Rubio touts Bukele’s ‘generous’ offer to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador, but experts say it’s illegal
NBC News 02-04-2025
“The U.S. can’t deport one of its own citizens. Deportation is for noncitizens only,” said Jennifer Gordon, a law professor at Fordham Law School. “But that’s not the end of the story. There’s a second set of questions about whether the U.S. could transfer a U.S. citizen prisoner to another country to serve their sentence,” she said.
This article was picked up by Yahoo! News, Head Topics, MSN.

Bryan Kohberger case: Idaho makes key move on firing squad executions
Fox News 02-06-2025
One of the country’s leading experts on capital punishment, Fordham University professor Deborah Denno, has also argued that the firing squad is an effective and humane method of execution. “We’ve had three modern firing squad executions, and they have gone off as intended, and the inmate has died quickly and with dignity,” she said after Creech’s failed execution. “So, I think that is something to emphasize.”
This article was picked up by Yahoo! News and Breaking News Today.

Surveillance Pricing Is Ripping You Off. Here’s How to Fight It.
New York Magazine – The Cut 02-06-2025
Zephyr Teachout, an attorney and professor at Fordham University who specializes in antitrust law, points out that you’re more likely to be targeted with higher prices if you seem to be in a rush. “If you order a car service to go to a hospital, you might pay more than if you were going to a restaurant, because you’re presumably in a hurry,” she says.

Ed Martin is the wrong person to investigate Biden-era prosecutors
The Hill 02-09-2025
“But it will be hard for federal prosecutors to ignore political considerations after a new U.S. attorney, without cause, seeks to unearth prosecutorial misconduct in cases that are anathema to the new president, who closed out the cases by issuing hundreds of pardons. The glaring if unstated message is that prosecutors’ future work will be subject to a political litmus test,” wrote Bruce Green, professor at Fordham Law School and director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, who co-authored the article for The Hill.
This article was picked up by MSN.

What a Trade War Under Trump Would Mean for Your Finances
U.S. News & World Report 02-07-2025
First, let’s start with what a tariff isn’t: It’s not a tax on the country sending the goods, says Paul Johnson, adjunct professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. “Very simply, a tariff means that at the border where the plane lands or the truck crosses, someone is paying more money to bring that item into the country, and it’s usually the importer,” he says.

1st migrant flight lands at Guantanamo Bay, carrying ‘worst of the worst’
ABC News 02-04-2025
Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law, told ABC News’ Phil Lipof on Jan. 29 that a “big challenge” of holding migrants at Guantanamo Bay is the large number Trump has suggested. “I don’t know that they have the capacity for that,” said Greenberg, who noted that “in the old days and the ’90s, I think they held 21,000 at the most.”
This article was picked up by MSN, and Greenburg was also quoted about Guantanamo Bay in NPR.

Trump just crushed Shein’s business model. Now what?
Fast Company 02-07-2025
Giacomo Santangelo, senior economics lecturer at Fordham University, says American companies like Amazon and Uber were willing to take a loss for some time in order to put their competitors out of business. “This strategy won’t work for Shein and Temu because there’s no chance they will be able to successfully wipe out their competitors,” he says.
This article was picked up by MSN.

How Companies Like Target, E.l.f. and Levi’s Are Responding to Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Women’s Wear Daily 02-03-2025
Susan Scafidi, founder and director at the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, said Trump seems to be looking to make examples of some larger organizations and assuming the smaller ones will fall in line. “DEI in its current form may die, but…we’re likely to see an evolution in language and form,” Scafidi said.

What Does It Mean To Be Greyromantic? Here’s How To Tell If You Identify With The Romantic Orientation
Women’s Health 02-06-2025
“Don’t make your gatherings ‘you and your plus one’-type invitations, which can lead aromantics and many others to feel left out,” says Kryss Shane, PhD, LSW, LMSW, a leading LGBTQ+ expert [and adjunct professor and lecturer at Fordham University].
This article was picked up by MSN.

Sal Maida, Bassist With Roxy Music and Milk ’N’ Cookies, Dies at 76
The Hollywood Reporter 02-03-2025
A devoted Anglophile, [Salvatore Maida] traveled to London after graduating from Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and was working in a record store when he met Roxy Music drummer Paul Thompson.
Maida’s death was also noted in MSN, Head Topics, Pop Culture.

16 Afro-Latino Executives You Need to Know
Hispanic Executive 02-07-2025
Rosevelie Márquez Morales is the chief diversity officer for the Americas at Hogan Lovells, leading strategic initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion across the US, Mexico, and Brazil. A former litigation partner, she is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law and serves in leadership roles with the Hispanic National Bar Association, ASPIRA of NY, and the Fordham Law Alumni Association.

Empowering Grandparent Caregivers Via In-Person and Virtual Programs
Generations Journal 02-05-2025
“All classes were offered in a classroom at Fordham University, a feature that was empowering as it allowed the grandparents to frequently interact with social work students. Also, the university’s Dean visited the first class of each cohort to welcome grandparent students and introduce the program,” said Carole Cox, MSW, PhD, professor of Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University.

Is Listening to Christmas Music Good for Your Health? It Depends!
Well + Good 02-05-2025
“If people hate Christmas music, it would have the opposite effect, in fact,” Zatorre says. And even if you like Christmas music, the repetition can change your experience of it, says Dean McKay, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Fordham University. “When music is played repetitively, it can go from pleasant to unpleasant—it crosses that threshold.”

Nietzsche on overcoming nihilism | Philosopher Babette Babich
Philosophy For Our Times 02-04-2025
Babette is a trailblazing philosopher of technology and science. Known for her exploration of the philosophy, history, and sociology of science, she also works on the philosophy of digital media, poetry and art. Babette is a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York City.

Back to School: The Power of Perspective
Radioink 02-04-2025
I was fortunate last week to speak to a class in person at the Fordham University campus in New York City by my friend Janet Gallant. Janet teaches a “Consumer Adoption of New Media” course, and the experience was exhilarating.

The Next Hot Playwright? They Prefer the Ones Who Cooled Off.
The New York Times 02-10-2025
A nonprofit formed in 2021, the Tent is neither a jobs program nor a boneyard. Intended to nurture still-active playwrights and raise their profiles in the theater, it is also about creating a fellowship of artists and looking out for them in more tangential ways, should any of them need it. Toward that end, [Aimée] Hayes is pursuing a master’s degree in social work at Fordham University.

New York’s Finest Shine at the 67th GRAMMY Awards
NYS Music 02-03-2025
Daniel Nigro – Producer of the Year, non-classical: Born and raised in Massapequa Park on Long Island, Daniel Nigro won Producer of the Year, non-classical. Daniel Nigro took up piano, guitar, and voice lessons in his youth and attended Fordham University for philosophy. Nigro has produced, written, and co-written songs for Sky Ferreira, Joe Jonas, Kylie Minogue, Caroline Polachek, Dermot Kennedy, Maisie Peters, and Conan Gray.

A Shore high school’s Super Bowl pipeline: 3 grads have been Super Sunday regulars
Asbury Park Press 02-04-2025
This 1993 Marlboro High School graduate [Howie Roseman], who wrestled at the school, attended the University of Florida and Fordham Law School, and went to work for the Eagles in 2000, beginning his rise through the team’s personnel department.

Eagles GM Roseman Has UF Ties
WRUF 02-04-2025
Florida graduate Howie Roseman, the Philadelphia Eagles general manager, will return in the highest stage in the NFL 0n Sunday when Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts compete in the Super Bowl rematch. The 49-year-old earned his bachelor’s degree at UF from 1993 to 1997 and attended graduate school at Fordham Law School.

Scottsdale Prep Welcomes Past Students to Speak at Alumni Panel
Great Hearts 02-03-2025
Tucker Flynn, also from the class of 2024 and a National Merit Finalist, now attends Fordham University as a first-year neuroscience major. He described how hearing past alumni speak was impactful for him when he was a student, and now he finds himself passing down much of the same wisdom.

Alvin Ailey Dancer from Upper Marlboro – VIDEO UNAVAILABLE
WRC-DC (NBC) – Washington, D.C. 02-06-2025
“I’m so grateful to be in the company. I had, I would say, a less conventional route getting into the company. I had a little bit of a time with Ailey 2, their junior company. I also grew up through the school because I was in the Ailey Fordham BFA program, from which I graduated in 2018,” said Alisha Peek.

Mike Breen once didn’t think his patented ‘Bang’ call worked
Awful Announcing 02-07-2025
During an appearance on The Roommates Show hosted by Knicks stars Jalen Bruson and Josh Hart, Breen outlined how he first started his patented call as a way to cheer as a student during Fordham University basketball games, later trying it when he started doing radio broadcasts of Fordham basketball games.
This story was also picked up by First Sportz

Trump has set his sights on a nuclear peace agreement with Iran
NewsRadio 1080 KRLD 02-09-2025
Just before Trump was inaugurated last month, Beth Knobel – a professor of journalism at Fordham University and former CBS News Moscow bureau chief – discussed a 20-year strategic partnership plan between Iran and Russia with Audacy station KCBS Radio.

Ex-Miami U.S. attorney appointed by Trump elected chief judge for nation’s 5th largest court
Miami Herald 02-08-2025
[Nushin] Sayfie served as chief judge for the past four years. After graduating from Georgetown and Fordham Law School, she spent 14 years in the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office. In 2007, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed her and she worked in the court’s criminal division, where she served as an administrative judge from 2013 through 2021.

The Best Colleges For Accounting 2025
University Magazine 01-29-2025
Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business combines Jesuit principles with a strong urban experience in New York City, placing it among The Best Colleges For Accounting 2025. Students study financial reporting, taxation, auditing, and data analytics, gaining Insights from experienced faculty connected to Wall Street. Gabelli’s commitment to ethics, social justice, and global awareness ensures graduates are prepared for responsible leadership.

Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in bribery, corruption case
CBS News 01-29-2025
“I think the judge was very disturbed by how Sen. Menendez wielded this great power, particularly on the Foreign Relations Committee. The judge was disturbed that [Menendez] would compromise his interests and literally line his pockets and his boots with cash and gold bars, and I think the judge found it particularly egregious that he used the power to further the aims of a foreign country above U.S. foreign policy,” said Cheryl Bader, Fordham University law professor.
This article was picked up by MSN.

Unpacking Trump’s plan to hold immigrants at Guantanamo Bay
ABC News 01-29-2025
“What it is is a place where, repeatedly, the United States has sought to place individuals without the kinds of protections by law that they have in the United States on the homeland, as we’ve seen with the detention of war on terror detainees. And also, you know, we can talk about the migration center as well, but it is not correct to call it on foreign soil. It is on a U.S. base located in Guantanamo Bay,” said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law.
This article was picked up by MSN and ABC News.

Betty Gilpin is the best part of that show you want to see
The Washington Post 02-01-2025
They insisted she try different things as a kid — “my parents would not allow me to be the Shirley Temple with the eyes of Joan Crawford that I wanted to be” — but she [Betty Gilpin] got her first movie part by tagging along with them to an audition while studying theater at Fordham University in Manhattan. (The actor who played her brother, Cosmo Pfeil, would later become her husband.)
This article was picked up by MSN.

Trump issues orders to promote school choice, end “anti-American” teaching
Reuters 01-29-2025
Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said the order came as no surprise. “As a candidate, he said there was radical indoctrination of students,” she said. “He’s making sure to frighten students and educators across the country so they can’t teach the real history of the United States.”
This article was picked up by MSN.

Netflix, McCormick Uphold DEI to Investors After Trump Directive
Bloomberg Law 01-30-2025
Companies that have pointed to diversity programs for years as a crux of their business are unlikely to end that refrain, said Atinuke Adediran, an associate professor at Fordham University School of Law who researches corporate disclosures on diversity. “It’s really hard for you to just erase everything you’ve been saying for the past three years and just get rid of it—I think that’s very bizarre,” she said.

Adams Re-Emerges After ‘Scary Week’ With Criminal Case in Doubt
The New York Times 01-30-2025
But Christina Greer, a professor at Fordham University, argued Black voters might be more forgiving of Mr. Adams surviving his legal troubles thanks to Mr. Trump’s good graces. “I don’t see Black voters begrudging him a pardon when we’ve seen so many white politicians negotiate themselves out of far worse situations for generations,” Ms. Greer said.

How tariffs could impact your wallet
News 4 New York 01-28-2025
“Tariffs are attacks on you and I, they’re attacks on consumers. Other countries don’t pay the tax, you and I do,” said Giacomo Santangelo, senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University.

What is the role for out of power Democrats on Big Tech?
Al Jazeera 01-30-2025
Zephyr Teachout, a lawyer, author and associate professor of law at Fordham University, says Big Tech leaders were not aligned with the Democrats, though, and that has become even more clear than it was recently. “Tech leaders were never with Democrats. They have always been aligned with power,” says Teachout. “In the Obama era, Google wrapped its arms and tentacles around and into the Obama administration, and for a combination of cultural reasons and reflected glow, there was a sense that Big Tech were, for Democrats, ‘our people’.”

Law professor discusses immigration raids in the city
Spectrum News NY 1 01-29-2025
Several people were arrested Tuesday during federal immigration operations in the city. However, questions remain over the scope of the White House’s immigration policies. Gemma Solimene, immigration professor at the Fordham University School of Law, joined “News All Day” on Wednesday to discuss the impact of President Donald Trump’s actions in the five boroughs.

Bill to exempt student-athlete NIL contracts from Colorado open records act draws scrutiny
Colorado Politics 01-29-2025
In 2020, Fordham University studied student-athlete compensation and reported that 86% live below the federal poverty line. On average, the Fordham study said, a Division I football or basketball player’s value can range from $120,000 to over $265,000. However, students receive only full-ride scholarships, which the study said does not “help athletes from poverty who are trying to help feed their family back home.”

The Trump Administration Will Truly Test the Supreme Court
The American Prospect 01-31-2025
Yet, as things stand, Trump has effectively instructed a private company to break federal laws, and to violate a fresh-off-the-press Supreme Court order. “It’s basically saying, there is a law that has passed that I don’t think should be a law, and therefore my enforcers will not enforce it,” said Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University and a former antitrust enforcer at the New York attorney general’s office, on a recent episode of the Organized Money podcast.

Akron native Kali Oliver to perform in Cleveland with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Signal Akron 01-30-2025
[Kali] Oliver graduated from Fordham University with a degree in dance in 2021. She then spent three years dancing with Ailey II, which is for early-career dancers. In 2024, she became a member of the company.

The Top 50 Women Leaders of Delaware for 2025
Women We Admire 02-03-2025
[Laura] Tourge earned her MBA in Marketing from Fordham Gabelli School of Business. Before that, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing at James Madison University.

Editorial: JD Vance aims vulgar, undeserved cynicism at bishops over immigration
National Catholic Reporter 01-28-2025
In a 1983 lecture at Fordham University, the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin introduced what he called the “consistent ethic of life,” also referred to as the “seamless garment” approach to difficult social justice questions. It was a model, had they chosen to adopt it, that would have allowed bishops to remain above partisan politics while preaching and teaching on a wide range of issues.

Rhode Island at Fordham odds, tips and betting trends – February 5
Sports Book Wire 02-01-2025
The Fordham Rams (10-12, 2-7 A-10) are at home in A-10 action against the Rhode Island Rams (15-6, 4-5 A-10) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET. In this preview, we take a look at the Fordham vs. Rhode Island odds and lines around this matchup.

Idaho beefs up firing squad as Bryan Kohbeger trial nears
Fox News 01-24-2025
Fordham Law School professor Deborah Denno, a leading expert on the death penalty in the U.S., previously told Fox News Digital that the firing squad is accepted as the most efficient and humane means of execution.
This article was picked up by MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! News, and Denno was also quoted in articles in the Idaho Statesman and WhatsNew2Day.

The soul of America—from Martin Luther King to Trump
America Magazine 01-19-2025
“Perhaps King’s greatest gift to us is the reminder that when we do the work of justice, we work with what he called ‘cosmic companionship.’ We can take courage and hope from a sermon that he often preached: ‘God is able.'” wrote Fr. Bryan Massingale, the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in applied ethics at Fordham University. 
Fr. Massingale’s essay was also noted in the National Catholic Reporter.

Is Trump’s order to allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. even legal?
NPR 01-23-2025
President Trump himself once tried to ban TikTok, but changed his mind now that many of his supporters use it, and he says he will not enforce it while trying to find a buyer. So we have called Olivier Sylvain for a legal opinion. He’s a professor of law at Fordham University.

Amazon resumes new US green card applications for foreign workers, leaked memo shows
Business Insider 01-23-2025
Jennifer Gordon, a labor and immigration law professor at Fordham University, told BI that companies may be trying to anticipate Trump’s unpredictable behavior in advance. Given Trump’s past hard-line stance against immigration, Gordon said it’s possible the new administration could issue a policy pausing skilled labor immigration applications in the future. “If I was a tech company, I wouldn’t be fully confident that he will follow through,” Gordon said.

Chat Box with David Cruz – Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on Trump’s Agenda
PBS 01-25-205
“Yes, he did win the electoral college. He did not win by a landslide, and we have to remember that 40% of the voting-eligible population in the United States chose not to participate, so by no means does he have a mandate from the vast majority of Americans for any of the stuff that he’s doing. We can still be vigilant when he’s talking about everything from DEI to immigration to a woman’s right to choose to LGBTQ rights, plus issues to the environment to a relationship with those abroad, the list goes on and on,” said Christina Greer, Fordham University political science professor.
This interview was picked up by NJ Spotlight News.

How Trump could overturn birthright citizenship: Law professor explains
ABC 7 01-22-2025
“There are things that the Trump administration has tried to do in its first two days on immigration that have quite a decent chance of being upheld. This, in my view, is not one of them. Essentially, the administration here is hoping that they will get conservative judges and justices with views outside the mainstream to endorse their theory, but that theory really is well outside the mainstream,” said Jennifer Gordon, Feerick Chair and immigration law expert at Fordham University.

‘The Fall of Diddy’ Highlights the Plight of Sean Combs
WWD 01-23-2025
“We listen to their music, watch them win awards, gossip about their romantic entanglements, and wear their clothes. We’re also eager to look behind the scenes, and when the curtain is pulled back to reveal allegations of misconduct, we continue watching in horrified fascination,” said Susan Scafidi, founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University.

Geothermal: Another Source of Renewable Energy
The National Law Review 01-23-2025
In late December 2024, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $29 million has been awarded to 15 innovative projects that will reduce statewide carbon emissions. Included in the awards is a project involving the design and development of the largest geothermal heating and cooling system in the Northeast for Fordham University’s Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx.

The Hidden Utility of the Liberal Arts
The Chronicle of Higher Education 01-21-2025
Leonard Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham University who writes for The Chronicle about graduate education, ponders the discomfort academics in the humanities have with the term “skills,” for its association with the capitalist system, its threat to turn humanities departments into service units for business and engineering colleges, and its potential to diminish professors’ status as researchers. But the climate in academe is changing, he concedes: “The pursuit of skills has been a goal of American academia since its beginnings. We deny that fact at our peril.”

Writing wrongs
The New Criterion 01-22-2025
“When academic writers write badly,” comments [Leonard] Cassuto, a longtime professor of English at Fordham University who has frequently written on academic practices, “they make all academia vulnerable to derision and political attack.”

Are Biden’s Pardons Valid? Democrat Legal Scholars Say No
The Post & Email 01-26-2025
Professor Andrew Kent of Fordham Law School agrees: “A pardon of a third party motivated principally by the president’s desire to protect himself would seem to violate the faithful execution principles.” He reasons that other enumerated and implicit constitutional principles constrain all provisions of the Constitution.

New Jersey leads Northeast in population growth and is bigger than ever. Here’s why.
Asbury Park Press 01-23-2025
“Immigrants at all levels are an engine of growth,” said Jennifer Gordon, a professor at Fordham Law School in New York who specializes in immigration law.

How Jury Nullification Could Set Luigi Mangione Free in UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Case
In Touch Weekly 01-22-2025
“It’s a reaction by the jury to a legal result that they feel would be so unjust or morally wrong that they refuse to impose it, despite what the law says,” Cheryl Bader, an associate professor of law at Fordham University Law School, says.
This article was picked up by Yahoo! News, and Bader was also quoted in articles in The Music Essentials.

That’s why you get a food coma
Earth Press News 01-23-2025
In the same podcast episode tells Subha Mani professor of economics and research assistant at the Center for International Policy Studies at Fordham University, and Justine Hervé assistant professor of economics at the Stevens Institute of Technology, about his research with other academics.

College Credits: Glenview Student Makes Dean’s List At Fordham U
Patch 01-22-2025
Berkley-Ayne Dorsten, of Glenview, was recently named to the dean’s list, second honors, for the fall 2024 semester at Fordham University. The Loyola Academy graduate is majoring in international political economy (pre-law track) and is a double minor in business administration and global public health. The school defines dean’s list as a 3.6 or better, and Second Honors is awarded to students with a GPA between 3.8-3.899.

Actor, dancer and former jockey Robert Montano’s true story told in ‘SMALL’ at the George Street Playhouse
WGBO Journal 01-22-2025
Jessi [D. Hill] teaches directing at Fordham and Barnard/Columbia University. Giving back is what she’s all about. “I think that I try to be the kind of teacher that I always wanted and to bring my professional experiences to young people who are really serious about doing this.”

Art World Comings and Goings: The Andy Warhol Museum’s New Director and More
New York Observer 1-23-2025
A Fordham University Law School graduate, [Mari-Claudia] Jiménez made the leap from private legal practice to the high-stakes auction world in 2016, joining Sotheby’s as senior vice president and managing director of Trusts & Estates and Valuations.

Governor Moore Appoints Kamal Essaheb as Senior Advisor and Director of Immigrant Affairs
The Office of Governor Wes Moore 01-22-2025
Kamal Essaheb is a national leader on immigration policy, with experience as an attorney, in community advocacy, and in the federal government. Essaheb earned his J.D. from Fordham University and holds a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Queens College of the City University of New York.

Tom Krasovic: Smart, skilled Eagles ride newcomers, NFL’s best roster to Super Bowl
The San Diego Union-Tribune 01-26-2025
Powerful and deep, the Eagles caused four turnovers, scored a touchdown after each takeaway and overwhelmed the Washington Commanders, 55-23. They will now play in their third Super Bowl under [Howie] Roseman, who launched his NFL career by mailing hundreds of letters to an Eagles executive as a recent graduate of Fordham Law School.

Superstar Denzel Washington claims freedom to preach | Terry Mattingly
Knoxville News Sentinel 01-23-2025
The young Washington was in his mother’s Mount Vernon, New York, beauty parlor, after horrible grades forced a leave of absence from Fordham University. An elderly woman, Ruth Green, who many believed had unique spiritual gifts, looked him in the eye and asked for a piece of paper.

The “Finest in Disorganized Religion?” Orthodox Christianity Endures
The Public Discourse 01-22-2025
Shortly before the recent US presidential election, an online publication of the Orthodox Studies Center at Fordham University featured a lead article that announced: “A Vote for Trump is a Vote against the Ecumenical Patriarchate.”

Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice Department bracing for upheaval

The Associated Press 01-18-2025“Merrick Garland has not, I think, been a very effective public defender of the integrity and impartiality of the Department of Justice,” Andrew Kent, a Fordham University law school professor, said in an email. Given the issues the department faced, Garland needed “to explain to the public more frequently and more specifically how the Department’s actions are consistent with a commitment to nonpartisan and impartial justice.”

Biden’s Guantánamo legacy ‘one step forward, several steps backwards’
NPR 01-18-2025
When Biden first came into office, “there was a sense of aggressive movement” on working to shutter the prison and resolve its remaining legal cases, “and then it just sort of dissipated,” said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and author of the book The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days.

Only 37% Of Employees Say They Are Treated With Respect At Work
Forbes 01-19-2025
They’ll go beyond just doing what it takes to get a task done; and in that extra effort is where we can find innovation, resource/asset protection, incremental margin, and competitive advantage,” (said) Debbie Sabatani Hennelly, an adjunct professor at Fordham University law school’s corporate ethics and compliance program.

“A Burning House” — MLK and the American Experiment at The Apollo Theater
WYNC 01-19-2025
“I think we should start thinking about power and empowerment, because Dr. King not only believed in educating others about their individual power, but also in empowering not just individuals, but collective groups of people—not just in the U.S. South, but across the United States and the globe,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

Even With a Ceasefire, Gaza Has No Future | Opinion
Newsweek 01-15-2025
“Even with a ceasefire, Gaza will remain a Mad Max world for over two million human souls. Its children, receiving little formal education and having witnessed horrors beyond description, will face a future utterly without hope. In Gaza, the emptiness of all the West’s promises, and the hypocrisy of proclaimed human rights standards, will remain on display for the world to see,” said John Davenport, professor of philosophy and director of peace and justice studies at Fordham University.

Live Updates: Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
The New York Times 01-17-2025
But the federal government has historically pushed against too much foreign influence of any major communications network, said Zephyr Teachout, a professor of law at Fordham University. In 1975, President Gerald Ford established the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a multiagency body that vets foreign investments in U.S.-based assets.

After Indictment, Eric Adams Collects $250,000 From Donors
The New York Times 01-15-2025
Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, said that the mayor’s fund-raising numbers showed that he still retained institutional strength. “If Eric Adams is still raising money after an indictment, resignations and questions about his management style and the future of the city, it points to the power of incumbency and the fact that labor and the business and real estate communities have been silent,” she said.

Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, and More SNL Stars Who Were Head Writers
NBC 01-16-2025
[Streeter] Seidell’s roots are in stand-up comedy. He began getting on stage to perform stand-up routines while in college at Fordham University, then took his writing talents to the website College Humor, where he eventually became editor-in-chief, according to a profile in Fordham Magazine. He was hired as a writer at SNL in 2014 and became a head writer in early 2022, midway through Season 47.

Russia and Iran become closer in their relationship with each other
Audacy 01-19-2025
Russia and Iran laid out a 20-year strategic partnership on Friday which will deepen their military and technological ties. This as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to cozy up to global powers hostile toward the U.S. For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchors Jennifer Hodges and Shane Shane Guinness spoke with Beth Knobel, Professor of Journalism at Fordham University and former CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief.

95% of workers say paychecks fail to keep up with cost of living spikes
HR Dive 01-16-2025
“Inflation continues to drive up the cost of living, with 85% of workers expecting increasing salaries to offset these pressures; however, only 11% have received raises commensurate with inflation, so far, creating a significant gap,” Giacomo Santangelo, a Monster economist (and professor at Fordham University) said in a statement. “The financial strain is evident.”

Under the Dome: Farley to put his photo in every NC elevator. Could it lift his profile?
The Charlotte Observer 01-16-2025
They also lifted her electoral prospects, according to a 2015 article co-authored by political scientist Jacob Smith while he was a doctoral student at UNC-Chapel Hill. “These places were really excited to vote Republican [for labor commissioner]just from the elevator,” Smith, now an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said in a phone interview.

Talkin’ Bob Dylan Spinnerpalooza
The Dylantantes Podcast 01-25-2025
Nina Goss is Editor of or contributor to the volumes Tearing the World Apart: Bob Dylan and the 21st Century and Dylan at Play. She is a contributor to various anthologies and presented at the first World of Bob Dylan conference (2019), and Dylan and the Beats conference in Tulsa (2022). She teaches at Fordham University.

For Betty Gilpin, Coming to Broadway in Oh, Mary! is A Dream Come True
Broadway Direct 01-14-2025
“Speaking of taking over for Cole, let’s bring in Betty Gilpin. Betty, you majored in theater in college at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, but you have been very busy working in the TV and film world. This is your Broadway debut,” said Frank DiLella, reporter for Broadway Direct.

Lacking Trust
Politico 01-16-2025
Travis Proulx, formerly SUNY’s vice chancellor for agency and community engagement, has joined Fordham University as vice president for external affairs.

Smooth(ie) Operator: A Flight Attendant’s Dream Takes Off in Hell’s Kitchen
W42ST 01-17-2025
Noah Keller, a regular and student at nearby Fordham University, can attest. “It’s really nice to support a local business,” he said, while ordering. “I’ve tried all the different juice places around here, and my drink is the Berry Up smoothie with vanilla whey protein. It’s the most delicious thing, and a really good price.”

Fordham University’s historic Rose Hill Gymnasium turns 100 years old
WNBC 01-17-2025
Fordham University’s Rose Hill gym is celebrating a new milestone: 100 of continuous action, the longest in America. The gym remains the home court for the Rams men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Iconic Fordham University Rose Hill Gymnasium turns 100
Amsterdam News 01-16-2024
A century ago today, on Jan. 16, 1925, the Fordham Rams defeated Boston College, 46-16, in the first-ever game at Rose Hill Gymnasium, the oldest continually used NCAA Division I gym in the nation. Since that first game, Rose Hill Gym, on Fordham’s campus in the Bronx, has been used as an athletic facility except for the 1943–1944 academic year, when it was converted into a U.S. Army barracks during WWII.

Grand Old Gym at Rose Hill
NY Sports Day 01-16-2024
There’s a 100th anniversary up at Rose Hill in the Bronx. The campus at Fordham University has an old and new look, iconic and famed structures of lecture and study halls. The Jack Coffey field for football in the fall and baseball season where surrounding trees are in bloom. And history at the Lombardi Athletic Center in honor of the late Hall of Fame coach.

Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym celebrates 100 years of hoops
CluthPoints 01-16-2025
The Fordham Rams defeated Boston College 46-16 on January 16, 1925. It was a game of basketball. And it took place in the Rose Hill Gymnasium in The Bronx, New York. That game was the first played in what is now endearingly known as the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium. One hundred years later, Fordham University’s basketball teams – among other programs at the school – still call the gym home. It’s the oldest gym still being used by a NCAA Division I basketball team.

Fordham-UMass game broke so many records and had insane moments on Rose Hill’s 100-year anniversary
The New York Post 01-16-2024
Fordham’s tiny on-campus arena in The Bronx opened with a 46-16 win over Boston College on Jan. 16, 1925 and Wednesday’s game on the eve of the 100-year anniversary may as well have been a different sport with the teams scoring nearly four time as many points — albeit across 15 extra minutes.

Celebrating a Century of Basketball at Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym
FootBoom 01-16-2025
This year marks a remarkable milestone in the annals of collegiate sports, as the Fordham University’s Rose Hill Gymnasium celebrates its centennial anniversary, solidifying its status as the oldest actively used gymnasium in NCAA Division I basketball.

College football history: Notable firsts and milestones
NCAA 01-20-2025
This is a quick guide to some of college football’s most notable firsts and historic moments. In 2019, the sport celebrated its 150th anniversary. First, the TL/DR version: The first college football game on TV was between Fordham University and Waynesburg University on Sept. 30, 1939. The game was broadcast by NBC and aired on W2XBS.

20 American Colleges Where the Cities Make Campus Life Even Better
Ultimate Travel Advice 01-09-2025
Fordham University, located in New York City, offers a unique blend of Jesuit tradition and urban vitality. This section examines how Fordham’s location enhances its academic programs and campus life, providing students with access to a wide range of professional opportunities and cultural experiences.

Rollins’ Latest Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Return Is Just Plain Insulting To Kelli Giddish
ScreenRant 01-19-2025
Rollins supposedly left to take a job teaching forensics at Fordham University, but the character had never shown interest in this career path before her exit story.

Denzel Washington claims freedom to preach
Arkansas Democrat Gazette 01-18-2025
The young Washington was in his mother’s Mount Vernon, N.Y., beauty parlor, after horrible grades forced a leave of absence from Fordham University. An elderly woman, Ruth Green, who many believed had unique spiritual gifts, looked him in the eye and asked for a piece of paper.

TikTok Ban: What’s It Really About? – VIDEO UNAVAILABLE
Spectrum News NY1 01-16-2025
“The court is careful to say that it’s limited to the circumstances in this case. Remember, this is a case that is principally about Chinese influence and control over the consumer, the information consumers get, and the data harvesting of U.S. consumers. So if you limit it to that, which is what the court tries to be careful on, it doesn’t reach as broadly.” said Olivier Sylvain, a Fordham Law professor.

What Happened
The New York Review of Books 01-11-2025
This particular care with archives and interpretation is the mark of [Magda] Teter’s career as a historian. At Fordham, where she is the chair of Judaic studies, she concentrates on premodern relations between Jewish and Christian peoples and how that lineage informs the present.

My twins are both in college, and their dorm rooms show just how different they really are from each other
Business Insider 01-12-2025
My twins both attend Fordham University in New York, but that’s where their similarities stop. Over the summer before their freshman year, my daughter asked me several times, “When can we go shopping for my college dorm room?” Once we picked a day, we asked her twin brother if he wanted to join, and his answer was, “Nope.”

How Tania Tetlow Is Leading Fordham University Through Higher Education’s Era of Uncertainty
Jesuits.org 01-07-2025
“One thing that Jesuit schools collectively have been doing and thinking about is, how do we better remind people what Jesuit education is? There’s a very important part of Jesuit tradition: When you go into a foreign land, you don’t just shout at people in Latin. And I think when we talk to Gen Z, it’s not enough to talk to them about cura personalis and magis, right? We have to translate into their language, so we’ve really been working hard to do that,” said Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University.

Pitt names Jerry Dickinson as new law school dean
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01-09-2025
Mr. Dickinson earned his juris doctor from Fordham University, his master of laws degree from the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law in Johannesburg, South Africa, and his bachelor of arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross. He is a former Fulbright scholar to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Trump’s Pick for U.S. Attorney Is Enmeshed in Long Island Politics
The New York Times 01-07-2025
Anne Donnelly, the Nassau County district attorney and a Republican, said she had known Mr. [Joseph] Nocella since they were 18 and students at Fordham University and described him as fair-minded. She said his experience overseeing “a rainbow of cases,” along with his familiarity with the Eastern District’s terrain, would serve him well. “One thing about Joe: He certainly knows Long Island,” Ms. Donnelly said.

What is jury nullification and what does it mean for Luigi Mangione’s defense?
CNN 01-10-2025
“It’s not a legal defense sanctioned under the law,” said Cheryl Bader, associate professor of law at Fordham School of Law. “It’s a reaction by the jury to a legal result that they feel would be so unjust or morally wrong that they refuse to impose it, despite what the law says.”

Versatile and self-aware, Betty Gilpin moves with ease onscreen and onstage
Los Angeles Times 01-09-2025
Raised in New York and Connecticut, she [Betty Gilpin] attended Fordham University, where she studied acting with a Jesuit priest, Father George Drance, who encouraged her to use visual metaphors. “It just took me out of my own head, and made it a magic process, rather than a math equation: ‘Is this right or wrong?’” she says. “Thinking about it in an abstract way helps me shimmy my feathers for the coins.”

The Man Who Would Be King
Forbes 12-29-2024
“I think the NBA is thinking about who can be the next person who’s not just a great player but somebody who really resonates with the larger, wider group of sports fans,” says John Fortunato, a sports media professor at Fordham University.

Trump sentenced in hush money case, will not face jail or probation
The Washington Post 01-10-2025
Former federal prosecutor Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law School, said Merchan had been in a challenging position presiding over the case because he had to balance the norms of a criminal proceeding with Trump’s unusual status.

MTA Chair Janno Lieber on the First Week of Congestion Pricing; The State of the City Analysis; Anti-Social Americans
WNYC 01-10-2025
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, co-host of the podcast FAQNYC and the author of How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Harry Siegel, FAQ NYC creator and co-host, Daily News columnist and editor at The City, talk about Thursday’s State of the City address by Mayor Eric Adams.

TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech
The New York Times 01-09-2025
Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham, said that was the wrong analysis. “Imposing foreign ownership restrictions on communications platforms is several steps removed from free speech concerns,” she wrote in a brief supporting the government, “because the regulations are wholly concerned with the firms’ ownership, not the firms’ conduct, technology or content.”

Trump spared jail, fine or probation at hush money sentencing days before inauguration
Reuters 01-11-2025
“He doesn’t want to be sentenced because that is the official judgment of him being a convicted felon,” said Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham University in New York.

What Could a TikTok Ban Mean for Fashion?
WWD 01-10-2025
Susan Scafidi, academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, said, “The loss of TikTok, even on a temporary basis, would upend the influencer economy in the U.S. and eliminate a key marketing channel for many fashion brands, especially those with Millennial and younger audiences. Social media adapts quickly, and much of the activity on TikTok could migrate to other platforms, but business as usual in the form of product promotion would be at least briefly chaotic.“

70% of Americans are eligible to file their taxes for free starting today. Here’s what you need to know
Fortune 01-13-2025
But, for those that owe money to the IRS, Stan Veliotis, associate professor at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business says he would not file a tax return early. That’s because retroactive tax law changes are not uncommon. In 2021, changes to unemployment compensation tax resulted in income from 2020 being taxed differently for some Americans.

Political warfare: Why the House accusations against Liz Cheney are baseless and wrong
The Hill 01-07-2025
“Ironically, the interim report accuses the Select Committee of weaponizing the professional conduct rules by unjustifiably instigating an ethics complaint against Hutchinson’s first lawyer. But the report then opts to play tit for tat. It is high time for both sides to lay down their weapons, reserving accusations of criminal and professional misconduct for situations where they are justified, rather than using baseless accusations for rhetorical effect,” said Bruce Green, professor at Fordham Law School and director of the Stein Center for Law & Ethics.

Pope Francis names Cardinal McElroy next Archbishop of Washington, DC
The Tablet 01-06-2025
“Sending McElory to Washington is not about trying to tip the scales in a more liberal direction,” said David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Centre on Religion and Culture. “It’s about promoting solidarity over division, and building what Francis has called ‘a better kind of politics’ rather than indulging in the worst kind of partisanship.”

Trump taps Nassau County Judge Joseph Nocella Jr. as U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of New York
New York Daily News 01-06-2025
Nocella earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, where Trump also studied before transferring to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and later graduated from Columbia Law School, Newsday has reported.

PMC Vice Chairman Gerry Byrne Receives U.S. Navy’s Top Civilian Honor
WWD 01-06-2025
Byrne, who is a Fordham University Military Hall of Fame inductee and established the Marine Corps Birthday Ball with the actor and former Marine Harvey Keitel, emphasized the importance of integrity and leadership.

Trump to be sentenced in hush money case days before inauguration
Freedom Online 01-10-2025
Cheryl Bader, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, said “he doesn’t want to be sentenced because that is the official judgement of him being a convicted felon.”

Elon Musk: Trump’s Strategic Whisperer
Reformatorisch Dagblad 01-06-2025
Are Musk’s power and influence unstoppable? Political scientist Paul Levinson, affiliated with Fordham University in New York, thinks that there will come a time when the tech billionaire will reach his limits. “Musk has a mega-ego, but so does Trump. That will clash at some point.

Trump taps Nassau Judge Joseph Nocella Jr. to be U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Newsday 01-06-2025
Nocella, a graduate of Columbia Law School and Fordham University, will replace Breon Peace as the top federal prosecutor for the federal court district covering Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Students from Liberty Partnerships Program in the Bronx win financial services competition
Bronx Times 01-09-2025
The event was put together by SuitUp, an organization that works to equip students for life beyond the classroom by developing, organizing and implementing engaging educational competitions in communities across the country and beyond. This was the organization’s third annual Battle of the Boroughs competition, which was held in partnership with Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business and Fordham Foundry.

John Countryman, child actor who became diplomat, dies at 91
The Washington Post 01-09-2025
After he [John Countryman] graduated from Fordham University in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree in English, Mr. Countryman received a Fulbright Fellowship to the University of Berlin as his introduction to Europe and foreign affairs.

New dean appointed at University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh Business Times 01-09-2025
A Fulbright Scholar, [Jerry] Dickinson studied comparative constitutional law and housing law at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dickinson earned his JD from Fordham University. He has twice run for office, most recently vying for the Democratic nomination for the 12th Congressional District’s seat in the U.S. House in 2022.

Walking It Like You Talk It!:The Extraordinary Life of Donna Sue Johnson
Lavender Magazine 01-09-2025
This bold statement “stuck in my mind,” Johnson recalls, and inspired her to attend a Saturday MSW program at Fordham University from 1997-2001. “It turned out to be a magnificent academic experience,” she says, and this led to work as an emergency room psychiatric clinician where she evaluated patients for level of care, an occupation she continued for 20 years.

The First Day of Panama’s Canal
The New York Times 01-05-2025
Mr. [David] Gonzalez held on to his press pass for the event (“Actos de Transferencia del Canal a Panamá”) and gave it to the Museum at The Times. (He also donated an early digital camera.) Mr. Gonzalez retired from The Times last year and is currently exhibiting his photographs at Fordham University’s campus in Manhattan.

Luigi Mangione appears in court
CBS News 12-19-2024
“So, usually, murder is prosecuted by the state where the murder occurs. But here we have this parallel federal case which involves charges of interstate stalking. So, in other words, he planned this murder, allegedly out of state, traveled on interstate highways to New York, committed the murder here, and then allegedly left the state. So we see those charges involving interstate travel firearm charges, which are also within the federal jurisdiction,” said Cheryl Bader, clinical associate professor of law at Fordham University.

How 4 Well-Known Companies Recovered From Their Crisis Situations
Forbes 12-26-2024
A crisis can be a tipping point for whether a business survives the situation, or succumbs to it. JetBlue’s crisis “during an ice storm that stranded passengers for hours was a defining moment for the airline,” Stacey Cohen, an adjunct marketing and public relations professor at Fordham University, recalled in an email interview.

Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College
New York Daily News 12-22-2024
“Given that he has now won the presidency both ways, his support for its abolition could carry enormous weight and garner the bipartisan backing that is required for a constitutional amendment. I know it may be hard to believe that Trump would do this, but if Nixon can raise a glass to Premier Zhou Enlai in Beijing, then Trump can help democratize our elections,” said Jerry Goldfeder, director of the Fordham Law School’s Voting Rights and Democracy Project.

Denzel Washington’s Journey to Hollywood Titan in Unseen Interviews | ET Vault Unlocked
Entertainment Tonight 12-19-2024
Denzel [Washington] did go to college. He played basketball and football at Fordham University. He graduated in 1977. And talk about full circle – as Denzel played a doctor on TV, we were there as he got his first of three honorary doctorates.

“Much Better Than The Book”: Conclave Gets Strong Review From Pope Expert, Though The Ending Is “Quite Absurd”
Screen Rant 11-26-2024
David Gibson, the Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, explains why he believes the Conclave movie is better than the book it is based on. The story of Conclave follows Cardinal Lawrence, who is tasked with organizing a conclave of cardinals to vote for a new pope after the death of the previous one.

Trump Admin Gave Tariff Exemptions to Companies that Donated to Republicans: Study
The Latin Times 01-06-2024
“Even though we did not find an impact of donations to Trump’s first inauguration on the chance of being granted an exemption,” said Grace Lee, associate professor at Fordham University, and another co-author of the report, “it is possible that donations to the inaugural committee may increase the chance of being exempted from tariffs in Trump’s second term.”

Biden can’t pardon Luigi Mangione on state charges | Fact check
USA Today 12-16-2024
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is the entity that charged Mangione with second-degree murder, meaning New York Gov. Kathy Hochul could pardon him, Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader told USA TODAY.

Bingdi Chunyu: Harnessing Data Science to Foster Inclusion and Equity in POC Communities
LA Weekly 12-17-2024
Bingdi’s [Chunyu] journey began with her pursuit of a Master of Business Analytics at Fordham University, where she excelled academically as a research assistant, contributing to multiple machine learning projects. She was recognized as one of the Global Analytics Competition finalist for her outstanding achievements, and was consistently included on the Dean’s List for academic excellence.

Going Broad
Columbia Journalism Review 12-16-2024
When I asked Olivier Sylvain, an administrative law scholar at Fordham University, about Carr’s ambition to regulate content moderation on social media by reinterpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, he replied, “You have to explain the agency’s decision to switch from saying you don’t have authority over something to saying you do, given all the steps you have to take when you change a position like that and the scrutiny it’s subject to, never mind the constitutional scrutiny,” he said.

The First Day of Panama’s Canal
The New York Times 01-05-2025
Mr. [David] Gonzalez held on to his press pass for the event (“Actos de Transferencia del Canal a Panamá”) and gave it to the Museum at The Times. (He also donated an early digital camera.) Mr. Gonzalez retired from The Times last year and is currently exhibiting his photographs at Fordham University’s campus in Manhattan.

All the Light We Cannot See: Urgency for Understandable Academic Writing
Fair Observer 12-27-2024
[Leonard] Cassuto is a professor of English at Fordham University in NYC. He has written several books and articles on how to improve the American higher education system, including his latest, Academic Writing as if Readers Matter. He wrote the book for two reasons: “academic writing has a bad public reputation” and indeed, “reading most academic writing is work” — “both in the literal and the figurative sense.”

“One Technical Problem”: Conclave’s Secret Cardinal Is Realistic, But A Pope Expert Explains 1 Flaw That Would Upend The Story
Screen Rant 12-27-2024
The start of Conclave has one flaw with the secret cardinal explained by David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. The story of Conclave follows Cardinal Lawrence, who is tasked with organizing a conclave of cardinals to choose a new pope.

A college professor discusses Putin’s comments post-Azerbaijan plane crash
Audacy 12-28-2024
Putin said the country’s air defense systems were repelling Ukrainian drones and stopped short of taking responsibility for the incident. For more on this, KCBS Radio’s Shane Guinness spoke with Professor Beth Knobel, Professor of Journalism at Fordham University and former CBS News Moscow Bureau Chief.

Inside the strange carnival with surreal rides by Dali and Basquiat that was lost for decades — but is now open in NYC
The New York Post 12-25-2024
“We just saw it and we knew we had to do it. Since we were in eighth grade, we’ve always wanted to do this, so we might as well get married today!” said Rory Dwyer, 19, a student at Fordham University.

Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
NBC Los Angeles 12-29-2024
“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.

Johnny Russell, Shirley Temple’s Co-Star in ‘The Blue Bird,’ Dies at 91
The Hollywood Reporter 12-31-2024
When he [Johnny Russell] and his parents decided he should have a “normal” childhood, Countryman attended the Jesuit military prep school St. Francis Xavier in New York and Fordham University and spent a year at the University of Berlin on a Fulbright fellowship.

King Kong Ain’t Got Sh*t On Me: Celebrating Denzel Washington’s 70th Birthday With His Best Performances Throughout His Career
Global Grind 12-30-2024
[Denzel] Washington ended up attending Fordham University where he earned a BA in Drama and Journalism. He worked as creative arts director of the overnight summer camp at Camp Sloane YMCA in Lakeville, Connecticut following a period of indecision on which major to study and taking a semester off.

Denzel Washington Joked That He Started Acting to Avoid Getting Punished by His Mom
Showbiz CheatSheet 01-02-2025
Thanks to his mother’s influence, [Denzel] Washington furthered his education by going to Fordham University, where he intended to become a doctor. “I was actually pre-med. I thought, ‘You go to college, be a doctor.’ Then, I went into political science, pre-law … I found out I wasn’t doctor material, I found out I wasn’t lawyer material, then I started studying journalism,” Washington said.

This week in Christian history: United Methodist Building opened, Saint Abo martyred
The Christian Post 01-05-2025
“Among the various causes championed by [John Joseph] Hughes, his influence is felt especially in the realm of higher education. He founded Manhattan College, St. John’s College (now Fordham University), Fordham Prep, the Academy of Mount St. Vincent (not the College of Mount Saint Vincent), and Marymount College,” noted Old New York Tours.

Growing up Italian at a New York institution
ABC13 01-02-2025
After graduating from Notre Dame High School and Fordham University, [Vivian] Cardia became the first Italian-American woman to trade on the American Stock Exchange. Chaotic moments during the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash stick with her today. Vivian eventually went on to take over the family business.

Wabanaki basketry and holiday flamenco: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
Los Angeles Times 12-20-2024
A graduate of New York’s Fordham University and the University of British Columbia, [Bobby] Garcia directed and produced over 50 plays and musicals across multiple international markets and won three Aliw Awards for direction (the premiere live entertainment award in the Philippines).

Meet Michelle Cheramie, the New Orleans animal rescuer who won’t give up til Scrim is safe
Nola.com 12-25-2024
[Michelle] Cheramie, 55, comes from Cut Off, Louisiana – Cajun country – where, she said, everybody knew everybody. In college at LSU, Fordham University in New York, and Nicholls State University, she earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in psychology and the other in art. She began her multifaceted career working in a Raceland mental health facility.

The Mets just invested $765 million in their glow up. Can they be bigger than the Yankees?
NBC News 12-11-2024
A region’s second-place franchise can emerge from shadows if an owner is willing to shell out cash, Fordham University professor Mark Conrad said, citing the NBA’s Steve Ballmer, who has remarkably made L.A. Clippers games fashionable events. “The focus of New York baseball could be shifting now,” said Conrad, who teaches sports law at Fordham’s business school.

At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism
The Times of Israel 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, the Shvidler chair of Jewish studies at Fordham University and president of the American Academy for Jewish Research, lamented “social media culture that allows you only to like or block, a short-form quickness of reaction … We have to relearn to disagree with each other, not to cancel each other.”

Is It Ever OK to Go Barefoot in Public?
The New York Times 12-16-2024
According to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, “Most barefoot bans simply reflect private dress codes put in place by restaurants, retailers and others concerned about safety and their own potential liability for splinters, slips and stubbed toes.”

The dean of the state Senate has seen it all
City & State New York 12-11-2024
The state Senate is saying goodbye to its dean as state Sen. Neil Breslin [FCRH ‘64] prepares to say his final farewell to the chamber after 28 years in office. First elected in 1997, the Albany-area native has seen a lot, from entering in the minority to presiding over a legislative coup and becoming part of the Democratic supermajority.

Juan Soto’s 15-year deal has short-term benefits that outweigh long-term risks, experts say
Newsday 12-09-2024
Soto, 26, who agreed to the largest guaranteed contract in North American sports history at 15 years and $765 million, might be costing baseball’s richest owner a whole lot of money, but he also stands to elevate the franchise, increase ticket sales, provide profitable merchandising opportunities and raise TV ratings for the team’s flagship network, SNY, said Mark Conrad, professor of law and ethics at Fordham University, and director of its sports business concentration.

New York Red Bulls Sign Goalkeeper Ryan Meara to New MLS Contract
Red Bull 12-09-2024
Prior to New York, [Ryan] Meara was a four-year starter at Fordham University, where he was a three-time All-Atlantic selection. He holds Fordham’s all-time record for shutouts in a career with 31 and was named Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2011.

Antisemitism on Campuses
Harvard Magazine 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, professor of Judaic studies and history at Fordham University, spoke about what antisemitism studies could learn from other fields. “Black studies and racism studies study the impact of racism on its victims,” she said. “Antisemitism studies make the victims invisible or implicated. We study the perpetrators, we study the antisemites.”

Battle Of The Boroughs 2024
The Bronx Daily 12-09-2024
SuitUp, a nonprofit entity that strives to increase career readiness for all students through innovative business plan competitions, has partnered with the Fordham Foundry, Fordham University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship within the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, a thought leader in business education for the future and in the areas of social and corporate responsibility, to encourage more students—especially those from underrepresented communities—to consider careers in financial services.

NYC mayoral hopefuls want a rent freeze, but tenants may have to wait until 2026
Brick Underground 12-10-2024
New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie committed to appointing “members of the rent guidelines board that will be putting our renters first,” at the Saturday forum at Fordham University. Attorney Jim Walden said he supports freezing the rents for tenants who live in buildings owned by landlords who will not disclose their operating costs and income, Gothamist reported.

What is the Heisman trophy made of? Height, weight and who designed it
Diario AS 12-10-2024
The now-famous pose wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment idea. Eliscu consulted Jim Crowley, head coach at Fordham University and a member of Notre Dame’s legendary “Four Horsemen.” Crowley’s players demonstrated sidesteps, forward drives, and, of course, the signature stiff-arm move, which Eliscu painstakingly recreated in clay. After rigorous critique and adjustments—including a Notre Dame football team endorsement – the design was finalized.

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn’t Fit His Loyalist Mold
The New York Times 12-10-2024
Mr. Trump’s post on Truth Social announcing Mr. Bessent’s selection made no mention of his husband, Mr. [John] Freeman, 62, who grew up in the Bronx. Mr. Freeman was an athlete (football, rugby) whose father died young, and he attended Fordham University and night classes at Brooklyn Law before joining the Bronx district attorney’s office.

Bing Crosby’s 7 Children: All About the ‘White Christmas’ Singer’s Family
People Magazine 12-15-2024
Harry [Crosby] now works in business as an investment banker. He began his career at Lehman Brothers and went on to assume partner roles at Cranemere and Snow Phipps. In 2019, he joined Trilantic North America as a partner of business development. Harry received a master’s degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and a business degree from Fordham University.

Denzel Washington’s 5 decades of groundbreaking excellence in film
Rolling Out 12-10-2024
The Boys & Girls Club played a pivotal role in his development, while his [Denzel Washington] father’s work as a Pentecostal minister and his mother’s entrepreneurial spirit instilled discipline and work ethic. After his parents’ divorce at age 14, boarding school experiences and later studies at Fordham University set the stage for his acting career.

Denzel Washington: A legacy of excellence in film and beyond
The Grio 12-09-2024
After [Denzel] Washington’s parents, Denzel Sr. and Lennis, divorced when he was 14, he and his sister were sent to a boarding school in New Windsor, New York. Post-high school, Washington made his way to Fordham University.

First look: Future Days Beer Co. readies for debut in Northern Liberties
Philadelphia Business Journal 12-11-2024
First reported by the Business Journal in 2023, Future Days is owned by Nick Mata and Sean McGuire, who met while in school at Fordham University and have been homebrewing together for more than 10 years. In 2021, the duo signed a lease on the building, which had previously been vacant for 15 years, according to Mata. They spent the next three years converting it into a brewery while attempting to maintain historical aspects of the property.

Origin of new Northern Liberties brewery can be traced to college apartment bathtub
Philly Voice 12-11-2024
Future Days Beer Co. opens Thursday in a renovated carriage house in Northern Liberties, but its original home was much more modest. The brewery was born in an off-campus apartment near Fordham University in the Bronx, where two college juniors [Nick Mata and Sean McGuire] decided to give beer-making a spin.

Bears sign three to Division I programs
Elgin Courier 12-10-2024
Offensive lineman Jaxon Taylor will be heading to Fordham University. As a critical protector for sophomore quar terback Weston Nielsen, Taylor anchored Bastrop’s offensive line and helped power the team’s success. He fielded offers f rom Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Bryant, per 247Sports.

Poets&Quant’s 2024-2025 MBA Ranking: For The First Time Ever, Kellogg Takes First
Poets&Quants 12-03-2024
In all, 11 programs advanced in double-digits, with large gains by the University of Wisconsin’s Business School, up 18 spots to rank 35th best, and Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, up 16 places to finish 44th.

A pope expert fact checks Conclave’s wildest moments
GQ 12-04-2024
“I was in Rome with a group of Fordham students in October for the global meeting of Catholic leaders, called a synod. During that time, Pope Francis met with a group of trans and intersex Catholics. It was a very powerful meeting. The pope’s affirmation of them as created by God with inherent dignity was extraordinarily moving. One of them, Nicole Santamaria, an intersex woman from El Salvador, wrote about her experience and to me, it’s a testimony more powerful than Conclave’s surprise ending,” said David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.

Home Depot accused of faking Black Friday deals by masking original prices with holiday sale stickers showing the same cost
Fortune 12-05-2024
“All kinds of pricing shenanigans have been going on for decades,” Luke Kachersky, an associate professor of marketing at the Fordham Gabelli School of Business, told Fortune. “For example, retailers displaying things like, ‘regularly $X, now $Y,’ even though it’s hard to imagine the retailer ever having really offered the item—or anyone ever buying it—at the ‘regular’ price.”

You Want That Gift to Arrive Today? This Is What It Takes.
The New York Times 12-03-2024
As Halloween approaches, more costumes are moved to same-day delivery. The same goes for toys as Christmas nears. “It’s not necessarily going to be what you want,” said Matthew Hockenberry, a historian of supply chains at Fordham University. “It’s what you are willing to accept.”

The jobs most vulnerable under the next Trump administration
CNN 12-09-2024
The potential loss of millions of people in the US would mean businesses nationwide could see revenues decline substantially, said Monster economist [and senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University] Giacomo Santangelo. “In the face of inflation, the Federal Reserve is going to have to raise interest rates,” Santangelo told CNN.

Trump Organization Plans an Ethics Policy Without Banning Foreign Deals
The New York Times 12-05-2024
“It looks like Trump is planning to flagrantly violate key anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution again,” said Zephyr Teachout, a law professor at Fordham Law School, who served on the legal team for one of the emoluments lawsuits filed in 2017. “It would be untenable if there is not a significant challenge to that.”

Paying Juan Soto would be smart money for Mets or Yankees, Fordham expert says
New York Daily News 12-06-2024
According to Mark Conrad, director of the Sports Business Concentration and professor of law and ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, paying Soto what he wants is smart money. “It’s supply and demand,” Conrad told the Daily News.

2024 Power Players in Health Care
Politics NY 12-02-2024
She [Anne Williams-Isom] has decades of executive and leadership experience including serving as CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, serving as a leader at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, and serving as a professor at Fordham University. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a doctorate in divinity.

Psychobiography Across Cultures
Psychology Today 12-02-2024
“Of all the quantitative and qualitative research methods taught in graduate psychology programs, psychobiography is the set of research procedures that most parallel the practice of counseling and psychotherapy; and that is, the intensive psychological study and understanding of a person in familial, religious, community, socio-cultural, political, and historic context,” said Joseph G. Ponterotto, professor in the Division of Psychological and Educational Services at the Fordham University Graduate School of Education.

How Realistic Conclave’s Twist Ending Is Explained By Pope Expert
Screen Rant 12-05-2024
In an interview with GQ, David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, addressed Conclave’s surprise ending. Gibson discussed the feasibility of an intersex pope and the broader implications of the film’s ending, touching on the Church’s evolving stance on gender and sexuality.

New York Giants’ Brandon Brown to participate in NFL’s Front Office & General Manager Accelerator Program
Giants.com 12-09-2024
A four-year letterman as a defensive back at Fordham University, [Brandon] Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a dual concentration in entrepreneurship and communications media management. In addition, Brown was a two-time all-Patriot League academic selection. After graduating from Fordham in 2010, Brown earned a Juris Doctor degree from Barry University Law School in Orlando, Fla.

Yahoo Sports AM: Hired to be fired
Yahoo! Sports 12-06-2024
The Bronx is famous for a lot of things. Hip-hop. The Yankees. Jennifer Lopez. Now, thanks to Fordham University, the New York City borough has a new claim to fame: Water polo!

A Bronx Tale – Fordham is For Real! Taking the Fight to USC in Semifinals at NCAA Water Polo Champs
Swimming World 12-07-2024
Later in the evening, the most anticipated match of the day featured Fordham University against Long Beach State University. Fordham, entering the tournament with an unblemished 31-0 record, faced a formidable opponent in Long Beach State. The match began with Fordham taking a 2-0 lead, courtesy of goals from George Papanikolaou (#6) and Lucas Nieto Jasny (#10).

Why were prison workers excluded from California’s new indoor heat rules?
Santa Monica Daily Press 12-02-2024
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has even acknowledged that five facilities that once experienced fewer than five days above the extreme heat threshold annually will see as many as 24 days by mid-century, and potentially 41 days by 2070. Fordham University researchers have warned that without retrofitting, many carceral facilities will become so unbearable from climate change effects that corrections employment recruitment may suffer.

APACS partners with Kaplan to provide free graduate test prep for STEM and health students in New York
EdTech Innovation Hub 12-03-2024
Students at 27 institutions across the state will have access to courses for the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, and DAT through this initiative, which aims to support careers in STEM, health, and other licensed fields. Under Kaplan’s All Access License, students will also benefit from courses designed to build technical and soft skills for career readiness. Participating schools include: Fordham University.

Greek-American Singer Elaina Poulos on Her New Song ‘Mi Mou Thimoneis’
The National Herald 12-03-2024
“After the success of my first song ‘I Agapi Ine Pantou’, I wanted to continue chasing my dream of becoming a famous Greek-American singer. My colleague and fellow singer Eleni Basi introduced me to the lyricist of my song, Giannis Mallias who actually wrote Vasilis Karras’ hit song ‘Ap Ton Vora Mehri to Noto’. It was an honor to sing a song written by Giannis and the fact he believes in me means the world,” said Elaina Poulos, student at Fordham University.

Student-athletes at Bergen Catholic announce college decisions at Signing Day event: photos
NorthJersey.com 12-04-2024
John Morris sits with his family behind him after he signs a commitment letter to play football for Fordham University during a Commitment Day Ceremony for eight Bergen Catholic athletes at Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

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KCEN 12-04-2024
Christian Tutson is heading to the big apple. He made his commitment to Fordham University. The wide receiver had 39 receptions, 652 yards and 4 td’s.

Denzel Washington’s Alma Mater Shares Throwback Photo of Actor with Gladiator II Parallels: He ‘Owned the Stage’
People Magazine 11-25-2024
Denzel Washington’s alma mater is throwing it back almost 50 years in honor of his latest role. As Washington’s new movie Gladiator II hit theaters over the weekend, his former college, Fordham University, posted a snapshot of the actor back in a student production in the ’70s.

How will Pope Francis and the Catholic Church navigate a second Trump presidency?
CNN 11-27-2024
“(It) may be that a Trump presidency pushes the US hierarchy closer to Pope Francis and the Vatican,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, New York, told CNN. But Gibson says the church in the US is now facing an “existential crisis” given that Catholic leaders had been so aligned to Republicans based on pro-life causes.

Fordham Law takes top spot at prestigious city bar competition
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 11-27-2024
Fordham University School of Law took first place in the regional rounds of the 75th National Moot Court Competition, held Nov. 20-21 at the New York City Bar Association in Manhattan. The winning team included law students Annika Jorgensen, Emily Stubblefield and Matthew Salavitch, coached by Abigail Conroy.

‘Black women are tired.’ Harris’ loss has some organizers reexamining their coalitions
NPR 11-26-2024
Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University whose expertise is in Black politics, said if enough organizers take a step back or rethink some of their past strategies, it could have an effect on U.S. politics. “I think it will change what it looks like,” she said.

Joe Biden’s Pardon of Hunter Lowers Bar for Trump’s Potential Self-Pardon
Newsweek 12-02-2024
Ethan J. Leib, a law professor at Fordham University, argued that while some, including Trump, claim there would be nothing wrong with a president pardoning themselves, such an act would violate the Constitution’s principles and the presidential oath, which prohibits self-dealing. “I think it’s important to note that it’s wrong for President Trump to engage in self-benefit, and it’s equally wrong for President Biden,” Leib told Newsweek.

Opinion: Republicans Launch Anti-Trans Assault as Democrats Flounder
Daily Beast 12-01-2024
Yet while Mace seemingly looks to divide voters with hate, Black women have consistently helped preserve democracy with unity in the recent election and beyond, explained Fordham University professor Dr. Christina Greer in her new book, How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams. “The history of America is a history of progress and regress,” explains Greer.

Congress Must Pass Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Now!
The Daily Kos 11-27-2024
The commission was accused of trying to suppress some of its own research on the subject of corporate media ownership consolidation. According to research conducted by Fordham University and the Universities of Michigan and Delaware, the result of this FCC policy has been a reduction in local news coverage and less BIPOC and female ownership of media.

Judith Jamison Obituary
Playbill 11-27-2024
While serving as artistic director, Ms. Jamison led the theatre to numerous achievements, including the establishment of its permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance in Manhattan’s West 55th Street; a 50th anniversary world tour to 50 cities; a partnership with Fordham University to offer a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program; and more.

CFVI partners with Fordham, EPA on $40M environmental justice grants program
The Virgin Island Daily News 11-27-2024
U.S. Virgin Islands groups with a focus on environmental justice can apply for funding for their projects under a program in which The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is partnering with Fordham University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CFVI announced recently.

Museum of Arts and Design to Present First Retrospective of Multimedia Artist Saya Woolfalk
The City Life Org. 11-25-2024
The garments she has crafted double as costumes and the installations as sets for in-gallery original dance performances choreographed and performed in collaboration with the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA Dance Program. The exhibition will also include an original audio production.

Putting Them On Game: A List Of Actors/Filmmakers Denzel Washington Has Mentored
Global Grind 11-26-2024
In 1977, shortly after graduating from Fordham, [Denzel] Washington made his screen acting debut in the 1977 made-for-television film Wilma which was a docudrama about sprinter Wilma Rudolph. His first Hollywood appearance came in 1981 film Carbon Copy.

A Ninety-Nine-Year-Old Lawyer’s Final Case in “Frank”
The New Yorker 11-25-2024
Their stories had ended, but Frank [Lucianna] went on. He graduated from Fordham Law and began representing indigent Black defendants in Bergen County, because when he hung out his shingle they were some of the only clients he could get. He came to specialize in murder cases with psychological defenses: in 1981, Frank pioneered the “battered woman” defense when he won an acquittal for Dorothy Rapp, a housewife who had killed her abusive husband.

The Democrats’ Billionaire Mistake
The Atlantic 11-25-2024
Noah [Redlich] is a second-year law student at Fordham University. I’ve known him since he was 5. At 7 he could tell you the name of every U.S. senator. It wasn’t just a party trick—as he grew older, his interest in politics grew into a strong belief in the Democratic Party’s potential to improve the lives of the working and middle classes.

How Trump wants to cut spending. And, possible Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
NPR 11-26-2024
Black women have been essential when it comes to turning out voters. But after Vice President Harris lost the chance to become the first Black woman president, many Black women organizers say they’re exhausted. Some have decided to step back, and it’s unclear when they’re ready to return. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, says if enough organizers take a step back or rethink some of their past strategies, it could affect U.S. politics.

Fordham University water polo team dreaming of NCAA glory
CBS News 11-18-2024
Fordham Water Polo finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the nation, a feat unheard of for an east coast team, let alone a water polo team in the Bronx. “It’s definitely been a surprise to everybody because nobody expects some team from the Bronx, right on the East Coast, to be up there,” says one of the Fordham Water Polo players.

Trump DA Faces Deadline as New York Hush Money Case in Limbo
Bloomberg Law 11-19-2024
Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law School in New York, said that it is more likely the sentencing in the New York case is postponed until after Trump leaves office, rather than the case being thrown out.

NYC’s Embattled Mayor Embraces Trump in Bid for Warmer Relations
Bloomberg 11-19-2024
“She [Gov. Kathy Hochul] needs Donald Trump to work with her and not be an obstacle,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

Denzel Washington on ‘Gladiator II’ Same-Sex Kiss That Was Cut: ‘Wasn’t a Big Deal’ (Exclusive)
Extra 11-19-2024
Plus, he [Denzel Washington] talked about getting ready to play Othello on Broadway, a role he first acted at 22 as a student at Fordham University. Denzel insisted, “I think I know the part a little better now. I’m looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to the rehearsal.” He added, “Film is a director’s medium, stage is an actor’s medium.”

Is the FAFSA Ready for Prime Time?
Inside Higher Ed 11-20-2024
Brian Ganhoo, assistant vice president for student financial services at Fordham University, said that while his institution wasn’t a partner in the department’s FAFSA testing, the past few weeks have boosted his confidence that this year’s rollout should go smoothly.

Professor Levinson: Elon Musk Must Choose Between Government Role and Control of X
European Center for Populism Studies 11-21-2024
“With this historical perspective in mind, while I am always concerned about new technologies, I don’t believe social media presents an insurmountable threat to democracy. In fact, it cuts both ways. Social media enables lies, fascism, and the suppression of truth, which are central to fascistic systems. At the same time, social media provides a unique platform for individuals to disseminate the truth widely,” said Paul Levinson, professor of communication & media studies at Fordham University.

Rachel Ravel revels in perfect match role as Tzeitel
LA Times 11-22-2024
Rachel Ravel has traveled all over in pursuit of her dream of performing on stage. It took her out of her home state of Texas, saw her attend a performing arts boarding school in Massachusetts and then go to college to study acting at Fordham University in New York.

Staffing News from the Training Team
NPR Extra 11-22-2024
George [Bodarky] is an adjunct professor of journalism at Fordham University and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He’s held leadership positions within public radio, including serving as president of Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (now PMJA), and the New York State Associated Press Association.

The internet is making us inhuman
iainews.com 11-20-2024
What happens when we stop thinking of people as people and start thinking of them as statistics? In an increasingly online world — where many interact with people online more than in real life — the subjective experience of others is being forgotten. In this piece, Nicholas Smyth [associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University]argues that the internet and other modern trends have created a new, modern dysfunction.

CISA’s Internship Program Delivers Outstanding Results in Vulnerability Management
Homeland Security Today 11-20-2024
The interns’ work spanned the entire spectrum of vulnerability management, resulting in notable advancements. Here are some highlights of their contributions: Laura S., from Fordham University, developed an automated tool using Python to parse scanning data, directly update vulnerability findings and optimizing assessment completion times.

Creature of the Night: A Review of “Midnight Rambles: H. P. Lovecraft in Gotham”
The Metropole 11-19-2024
David J. Goodwin [assistant director of the center on religion and culture at Fordham University]deftly unfolds Lovecraft’s attempt to make a place for himself as a writer in New York City. Unable to secure steady work, minimally productive in his writing, and dependent on the generosity of his wife, Lovecraft found life in Manhattan and Brooklyn to be one of constant poverty.

Hard Rock executive licensed by Nevada Gaming Commission as work continues on Las Vegas project
CDC Gaming 11-21-2024
New Jersey native who has a degree in finance from Fordham University, worked in economic consulting for AEG, and was an equity analyst on Wall Street, [Vincent] Zahn got involved in the gaming industry in 2006 as an analyst at Merrill Lynch.

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Consumed: The Real Restaurant Business 11-24-2024
“Fordham University – The students that are there, they love this neighborhood and they love us. We have to take care of them and I think we should be giving them a service.”

How Strong Girls United is teaching girls life lessons through sports
TODAY Show 11-18-2024
Mallory McClellan, a Fordham University student and softball player, works with the girls at C.S. 55 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in the Bronx. Each week’s playbook includes physical and mental exercises. “I hope when we leave that these girls take away a few tangible things like breathing exercises, but more than anything, I hope they just feel more confident in their own skin, willing to try new things, take risks, and go after things that they didn’t think possible,” said McClellan.

Fordham water polo team aims for national title
Fox 5 NY 11-14-2024
Fordham University’s men’s water polo team is making history this year, challenging the West Coast’s dominance in the sport and emerging as the only unbeaten team in the nation. Now, they have their eyes on a national title and putting the Bronx on the map.

‘Dear Ms. Jamison’: A Heartfelt Tribute to Judith Jamison from a Student at The Ailey School
BET 11-11-2024
In this powerful letter, Ailey student Sophia Cooper honors Judith Jamison. She reflects on her profound impact as a trailblazer in dance and Black storytelling and shares how Jamison’s legacy fuels her own journey in the world of dance. Originally from Lexington, KY, Sophia Cooper is in her third year at Fordham University and The Ailey School, double majoring in Dance and American Studies with a concentration in Diversity and Difference.

Jewish Life Stories: Anne Golomb Hoffman, 78, Jewish scholar at a Jesuit university
Jewish Telegraphic Agency 11-13-2024
As a professor of English and Modern Hebrew Literature at Fordham University, the Jesuit university in the Bronx, [Anne Golomb Hoffman’s] specialties included modernist Hebrew writers like S.Y. Agnon, contemporary Israeli fiction, and Freud and psychoanalysis. In the 1990s, she created the annual Nostra Aetate Dialogue, hosting conversations in Jewish-Catholic reconciliation, as well as Fordham’s Jewish Texts Reading Group.

See iconic NYC buildings made of gingerbread in this beautiful exhibition
TimeOut 11-11-2024
Another award-winner was a gingerbread creation of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx by Petroula “Patty” Lambrou of Patty Pops. The design features the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University in a snowy, candy cane-studded scene.

The Watchers: Vatican Experts Explain What Really Happens in ‘Conclave’
The Hollywood Reporter 11-14-2024
“One of the film’s dynamics that does track with a real conclave or College of Cardinals is that a pope never lets on that his health is bad — a pope is never sick until he’s dead — because it would lead to more jockeying. And that’s what you have happen here, where they all start doing that after he dies,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.

Dancer, Choreographer, and Former Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Judith Jamison Dies at 81
Playbill 11-10-2024
While serving as artistic director, Ms. Jamison led the theatre to numerous achievements, including the establishment of its permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance in Manhattan’s West 55th Street; a 50th anniversary world tour to 50 cities; a partnership with Fordham University to offer a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program; and more.

‘Fordham Now’ Reports on ‘Commonweal’ Centennial Benefit Dinner
Commonweal Magazine 11-13-2024
At the dinner, Commonweal honored Fordham president Tania Tetlow — the first woman and lay president of the university — with its Centennial Award.

World Day of Poor: Report shows global poverty efforts have stalled
National Catholic Reporter 11-17-2024
“The main result of this year’s report is that the recovery from the pandemic that we observed last year in reducing the global poverty gap may have stalled,” Henry Schwalbenberg said at the U.N. event announcing the report. Schwalbenberg, an economics and development professor at Fordham University, and his research assistants, led this year’s report.

Judith Jamison: Remembering the Trailblazing Dance Legend
WWD 11-11-2024
The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater now encompasses the Ailey Extension, the Ailey Arts in Education & Community program and the Alvin Ailey B.F.A. program at Fordham University.

Cardinal Cupich: 10 years as archbishop of Chicago
Chicago Catholic 11-13-2024
On Sept. 26, 2023, Cardinal Cupich delivered an address titled “The Bond of Perfection: From a Consistent Ethic of Life to an Integral Ethic of Solidarity,” at Fordham University in New York City. The talk was sponsored by Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture and the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and expanded on “the consistent ethic of life” proposed by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin in a talk delivered at Fordham University 40 years earlier.

Did The Fashion Girlies Predict Trump’s Win? Signs Point To Yes.
HuffPost 11-15-2024
Susan Scafidi, a professor, and founder and director of Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, thinks the re-embrace of thinness has something to do with another, related cultural divide: rich versus poor, rather than conservative versus liberal.

How Kamala Harris and the Democrats lost the 2024 US election
Al Jazeera Up Front 11-15-2024
[To] discuss the fallout of the 2024 U.S. presidential election are Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science and American studies at Fordham University, Katie Halper, journalist and host of The Katie Halper show, Ryan Grim, reporter and co-founder of Drop Site News, and Emma Doyle, former White House principal deputy chief of staff under the Trump Administration.

Fear and Loathing in Politics and Academia
The Vocal Fries Podcast 11-12-2024
Carrie and Megan talk to Dr. Leonard Cassuto, Professor of English at Fordham University, about his class called “Literature and Psychology of Disgust,” which explores how language evokes emotional responses, particularly disgust, and his book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter, which was released in September.

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
US Weekly 11-12-2024
The Fordham University alum’s [Taylor Schilling] performance in the Netflix comedy-drama earned her an Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations across its seven seasons. Schilling has also taken her talents to the big screen, starring in The Lucky One (2012), The Titan (2018) and The Prodigy (2019). She starred in Apple TV+’s Dear Edward in 2023.

Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level
The Nation 11-11-2024
“With Donald Trump’s reelection, the slide toward a dangerously empowered president has reached a moment of reckoning, particularly when it comes to foreign affairs and warfare,” wrote Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.

Episode 265: Dissecting the 2024 Presidential Election
Scholars Strategy Network’s No Jargon Podcast 11-13-2024
In a candid conversation, Dr. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, shares her reflections on the 2024 presidential election as an expert on American politics, Black ethnic politics, and campaigns and elections.

IN SUPERB IRONY, BLACKS, LATINOS HELP PUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE HANDS OF NATIVISTS
South Florida Times 11-14-2024
Fordham University law professor Tanya Katerí Hernández, in her 2023 book “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle For Equality,” points to a similar disconnect between Latino Americans and African Americans, who should be allies. However, she writes, “The ongoing upkeep and silent acceptance of anti-Blackness implicates many other racial and ethnic groups in the United States as well as across the globe.”

Clash of Traumas: Historicizing October 7th
CounterPunch 11-13-2024
In a series of four lectures at Fordham University, Myers and Ibish have turned around Edward Said—who advocated for the Palestinian people with empathy for the genocide suffered by Jews—to acknowledge the trauma experienced by the Palestinians.

Westport Country Playhouse Names Volunteers To Theatre Council
Broadway World 11-14-2024
Sara Robbin is a graduate of Cornell University and Emory Law School. After practicing law for many years at both a large NYC law firm and in-house at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, she found her true passion as a legal writing professor at Fordham Law School. She now has her own company assisting students with college and graduate school admittance essays.

The past few years have left clergy burned out and exhausted. But that can change, say experts.
Nola.com 11-17-2024
“Pastors and priests, people in ministry, people in caring professions, they carry a lot of suffering,” said Mary Beth Werdel, director of the Pastoral Mental Health Counseling program at Fordham University.

Culinary Institute of American elects new board chair
The National Provisioner 11-14-2024
As he began his own career, [Marc] Sarrazin learned the ins and outs of the meat business from his father while securing his business bona fides, earning his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

Dramaturg Morgan Jenness Has Died
Playbill 11-14-2024
[Morgan] Jenness fully served on the faculty at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, Pace University, and Columbia University School of The Arts, where they taught theatre history and adaptation.

Judith Jamison, legendary artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, dies at 81
The New Pittsburgh Courier 11-14-2024
Following Ailey’s death in 1989, Jamison took over as the artistic director of his company, steering it through a period of profound growth and establishing its first permanent home, the Joan Weill Center for Dance. She also founded a partnership with Fordham University, creating a joint Bachelor of Fine Arts program to support a multicultural dance curriculum.

Local artist brings public art project, “Pulse of NY,” to the Bronx and beyond
Bronx Times 11-13-2024
During a stop at the Arthur Avenue Retail Market, [Cherie] Corso told the Bronx Times that she makes a point to roll out the canvases at all hours of the day and night, in different neighborhoods and environments, from subway stations to college campuses (most recently Fordham University) to markets, shops and events.

‘Fordham Now’ Reports on ‘Commonweal’ Centennial Benefit Dinner
Commonweal Magazine 11-13-2024
At the dinner, Commonweal honored Fordham president Tania Tetlow — the first woman and lay president of the university — with its Centennial Award.

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Adds Seven New Members to Its Advisory Board
Smithsonian 11-12-2024
Based in the United States and Africa, these new members are global leaders in sectors such as entrepreneurship, philanthropy, financial services and higher education. Continuing members include: Gay McDougall, distinguished scholar-in-residence at the Leitner Center on International Law and Justice of Fordham University Law School

Denzel Washington Teases His Retirement Amid Possible ‘Black Panther 3’ Role
Yahoo! News 11-12-2024
Incidentally, [Denzel] Washington’s upcoming turns in both the Othello stage show and the big screen production are nods to his start in acting. After first attending Texas Tech University and Fordham University in the 70s for their sports programs, he pivoted to Drama and Journalism, earning a BA in the latter course in 1977.

WAHS celebrate record-setting 13 student-athletes heading to DI programs
CBS 19 News 11-13-2024
Like many high schools across the area, it was a day of celebration at Western Albemarle as a record-setting 13 student-athletes signed to Division I programs on Wednesday. Here’s a full list of all 13 signees. Congratulations to all of them: Richard Wang (swimming) – Fordham University.

Ella Montgomery and Adrianna Richardson Commit to Swim in College Next Year
WDEA 11-14-2024
A pair of Ellsworth Eagles will be swimming for college programs next year, after Ella Montgomery and Adrianna Richardson committed to swim for Fordham University and St. Michael’s College respectively. Montgomery signed to attend Division 1 Fordham University, in the Bronx.

Making A Difference: Prepares students for PSAT, SAT, and ACT exams and scholarship opportunities.
V103 iHeart Radio 11-18-2024
Many of Scholar Ready’s students have earned academic scholarships, including full rides to Mississippi Valley State University, Fordham University, Texas A & M University, and the University of Houston-Clear Lake.