We are kicking off this year's lecture series, as we always do, with heroic tales from second-year students' summer internships. Please come and learn about their adventures and what opportunities are available for students. This summer, our students interned at the United Nations Development Program, Santander, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Join us for a lunchtime talk with UCLA Law professor James Park, author of the forthcoming book The Valuation Treadmill: How Securities Fraud Threatens the Integrity of Public Companies, who will discuss the history of securities fraud regulation from the 1960s until the present. Public companies now face constant pressure to meet investor expectations. The
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Ebenezer Obadare, a Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, he was a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He is also a senior fellow at the New York University School
We are kicking off this year’s lecture series with heroic tales from some sophomores’ summer internships. Please come and learn about their adventures and what opportunities are available for students. This summer, our students interned at the United Nations Development Program, Santander, the International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and more!
This virtual conversation will address the recent influx of buses from the U.S.-Mexican border to the NYC area. The event will feature Mary Owens, director of 30th Street Assessment, and Jario Gúzman, president of the Mexican Coalition. Zoom Info https://fordham.zoom.us/j/81315935539 Webinar ID: 813 1593 5539
Join us for a conversation with Murad Awahdeh, PCS ‘19, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, on coalition building across different immigrant communities in New York.
A climate catastrophe can be avoided, but only with rapid and sustained investment in companies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To the surprise of many, this has already begun. Investors are abandoning fossil-fuel companies and other polluting industries and financing businesses offering climate solutions. Rising risks, evolving social norms, government policies, and technological
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Adil Najam, Ph.D. (عادل نجم), the inaugural dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, which was founded in 2014 with a generous gift from BU alumnus Frederick S. Pardee. He is also a professor of international relations
Nick Geiser, FCRH '17, will present, “What good is string theory? The Math & Physics of Strings." String theory is the most promising candidate for the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity in a mathematically consistent framework. Moreover, string theory is a well-established conceptual and computational tool that has been applied to a wide range
Merger arbitrage, or merger arb, is the investment specialty focused on investing in announced mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, and other corporate reorganizations. It is a practice that combines math, judgment, and a keen understanding of various legal, regulatory, and industry dynamics. How do these arbitrageurs practice their craft? What skills do they require? What frameworks do
Marc N. Conte is an associate professor in the economics department at Fordham University and a faculty research fellow at New York University. He was a visiting associate professor at the Yale School of the Environment in the spring of 2020. Prior to his arrival at Fordham, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Stanford
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the next episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity. The broadcast will be livestreamed and open to all who
Join us for a conversation with Linda McClain about her book Who’s the Bigot? Learning from Conflicts over Marriage and Civil Rights Law. Talking productively about race is a central problem in our divided nation. While some celebrate diversity and inclusion, others feel excluded and fear being tarred as bigots. The hope spawned by Barack
Join us for a Council on Foreign Relations Academic Conference Call with Yascha Mounk, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, a contributing editor at the Atlantic, and the founder of Persuasion. Known for his work on the rise of populism
Completion of this class will result in the receipt of three (3) continuing education hours. Approximately 2.7 million grandparents in the United States are raising their grandchildren without a parent present, with the majority raised only by the grandmother. The proportions of these grandparents are highest among Black, Hispanic, and Native-American families. Data from New
A growing chorus of economists and politicians is demanding a new paradigm to create a global economy for the common good. In his recent book Cathonomics, Anthony M. Annett unites insights in economics with those from theology, philosophy, climate science, and psychology, exposing the failures of neoliberalism while offering us a new model rooted in
William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor (March 2014); The White
