CLIPS OF THE WEEK
MATTHEW MCGOWAN
For classicists, ‘quid pro quo’ is music to the ears
Washington Post 11-15-19
Matthew McGowan, a Latin professor at Fordham University and vice president for outreach at the Society for Classical Studies, agrees — but a tad less enthusiastically.
COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER
The Supreme Court Should Tell Trump He Is Not Above the Law
The New York Times 11-15-19
Mr. Brettschneider is a political-science professor at Brown and a visiting law professor at Fordham.
KATHRYN REKLIS
Who’s the parasite?
Christian Century 11-21-19
Kathryn Reklis teaches theology at Fordham University and is codirector of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice.
Broadway’s Michael Jackson: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Star Ephraim Sykes
The New York Times 11-21-19
Sykes, a 34-year-old from St. Petersburg, Fla., is a gifted dancer who was trained at the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University B.F.A. program, toured with the Ailey II company for two years, and this year was named the outstanding male dancer in a Broadway show at the Chita Rivera Awards, which honor dance in theater and film.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Sardinian linguist Giuseppe Corongiu at the New York Fair
Cagliaripad Italy 11-21-19
The writer Giuseppe Corongiu ambassador of the Sardinian language at the Bilingual Fair, the Bilingualism Fair to be held in New York, at the Fordham University School, Saturday 24 November.
Third annual Native American Festival held at Fordham U.
Bronx Times 11-20-19
Fordham University held their third annual Native American Festival on Saturday, November 9 in Rose Hill Campus’ McGinley Ball Room.
FBI worried about criminals’ access to encryption technology
Fox 5 San Diego 11-20-19
At the July technology conference at Fordham University, Barr noted that one Mexican drug cartel was using WhatsApp as its privacy communication method to keep U.S. authorities from finding out when the next fentanyl shipment would be sent across the border.
Moody’s assigns A2 to Fordham University, NY’s revenue bonds; outlook stable
Moody’s Investors Service 11-19-19
Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an A2 to Fordham University, NY’s proposed $140 million fixed-rate, tax-exempt Revenue Bonds, Series 2019 to be issued through the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.
ADMINISTRATORS
DAVID GIBSON
The jazz writer: Jason Berry’s quest to understand the place where he’s from
National Catholic Reporter 11-20-19
“He was the Woodward and Bernstein altogether,” said David Gibson, an award-winning journalist and author who now heads the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, referring to the legendary investigative reporting duo of the Watergate era.
LOGAN WEST & ALEXANDRA LOIZZO-DESAI
Future Learning: Higher Ed’s Path Forward
American Marketing Association 11-20-19
“We’re having to think about ways that we’re both delivering our degrees and how we’re talking to students and parents,” says Logan West, assistant director of marketing at Fordham.
“The authenticity and honesty that we’re seeing Gen Z wants, others crave it as well but haven’t demanded it as much,” says Alexandra Loizzo-Desai, associate editor in marketing and communications at Fordham.
HUGH KELLY
Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE Honored with 2019 Landauer/White Award
Markets Insider 11-19-19
The Fordham Real Estate Institute (REI) is pleased to announce that special advisor and curriculum chair Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE, has been named the 2019 Laundauer/White Award Recipient by The Counselors of Real Estate®.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Poor funding hampers UN healthcare targets, experts say
Daily Nation 11-15-19
The event was co-organised by Aga Khan University’s Medical College, the United Nations Population Fund, the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the International Centre for Reproductive Health, the Academic Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy and the World Health Organization (WHO).
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Distinguished Roster of Industry Leaders Representing Close to $1 Trillion in Assets Under Management are Slated to Speak at the 2019 Project Punch Card Investment Conference
PR Newswire 11-21-19
The Project Punch Card Investment Conference, taking place on December 11th, 2019 in New York City at the Lincoln Center Campus of Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, is pleased to announce keynote addresses from Cliff Asness, Founder of AQR Capital Management; Eileen Murray, Co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates; and James Dinan, Founder of York Capital Management.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
KAREN GREENBERG
Trump Has Made 13,435 False or Misleading Claims While in Office
Truthout 11-21-19
Karen J. Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and author of The Least Worst Place: Guantánamo’s First 100 Days.
JOHN ROGAN
Problem Presidents With Mental Health Issues Have Staying Power
The National Interest 11-20-19
John Rogan, Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Fordham University and Joseph J. Fins, The E. William Davis Jr, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
DEBORAH DENNO
Our brains on trial: How new imaging technology could alter the way courts view ‘neurolaw’ defenses when determining guilt
Genetic Literacy Project 11-18-19
Criminal law has looked to the human mind and mental states since the seventeenth century, says legal scholar Deborah Denno of Fordham University School of Law.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
How Amazon’s counterfeit problem reached a bird feeder manufacturer in Rhode Island
Marketplace 11-18-19
When we think of Amazon, “we have in our minds the image of a giant warehouse, from which initially, books, and later everything we could possibly want in life, flows to us directly,” said Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University.
LINDA SUGIN
More Than a Name
Inside Higher Ed 11-20-19
Linda Sugin, associate dean for academic affairs and a professor at Fordham University’s School of Law, has argued that public giving that comes with naming rights is a social good.
LINDA SUGIN
Al Sharpton gets $1M in pay from his own charity
New York Post 11-17-19
“In this case, it’s really difficult because of his role in the organization and just because of his overall influence,” Linda Sugin, a Fordham University Law School professor and associate dean said at the time.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Cuomo’s Fusion Intrusion Draws Bipartisan Flak
The Chief 11-15-19
Either ironically or perversely, depending on your level of cynicism, the best supporting evidence they could offer of that involves the WFP’s 2014 decision to shift its endorsement to the Governor after having pledged its allegiance to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University Law Professor with an expertise in government corruption.
JED SHUGERMAN
LAW PROFESSOR WARNS THAT A TRUMP PARDON WILL NOT SAVE SONDLAND IF HE LIES UNDER OATH
Newsweek 11-20-19
Fordham University law professor Jed Shugerman took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to weigh in on U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s upcoming testimony in the public impeachment hearing.
JED SHUGERMAN
Did Trump just commit witness tampering? I asked 7 legal experts.
Vox 11-15-19
Jed Shugerman, law professor, Fordham University
COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER
The Supreme Court Should Tell Trump He Is Not Above the Law
The New York Times 11-15-19
Mr. Brettschneider is a political-science professor at Brown and a visiting law professor at Fordham.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
KATHRYN REKLIS
Who’s the parasite?
Christian Century 11-21-19
Kathryn Reklis teaches theology at Fordham University and is codirector of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice.
JOHN ENTELIS
Lebanon Tensions High as Protesters Prevent Legislative Session
New Delhi Times 11-20-19
The Lebanese government is set up with pre-determined amounts of power given to the country’s main sects, leaving the country vulnerable to outbreaks of violence, according to John Entelis, a professor of political science and Middle East studies at Fordham University.
RACHEL ANNUNZIATO
How medical professional students view older people with dementia: Implications for education and practice
PLOS One 11-20-19
Editor: Rachel A. Annunziato, Fordham University, UNITED STATES
MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Fearing for their own future, Trump’s party friends covet the president
Online Focus 11-20-19
“Republican core voters are supporting Trump, no matter what,” says Monika McDermott, political scientist at Fordham University in New York.
VICENTE RUBIO-PUEYO
Elections in Spain: And suddenly the right came
Tageblatt 11-19-19
Vicente Rubio-Pueyo, who researches right-wing extremism at Fordham University in New York, attributes the fact that there has not been a right-wing extremist party in Spain to the bundling force of the PP.
CHARLES CAMOSY
My friendship with Peter Singer 10 years on
Religion News Service 11-21-19
After I arrived in my current place at Fordham University, I began to think about a book project exploring Singer’s work, which would eventually become “Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization.”
CHARLES CAMOSY
After Louisiana governor’s election, hope for pro-life Democrats?
Catholic News Agency 11-19-19
At the national level, the Democratic Party has increasingly adopted an absolutist line on abortion in recent years to the alienation of millions of potential voters, say Day and Charlie Camosy, a theology professor at Fordham University.
HANS MINNICH
Concerts and musicals to be performed, other community highlights
The Register Citizen 11-18-19
Hans Minnich, astronomy professor at Fordham University, will discuss why one’s starfinder is not completely accurate and may never be.
SELIN GÜLGÖZ
Among transgender children, gender identity as strong as in cisgender children, study shows
UW News 11-18-19
“Trans kids are showing strong identities and preferences that are different from their assigned sex,” said lead author Selin Gülgöz, who did the work as a postdoctoral researcher at the UW and will start a new position this winter as an assistant professor at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
Cuomo, it’s time to represent New York and free criminalized survivors of domestic violence!
New York Amsterdam News 11-21-19
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.
CHRISTINA GREER
Impeachment witness scolds Republicans on panel: Stop helping Putin
Newsday 11-21-19
Christina Greer, Fordham University associate professor of political science, said Biden struggled to “answer a question directly” and appeared not to “think clearly or succinctly.”
CHRISTINA GREER
3 take-aways from the Democratic debate
Newsday 11-20-19
Fordham University associate professor of political science Christina Greer said Biden struggled to “answer a question directly” and appeared not to “think clearly or succinctly.”
CHRISTINA GREER
Monday Morning Politics; Bloomberg’s Belated Stop and Frisk Apology; Week Two of Public Impeachment Hearings; Why Is Kid’s Food so Unhealthy?
WNYC 11-18-19
Christina Greer, co-host of the New York politics podcast “FAQ NYC” and associate professor of political science at Fordham University, and Brigid Bergin, city hall and politics reporter for WNYC, discuss the apology, which critics are saying amounts to pandering.
CHRISTINA GREER
Bloomberg Watch; De Blasio Mental Health Conference; NYPD Body Camera Hearing; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 18
Gotham Gazette 11-17-19
New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones will appear for a fireside chat about the 1619 Project with Dr. Christina Greer, 2018 NYU McSilver fellow and Fordham professor, at 6 p.m. Monday at NYU, an event hosted by the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at NYU and the Office of NYU President Andrew D. Hamilton.
MATTHEW MCGOWAN
For classicists, ‘quid pro quo’ is music to the ears
Washington Post 11-15-19
Matthew McGowan, a Latin professor at Fordham University and vice president for outreach at the Society for Classical Studies, agrees — but a tad less enthusiastically.
STUDENTS
Red and gray Letter Day for seven Silver Lake athletes
Wicked Local Halifax 11-20-19
High School All-American Alexa Connors will swim at the University of Richmond, and baseball prospect Nolan Hughes has decided to attend Fordham University.
Law School Students Protest Over Tampon Taxes
Above the Law 11-20-19
Mary Kate Cunningham, a 3L at Fordham Law School who is organizing her school’s participation in a protest spearheaded by the “Tax Free. Period” project (a collaboration between the nonprofit Period Equity and menstrual product manufacturer Lola), sounds off on the inherent unfairness of taxes on menstruation products.
Afternoon Briefs: Prosecutor killed in ‘freak accident’ in courtroom; lawyer accused of filing suits for nonclients
ABA Journal 11-20-19
Fordham law student Mary Kate Cunningham is organizing the student protest.
Generation Vape: As Juul faces new suit, doctors worries over epidemic of e-cigarette-related student illnesses
Fox News 11-19-19
On a recent fall afternoon, outside the main gates of Fordham University’s Bronx campus, Dylan, a 19-year-old college sophomore, made a stop at a bodega after class for his daily purchase – a soda, sandwich and a pack of mint-flavored Juul pods.
Five Knights sign to Division I schools
The Bernardsville News 11-18-19
Lauren Garcia (Davidson College), Zach Martini (Princeton University), Devyn Scott (Fairleigh Dickinson University), Will Soucie (University of Northern Alabama) and Mike Taylor (Fordham University) were surrounded by friends, family and GSB faculty and staff as they took the next step in their athletic careers.
Artist behind Brooklyn’s new public sculpture baffled by ISIS comparisons
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11-15-19
Umar Tahir, an 18-year-old religious Muslim student at Fordham University, told the Eagle that he was “surprised when I learned it was specifically associated with Islam.”
ATHLETICS
Men’s Paradise Jam Tips Off Friday
The St. Thomas Source 11-21-19
Fordham University is 3-0 on the year with wins over St. Francis Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson and Marist. Chuba Ohams leads the team in scoring with 14.3 points and is second on the squad in rebounding with 8.7 boards per game while Onyi Eyisi is averaging a double double with 11.5 points per game and a team high 10.5 rebounds per game.
Players count on the 3-point shot – is it time to make it harder?
The Telegraph 11-21-19
So on February 7, 1945, Fordham University and Columbia University played an experimental game in New York City with a three-point line drawn at 21 feet from the basket.
United’s Arzuaga signs with Fordham
LMT Online 11-21-19
Flanked by her parents Gaby and Luis, [Lauren] Arzuaga signed her National Letter of Intent to play at Fordham University in Bronx, New York and achieve a childhood goal of playing collegiately.
20th Paradise Jam Basketball Tournament Games Tip Off on Nov. 22
St. Thomas Source 11-20-19
This year’s men’s tournament will also include teams from Fordham University, University of Nevada, Illinois State University, University of Cincinnati, Bowling Green State University and Western Kentucky University.
Coppola: The City Game Is Alive and Well in The Bronx
New York Sports Day 11-17-19
For my first basketball game this season at Fordham University, I watched the Rams blow out the Marist ‘Red Foxes’ last night on the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, by the score of 58 to 41.
A Fordham homecoming and double-dip split at Rose Hill
Elite Sports New York 11-17-19
Jeff Neubauer, the men’s basketball coach at Fordham University, looks at homecoming on a college campus as a special thing in America.
Dayton volleyball, men’s soccer suffer close defeats in key matches
Dayton Daily News 11-17-19
The Dayton men’s soccer team, seeded third, lost 1-0 to No. 1 seed Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 conference tournament championship game at Fordham University in Bronx, N.Y. Rhode Island’s Edvin Akselsen scored in the 51st minute.
Greenwich’s Frias State Open diving champion
Connecticut Post 11-21-19
“I’m excited. I improved my diving score by 40 points from the Class LL diving (which she won). My goal was to finish my career diving better,” said Saylor Kirsch, who will be diving at Fordham University next fall.
Greenwich’s Saylor Kirsch captures Class LL championship
Greenwich Times 11-15-19
Saylor [Kirsch] will dive at Fordham University and Casey will compete at Colgate.
Instant building block: Warriors rookie Eric Paschall has already made himself essential
Monterey Herald 11-15-19
[Eric Paschall] won a pair of national championships in AAU, was named Atlantic 10 rookie of the year at Fordham and transferred to Villanova, where he won another pair of national titles.
ALUMNI
BIO-key Launches ‘BIO-key Africa’ Subsidiary to Pursue Large, High-Growth Biometric Security Opportunity Across the Continent
AIthority 11-21-19
Dr. [Maduawuchi] Uwazie graduated from Fordham University and Pratt Institute, both in New York City.
Orange Congregational Church Welcomes New Senior Minister
Woodbridge Town News 11-21-19
The Reverend Jennifer Campbell studied anthropology at SUNY Purchase, received a Master of Divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and studied Faith Formation at Fordham University.
Broadway’s Michael Jackson: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Star Ephraim Sykes
The New York Times 11-21-19
Sykes, a 34-year-old from St. Petersburg, Fla., is a gifted dancer who was trained at the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University B.F.A. program, toured with the Ailey II company for two years, and this year was named the outstanding male dancer in a Broadway show at the Chita Rivera Awards, which honor dance in theater and film.
BWW Flashback: Watch MJ Star Ephraim Sykes in Action!
Broadway World 11-21-19
A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, Ephraim [Sykes] graduated from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA program with departmental honors and toured with the Ailey II Company for two years.
Greenwich Old Timers Athletic Association honors legends
My San Antonio 11-21-19
[Dom] Passerelle earned a baseball scholarship at Fordham University.
2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Cooperative Development Foundation 11-20-19
Known for her conviction, fortitude, and determination, the Fordham University Law School graduate and tenured Professor at CUNY School of Law [Carmen Huertas-Noble], advocates for worker cooperatives as tools to fight income inequality and to alter traditional power and wealth dynamics.
Fuld joins Eastern Union as VP of underwriting
New York Real Estate Journal 11-19-19
[Judah] Fuld graduated on the dean’s list from Fordham University School of Law.
Utica Mayors: Corrou helps make Utica industrial-age player
Utica Observer-Dispatch 11-19-19
[Vincent R. Corrou] graduated from Assumption Academy in 1918 and from Fordham University in 1922.
Upland Software Chairman and CEO Jack McDonald Joins BigCommerce Board of Directors
MarTech Series 11-19-19
[Jack] McDonald began his career as a mergers & acquisitions lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom after earning his Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law.
Tannenbaum Helpern Welcomes Corporate Partner, Jason M. Rimland
Advisor News 11-18-19
A graduate of Fordham School of Law, Jason [M. Rimland] has worked at the mergers and acquisition practices of Sidley Austin, Shearman & Sterling and Wuersch & Gering LLP, and had served as general counsel to a private investment fund.
Law360 Features Gina Bibby’s Fashion-Tech Focused IP Practice
Withers Worldwide 11-18-19
She attended Fordham University School of Law’s Fashion Law Institute and founded a fashion-based nonprofit, The Two Tunics Project, named after “a scripture in the Bible that says if you have two tunics, you’re to give one to someone who has none,” Gina [Bibby] says in the article.
NMPA Hires Kerry Mustico
Broadway World 11-18-19
Kerry [Mustico] earned her B.A. from James Madison University in 1996 and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2002.
Castor Establishes Advisory Board of Industry Leaders to Maximize the Impact of its Clinical Data Platform
Biospace 11-18-19
Craig [Serra] has an extensive and diverse educational background, earning a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University and both an MBA in Management and an MS in Information Systems from Fordham University.
AS IMMIGRATION LAWYER, WOMAN RELIGIOUS HELPS REDUCE CLIENTS’ ANXIETY
Catholic News Service 11-18-19
In 2007, Sister Graciela [Colon] earned an undergraduate degree at Fordham University, majoring in political science at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.
D.A.-elect Stollsteimer names Chester top cop Nolan to head CID
Delaware County Daily Times 11-18-19
[Tanner] Rouse received a B.A. in political science and legal studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and earned his law degree at Fordham University School of Law in New York, where he worked with the Service Members Legal Defense Network to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Governor Abbott Appoints Eight To Texas School Safety Center Board
Houston Style Magazine 11-18-19
[Andrew] Kim received a Bachelor of Arts in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a Master of Education in Education Administration from The University of Texas (UT) at Austin, and he is a graduate of the superintendent program at UT Arlington.
Tavakolians excel in corporate world, lead charge with charitable work
InterMat 11-17-19
[Lorelai Tavakolian] attended Fordham University.
5 things to know about Leland’s newest council member
StarNews Online 11-15-19
As a political science major at Fordham University in New York, [Veronica] Carter was trying to earn extra money when she learned about opportunities through the school’s Army ROTC program.
Get to know some of the most important women in Wisconsin history
La Crosse Tribune 11-15-19
[Sister Joel Read] went on to study history at Fordham University in New York, and then joined the faculty of Alverno College as a history professor in 1955.
LEIS Industries : Enters into Definitive Agreement to Purchase Assets of Cannabis Services Provider
Market Screener 11-15-19
[David M. Otto] received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
My Mother Was a Feminist: A Call to Consciousness
Ms. Magazine 11-15-19
[Deirdre Mendoza’s mother, Pat] argued and lashed out, stood up for herself and gained some respect from my father when, a year after returning from rehab, she decided to enroll at Fordham University, where she trained to become a substance abuse counselor.
WHO’S NEWS
Real Estate Weekly 11-15-19
Judah Fuld graduated on the dean’s list from Fordham University School of Law.
