CLIPS OF THE WEEK
DARLENE JORDAN
Palm Beach resident’s $6 million gift will support Fordham education
Palm Beach Daily News 04-03-18
To that end, [Darlene Jordan] the Palm Beach resident has made a $6 million gift to the school from which she graduated in 1987.
Broadcaster Michael Kay to receive Vin Scully Award
The Washington Post 03-28-18
[Michael] Kay enters his 28th year as a New York Yankees announcer and is the first Fordham alumnus to receive the award.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Doing This One Thing Every Day Makes More People Flirt With You
YourTango 03-29-18
According to a study conducted by Revlon and Fordham University, “For one week, 710 women were asked to follow a daily beauty ritual with makeup, fragrance, chocolate, and a mirror.”
Chefs learn plant-based recipes at Fordham event
News 12 The Bronx 03-30-18
Chefs from as far as Canada gathered at Fordham University Friday for a culinary event aimed at offering more plant-based meals at universities.
Brace yourself: Here is the secret of happiness
National Catholic Reporter 04-03-18
[Fr. William J. O’Malley] is over 80 and lives at Murray-Weigel Hall, a residence for advanced Jesuit superheroes on the grounds of Fordham University.
Fordham Real Estate Institute Continues Successful Event Series with Panel Led by Industry Pundit Michael Stoler
The Mann Report 04-01-18
Building on the momentum of its preeminent industry information events, the Fordham Real Estate Institute hosted its latest panel focused on transit-oriented development on Tues., Feb. 13 at its Lincoln Center Campus in New York City.
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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
Sexagon
New Books Network 03-29-18
In Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture(Fordham University Press, 2017), Mehammed Amadeus Mack, Assistant Professor of French Studies at Smith College, explores the politicization of Muslim minority sexuality in France in various cultural domains.
Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects
New Books Network 04-03-18
Lana Lin brings together the stories of Freud, Lorde, and Sedgwick, as well as insights from her own struggle with breast cancer in the tour de force, Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects: Fractured Subjectivity in the Face of Cancer (Fordham University Press, 2017).
TRUSTEES
DARLENE JORDAN
Palm Beach resident’s $6 million gift will support Fordham education
Palm Beach Daily News 04-03-18
To that end, [Darlene Jordan] the Palm Beach resident has made a $6 million gift to the school from which she graduated in 1987.
SCHOOL OF LAW
10 Things you Didn’t know about Mobomo CEO Brian Lacey
Money Inc 04-02-18
The non-profit has its base at Fordham Law School, and they decided to launch a free app which would educate teenagers about practical personal finances.
Professor makes legal case for schools to challenge cyberbullies
Science Daily 04-03-18
Part one of [Benjamin] Holden’s study, published this week by the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Sports Law Journal, argues for new standards under which K-12 public school officials can punish cyberbullying.
Noor Salman Acquitted in Pulse Nightclub Shooting
The New York Times 03-30-18
A report last year by the Center for National Security at Fordham University School of Law found that, while Islamic State-related cases are more likely to go to trial than federal cases in general, every case that was resolved between March 2014 and August 2017 resulted in a conviction.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
MATTHEW A. GOLD
White House Looks to Use Emergency Law to Halt Chinese Investment
The New York Times 03-28-18
Matt Gold, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, said the statute has allowed the United States to impose economic sanctions on nations like Iran and Sudan and tends “to involve restrictions on U.S. firms investing in those countries or doing business with firms of those countries.”
MATTHEW A. GOLD
Trade Wars Fear Felt on Markets
CTV News Channel 04-02-18
Matthew A. Gold comments on how markets are reacting.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
The Perennial Battle of Small Artist Versus Big Brand: Beauty World Edition
Racked 03-29-18
Susan Scafidi, an attorney and the academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, says she has seen this scenario happen over and over again in fashion.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
Why copyright is so important when it comes to fashion
Commonwealth Times 04-02-18
Susan Scafidi, head of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, says if a law of this nature were created, it would act as a deterrence for major fashion companies to hire more designers and invest in new material instead of copying work.
BRUCE A. GREEN
Trump’s Nominee to Oversee Superfund Program Spent Decades Fighting EPA Cleanups on Behalf of Polluters
The Intercept 03-29-18
“You’d worry, potentially, that given the magnitude of the issue and its importance to Dow, that in this revolving-door situation he might favor Dow’s point of view,” said Bruce [A.] Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University.
CARL MINZNER
Don’t Expect North Korea to Give Up Its Nuclear ‘Sword of Justice’
CBN 03-29-18
“Kim is certainly interested in making sure his relations with China are solid in advance of the upcoming potential meeting with Trump,” [Carl] Minzner told CBN’s Gary Lane.
CARL MINZNER
Book Review: Is This The China That Can’t? – Asia Sentinel
Asia Sentinel 03-30-18
Carl Minzner, a law professor at Fordham Law School in New York, has displayed absolutely stunning timing, coming out with a book saying China faces the prospect of slipping into decline because of authoritarianism at almost exactly the time that Xi Jinping appears to have bulldozed the National People’s Congress into in effect declaring him president for life by vaporizing the limitation on presidential service to two terms.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Budget Deadline Looms; Egypt’s Election; Bret Stephens; Lifting Up Paid Care Workers
WNYC 03-29-18
First, Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout, followed by Politico Albany bureau chief Jimmy Vielkind, discuss what’s in and what’s out of the New York State budget as the final week of negotiations winds down.
N. CAMERON RUSSELL
Facebook Faces ‘a Tsunami’ of Lawsuits Over Data Privacy
TheStreet 03-30-18
But the removal of the arbitration clause “may have been demonstrating goodwill with Facebook’s customer base,” said N. Cameron Russell, adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.
JAMES A. COHEN
Bill Cosby is on trial again. But a lot has changed since his mistrial last year
CNN 04-02-18
The notion that celebrities with good reputations would not harm others “has been substantially deflated” by the #MeToo movement, Fordham Law associate professor James Cohen told CNN.
MICHAEL M. MARTIN
Trump appeals judge’s decision to let Summer Zervos defamation case proceed
The Washington Post 04-02-18
Michael Martin, a professor at the Fordham University School of Law, said that “it is almost always to the defendant’s advantage to try to delay” a case.
DAVID J. GOODWIN
Come hear the sad story of an art community’s struggle to survive
Hudson Reporter 04-03-18
Educated at St. Bonaventure University, Drexel University, and Fordham University, David J. Goodwin works by day as a librarian at Fordham University School of Law.
KAREN HOFFMAN LENT
Karen Hoffman Lent of Skadden Named Associate Director of Fordham Competition Law Institute
CNBC 04-03-18
Fordham Law School announces the appointment of Karen Hoffman Lent as associate director of the Fordham Competition Law Institute.
DAVID A. ANDELMAN
Will French trade unions trip up Europe’s strongest leader?
CNN 04-03-18
David A. Andelman, visiting scholar at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and director of its Red Lines Project, is a contributor to CNN and columnist for USA Today.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY
LAURA J. WERNICK
EXCLUSIVE: These Are The Transgender Students Whom The Education Department Abandoned
Yahoo! News 03-31-18
Denying students access to the correct bathrooms can negatively impact their grades and make them feel unsafe at school, says Laura Wernick, a Fordham professor who has studied the issue.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACULTY
THOMAS M. BEAUDOIN
What Did Jesus Look Like? Historian Says Widely Known Image of Christ Is Inaccurate
Inside Edition 03-31-18
Although the image can be traced back to the 3rd century, Dr. Tom Beaudoin, a professor of religion at Fordham University, explained the depiction is inaccurate.
FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
WILLIAM SELTZER
Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII
The Washington Post 04-03-18
In papers presented in 2000 and 2007, historian Margo J. Anderson of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and statistician William Seltzer of Fordham University found evidence that census officials cooperated with the government, providing data to target Japanese Americans.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
THOMAS DANIELS
Ticks already? Warmer weather means the parasites present themselves
Lohud.com 03-28-18
[Thomas] Daniels is in charge of Fordham University’s Louis Calder Center in Armonk, where one of his jobs is counting ticks.
CHARLES C. CAMOSY
How can we foster unity among Catholics?
Our Sunday Visitor 03-28-18
In the United States, too many Catholics appear to focus on political divisions and derive a significant part of their identity by opposing other Catholics, said Charles Camosy, a moral theologian at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
Exciting election season
New York Amsterdam News 03-29-18
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is the 2018 NYU McSilver Institute Fellow and an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream” and the host of The Aftermath on Ozy.com.
CHRISTINA GREER
Can Cynthia Nixon get female voters to dump Cuomo?
Politico 03-29-18
Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, pointed to Nixon’s campaign kickoff in Brownsville and her focus on issues traditionally seen as “women’s issues,” like education and social services, as smart appeals to black female voters.
CHRISTINA GREER
All In With Chris Hayes
MSNBC 03-29-18
CHRISTINA GREER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: If you`re watching New York State politics, Cynthia Nixon is going to give Andrew Cuomo a run for his money.
CHRISTINA GREER
Hardball With Chris Matthews
MSNBC 03-29-18
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
Numbers reveal the shocking gap between Martin Luther King’s dream and current race relations in America
The Independent 04-04-18
“Part of it is to do with the structural rules that have kept these iniquities present,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University in New York.
JAMES T. FISHER
Why Catholic Colleges Excel at Basketball
The New York Times 03-30-18
“As more and more ethnic Catholics moved out of cities but parishes and schools stayed put, black kids were admitted regardless of religious affiliation beginning in the ’60s,” James T. Fisher, an American Studies professor at Fordham, said in an email.
ANJALI K. DAYAL
We Must Reckon with the Terrible Realities Hidden in Plain Sight
On Being 04-02-18
Anjali [K.] Dayal is an assistant professor of International Politics at Fordham University and a research fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute of Women, Peace and Security.
ELSA NATALIA MENDOZA ROCKWELL
Drug and Migrant Smuggling Across the US-Mexico Border: An Interview With Natalia Mendoza
Lawfare Blog 04-03-18
Seeking to add an expert perspective to the debate, I reached out to Natalia Mendoza, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University.
BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
The LGBT conversation is a sign of new life in the church
USCatholic.org 04-03-18
“Pope Francis isn’t creating a revolution, but what he’s doing is creating the space in which the Spirit can speak and be heard,” explains Father Bryan Massingale, professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and an outspoken voice for welcoming LGBT people, particularly the transgender community.
STEVEN STOLL
The 3.18.18 Issue
The New York Times Magazine
Steven Stoll, professor of history, Fordham University
STEVEN STOLL
Discussion on Appalachia
C-SPAN2 04-01-18
Steven Stoll is the author of “Ramp Hollow”, he’s a professor of history at Fordham University.
SAUL CORNELL
Saul Cornell, author of “A Well Regulated Militia” on the 2nd Amendment
Sirius XM News & Issues 04-03-18
Professor Saul Cornell from Fordham University discusses interpreting the constitutional reasoning behind the 2nd amendment.
NICHOLAS TAMPIO
Common Core
C-SPAN 03-19-18
Fordham University professor Nicholas Tampio argued that determining how to best educate America’s children should not lie solely with one faction or political group.
STUDENTS
If You See Something, Write Something
The New York Times 03-28-18
Thomas Dorante, a 23-year-old graduate of the urban studies program at Fordham University, shares the same devotion to mass transit, having edited several Wikipedia articles while conducting research for his senior thesis, “Improving Transit in Southeast Queens.”
2018 Best & Brightest: Joe Gorman, Fordham University (Gabelli)
Poets & Quants for Undergrads 04-01-18
I [Joe Gorman] am most proud of winning Fordham’s Consulting Cup (a consulting competition in which all Fordham business sophomores compete) with my team.
ATHLETICS
Kingston’s Chaffin named V845 Girls Basketball Player of the Year
RecordOnline.com 03-31-18
It’s no surprise that [Chloe] Chaffin is headed to Fordham University to play Division I basketball.
News 12 The Bronx Sports
News 12 The Bronx 03-30-18
Fordham Baseball wins 8-3 in Battle of the Bronx.
ALUMNI
Broadcaster Michael Kay to receive Vin Scully Award
The Washington Post 03-28-18
[Michael] Kay enters his 28th year as a New York Yankees announcer and is the first Fordham alumnus to receive the award.
Arlington’s Hardy Elementary School Names New Principal
New Hampshire Patch.com 03-28-18
[Katherine S.] Peretz received her BA in Communications from Fordham University and her Master of Education from Framingham State University.
Ridgefield High School Principal Honored by State PTA Group
Connecticut Patch.com 03-28-18
Dr. [Stacey] Gross received her doctorate degree from Fordham University, Graduate School of Education in 2008.
Top Yankees prospects headline RiverDogs’ pitching staff
The Moultrie News 04-01-18
[Greg] Weissert, a local product for the Yankees out of Fordham University, is back for his second stint with the RiverDogs after making 12 relief appearances his rookie season in 2016.
Community Involvement is an Essential Ingredient
Leaders Magazine 04-02-18
[John Damonti] received his undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University and a master of social work degree from Fordham University. In 2007, he was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree from Fordham University.
Notre Dame Appoints Executive Director
Inside Indiana Business 04-03-18
[Rev. Kevin Sandberg] received his B.A. in economics and an M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, an M.A. in theology from the Graduate Theological Union/Jesuit School of Theology and his doctorate in religion and education from Fordham University.
Sokol Media Recognizes Stacey Cohen, CEO, Co-Communications as TOP Women to Watch in Real Estate
Chron.com 04-03-18
[Stacey Cohen] holds a B.S. from Syracuse University, MBA from Fordham University and recently received a Certificate in Entertainment, Media and Technology from NYU Leonard Stern School of Business.
OBITUARIES
Anne Frances Juryak, 96, Of Malborough, MA, Nun
Sr. Anne Frances Juryak, 96, of Marlborough
Community Advocate 03-29-18
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University in New York and a Master of Science degree in English Literature from St. John University in N.Y., Sister [Anne Frances Juryak] spent many years teaching at Mount Florence, Peekskill, N.Y.; Wickatunk, N.J.; Dix Hills, N.Y.; and Marlborough.
