PRESIDENT TETLOW
One-on-One with Steve Adubato Features Fordham President Tania Tetlow
PBS THIRTEEN 12-10-2022
Tania Tetlow, President of Fordham University, talks with Steve Adubato about her role as Fordham’s first female president, and ways to meet the pressing challenges facing higher education.
CLIPS OF THE WEEK
ANAND PADMANABHAN
Future of IT in Higher Education
Education Technology Insights 12-14-2022
“Presidents of universities who are progressive thinkers, like where I work, bring the CIO into strategic conversations. Not the proverbial seat at the table but meetings discussing the university’s strategic imperatives. Alarmingly, many universities still consider their CIOs as their ‘nuts and bolts’ persons,” said Anand Padmanabhan, vice president and chief information officer at Fordham.
FRANK ZAMBRELLI
Are Mushrooms the Future of Alternative Leather?
The New York Times 12-13-2022
But that number may be too low, according to Frank Zambrelli, the executive director of the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham University in New York, as well as a managing director at the consulting firm Accenture. “I sincerely believe they are not accurately reflecting market and consumer interest in the category, nor the advances in the technology and quality of the products emerging,” he said.
LEO GUARDADO
After 50 years, ‘liberation theology’ is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?
The Conversation 12-13-2022
“It isn’t often that theology makes headlines. But for the past 50 years, a way of thinking about God and poverty has been doing just that: liberation theology,” wrote Leo Guardado, assistant professor of theology.
ADMINISTRATORS
ANAND PADMANABHAN
Future of IT in Higher Education
Education Technology Insights 12-14-2022
“Presidents of universities who are progressive thinkers, like where I work, bring the CIO into strategic conversations. Not the proverbial seat at the table but meetings discussing the university’s strategic imperatives. Alarmingly, many universities still consider their CIOs as their “nuts and bolts” persons,” said Anand Padmanabhan, vice president and chief information officer at Fordham.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Carnegie Mellon, Fordham Partner On Software Compliance
Law360 12-09-2022
Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science announced on Thursday that it has teamed up with Fordham University’s Law School to study new ways to make software legally compliant and responsibly developed earlier in the design process.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
FRANK ZAMBRELLI
Are Mushrooms the Future of Alternative Leather?
The New York Times 12-13-2022
But that number may be too low, according to Frank Zambrelli, the executive director of the Responsible Business Coalition at Fordham University in New York, as well as a managing director at the consulting firm Accenture. “I sincerely believe they are not accurately reflecting market and consumer interest in the category, nor the advances in the technology and quality of the products emerging,” he said.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
BRUCE GREEN
Justice best served by leaving intact a conflicted judge’s ruling: 5th Circuit
Reuters 12-09-2022
But Arthur Hellman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Bruce Green of Fordham University School of Law said the 5th Circuit seems to have considered competing interests, including the consequences to the judicial system of relitigating a case that was correctly dismissed.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
CHRISTINA GREER
Women Were on the Front Lines of 2022’s Battle for Democracy
MSNBC 12-14-2022
2022 saw a wave of women protesting for their freedoms. Even countries like Iran, in the midst of violent crackdowns, thousands of arrests, and some executions, they’re showing no sign of slowing down. Fordham University professor Christina Greer and foreign policy analyst Rula Jebreal join Mehdi to weigh in.
CHRISTINA GREER
Op-Ed: What is the future of Black politics?
New York Amsterdam News 12-15-2022
“With the ascendance of Representative Hakeem Jeffries as the incoming House Minority leader, a first for an African American in the history of our nation, I am curious about what gains can be made for Black people under our current system,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham.
ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU, THOMAS MASSARO, S.J.
What Catholic and Orthodox churches have to say about the war in Ukraine
National Catholic Reporter 12-14-2022
Fordham University theology professor Aristotle “Telly” Papanikolaou concurred, arguing that war raises more questions than those addressed by the just war tradition.
Jesuit Fr. Thomas Massaro, also from Fordham, took up the adage that “wars rush history” and focused on six discrete areas in which the war in Ukraine has created a new sense of crisis: environmental, economic, geopolitical, humanitarian, cultural and religious.
LEO GUARDADO
After 50 years, ‘liberation theology’ is still reshaping Catholicism and politics – but what is it?
The Conversation 12-13-2022
“It isn’t often that theology makes headlines. But for the past 50 years, a way of thinking about God and poverty has been doing just that: liberation theology,” wrote Leo Guardado, assistant professor of theology.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
What the Newly Released Jobs Numbers and Interest Rate Hike Mean – Audio Unavailable
KCBS 12-14-2022
“We shouldn’t be too quick to celebrate. This is good news, but we have to remember that when you see that overall, price levels are 7% higher than they were last year, what we’re looking at is a more expensive holiday for everyone,” said Giacomo Santangelo, economics lecturer at Fordham University.
BETH KNOBEL
Russia and Iran Appear to be Strengthening Ties – Audio Unavailable
WCBS 12-09-2022
Fordham University Russia expert Beth Knobel: “It would be completely credible that the Russians are looking around for more weapons in general, and for missiles in particular, and would be happy to buy them from Iran if they had them for sale.”
CHRISTINA GREER
Op-Ed: Alvin Ailey is here
New York Amsterdam News 12-08-2022
“The communal experience of seeing some of the most talented dancers of our lifetime is incredible and worth every penny,” wrote Christina Greer, Ph.D., an associate professor at Fordham University; author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream; and co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC and host of The Blackest Questions podcast at TheGrio.
ATHLETICS
Fordham Men’s Basketball Impresses Commentators
New England Sports Network 12-09-2022
What about those Fordham Rams? They are as hot as anybody in the league and certainly appear like they may be better than 11th best.
STUDENTS
JORDAN GOMES
Sandy Hook 10 years later: What has changed and what hasn’t
ABC 7 12-14-2022
Now a sophomore at fordham university, Jordan [Gomes] is an eloquent gun violence prevention activist. “The biggest thing that I have learned is, there is no progress without hope for change and the want for it. The solutions are there as long as we look for them genuinely and we work towards them,” Gomes said.
JORDAN GOMES
Sandy Hook School Shooting Survivor Reflects on 10-year Anniversary – Audio Unavailable
WNPR 12-12-2022
Jordan Gomes climbed a rope in the gym in the moments before 20 children and six educators were killed. Jordan, just 9 years old, a fourth-grader. She’s now a sophomore at Fordham University in the Bronx, and she now advocates against the type of gun violence that’s changed her life.
ALUMNI
JENNIFER SAILER
Top 50 Women Leaders of New York for 2022
Women We Admire 12-12-2022
Jennifer Sailer is a sports marketing leader with a career spanning marketing, media, and sponsorship, driving business for Xerox, Tribune Publishing and the NBA. She also is a graduate of Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business where she received her MBA.
MARYSA CHIU
Top 50 Women Leaders of New York for 2022
Women We Admire 12-12-2022
Marysa Chiu is the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Integra LifeSciences where she has responsibility for the development and implementation of Integra’s global diversity and inclusion strategy. She graduated with a master’s degree in cognitive studies from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree in psychology and communications from Fordham University.
FRANCELIS GONZALEZ-PEREZ
How social workers have become a ‘game-changer’ for CT police departments
New Haven Register 12-11-2022
At a celebration of the project’s early successes in April, program leaders noted the heroics of ECSU alumna Francelis Gonzalez-Perez [GSS ‘22], a graduate student from Fordham University who worked with Norwich police.
KEI KOMURO
This Royal Saga Has a Surprise Ending
The New York Times 12-11-2022
Mr. Komuro, who already had a Japanese degree in business law, received a scholarship to attend Fordham University’s law school.
ERIC TEITLEBAUM
A Social Worker’s Foundation
The Hollywood Times 12-12-2022
Eric Teitlebaum is a 31 year old clinician with a master’s degree in Social Work from Fordham University. I was able to find out how he uses entertainment to find common ground and gain insight into how he connects with people.
JEN SAWYER
Heroes of the Ignatian Tradition: Margaret Silf
Jesuit News 12-12-2022
“Similarly to Silf, Ignatian spirituality was not something on my radar until I first encountered the Jesuits as an undergraduate at Fordham University,” wrote Jen Sawyer, editor-in-chief of Busted Halo.
OBITUARIES
Sander Flaum, agency-world veteran, 85
Pharma marketing legend Sander Flaum dies
Medical Marketing & Media 12-12-2022
He also served on the board of directors for The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, The James Cancer Center at the OSU Medical Center and the Fordham University Graduate School of Business.
