CLIPS OF THE WEEK
DONNA RAPACCIOLI
End Of An Era: Fordham Gabelli’s Dean Steps Down After 15 Momentous Years
Poets & Quants 06-22-2022
“Today’s business landscape requires business schools to prepare students for the workplaces that they will encounter, lead, and advance,” Gabelli Dean Donna Rapaccioli said at the time. “At the Gabelli School, we pride ourselves in fostering inclusive environments that reiterate the importance of diverse spaces and amplify the voices of those who have often been marginalized.”
SAUL CORNELL
How a medieval English law affects the US gun control debate
BBC News 06-22-2022
Saul Cornell, an American history professor at Fordham University, said he believes it is “beyond ironic” that US gun advocates would look to England as the foundation of their view on gun rights.
JOHN PFAFF
Column: Why L.A., not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California
Los Angeles Times 06-20-2022
John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University, has studied this particular phenomenon when it comes to progressive prosecutors. He found that, across the U.S., support for such district attorneys and for criminal justice reform, in general, tends to be the strongest in counties with large percentages of Black residents.
DANIEL SOYER
Could New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman?
The New York Times 06-22-2022
Since then, large numbers of Jews have left the city, said Daniel Soyer, a historian at Fordham University who has written about New York Jewish history, bringing the present population to just over 1 million.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Microsoft Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie Talks The Importance Of Gathering Reliable Data And Further Bridging The Disability Divide
Forbes 06-16-2022
Both organizations are collaborating with Fordham University’s Disability Data Initiative on the data collection project. According to the announcement, the partnership’s objective is to “expand both access to and the use of demographics and statistics data to ensure representation of disability, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.”
UNHCR World Refugees Day event: Picasso Presents Guernika
United Nations Web TV 06-20-2022
To commemorate this occasion, UNHCR is collaborating with faculty from University of California Riverside to host a staged reading of Picasso Presents Gernika, starring Bella Merlin, Miles Anderson, and theatre students from Fordham University.
Stepinac Honors Carty for 20 Years as Principal
Catholic New York 06-16-2022
He received the Student Enrichment Award from Stepinac’s board of trustees for shaping future leaders, and in 2010 he became the first high school principal to receive the Sapienta et Doctrina Award from Fordham University, which honors work in religious education, pastoral counseling, youth ministry, social justice, young adult ministry, parish ministry and spiritual direction.
ADMINISTRATION
DONNA RAPACCIOLI
End Of An Era: Fordham Gabelli’s Dean Steps Down After 15 Momentous Years
Poets & Quants 06-22-2022
“Today’s business landscape requires business schools to prepare students for the workplaces that they will encounter, lead, and advance,” Gabelli Dean Donna Rapaccioli said at the time. “At the Gabelli School, we pride ourselves in fostering inclusive environments that reiterate the importance of diverse spaces and amplify the voices of those who have often been marginalized.”
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
JOHN PFAFF
Lessons From the Recall of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin
The Brian Lehrer Show 06-16-2022
John Pfaff, professor at the Fordham University School of Law, shares his analysis of what the recall of San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin means for progressive prosecutors.
JOHN PFAFF
Column: Why L.A., not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California
Los Angeles Times 06-20-2022
John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University, has studied this particular phenomenon when it comes to progressive prosecutors. He found that, across the U.S., support for such district attorneys and for criminal justice reform, in general, tends to be the strongest in counties with large percentages of Black residents.
GEORGE FRIEDMAN
As SEC charges first brokerage to run afoul of new investor protection rule, here’s how to find a good financial advisor
CNBC 06-17-2022
But it might be a bad sign if an investor’s portfolio is tracking well below customary stock and bond benchmarks, according to George Friedman, an adjunct law professor at Fordham University and a former FINRA official.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
JOHN FORTUNATO
Big bucks for stadium names may not generate cash flow, but it boosts branding: expert
CBC Radio 06-18-2022
While naming rights might not add to profits, professor John Fortunato says there are other benefits.
JACK BREWER
America’s crisis is a lack of fathers
Fox News 06-17-2022
Jack Brewer is a former NFL safety and 3x team captain who played for the Vikings, Giants, Eagles and Cardinals. Brewer is Chairman of AFPI’s Center for Opportunity Now. A devoted philanthropist, Brewer served four years as an Ambassador for Peace and Sport for the U.S. Federation for Peace and Development at the United Nations. Brewer is a former Investment Banker and current professor at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business where he is the Program Director for the Athletes and Artist Executive MBA program.
FORDHAM REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE FACULTY
HUGH KELLY
How the Rate Hikes are Impacting CRE
Commercial Property Executive 06-16-2022
Hugh Kelly, an economist and CPE columnist, believes that the Fed’s actions indicate it is aiming for an economic soft landing that would slow the economy without a recession. That would enable growth to continue on the demand side for housing and commercial real estate, he said. But Kelly admitted he was nervous because “the history of the Fed navigating to a soft landing is abysmal.”
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
CHRISTINA GREER
John Eastman Sought Pardon After Jan. 6
MSNBC 06-17-2022
Congressman Aguilar went on to play a video of the deposition before the house select committee where he invoked the fifth amendment at least 100 times during questioning. Joining us now, Associate Professor of political science at Fordham University, a friend
of the show, Christina Greer. Let’s start with Eastman and then a broader idea.
DANIEL SOYER
Could New York City Lose Its Last Remaining Jewish Congressman?
The New York Times 06-22-2022
Since then, large numbers of Jews have left the city, said Daniel Soyer, a historian at Fordham University who has written about New York Jewish history, bringing the present population to just over 1 million.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Recessions Happen More Than You Think: Here’s What to Know
Gobankingrates.com 06-21-2022
But as Giacomo Santangelo, Ph.D. and senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University notes, “What causes that economic turnaround? Same thing at the top: Things that are not predictable.”
GARRETT BROAD
Dewey’s sit-ins sparked a generation of LGBTQIA social change
The Philadelphia Inquirer 06-16-2022
“There’s something deeply personal about the places we eat — they are also markers of identity and shared community,” says Philadelphia native Garret Broad, an associate professor at Fordham University and author of More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change.
SAUL CORNELL
FACT CHECK: WERE AMERICAN MILITIAMEN LIMITED TO ONE MUSKET AND 24 BULLETS IN 1791?
Check Your Fact 06-20-2022
Saul Cornell, a history professor at Fordham University, told Check Your Fact in an email that the “specific claims…are not correct” but “rest on some accurate claims about Founding era laws.”
RACHEL A. ANNUNZIATO
Students See COVID’s Impact on Professors
Inside Higher Ed 06-17-2022
“This semester, the lingering trauma and reacclimating that’s been occurring has been really stressful for both faculty and students,” Rachel A. Annunziato, associate dean for strategic initiatives and a professor of psychology at Fordham University, said as the semester was wrapping up.
ALUMNI
GABRIELLE UNION & HILARIE BURTON MORGAN
The Tamron Hall Show 06-20-2022
[Hilarie Burton Morgan] “I went to Fordham at Lincoln Center because they were attached to the law school at Fordham, and that was my trajectory and then MTV shows up and they were like, ‘Do you want to introduce music videos?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds way easier; there are no autopsy photos at MTV…’
Chestnut Hill’s Sister Carol Jean Vale, among the nation’s longest-serving college presidents, prepares to retire
The Philadelphia Enquirer 06-19-2022
Over the years, [Sister Carol Jean Vale] taught at elementary schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., eventually ending up here at Cardinal Dougherty High School. That’s when she decided to go to Fordham University for her master’s and doctorate.
“I really wanted to study in-depth the dynamic between mind, body, and spirit with regard to spiritual growth and development,” she said.
