MBA Ranking 2025: business school profiles
The Financial Times 02-16-2025
Biggest riser: Fordham: Gabelli – Fordham climbs 22 places to 78th. Alumni reported significant improvements in the teaching of financial, communication and project management skills. Their experience aligns with the school’s rise up the MBA ranking this year. Fordham improved its placings in all but eight categories, with at least a 20-place increase in four — most notably for sector diversity, which is based on where students worked before starting their MBA.
See additional mentions of the 2025 Global MBA Rankings in Poets&Quants and Clear Admit.
Fordham Law center supports part-time, evening J.D. program with gift from alumnus law firm
National Jurist 02-15-2025
Fordham University School of Law unveiled the Urquhart Learning Center in October 2024, established with a gift from the law firm of alumnus Bill Urquhart (’78), who passed away in 2019 at the age of 72. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP’s gift to Fordham Law will support part-time, evening J.D. students with scholarships and financial aid, health and well-being support, experiential learning opportunities and programming.
After 25 Years of Triumphs and Troubles, a Ballerina Bids Farewell
The New York Times 02-12-2025
In the years since that “Firebird” when, she said, “I didn’t know anything,” [Ashley] Bouder became one of the company’s most visible ballerinas — she also earned a double degree in political science and organizational leadership from Fordham University; married and had a child (her daughter, Violet, 8, is a student at School of American Ballet); and embraced being a feminist, speaking out about injustices in the ballet world.
A GOP U.S. Attorney Does the Right Thing in Eric Adams’ Corruption Case
U.S. News & World Report 02-14-2025
“The best hope is that lower-level lawyers will follow the lead of principled prosecutors like Sassoon by doing their jobs in the tradition that Robert Jackson articulated so well. That means declining to follow directions that are improper and resigning in protest if necessary,” 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 U.S. News & World Report.
This article was picked up by MSN.
New book explores how Catholics experience the Bible
Catholic World Report 02-15-2025
Fordham University theology professor Michael Peppard shares an interesting anecdote about when he and his publisher were trying to find the right title for his new book. An editor suggested his book about Catholic biblical interpretation could be called How Catholics Read the Bible.
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance
The Associated Press 02-11-2025
David Gibson, director of the center for religion and culture at Fordham University, said in a social media post that Francis’ letter “takes aim at every single absurd theological claim by JD Vance and his allies in conservative Catholicism (and the Catholic electorate). … This is the pope also directly countering misinformation about the Catholic faith that is being expounded by the Catholic vice president,” he added to The Associated Press. “And it is the pope supporting the bishops as well.”
This article was picked up by MSN, ABC, and New York Daily News, and Gibson was also quoted about Francis’ letter in The Guardian (MSN), Metro (MSN), Newsweek, and Raw Story.
NY Mayor Eric Adams faces tough reelection even if charges dropped
Reuters 02-11-2025
Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, says any polling at this juncture should not be given too much weight and believes that Adams still has a chance to regain the support he needs to survive the primary. “In politics you are not dead until you are literally dead, so Eric Adams is still very much in this,” Greer said.
This article was picked up by MSN.
Guantánamo is a legal black hole. What rights do immigrants have there?
Vox 02-16-2025
“That puts it in a different legal paradigm,” said Karen J. Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law. “That sets up a whole new system that they’re going to have to create and it remains to be seen how any of these laws that would protect migrants would apply.” There’s no precedent for this legal situation.
This article was picked up by MSN.
Fordham Law center supports part-time, evening J.D. program with gift from alumnus law firm
National Jurist 02-15-2025
Fordham University School of Law unveiled the Urquhart Learning Center in October 2024, established with a gift from the law firm of alumnus Bill Urquhart (’78), who passed away in 2019 at the age of 72. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP’s gift to Fordham Law will support part-time, evening J.D. students with scholarships and financial aid, health and well-being support, experiential learning opportunities and programming.
Many Want Hochul to Force Adams From Office. She Isn’t Rushing.
The New York Times 02-14-2025
Jerry H. Goldfeder, a longtime election lawyer who teaches at Fordham Law School, said in an interview that Mr. Roosevelt allowed Mr. Walker “free rein” to call witnesses and introduce evidence to defend himself. If Ms. Hochul were to play this card, he said, she would be on firm ground so long as Mr. Adams was given clear reasons for his removal and the chance to offer a defense.
Kanye West’s Yeezy Site Now Has ‘Stores Coming Soon’ Message
Women’s Wear Daily 02-13-2025
Susan Scafidi, founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, said that while unlike in Germany, “it is legal in the U.S. to sell items that use the swastika to advocate Nazism, the T-shirts may have violated Shopify’s ‘Acceptable Use Policy,’ which prohibits actions that ‘breach the social contract of commerce,’ including advocating violence against specific groups.”
A GOP U.S. Attorney Does the Right Thing in Eric Adams’ Corruption Case
U.S. News & World Report 02-14-2025
“The best hope is that lower-level lawyers will follow the lead of principled prosecutors like Sassoon by doing their jobs in the tradition that Robert Jackson articulated so well. That means declining to follow directions that are improper and resigning in protest if necessary,” 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 U.S. News & World Report.
This article was picked up by MSN.
How to Rescue Your Slumping Humanities Program
The Chronicle of Higher Education 02-11-2025
“Rescuing the humanities isn’t going to be easy. Every department could identify its own strengths and devise a plan for how to translate those commitments into a community that attracts students. The English department at Wash U. shows it can be done,” wrote Leonard Cassuto, professor of English at Fordham University.
Hagan Scotten, lead Adams’ prosecutor, resigns telling DOJ only a ‘coward’ will follow order to drop case
New York Daily News 02-14-202
Former Manhattan federal prosecutor and Fordham Law School professor Bruce Green, who heads the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics’, on Friday said Bove’s memo to drop the case was “abusive” and that Sassoon had made the right choice. “One can only conclude that the decision was made for improper partisan political reasons. Prosecutors are not permitted to prosecute, threaten to prosecute, or decline to prosecute, to serve partisan political ends,” Green said.
New York City shoppers call price of eggs ‘ridiculous’ amid rising prices
News 12 Bronx 02-10-2025
But an economics professor at Fordham University [Giacomo Santangelo] says he doesn’t think that’s the case. “I think we are actually seeing them passing the increase in their costs on to the consumer.” He says this is about supply and demand. He adds until the bird flu is under control, egg prices will reflect that.
Why do Black voters currently seem to prefer Andrew Cuomo over Eric Adams?
City & State New York 02-10-2025
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said that while the former governor makes a point of maintaining his relationships with the Black community, the concerted effort to remind voters about his record has not begun. “We do have short political memories, but we have not seen ads reminding voters about how he handled nursing homes or his allegations about sexual behavior and conduct,” Greer said.
PA Shoppers Spend Bigger Share Of Paychecks On Groceries Than Most Northeast States: Study
Daily Voice 02-17-2025
“Often, folks think there is this magic formula or Harry Potter-esque Patronus spell that can resolve our high cost of living expenses (especially groceries) with a swoop of the Elder Wand,” said Fordham University business professor Mario DiFiore. “As we said in The Bronx, where I grew up, ‘It is not happening.'”
Grocery Costs in Florida: How Much Are Residents Spending?
Central Florida Lifestyle Magazine 02-13-2025
“In short, slow thinking, what I will call mindfulness in decision-making allows us to leave those purchasing biases behind and focus…on what is needed with an eye to inexpensiveness, less waste, more nutrition, and real needs satisfied,” Mario J. DiFiore, PhD, Senior Assistant Dean; Chairman, SMF Investment Fund; Finance and Business Economics Faculty, Fordham University said.
Rev. Al Sharpton To Host Summit Concerning NYC Mayor Eric Adams
NewsOne 02-13-2025
“A potential loss of Al Sharpton is huge because you don’t want him against you,” Fordham University political science professor Dr. Christina Greer said. ” He’s an organizer, a brilliant one at that, and has been for a very long time, and knows all five boroughs of New York City. But he also has a very strong, active, loyal collection of people who really do listen and respect his political analysis.”
New home for osprey birds being built in Eastchester Bay
Bronx Times 02-18-2025
Fordham University is building a new waterfront facility near Villa Maria Academy in Eastchester Bay, which will include a designated nesting site for ospreys returning from South America this spring. The project’s first phase—rebuilding a dock that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2010—is nearing completion and is expected to be finished in the coming weeks.
New ways to CPA
Accounting Today 02-04-2025
“What was a boondoggle beginning for the schools has flipped around because the customer goes elsewhere,” said Stan Veliotis, associate professor and chair of accounting and tax at Fordham University. “At the beginning, the customer had to come to you because you were the only one selling this product. Then they realized, ‘You know what, I could just substitute this with something else,’ and that’s what’s happening.”
