The Top 50 Undergraduate Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2025
Entrepreneur Magazine 11-12-2024
38) Fordham University (#5 Northeast): Fordham’s undergraduate offerings are open to all students on campus without regard to major or background. This is true for both the curricular and co-curricular offerings. Thus, there is robust interaction in our entrepreneurial ecosystem between people with all kinds of interests and goals.
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.
