CLIPS OF THE WEEK

Learn About U.S. Colleges With Religious Affiliations
U.S. News and World Report 09-26-18
Bob Howe, assistant vice president for communications and special adviser to the president at Fordham University, a Jesuit university in New York, says the school welcomes people of all faiths, including those exploring their faith and people of no faith but goodwill.

J. ALAN CLARK
Green Roof Birds
SCIENCE UPDATE 09-26-18
Fordham University researchers Dustin Partridge and Alan Clark found that birds were much more abundant on green roofs in New York City in the spring and summer than on nearby conventional roofs, often attracted by insects.

JOHN D. FEERICK
Drafters of the 25th Amendment Say It’s Not Meant to Be Dragged into Politics
WNYC 09-26-18
But what the 25th Amendment’s drafters did not want was for it to be used as a political tool, says John Feerick, a Fordham Law School professor who helped draft the Amendment. Instead, they wanted to clarify gaps left behind by the Founding Fathers.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

BOB HOWE
Learn About U.S. Colleges With Religious Affiliations
U.S. News and World Report 09-26-18
Bob Howe, assistant vice president for communications and special adviser to the president at Fordham University, a Jesuit university in New York, says the school welcomes people of all faiths, including those exploring their faith and people of no faith but goodwill.

7 Events to Check Out During the 10th Annual Climate Week NYC
EcoWatch 09-24-18
Where: McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham University Lincoln Center, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY

Fordham Real Estate Institute, Columbia University, the Counselors of Real Estate and Professional Women in Construction Team up to Present ‘urbs or Burbs’ Panel Event
Times Union 09-25-18
Fordham Real Estate Institute (REI) has joined forces with Columbia University, the Counselors of Real Estate and Professional Women in Construction to host an upcoming forum: Urbs or Burbs: Where are the Best Investment and Development Opportunities?

LIBA celebrates 37th Annual Convocation Day
India Education Daily 09-25-18
We have started a joint MS programme with Fordham University, NY on Global Finance.

ADMINISTRATORS

BOB HOWE
Learn About U.S. Colleges With Religious Affiliations
U.S. News and World Report 09-26-19
Bob Howe, assistant vice president for communications and special adviser to the president at Fordham University, a Jesuit university in New York, says the school welcomes people of all faiths, including those exploring their faith and people of no faith but goodwill.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN D. FEERICK
Drafters of the 25th Amendment Say It’s Not Meant to Be Dragged into Politics
WNYC 09-26-18
But what the 25th Amendment’s drafters did not want was for it to be used as a political tool, says John Feerick, a Fordham Law School professor who helped draft the Amendment. Instead, they wanted to clarify gaps left behind by the Founding Fathers.

JOHN PFAFF
20 Years in Prison for Florida Man Who Swiped $600 Worth of Cigarettes
Reason 09-25-18
As Fordham University law professor John Pfaff told Reason last year, violent criminals are not always “inherently dangerous” and “the proper response to violence is not always prison.”

JOHN PFAFF
FBI Reports US Violent Crime Rate Fell in 2017
Voice of America News 09-25-18
“The feds play at best a minimal role in crime policy,” said John Pfaff, a professor at Fordham Law School.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY

LYN SLATER
Blogger Lyn Slater Is Sick Of Being Singled Out For Her Age
Yahoo Style 09-23-18
Since then, Slater, a professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, has carved out a meaningful and unique niche for herself in a now over-saturated space of both influencers and influencer-hopefuls.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

J. ALAN CLARK
Green Roof Birds
Science Update 09-26-18
Fordham University researchers Dustin Partridge and Alan Clark found that birds were much more abundant on green roofs in New York City in the spring and summer than on nearby conventional roofs, often attracted by insects.

CHRISTINA GREER
President Trump was at the UN General Assembly Today
WNYC 09-25-18
To discuss the latest on the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination and more, Jonathan also speaks with host of WNYC Radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show, Brian Lehrer, political scientist and author of Black Ethnics, Christina Greer and commentator and author of How the Right Lost Its Mind, Charlie Sykes.

KATHRYN REKLIS
BlacKkKlansman, Sorry to Bother You, and the “white voice”
The Christian Century 09-25-18
Kathryn Reklis teaches theology at Fordham University and is codirector of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice.

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
The average per capita credit score is rising, the number of unpaid debts is on the rise
Kanka News 09-26-18
Giacomo Santangelo, lecturer in economics, appears at the 00:22 mark (speaking in English) about the average per capita credit score. (The rest of the report is in Chinese.)

ANJALI DAYAL
Trump rejects ‘global governance’ in UN speech as he attacks Iran for ‘sowing chaos’
The Independent 09-25-18
Perhaps Mr. Trump should look up the definition of “consent” and realize that he, in fact, just furthered Ramirez’s claim that she was sexually assaulted by his Supreme Court nominee.

ATHLETICS

Packers swap practice squad linemen, adding guard Anthony Coyle
Acme Packing Company 09-26-18
Coyle, a rookie free agent from Fordham University, takes his place.

Catching up with: Point Loma graduate Katie McEachern
San Diego News 09-24-18
Katie McEachern, who turned 24 earlier this month, has been hired as an assistant coach at NCAA Div. I Fordham University in the Bronx borough of New York City.

ALUMNI

Reevemark Launched by Team of Strategic Communications Specialists
Crossroads Today 09-24-18
Brandy [Bergman] holds a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

New Novel Gets to the Heart of Why Teachers Are Fighting for Respect Nationwide
PR Newswire 09-26-18
J. F. Pandolfi went to Fordham University as an undergrad, then taught at a Catholic elementary school before attending Fordham Law School.

CMO Next 2018: The Full List Of 50 Chief Marketers
Forbes 09-26-18
[Kristina Heney] earned her M.B.A. from Fordham University, following undergraduate focus on international relations and East Asian studies.

How an accredited reporter got a lifetime banishment from the UN
New York Post 09-24-18
[Matthew Russell] Lee, who lives in The Bronx, said he got a law degree from Fordham University so he could sue banks and landlords on behalf of his impoverished clients.

OBITUARIES

Francis Joseph Heffron, 86, Of Westhampton, NY, former CEO of COVIDEA
Francis Joseph Heffron Of Westhampton Dies September 21
27 East 09-25-18
After attending St. Peter’s Prep and Fordham University, where he was elected president of his senior class, he earned his MBA from New York University.

Share.

Gina Vergel is Senior Director of Communications. She oversees the digital news coverage, public relations, and social media for the university. Before joining Fordham in 2007, Gina worked as a reporter for the Home News Tribune, and The Ridgewood News, where she won Society of Professional Journalist (New Jersey chapter) awards for breaking news and feature writing, respectively. She can be reached at gvergel@fordham.edu or (646) 579-9957.