CLIPS OF THE WEEK
DAVID GIBSON
For Conservative Catholics in U.S., Pope Benedict’s Death Is Loss of a Hero
The New York Times 12-31-2022
No one was more important in helping John Paul II turn the church to the right, said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
BRADFORD HINZE
Benedict, a pope who shaped his times but didn’t tower over them, dies at 95
National Catholic Reporter 12-31-2022
U.S. theologian Bradford Hinze said Benedict will “be both criticized and hailed as a staunch defender of a classical Roman and European-centered understanding of the Catholic Church, a position associated with the minority of bishops at the council, though not Ratzinger’s own position at the time.”
DEBORAH DENNO
Alabama Makes Plans to Gas Its Prisoners
The Atlantic 12-31-2022
Though the chamber had promised instantaneous and painless death, the ugliness and risk of its application eventually made it the country’s shortest-lived method of execution, Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, told me.
TIFFANY YIP
Petitions urge Purdue’s Keon to resign after commencement comments mocking Asians
Chicago Tribune 12-16-2022
Tiffany Yip, a psychology professor at Fordham University in Bronx, New York, and one of that petition’s authors, said she saw the video after a longtime friend and colleague, Rich Lee, sent it to her. She had to watch it twice to make sure she saw what she thought she saw.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Duke Ellington teens resist DCPS, fear losing school ‘to bureaucracy’
The Washington Post 12-19-2022
A recent Fordham University study of the school explained it: “… DESA’s selection of its school leaders and art teachers required that they were professionals in the arts community. This factor greatly contributed to the sustainability of the school and the acceleration of learning in the arts,” the study said.
Mayor Adams Has Rats. Curtis Sliwa Has Cats. What Could Go Wrong?
The New York Times 01-04-2023
“Cats prefer easy prey, not risky and potentially lethal prey,” emailed Michael H. Parsons, a visiting research scholar at Fordham University who co-wrote a paper on the inefficacy of using cats to control rat populations.
Do rats live rent-free in Mayor Adams’ head? Watch our video and decide for yourself
Gothamist 12-15-2022
Michael H. Parsons, who published research on rat control as a visiting research scholar at Fordham University, said he was “horrified” by how the job listing was written. He said the focus shouldn’t be on rats — it should be on human behavior.
ADMINISTRATORS
LERZAN AKSOY
These Are The Best And Worst Airlines Of The Year For Customer Service
Forbes 01-01-2023
Fordham University’s American Innovation Index ranked JetBlue as the top airline, followed by Southwest, Alaska and Delta. Lerzan Aksoy, the interim dean of Fordham’s business school, says these airlines go “above and beyond” when it comes to customer service.
JOHN HAUBRICH
John Haubrich: Sleep Is in Short Supply
The East Hampton Star 01-05-2023
Today, Mr. Haubrich is a painter with many shows on his resume. He is also the full-time art director at Fordham University and the proprietor of Haubrich Art, an exhibition space launched in his studio in August 2021.
CENTER FOR RELIGION AND CULTURE
DAVID GIBSON
Thousands mourn Pope Benedict in Vatican funeral
BBC 01-05-2023
“I think it did strike the right note,” said David Gibson. “Most importantly, the note that Pope Benedict XVI himself wanted. He wanted a low-key funeral. That’s the type of person he was. And again, this is not the death of a pope, but the death of a former pope.”
DAVID GIBSON
Benedict XVI’s Most Powerful Influence on the Catholic Church Came Before He Was Pope
The New Yorker 01-04-2023
But the decade that Benedict spent in retirement on the Vatican grounds gave the traditionalists time to regroup, and gave rise to what David Gibson, of Fordham University, the author of a book about Benedict, calls a Tea Party Catholicism—combative, anti-intellectual, devoted to owning the Catholic libs.
DAVID GIBSON
Pope Benedict’s funeral: the legacy left behind
BBC 01-05-2023
“[Benedict] really in a sense kind of reset Catholic culture in a rightward direction. That was all accomplished before April 2005 when the conclave of cardinals elected him pope,” said Gibson. “He did not want to become pope.”
DAVID GIBSON
US bishops’ rifts unlikely to ease after Benedict’s death
The Associated Press 01-04-2023
David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, noted that conservative-leaning bishops were appointed over a 35-year period by Benedict and his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, and routinely prevail in voting over the relatively more liberal group of bishops appointed since 2013 by Pope Francis.
DAVID GIBSON
Pope Benedict XVI, defender of orthodoxy defined by historic resignation, dies at 95
America Magazine 12-31-2022
“For nearly eight years, until his stunning decision to resign on the last day of February 2013, Joseph Ratzinger was pope, the most visible exponent of Catholicism in the world—a universal pastor and renowned theologian, who presented his ideas and exhortations in homilies and speeches around the globe and in beautifully crafted encyclicals and deeply researched books about Jesus,” wrote Gibson, director of the Center for Religion and Culture.
DAVID GIBSON
For Conservative Catholics in U.S., Pope Benedict’s Death Is Loss of a Hero
The New York Times 12-31-2022
No one was more important in helping John Paul II turn the church to the right, said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
DAVID GIBSON
‘God’s Rottweiler’: Benedict shaped Catholic doctrine but faced criticism for handling of sexual abuse crisis
CNN 12-31-2022
“He policed the boundaries of the faith,” said David Gibson, author of “The Rule of Benedict,” a biography of the former pope. “He was brilliant and brutally effective.”
DAVID GIBSON
Benedict’s brief papacy was marred by the priest sex abuse scandal
NBC News 12-31-2022
“He had an inside view of what was going on,” said David Gibson, the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, who is the author of The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World. “His office dealt with these accusations. He knew how bad it was. But he had such a high view of the priesthood, and that affected his judgment.”
DAVID GIBSON
A timeline of Pope Benedict XVI’s life and papacy: From humble beginnings to historic resignation
America Magazine 01-04-2023
David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, is an award-winning religion journalist, author and filmmaker. He is author of The Coming Catholic Church, about the scandal of sexual abuse by members of the clergy, and The Rule of Benedict (HarperOne, 2006).
DAVID GIBSON
Opinion: Pope Benedict Was a Powerful, Flawed Leader in Turbulent Times
Foreign Policy 12-31-2022
“Those who opposed his theological outlook or his record in governing the church—or both—will see his life as a cautionary tale for the next conclave of cardinals that gathers to elect a new pope,” wrote David Gibson.
DAVID GIBSON
Benedict XVI wanted to be a bridge within the Catholic Church. Instead, he was a wedge
The Globe and Mail 12-31-2022
David Gibson, a sympathetic but critical biographer, rightly notes that “he was a pontiff who wanted to be a bridge but he wound up as a wedge.”
DAVID GIBSON
Pope Emeritus Benedict’s Health Worsens
Newsy 12-28-2022
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, said, “Obviously when the current pope, Pope Francis, comes out and asks for prayers, you know it is very serious.”
DAVID GIBSON
What Does Benedict’s Death Mean for Pope Francis? – Audio Unavailable
WNYC 01-05-2023
“I think this funeral means that the way is open for Francis to retire. it’s not immediate, but I think you could see Pope Francis retiring very soon,” said David Gibson of Fordham University.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES CENTER
SERGEY CHAPNIN
Patriarch Kirill’s ‘Theology Of War’ Leading To The Demise Of The ROC MP – OpEd
Eurasia Review 12-24-2022
Indeed, [Sergey Chapnin], the former deputy editor of the Moscow Patriarchate’s publishing house who has broken with the ROC MP and now is a senior fellow at Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center says, what is going on “most clearly resembles” an act of suicide by the Moscow church.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Ozone Park school wins inaugural Battle of the Boroughs competition
QNS 12-21-2022
John Adams High School in Ozone Park emerged victorious in the first-ever SuitUp Battle of the Boroughs competition on Dec. 14 at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
DEBORAH DENNO
Alabama Makes Plans to Gas Its Prisoners
The Atlantic 12-31-2022
Though the chamber had promised instantaneous and painless death, the ugliness and risk of its application eventually made it the country’s shortest-lived method of execution, Deborah Denno, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, told me.
BRUCE GREEN
Death row inmate appeals sentence over Comedy Central footage used against him
The Washington Post 12-29-2022
The unusual circumstances of this case make it less pressing for the highest court, where justices are focused on legal questions with far-reaching impact, said Bruce Green, a Fordham Law professor specializing in legal ethics.
DEBORAH DENNO
Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’
The Associated Press 12-16-2022
Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, said she’s not surprised by the declining use and public support of capital punishment. She cites as reasons: more people learning about the various problems in carrying out executions, doubts about whether it deters crime and a growing number of exonerations of inmates.
REBECCA KYSAR
EU’s Tax Move to Swipe Revenue From US Unless Congress Follows
Bloomberg 12-16-2022
The EU’s move could put pressure on Congress to adopt the minimum tax, according to Rebecca Kysar, a professor at Fordham University School of Law who served as one of the Treasury Department’s lead negotiators on the global agreement.
KENYA WILEY
The 21 Best Fashion Books of All Time, According to Professors
Fashionista 01-05-2023
Givhan framed the battle between American and French fashion while providing an in-depth look into racial and political issues in the 1960s and 70s, with many similarities to present-day injustices and activism.” —Professor Kenya Wiley, Georgetown University and the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
BENJAMIN COLE
The Favorite Business Professors Of The Class of 2022
Poets & Quants 12-23-2022
“Cole’s teaching methodology promotes attitudes of lifelong learning, and he has even created virtual spaces for his students to remain in touch after the semester to share articles and ideas with one another.” — Colin Wexler, Fordham University (Gabelli)
DAWN LERMAN
How did the pandemic affect the Corona Beer brand?
Marketplace 12-30-2022
Dawn Lerman, a marketing professor and the executive director of the Center for Positive Marketing at Fordham University, also says that the accidental publicity could have helped Corona’s sales.
DAWN LERMAN
Simply Speaking: Loyalty – A mirage or a fountainhead?
Storyboard 18 12-26-2022
Dawn Lerman, a professor at Fordham university wrote a book ‘The Language of Branding’ in which she explained how iconic brands can get followers to use a special lexicon that creates a sense of belonging and community.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
BRADFORD HINZE
Benedict, a pope who shaped his times but didn’t tower over them, dies at 95
National Catholic Reporter 12-31-2022
U.S. theologian Bradford Hinze said Benedict will “be both criticized and hailed as a staunch defender of a classical Roman and European-centered understanding of the Catholic Church, a position associated with the minority of bishops at the council, though not Ratzinger’s own position at the time.”
CHRISTINA GREER
NY’s George Santos set to be sworn into Congress amid storm of controversy
Gothamist 01-03-2023
Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said the situation makes everyone look bad. “It’s embarrassing for the Republicans, but it’s also embarrassing for the Democrats.”
ASIF A. SIDDIQI
The tragic story of the only 3 cosmonauts who died in space
Business Insider 12-26-2022
“I think there was a kind of fascination in the ’60s with space, and this presented all sorts of cultural things like ‘Star Trek,'” Asif A. Siddiqi, a Fordham University history professor who wrote extensively on the Soviet space program and edited Chertok’s memoirs, said in an interview with Insider.
CHRISTINA GREER
How Santos Scandal Could Impact McCarthy Speaker Bid
MSNBC 12-30-2022
“You know, when we look at someone who made $55,000 one year and was evicted, and then all of a sudden is loaning himself $700,000, I think that it’s going to actually be the tip of the iceberg, not Republicans trying to punish him. We know that that’s not important to them right now,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science.
CHRISTINA GREER
Reflections on the Big Stories of 2022
WNYC 12-27-2022
“The big topic for me is climate change,” said Christina Greer. “Not just in New York City, but across the country and across the world, we are seeing droughts, we are seeing floods, we’re seeing hurricanes and tornadoes, and I’m sort of questioning whether we’ve reached a point where we can’t scale it back.”
CHRISTINA GREER
‘We are at a precipice as a nation’: Cornel West and Christina Greer on Jan. 6 insurrection and more
Raw Story 12-24-2022
“Just because it’s unprecedented doesn’t mean that we can’t have prosecutions,” says Greer. She also responds to recent news reports that New York Congressmember-elect George Santos fabricated much of his political biography.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Omnibus Spending Bill – Audio Unavailable
KCBS 12-23-2022
“The outgoing Democratic majority is concerned about the legacy that this specific Congress is going to leave with regard to fighting inflation and kind of leaving their mark. That’s why we’re seeing larger government spending on defense than the president asked for,” said Fordham University economist Giacomo Santangelo.
PAUL LEVINSON
What are you hiding? Liberal media fails to cover Hunter Biden ‘smoking gun’ Twitter emails AGAIN… amid questions over whether they were also told by FBI to ignore the first son’s laptop
Daily Mail 12-20-2022
But Paul Levinson, a professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University, wrote in the op-ed that the trove of documents ‘turned out to yield little new information.’
CHRISTINA GREER
Episode 747: Christine Romans and Dr. Christina Greer
Stand Up with Pete Dominick Podcast 12-20-2022
Professor Greer is currently working on a manuscript detailing the political contributions of Barbara Jordan, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Stacey Abrams. She recently co-edited Black Politics in Transition, which explores gentrification, suburbanization, and immigration of Blacks in America.
CHRISTINA GREER
House Judiciary January 6 Committee Report – Audio Unavailable
KBUU Los Angeles 12-22-2022
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said, “What we do know is that for the first time in U.S. history, we’ve had a president that was so corrupt, that surrounded himself with people who aided and abetted his corruption and were also were corrupt, and we now have to try and pick up the pieces of what is this democratic republic is and what democracy looks like going forward.”
TIFFANY YIP
Petitions urge Purdue’s Keon to resign after commencement comments mocking Asians
Chicago Tribune 12-16-2022
Tiffany Yip, a psychology professor at Fordham University in Bronx, New York, and one of that petition’s authors, said she saw the video after a longtime friend and colleague, Rich Lee, sent it to her. She had to watch it twice to make sure she saw what she thought she saw.
ATHLETICS
Tim DeMorat and Fotis Kokosioulis Named STATS Run FCS All-Americans
ExBulletin 12-20-2022
The awards keep rolling in for Fordham senior quarterback Tim DeMorat and senior wide receiver Fotis Kokosioulis as they were both named First Team STATS Perform NCAA FCS All-America it was announced today.
Ryan Greenhagen named first-team CSC Academic All-America
ExBulletin 12-20-2022
Fordham University grad student linebacker Ryan Greenhagen was named First Team Academic All-America as voted by the College Sports Communicators (CSC), it was announced today.
Fotis Kokosioulis and Tim DeMorat named AP FCS All-America
ExBulletin 12-17-2022
The awards keep coming for the 2022 Fordham Football Rams as senior wide receiver Fotis Kokosioulis and senior quarterback Tim DeMorat were named Associated Press NCAA FSC All-Americans. Kokosioulis was named to the first team while DeMorat was placed in the second team.
STUDENTS
MICHAEL BELLIA
Millions of Student Loan Holders Uncertain if Debt Will Be Forgiven
Newsmax 1-03-2023
“I think first of all, most obviously it’s just a really unfair policy. You have an executive branch, the president of the United States, that’s attempting to appropriate money here, which is why it’s ending up in the courts,” said Fordham sophomore Michael Bellia.
ALUMNI
Lawyer Gavin Holihan appointed Lehigh County’s first assistant district attorney
The Morning Call 01-04-2023
Holihan is a 1988 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and a 1991 graduate of Fordham University School of Law in New York.
LM Podcast Series: Bloomberg’s Klaskow examines state of freight transportation and logistics
Supply Chain Management Review 01-03-2023
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Lee Klaskow, Senior Global Transportation & Logistics Analyst and Sector Head, for Bloomberg Intelligence, a division of Bloomberg LP. … [Klaskow] earned his bachelor of science degree in finance and management from Ithaca College, and his master’s in business from Fordham University.
A tribute to those we lost in 2022: Queen Elizabeth II, Sidney Poitier and more
Daily News 12-28-2022
The most iconic play-by-play man in the history of baseball, the Bronx-born and Washington Heights-raised [Vin] Scully graduated from Fordham before he spent the years 1950 to 2016 calling Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers games as well as leading national broadcasts for a number of networks.
President Biden Names Twenty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees
The White House News 12-21-2022
Judge [Robert] Kirsch entered the Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program in 1993. He served as a law clerk for Judge William Zloch on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1991 to 1993. Judge Kirsch received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1991 and his B.A. from Emory University in 1988.
Archdiocese of NY school superintendent to retire
Manhattan Times 12-23-2022
[Michael J. Deegan] holds a bachelor’s degree from Iona College, a masters degree from the College of New Rochelle and completed post-graduate studies at Manhattan College and Fordham University.
David Sundberg Named Assistant Director in Charge of FBI’s Washington Field Office
Homeland Security Today 12-29-2022
Mr. Sundberg has a Bachelor of Science from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University in New York.
Pope Francis Appoints Rector of Catholic Major Seminary Bishop for Warri Diocese, Nigeria
Association for Catholic Information in Africa 12-28-2022
Mons. [Anthony] Ovayero [Ewherido] who was born in October 1960 in Eghwu, Warri Diocese, is an alumnus of Sts. Peter and Paul Major Seminary in Ibadan and St. John’s University where he had his initial Priestly formation in philosophy, theology respectively. He also pursued bible studies at Fordham University in New York.
The Jim Rome Show with Guest Host Michael Yam
CBS Sports 12-30-2022
“I went to Fordham in New York. Anytime I can I make reference to that, because I loved my time with the Rams in the Bronx,” said Michael Yam. “Twenty years later, the guy I used to listen to and watch when I was at school, I’m sitting in his chair.”
Who is Navya Naveli Nanda?
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia 12-30-2022
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda has been making the rounds lately for various reasons. … Navy completed her Bachelors degree at Fordham University. She graduated in Digital Technology in 2020.
Anthony I. Day is historic choice for Fordham Prep’s new president
Ithaca Journal 12-20-2022
Fordham Preparatory School is excited to announce the hiring of Anthony I. Day as the 37th president in its 181-year history. … He also has a Master of Science in Education from Fordham University Graduate School of Education, New York, NY, and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ.
Lyn Pedersen: Riding, Recovery, and Giving Back
The Plaid Horse 12-20-2022
As she had success in the show ring, she started to look for ways she could get involved in the rehabilitation community that had helped her get her own life back. [Lyn] Pedersen earned a Masters in Social Work and a Certification in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment from Fordham University, where she graduated with honors.
OBITUARIES
Bill White, who lost a leg in the Marathon bombings, dies at 81
The Boston Globe 01-03-2023
Returning to the United States, he worked at Bankers Trust Co. in New York City and used the GI Bill to pay for his master’s in business administration studies at Fordham University.
