CLIPS OF THE WEEK
HEATHER MACBETH
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future
Quanta Magazine 10-01-20
“It will likely be decades before this is a research tool,” said Heather Macbeth of Fordham University, a fellow Lean user.
BRUCE GREEN
Breonna Taylor’s case shines spotlight on grand juries, which usually operate out of public eye
Washington Post 10-01-20
They hear evidence and only weigh whether criminal charges are warranted, which involves a lower standard of proof than what is required in court, said Bruce A. Green, a law professor at Fordham University and a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
House antitrust panel nears final steps in its investigation of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
CNBC 10-01-20
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout discussed the need for a structural separation of businesses that pose a potential conflict of interest.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Former President Jimmy Carter, America’s Oldest Living President, Celebrates 96th Birthday
NY1 09-30-20
“He looked around at the federal judiciary and he said, ‘You all look like me, but that’s not how the great United States looks,’” Ginsburg said to a Fordham University Law School forum in 2016.
KSAT Kids: Today in History, Sept. 30
KSAT 09-30-20
In 1939, the first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7.
20 Top Colleges That Are Flexible With Test Scores
U.S. News & World Report 09-30-20
Due to the pandemic, Fordham University is on a two-year test-optional pilot program beginning with the fall 2021 class, according to the school’s website.
Archbishop Elpidophoros speaks at Fordham University
The National Herald 09-25-20
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America delivered a lecture on September 21 at Fordham University in New York titled The Future of Orthodox-Catholic Relations in the U.S.A. as part of the Christ and Anastasia Economos lecture series.
FORMER ADMINISTRATORS
ERIC ASKINS
Q&A: Eric Askins, new head of FTMBA admissions
Berkeley Haas 09-29-20
I began my admissions career in 2010 at Fordham University in New York as an assistant director of admissions for the law school.
ADMINISTRATORS
DONNA RAPACCIOLI
Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business Launches Responsible Business Coalition
Globe Newswire 10-01-20
“The Gabelli School views business as a regenerative force for prosperity,” said Donna Rapaccioli, Ph.D., dean of the Gabelli School of Business.
BOB HOWE
3 Universities Face U.S. Inquiries Into Free-Speech Controversies
The Chronicle of Higher Education 10-01-20
A Fordham spokesman, Bob Howe, said the Tong case “is simply a code-of-conduct matter.
MATTHEW DILLER
Fordham launches LLM in Real Estate
The National Jurist 09-30-20
“Fordham’s robust real estate offerings and central location in the real estate capital of the world provides a unique opportunity for students to enhance their careers,” said Dean Matthew Diller.
DONNA LEHMANN
Let the Web Editors Edit
Inside Higher Ed 09-28-20
Donna Lehmann is the assistant vice president for marketing at Fordham University in New York City.
DAVID GIBSON
Catholics count
Deutschlandfunk Germany 09-29-20 [in German]
David Gibson directs the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham Jesuit University in New York City.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
OLIVIER SYLVAIN
Can we make Facebook and Google “democratic utilities?”
Columbia Journalism Review 10-01-20
Olivier Sylvain, a professor of law at Fordham University and director of the McGannon Center for Information Research, said during a recent Galley discussion that much of the danger in online networks is unseen by users directly and therefore regulation is needed.
BRUCE GREEN
Breonna Taylor’s case shines spotlight on grand juries, which usually operate out of public eye
Washington Post 10-01-20
They hear evidence and only weigh whether criminal charges are warranted, which involves a lower standard of proof than what is required in court, said Bruce A. Green, a law professor at Fordham University and a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.
JOHN PFAFF
The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained
Vox 09-29-20
But as Fordham Law School criminal justice expert John Pfaff wrote for Vox, the approach overstates “the role of federal policy in expanding state prison populations” and “the role federal policy might play in reducing those populations.”
NICHOLAS JOHNSON
Amy Coney Barrett Could Reshape Interpretation Of The Second Amendment
WAMU 88.5 09-28-20
“People talk about the Second Amendment as if it is as if it will make or break policy questions,” said Nicholas Johnson, professor of law at Fordham University.
MATTHEW GOLD
Letter: TPP better for farmers than current trade agreement
Telegraph Herald 09-26-20
Fordham law professor Matthew Gold, in evaluating what Trump accomplished by dropping out of the TPP, notes, “He got back to a small increased access to the Canadian dairy market, almost all of which was in the TPP he pulled out of.”
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
To keep Barrett off the Supreme Court, Schumer must fight like a defense attorney with a client on death row
New York Daily News 10-01-20
Teachout is an associate law professor at Fordham.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
House antitrust panel nears final steps in its investigation of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
CNBC 10-01-20
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout discussed the need for a structural separation of businesses that pose a potential conflict of interest.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
‘Dangerous for democracy’: Big Tech hearing gives clues on future of antitrust law
Yahoo! Finance 10-01-20
Zephyr Teachout, associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, told the subcommittee on Thursday that Congress, not the Supreme Court, should regulate Big Tech.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
House Antitrust Chair Says Big Tech Abuses Gatekeeper Power
Bloomberg 10-01-20
Witnesses at the hearing included Bill Baer, a former Justice Department antitrust chief under President Obama; Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University known for progressive views on antitrust; and Rachel Bovard of the conservative-allied Internet Accountability Project.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Congress Reignites Antitrust Probes Into Big Tech Companies
Newsy 10-01-20
“For nearly 40 years the Supreme Court, not Congress, has been the primary institution rewriting American antitrust laws,” said Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
What the antitrust proposals would actually mean for tech
Protocol 10-01-20
Fordham University School of Law professor Zephyr Teachout described Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google as “riven with conflicts of interest.”
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Scoop: Lawmakers tee up hearing with academics ahead of antitrust report
Axois 09-29-20
Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law School
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Facebook’s Power This Election
The New York Times 09-25-20
This is what Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University, was talking about.
CLARE HUNTINGTON
How to replace a female icon
Politico 09-25-20
“The study’s findings were not surprising to Clare Huntington, professor at Fordham University’s School of Law, who focuses on families in poverty.
AARON SAIGER
Former clerk for Ruth Bader Ginsburg shares memories of the late justice
New York Pix 11 09-25-20
As we continue to look upon late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable career, the PIX11 Morning News spoke with a Fordham School of Law professor who used to work with her.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY
JORDAN DEVYLDER
Study identifies how police violence contributes to mental health woes
University of Michigan News 10-01-20
Fedina’s colleagues on the study were lead author Jordan DeVylder, associate professor at Fordham University, and Bruce Link, professor of sociology and public policy at University of California, Riverside.
CAROLE COX
[Global Insight] Is COVID-19 worsening Alzeheimer’s disease?
Arirang News 09-24-20
Carole Cox, Prof. in Graduate School of Social Service
Fordham University
FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS
Blackstone’s Berman Predicts a Trump-Biden Tie: Campaign Update
Washington Post 09-25-20
In a post-election analysis of polling, Costas Panagopoulos, a professor then at Fordham University, found that Fox was right in the middle of 14 top pollsters, showing in its final pre-election national survey Hillary Clinton with 48% and Trump with 44% support.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
BRADFORD HINZE
Fidelity oaths spark fear of return to theological silencing
National Catholic Reporter 10-01-20
Bradford Hinze, a theologian at Fordham University known for his work exploring issues of authority and obedience in the church, said Flannery’s case “has the feel of being a bit of a time warp.”
CRISTINA TRAINA
Biden Rolls Out Ads Highlighting Catholic Faith
Courthouse News 10-01-20
Cristina Traina, a professor of theology at Fordham University, surmised in a call Thursday the audience each of these videos is intended to target.
HEATHER MACBETH
Building the Mathematical Library of the Future
Quanta Magazine 10-01-20
“It will likely be decades before this is a research tool,” said Heather Macbeth of Fordham University, a fellow Lean user.
JOHN DAVENPORT
Some Good News, Some Bad News in the APA’s State of the Profession Report (guest post)
Daily Nous 09-30-20
The report, drafted by Debra Nails (Michigan State University, emeritus) and John Davenport (Fordham University), “gives a detailed picture of the profession of academic philosophy—that is, the makeup of philosophy departments and philosophy faculty in North America—and how it has evolved over five decades.”
BETH KNOBEL
The Crisis Curriculum: Spotlight on Journalism
The Chronicle of Higher Education 09-29-20 (transcript available)
“Journalism is going through a huge period of self-examination, and I think most journalism professors are heading down that same road into self-reflection,” says Beth Knobel, associate professor, associate chair, and director of graduate studies for the journalism program at Fordham University.
CHARLES CAMOSY
Will Sutton: Supreme Court has 5 Catholics already, so why is Amy Coney Barrett’s faith an issue?
NOLA.com 09-30-20
Charles Camosy, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, told The Los Angeles Times that Catholics are quite a diverse lot, and there shouldn’t be any concern that merely being Catholic means a specific set of dogmatic views and opinions.
CHARLES CAMOSY
For Democrats, Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination is a trap — and not just in the way you might think
New York Daily News 09-29-20
Camosy is associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University.
CHARLES CAMOSY
If Barrett joins, Supreme Court would have six Catholics
Associated Press 09-25-20
Charles Camosy, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University, suggested that education was a factor in the high proportion of Catholic justices.
BRANDY MONK-PAYTON
Black Hair Representation On Television Illustrates Our Highs And Lows — & Reflects Hollywood’s Behind-The-Scenes Race Issue
The Zoe Report 09-25-20
“In the TV and film landscape, there’s a lot of respectability politics in terms of how visual culture is understood in Hollywood and what audiences understand as acceptable,” Brandy Monk-Payton, assistant professor in communication and media studies at Fordham University, tells me.
CHRISTINA GREER
This is not a drill
New York Amsterdam News 10-01-20
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
Analysis from the first 2020 presidential debate
MPR News with Kerri Miller 09-30-20
Christina Greer is an associate professor of political science at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
National HBCU voting summit stresses importance of youth turnout
The Grio 09-25-20
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, political editor at The Grio, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream” and the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC.
STEPHEN HOLLER
Have We Got Dust All Wrong?
EOS 09-25-20
“A vertical dust orientation is certainly a possibility,” said Stephen Holler, a physicist at Fordham University who is not a part of the ReACT project.
MOLLY NESS
Patterns in Nature, Hyper Learning, Helping Kids Love Books, Storytelling, Mentalism, Weekend Review
The Lisa Show 09-25-20
Joining us on the show today is Dr. Molly Ness, a literary specialist and associate professor at Fordham University, here with us to talk about how to inspire a love of reading in your kids.
NATHAN BALLANTYNE
Philosophy Talk: How to Humbly Disagree
KALW 09-25-20
The Philosophers humbly welcome Nathan Ballantyne from Fordham University, author of Knowing Our Limits.
KATHRYN REKLIS
I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness
The Christian Century 09-25-20
Kathryn Reklis teaches theology at Fordham University and is codirector of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice.
STUDENTS
‘What We Do For Others, We Do For Christ’
Diocese of Bridgeport 09-30-20
Sean is a freshman at Trumbull High and Bridget [Murphy] is a junior at Fordham University, majoring in mathematics.
McDonald’s/APIA Scholarship Program Awards A Half A Million Dollars In Scholarships To Help Asian And Pacific Islander American Students Attend College
PR Newswire 09-28-20
Nuha Asad (New York, NY) attending Fordham University
Abilis Launches “Sibshops” to Support Siblings of Those with Special Needs
Greenwich Free Press 09-27-20
[Maddy Schulte] is graduating in May from Fordham University with her master’s degree in social work and started at Abilis as an intern in September of 2019 and fell in love with the work they do.
Incumbent faces challenge in NY 102nd Assembly District
Daily Freeman 09-26-20
[Mary “Betsy”] Kraat is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Binghamton and is a candidate for a master’s degree in social work from Fordham University.
ALUMNI
A Renter Wanted to Return to Her Childhood Neighborhood. Could She Still Afford It?
The New York Times 10-01-20
“I wrote it in my vision board,” said Ms. [Marilyn] Ramirez, a graduate of Fordham University, who teaches at the High School for Media and Communications.
The Day I Met Donald Trump
The Atlantic 10-01-20
As a product of a northern New Jersey upbringing and a university education at Fordham University’s Bronx campus, [John O. Brennan] had long been familiar with Trump’s antics.
Celebrating queer icons during LGBT History Month
Los Angeles Blade 10-01-20
[Father Bernard] Lynch, who holds a doctorate in counseling psychology and theology from Fordham University and New York Theological Seminary, recalled what it was like to live during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
The Association of Junior Leagues International Appoints Patsy S. Doerr as Chief Executive Officer
Business Wire 10-01-20
[Patsy S.] Doerr has a BS in Biology from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and a MS in Adult Learning and Organizational Development from Fordham University in New York, NY.
DANCE RISING: NYC A HYPER-LOCAL DANCE OUT OCTOBER 1 AND 3, 2020
DoNYC 10-01-20
André M. Zachery is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist of Haitian and African American descent, and is a scholar, researcher and technologist with a BFA from Ailey/Fordham University and MFA in Performance & Interactive Media Arts from CUNY/Brooklyn College.
New TNCC president announced; second woman to lead school
Daily Press 10-01-20
[Towuanna Porter] Brannon also holds a doctorate from Fordham University in executive leadership, administration and policy.
Market Impact from the Upcoming US Elections
Benzinga 10-01-20
[Joe Perry] holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and has a BSBA from The Ohio State University, as well as, an MBA from Fordham University.
Why Believe? Online class on Spirituality, Religion and William James
The Garden City News 10-01-20
[Laura Nelson] received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University, and has taught at colleges in the New York Metropolitan area, including Hofstra, Molloy, The New School, and Drew.
Women to Watch: Zoe Wilder
Marijuana Venture 09-30-20
And as a cannabis-focused publicist, [Zoe] Wilder is convinced she is using her master’s degree in social work from Fordham University to help meet that goal.
Aphena welcomes Prokopczyk as VP of Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Upper Cumberland Business Journal 09-30-20
[Matthew] Prokopczyk has an undergraduate degree in biology from the College of Mount St. Vincent and an MBA from Fordham University.
San Diego District 5 City Council candidates discuss priorities
San Diego Union Tribune 09-30-20
[Marni von Wilpert] is a deputy city attorney who earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and juris doctorate from Fordham Law School.
From Pittsburgh to Eugene and everywhere in between: The journey of Joe Moorhead
Daily Emerald 09-29-20
[Joe] Moorhead began his journey as a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bob Godfrey: Democrat, incumbent candidate for 110th House District
Milford Mirror 09-28-20
A graduate of Immaculate High School in Danbury, [Bob] Godfrey earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University Of Connecticut School Of Law.
With Big Ten back in action, LaPorta can continue to grow in role with Iowa Hawkeyes
Belleville News Democrat 09-28-20
Olivia LaPorta, the oldest, graduated from Fordham University in New York City where she played volleyball, and middle sister, Alex LaPorta, is a senior at the University of Missouri at St. Louis where she plays basketball.
COUNTY CLERK HANLON SWORN IN AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
TAPinto 09-28-20
[Christine Giordano] Hanlon received her law degree from Fordham University in 1992, following her graduation from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Chelsea’s Liz Crotty running for D.A., vows to crack down on white-collar crime
The Village Sun 09-26-20
[Liz] Crotty grew up in Stuyvesant Town and graduated from Fordham Law School.
Finding her spine
Chicago Reader 09-25-20
[Paige] Fraser moved to Chicago in 2013 (after earning a BFA in dance through the Ailey/Fordham University program and touring nationally and internationally for two years with the Ailey II company) to become one of the founding ensemble members in Visceral Dance Chicago.
Mike Breen explains the origins of his legendary “Bang!” call
CBS Sports Radio 09-25-20
“It actually started when I was in college,” [Mike] Breen said on The Zach Gelb Show, explaining the origins of the call. “I went to Fordham University in the Bronx, and I worked at the college radio station, WFUV, and we used to do the Fordham men’s and women’s basketball games.”
Hemstrought’s — mixing the right ingredients for 100 years
Observer-Dispatch 09-25-20
[Dan] Dowe grew up in Utica, went to Fordham Law School and became a lawyer in New York City, but he found himself migrating more and more toward the food industry, establishing companies and handling the financial aspects, he said.
