicking off this year’s lecture series with heroic tales from some sophomores’ summer internships. Please come and learn about their adventures and what opportunities are available for students. This summer, our students interned at the United Nations Development Program, Santander, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and more!
This virtual conversation will address the recent influx of buses from the U.S.-Mexican border to the NYC area. The event will feature Mary Owens, director of 30th Street Assessment, and Jario Gúzman, president of the Mexican Coalition. Zoom Info https://fordham.zoom.us/j/81315935539 Webinar ID: 813 1593 5539
Join us for a conversation with Murad Awahdeh, PCS ‘19, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, on coalition building across different immigrant communities in New York.
A climate catastrophe can be avoided, but only with rapid and sustained investment in companies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To the surprise of many, this has already begun. Investors are abandoning fossil-fuel companies and other polluting industries and financing businesses offering climate solutions. Rising risks, evolving social norms, government policies, and technological
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Adil Najam, Ph.D. (عادل نجم), the inaugural dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, which was founded in 2014 with a generous gift from BU alumnus Frederick S. Pardee. He is also a professor of international relations
Nick Geiser, FCRH '17, will present, “What good is string theory? The Math & Physics of Strings." String theory is the most promising candidate for the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity in a mathematically consistent framework. Moreover, string theory is a well-established conceptual and computational tool that has been applied to a wide range
Merger arbitrage, or merger arb, is the investment specialty focused on investing in announced mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and other corporate reorganizations. It is a practice that combines math, judgment, and a keen understanding of various legal, regulatory, and industry dynamics. How do these arbitrageurs practice their craft? What skills do they require? What frameworks do
Marc N. Conte is an associate professor in the economics department at Fordham University and a faculty research fellow at New York University. He was a visiting associate professor at the Yale School of the Environment in the spring of 2020. Prior to his arrival at Fordham, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford
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. The broadcast will be livestreamed and open to all who
Join us for a conversation with Linda McClain about her book Who’s the Bigot? Learning from Conflicts over Marriage and Civil Rights Law. Talking productively about race is a central problem in our divided nation. While some celebrate diversity and inclusion, others feel excluded and fear being tarred as bigots. The hope spawned by Barack
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Yascha Mounk, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a contributing editor at the Atlantic, and the founder of Persuasion. Known for his work on the rise of populism
Completion of this class will result in the receipt of three (3) continuing education hours. Approximately 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are raising their grandchildren without a parent present, with the majority raised only by the grandmother. The proportions of these grandparents are highest among Black, Hispanic, and Native-American families. Data from New
A growing chorus of economists and politicians is demanding a new paradigm to create a global economy for the common good. In his recent book Cathonomics, Anthony M. Annett unites insights in economics with those from theology, philosophy, climate science, and psychology, exposing the failures of neoliberalism while offering us a new model rooted in
William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (March 2014); The White
Christopher Koenigsmann, Ph.D., associate professor, in the chemistry department at Fordham University, will present, “Designing New Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy and Sensor Applications." A key technological shortfall in the development of practical renewable energy and sensor devices is the high cost and poor durability of the precious metal catalysts that drive electrochemical reactions within operating
Bob Pisani has spent the past 25 years working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He has been on the front line of finance for all the major events of the last quarter-century, including the Asian Financial Crisis, the dot-com bubble and collapse, 9/11, and the Great Financial Crisis. What was it
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Mary Elise Sarotte, an expert in the history of international relations. Sarotte is the inaugural holder of the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professorship of Historical Studies. She is also a research associate at Harvard University's Center for European Studies. Sarotte earned
Join Fordham alumnus Louie Dean Valencia, Ph.D., associate professor of digital history, Texas State University, as he discusses the power of young people, teaching the world's first class on Harry Styles, and how to create pluralistic community spaces.
Ronald L. Koder, Ph.D., the James Peace Professor of Physics at the City College of New York, will present “Utilizing Disorder in Natural and Designed Proteins and Enzymes.” The largest destabilizing force in biopolymer folding is the inescapable configurational entropy loss in going from a disordered unfolded state to an ordered folded state. One way
The second half of the 20th century marks shifts in the representation of Jewish women in Argentine cinema. During the first half of the 1960s, a time when Argentina´s film culture was transformed by the decisive influence of European film modernism but also a time of rarified political climate in which the Eichmann affaire catalyzed
