Pope Leo marks one year as leader of the Catholic Church
CBS News 05-08-2026
“The most surprising thing about his election was the fact that he is an American citizen. And so people immediately speculated, what does this mean? What were the 133 cardinal electors thinking about appointing a pope from the same country as that is the superpower in the world? Nobody thought that would ever happen. In the days since then, I see that issue as having kind of faded away” said Father Thomas Massaro, professor of Moral Theology from Fordham University.
Ted Turner’s vision of news as global and continuous changed both the industry and society itself
The Associated Press 05-06-2026
“Shuttle launches were just kind of routine and the broadcast networks weren’t even covering them anymore,” says [Beth] Knobel, who worked for CBS News in the 1990s and now teaches journalism at Fordham University. “CNN did. So when things went so tragically wrong, there they were on top of the story like no one else.”
This article was picked up by 169 outlets.
Proposed AI Evidentiary Rules Punted Due to Lack of Consensus
Bloomberg Law 05-08-2026
The Innocence Project and other outside stakeholders have urged the committee to proceed. And Fordham University School of Law professor and reporter for the committee, Daniel Capra, cited examples of cases where AI evidence has presented problems for courts.
Making a podcast helped one family talk about aging, dementia and death
NPR 05-07-2026
Colby McCaskill was visiting from New York, where he’s finishing up his senior year at Fordham University. He grabbed a gold colored pencil and joined them. “How long have you been working on this coloring book?” he asked his grandmother. “A lot of time,” she said, laughing. “I love doing it.” This is not what past visits used to look like, when his grandparents would color with him. Now, his grandparents are aging and changing. Caregiving roles are shifting. To deal with all those feelings, Colby made what he calls an audio letter to his grandfather. Dear Papa, the epistolary begins, “It’s hard to admit because it feels like there’s no solution, but I really wish you and Grammy weren’t growing so old.”
Colby McCaskill was announced as the Grand Prize Winner in the NPR College Podcast Challenge.
15 Celebrities Giving Commencement Speeches This Year
People Magazine 05-09-2026
Although Hoda Kotb was raised and attended college in Virginia, she has called New York City home through her decades-long career with NBC and the Today show. One of the Big Apple’s largest universities, Fordham University, chose Kotb to deliver the 2026 commencement speech on Edwards Parade in the Bronx on May 16. Prior to her remarks at Fordham, Kotb spoke at the 2016 Tulane University ceremony.
New Doc The American Experiment Marks The Nation’s 250th Anniversary
Tudum 05-05-2026
Netflix is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States with a five‑part historical documentary, The American Experiment, featuring former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, among many others. Who is interviewed in The American Experiment? There are over 60 public figures and politicians interviewed throughout the series. The complete list, as provided by Netflix, includes: Saul Cornell — professor of history, Fordham University; author of The Other Founders.
Catholic social teaching says all work is good for us—paid or unpaid.
America Magazine 05-04-2026
The theologian Christine Firer Hinze of Fordham University urges us to consider our need for two kinds of rest: rest-amid and rest-apart. The former describes the refreshment we might find while working, perhaps in an experience of flow or completing the stress cycle. The restorative downtime my friend Jane experiences doing cross-stitch is rest-amid, an example of the way work (unpaid work in this case) can be good for us.
Priest discusses first year of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy
Spectrum News NY1 05-12-2026
During an interview on “News All Day”, Father Thomas Massaro, a professor of moral theology at Fordham University, told NY1’s Shannan Ferry that the pope’s relationship with the president is not surprising. “Every pope opposes just about every war,” Massaro said. “For the most part, Leo does not want to engage in verbal warfare and he’s been actually quite careful with his words, unlike the president.”
A year into papacy, Leo finds his ‘clarion voice’
Reuters 05-06-2026
David Gibson, a Vatican expert and academic at Fordham University, said Leo will address universal values and not just Trump or any other specific leader. “If a particular leader feels attacked by Leo’s words, maybe that is their problem and not the pope’s,” said Gibson.
This article was picked up by 57 outlets.
buildOn Founder Jim Ziolkowski To Address Fordham Gabelli School Of Business 2026 Graduates
The Bronx Times 05-11-2026
On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, Jim Ziolkowski, founder, president, and CEO of buildOn, will address members of the Class of 2026, their families, and friends during Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business Graduate Diploma Ceremony.The ceremony, which will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Rose Hill Gymnasium on Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, will celebrate the achievements of 721 graduate degree candidates.
“Lululemon Secures Trademark for ‘Lululemon Dupe’”
Wellington Post 05-05-2026
Notably, there are no records of a similar trademark registration on the Canadian Trademarks Database as of the latest update. This strategic move by Lululemon, according to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute and a professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York, is a proactive measure to safeguard the brand from imitation products, commonly referred to as “dupes.”
He didn’t think he’d see past 16. Now he’s saving lives with a beat.
Chalkbeat New York 05-11-2026
Hall was taught the principles of using rap as therapy from his late mentor, Fordham University professor Edgar Tyson who coined the term “Hip Hop Therapy.” Tyson served as Hall’s advisor at the school’s graduate program in social work.
Tampa Bay Rays Doing ‘What The Game Is Dictating’ During Hot Streak
Forbes 05-05-2026
The 35-year-old [Nick] Martinez was signed as a free agent at the start of spring training with a one-year pact that guaranteed a team-high $13 million after spending the previous two seasons with the Reds. The Miami native and Fordham University product is 3-1 with a 1.71 ERA that is good for third in the American League.
A BYU dean wrote in support of a man charged with child sex abuse crimes. It’s not an isolated case.
The Salt Lake Tribune 05-07-2026
Bruce Green, who teaches legal ethics at Fordham University’s law school, said that those who know a defendant and have truthful information should be encouraged to bring that information to a judge — including church leaders. “It is wholly inappropriate,” he said, “for prosecutors, who are supposed to serve the public interest, to induce church leaders to withdraw letters sent to the sentencing judge if those letters are truthful, as presumably the church leaders’ letters are.”
When Latter-day Saint bishops write letters for criminal defendants, some Utah County prosecutors alert the church’s law firm
The Salt Lake Tribune 05-09-2026
Bruce Green, who teaches legal ethics at Fordham University’s law school, said that it is “wholly inappropriate” for prosecutors to induce church leaders to withdraw letters that may have valuable information that a judge should consider at sentencing. “If a defense lawyer engaged in analogous conduct — for example, inducing a witness not to give truthful testimony — prosecutors would be up in arms,” he said. “They would accuse the defense lawyer of professional misconduct, and perhaps even accuse the defense lawyer of obstruction of justice.”
Fordham University Provost and SVP for Academic Affairs Dennis C. Jacobs will head BC reaccreditation team
Boston College News 05-09-2026
Fordham University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dennis C. Jacobs will lead the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) committee that will visit Boston College next year as part of the University’s reaccreditation process.
AI Is Reshaping Advisor Exams: SEC Roundup
ThinkAdvisor 05-09-2026
In this episode, Morgan and Zaccaro sit down with Stan Yakov — law professor at Fordham Law School, formerly with Citadel, and founder of RegLabs AI — to explore how AI is reshaping regulatory examinations and enforcement, and what advisors need to know. Yakov, whose firm applies what he calls a “Moneyball meets regulation” approach — drawing on 25 years of enforcement data, rulemaking, speeches, and guidance from 300 global regulators — explains how AI can help advisors anticipate exam hot spots, including gaps between what regulators say they prioritize and what they actually enforce.
NAACP Sues Tennessee to Block New Congressional Map
Archdye 05-11-2026
Here’s a deliberate strategy to fragment Black voting power,” said Michael Waldman, a constitutional law professor at Fordham University and former counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “When you take a district that’s been reliably Black for 50 years and split it into three, you’re not just changing the map—you’re changing the calculus of who gets to lead.”
Pope Leo XIV appoints Jesuit priest as bishop of Honolulu
EWTN News 05-06-2026
[Father Michael T.] Castori has earned several academic degrees, including a bachelor’s degree in classics from Harvard University in 1982, a master of divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 1998, and a doctorate in Near Eastern religions from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008. He also received a licentiate in sacred theology from Fordham University in 2009.
Castori’s appointment was also noted in OSV News, America Magazine, National Catholic Register, Catholic World Report, Hawaii Catholic Herald, and The Dialog.
Vatican Publishes ‘Emerging Issues’ Report On Engaging With The Gays
Daily Caller 05-06-2026
However, the man said that he received a “breath of fresh air” after attending Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York City, where he said the faculty and students in the school’s theology department were “overwhelmingly supportive of LGBTQ people, and the department itself was around 1/3 LGBTQ.”
Lincoln Center Breaks Ground to Transform Its West Side, Increasing Welcome and Access to Campus
Lincoln Center 05-11-2026
“Fordham University is excited to see Lincoln Center’s visionary initiative come to life! The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Lincoln Center West Initiative will transform their campus into a welcoming urban oasis that all New Yorkers can be inspired by and enjoy. This is a truly extraordinary project and we applaud Dr. Mariko Silver for her leadership and Lincoln Center’s commitment to community,” said Travis Proulx, Vice President of External Affairs, Fordham University.
