Francesco Ciabattoni will explore how Dante’s Divine Comedy draws from medieval musical traditions and continues to inspire contemporary musicians. His critical discussion of the poem will be accompanied by musical samples and performances—ranging from Gregorian chant and polyphony to rock ballads and pop songs—with Gianpiero Antonazzo (guitar) and Roberta Berzero (voice).
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Ernesto (Trey) Feliciano, Physics Major, FCRH 2026 will present: "Mucin and Polyvinylpyrrolidone Solutions Affect E. coli Motility" Abstract: Knowledge about how bacteria move through viscoelastic media can be helpful in understanding how they move through medical solutions using such media or move through mucus to infect humans. Previous research has been conducted on how they
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Delasia Rice is a career development professional with over 10 years of experience, specializing in supporting graduate students, particularly those in the Graduate School of Education and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences programs, as well as students applying to or navigating graduate school. She will talk about resumes, networking and interviews. |
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The Fordham community is invited to a film screening of Taking a Chance on God followed by a panel discussion, featuring: Brendan Fay, Filmmaker Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D., co-founder of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual Jason Steidl Jack, Ph.D., St. Joseph’s University, author of LGBTQ Catholic Ministry: Past and Present Bryan N. |
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This presentation will cover a range of issues that arise when mental health professionals conduct evaluations for Immigration Court. The nature and focus of forensic mental health evaluations in the context of Immigration Court proceedings will be discussed in order to set a framework for understanding the roles that psychologist (and other mental health professionals) |
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Íñigo Casares Pérez is the U.S. Education Coordinator at the Kino Border Initiative, where he has worked since 2023 after first serving as a volunteer. In his role, he designs and facilitates educational experiences that present border realities from a Global South perspective, accompanying groups in deep reflection about migration and justice. Grounded in his
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Join us for a book launch of Robert Sommer’s new book, The Concentration Camp Brothels, published by Fordham University Press. In this seminal work, Robert Sommer reveals the hidden horrors of sexual forced labor within the SS camp system, a subject long overshadowed and seldom acknowledged in the discourse on the Holocaust. Through his rigorous |
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William Rehg, S.J., has joined Fordham as the St. Ignatius Loyola Chair in the philosophy department for the 2025-2026 academic year. He is the author of Insight and Solidarity: The Discourse Ethics of Jürgen Habermas (1994) and Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas (2009). More recently, he has written on |
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Meet playwright Dominique Morisseau, Fordham’s new Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre, at her talk titled “Art as Righteous Indignation.” Morisseau’s talk will touch upon her personal experiences as an artist. In her words: “I once had to admit to a mentor that I wasn't the charming, obedient, teacher's pet that she may have thought I |
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Andrew M. Simons, Ph.D., associate professor of economics, is an applied microeconomist focusing on research questions that have important policy implications for developing countries. These questions include: (1) understanding barriers to the adoption of health and welfare-improving technologies, (2) evaluating scalable programs and policies with the potential to minimize human suffering, such as social protection
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Please join us for the NYC premiere of the documentary film Tiananmen Tonight, which looks back at CBS News' coverage of the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. The film explores the role that news media play in covering breaking news and bearing witness to world events. The screening will be followed |
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The Theology Department's upcoming 16th Annual Burunat Memorial Lecture will take place on Sunday, October 19th, beginning with a reception at 4 p.m., the lecture at 4:45 pm, followed by a buffet dinner at 6 p.m. This year's lecture, entitled "Rest and Restfulness: Recovering an Essential Power for Navigating Our Wind-Tossed Times," and delivered by |
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This October marks 60 years since the Second Vatican Council adopted the historic Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, called Nostra Aetate. Nostra Aetate is best known for revisiting and reforming the long history of Catholic misrepresentation and mistreatment of Jews and provided a baseline for Catholic interreligious engagement in the |
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Zeke Mohammed, FCRH 2026, Engineering Physics Major, will present "Meson Mass Calculations in Lattice QCD Using SU(2) Gauge Theory". Abstract: Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) describes the strong nuclear force but becomes strongly coupled at low energies where perturbative methods fail. Lattice QCD resolves this by discretizing spacetime into a finite grid, transforming the quantum field theory
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Maria Abreu, Director of Development of the Pikesville Armory Foundation, shares the efforts of the Pikesville Armory Foundation in reshaping their community. Originally from Dominican Republic, Maria is a bilingual professional with 20+ years of experience in the nonprofit and international organizations world, excelling at fostering strategic partnerships, fundraising, project management, planning, creative thinking, and
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Maria Abreu, director of development of the Pikesville Armory Foundation, is a bilingual professional originally from the Dominican Republic, with over 20 years of experience in nonprofit and international organizations, excelling at fostering strategic partnerships, fundraising, project management, planning, creative thinking, and socioeconomic research. An economist from PUCMM-Santo Domingo/DR, she holds two Master's degrees: International |
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Join us for the inaugural Anne Golomb Hoffman Memorial Lecture, founded in memory of Fordham's long-time faculty Anne Golomb Hoffman, who passed away in November 2024. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Ilana Pardes, with a response by Karina Hogan. The biblical Ruth has inspired numerous readers from diverse cultural backgrounds across many
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Fordham’s Graduate School of Education invites you to the 2025 Barbara L. Jackson, Ed.D., Lecture, featuring Marc Lamont Hill, Ph.D., a nationally recognized scholar, journalist, and activist. Dr. Hill will explore how education and community spaces can resist systems of oppression and serve as sites for transformative justice. His lecture will draw from decades of |
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The Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University requests the honor of your presence at the 2025 Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture. Reclaiming ‘Orthodoxy’: Clarifying Our Ecclesial Vocabulary Presented by Sr. Vassa Larin, professor of practical theology at the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy and host of the “Coffee with Sister Vassa” online catechetical programs. Wednesday, |
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Fred Ogola is the deputy vice chancellor of Uzima University and course leader of the proposed Hekima University. He is a professor of strategy, a corporate governance expert, and an economics expert. He served as the chief economist with the Housing Finance Bank in Kenya and the European Central Bank and he was a researcher
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Fordham University is pleased to announce the appointment of Nina Rowe as the John L. Marion Chair in Art History, Painting, and Sculpture and requests the pleasure of your company at the installation ceremony and lecture. Lecture: Dancing and Dalliance: Picturing Revelry in the Late Middle Ages In 15th-century Germany, dancing was cause for celebration |
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