The iconic ‘Hippo Ballerina’ sculpture is now on display inside a Lincoln Center sculpture garden
TimeOut 02-06-2025
One of the most beloved sculptures to ever be on display in New York, Bjørn Okholm Skaarup’s iconic “Hippo Ballerina” has currently set up residence in Fordham University’s outdoor sculpture garden across the street from the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
The Sculpture Walk was also mentioned in W42ST, Secret NYC, and 6sqft.
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.
