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From Galileo to Laudato Si’: Why Science Needs Faith
2018-02-26 18:30 (America/New_York) | 12th-Floor Lounge, Corrigan Conference Center, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W. 60th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Guy Consolmagno, S.J., Director of the Vatican Observatory delivering The John C. and Jeanette D. Walton Lecture in Science, Philosophy, and Religion at Fordham University.
Guy Consolmagno is a planetary scientist, the director of the Vatican Observatory, and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. He is the author of over 200 scientific publications, and several popular books including Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? (with Paul Mueller, SJ) and Turn Left at Orion (with Dan Davis). He has hosted science programs for BBC Radio, has been interviewed in numerous documentary films, has appeared on The Colbert Report, and writes a monthly science column for The Tablet. He is the 2014 recipient of the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society.
Logic and reason must always start with assumptions, and the assumptions behind science are, at their root, religious assumptions. Our core beliefs not only determine how we expect the universe to work; they also and just as importantly supply the motivation for the science we do, and indeed they determine why we as individuals choose to be scientists. The nature of how we understand this relationship, however, has changed radically from the time of Galileo, when science was still being invented; and that change continues to this day, as can be seen in the way Pope Francis has blended science and faith in his recent encyclical Laudato Si’.
A reception immediately follows the lecture.
RSVP online by Monday, February 19, 2018.

A Late Arrival: Isaac Bashevis Singer in New York City, 1935
2018-02-27 18:00 | McMahon Hall, Room 109
Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies
Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer arrived penniless in New York in 1935, having left his common-law wife and five-year-old son in Warsaw. He entered the United States on a six-month visa, his older brother having arranged illegal work for him to write for the Jewish daily, The Forward. His fiction was largely unknown and his subject matter obscure—and yet his mission was to find his way in literature, which meant taking the literary lessons he had learned in Poland and making them relevant in America.
This talk will focus on Singer’s first two decades in America—from his early Yiddish writing in The Forward (beginning in 1935) to his first English collection, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories (published in 1957). It will examine Singer’s experience as a Yiddish writer in America as reflected in his cultural journalism, personal correspondence, and translation process, revealing an acculturation process that affected and informed his literary work.
This lecture is part of the Fordham-NYPL Lecture Series in Jewish Studies, which highlights the work of scholars and writers in New York on the Fordham-NYPL Fellowship in Jewish Studies.

Buckman Chair Installation and Inaugural Lecture by Rev. Bryan N. Massingale, S.T.D.
2018-02-27 18:00 | Keating First Auditorium, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
“They Do Not Know It and Do Not Want to Know It”: Racial Ignorance, James Baldwin, and the Authenticity of Christian Ethics
The Rev. Bryan N. Massingale, S.T.D.
James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics
Writing in the 1960s, James Baldwin declared that a central obstacle to achieving racial justice was the racial majority’s willful and cultivated ignorance of the situation facing people of color. Yet this kind of “ignorance” has not been critically examined in Catholic moral theology. This lecture explains the conceptual and race-based obstacles that hindered this engagement and the social consequences of this omission. It will also detail how key concepts in Christian ethical reflection will have to be reconfigured by the faith community and its scholars if they are to answer Baldwin’s challenge and become an effective force for racial justice in the United States.
A reception in the Keating Hall Rotunda immediately follows the lecture.
RSVP online by Tuesday, February 13, 2018.

Social Workers Against Solitary Confinement: Undoing Racism in the Criminal Justice System
2018-03-01 12:45 - 13:30 | Westchester Room 223, 400 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, NY, 10604, United States
Hear more about those working against solitary confinement and fighting racism in the criminal justice system from Sandy Bernabei, L.C.S.W.
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Note that sessions may change throughout the semester. Please be sure to cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend.

IPED Lecture: Global Compact on Migration
2018-03-01 16:00 - 17:00 | Rose Hill, Dealy Hall, E-530, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join us as Timothy Herrmann from the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations discusses the politics and intergovernmental negotiations leading up to the Global Compact on Migration. The presentation will cover the current debate around the creation of the global framework to achieve safer, more orderly, and more regular migration and will examine the role of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis throughout the process.

Flaum Leadership Lecture Series Presents Mitch D. Silber
2018-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | The University Club, 800 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
Cyber Intelligence and Counter Terrorism within the NYPD: A View from the Inside
Mitch Silber is a principal and founder of the Guardian Group, which provides bespoke intelligence, security, and digital security advice to safeguard critical human, corporate, and governmental assets worldwide.
Silber is a professional global political risk and intelligence analyst who has more than 20 years of experience creating, building, and leading analytic teams and organizations dedicated to providing high-end finished intelligence, bespoke consulting, and advisory work for a wide range of corporate, financial, and governmental clients. He is a regular commentator on political risk- and terrorism-related issues for both print and broadcast news outlets.
At FTI Consulting, he was the head and founder of the Geopolitical Intelligence practice, and at K2 Intelligence, he was the executive managing director of the Threat Intelligence and Data Analytics practice areas.
Prior to his work at K2, Silber served as director of intelligence analysis at the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for almost eight years and was responsible for building out and managing the Analytic and Cyber units. He supervised the research, collection, and analysis for the Intelligence Division’s entire portfolio of ongoing terrorism-related investigations and was responsible for strategic assessments of emerging and future threats to New York City. Silber was involved in internal planning, development, and new unit creation for the department, and he initiated and managed relations with both foreign intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Silber has presented on behalf of the NYPD to the White House, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Counter Terrorism Center, and he has testified before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He also co-authored the 2007 NYPD report “Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat,” and is the author of The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West, published in 2012 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Silber is currently a visiting lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), where he teaches a Modern Urban Terrorism. He also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board at SIPA and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Silber received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania before spending nine years in corporate finance as a partner at the Carson Group and later as a principal at Evolution Capital LLC, a boutique investment bank. Following his work in corporate finance, Silber earned his master’s degree in international relations from Columbia University.
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Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
2018-03-03 12:45 - 13:30 | Westchester Room 223, 400 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, NY, 10604, United States
Join us to learn about interviewing and salary negotiation from Alby Tello, L.C.S.W. Pizza will be served.
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Nuclear Crisis with North Korea: What Should U.S. Policy Be?
2018-03-05 13:00 - 14:15 | South Lounge, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, Lincoln Center campus, New York, NY, United States
Join us for a talk by Scott A. Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Snyder is an expert on North and South Korea who will talk about North Korean nuclear weapons and missile development, the Trump administration response, dangers, and options. How did the crisis develop and where do we go from here? Snyder is the author of South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (Columbia University, 2018).
This event is sponsored by the International Studies Program and made possible by a generous grant from Eva Badowska, Ph.D., dean of of the faculty of arts and sciences at Fordham University.

Alzheimer's Disease and Social Work
2018-03-06 12:45 - 13:30 | Westchester Room 223, 400 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, NY, 10604, United States
Join Maria Mursch, L.M.S.W., for a talk about working with Alzheimer’s Disease in the social work profession.
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Note that sessions may change throughout the semester. Please be sure to cancel your reservation if you are unable to attend.
This event is open to students.

The Catholic Church in Dialogue with Jews and Non-Catholic Christians: A View from Poland
2018-03-06 18:00 | Rose Hill Campus, Fordham University, The Bronx, NY, USA, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
This event has been canceled.
For more information, contact Magda Teter at 347-364-3472 or jewishstudies@fordham.edu.

Physics Colloquium: Graphene Meta-Surfaces, Possibility of Building a Spaser
2018-03-07 14:30 - 15:30 | Freeman 103, 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Please join us to hear Oleksiy Roslyak, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, present.

Parenting, Disabilities, and the Law: Child Welfare Challenges and Strategies
2018-03-07 16:30 - 18:00 | Moot Courtroom, 150 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Join us for a panel discussion on parenting, disabilities, and the law.
Anne Murphy, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and an associate professor of pediatrics. She directs the Infant-Court Project at Einstein-Montefiore and is a national expert on adverse childhood experiences care and research. Murphy will present on the application of a trauma-informed approach by the court and child welfare systems.
Mary Anne Mendenhall, J.D., is a supervising attorney at the Family Defense Practice at Bronx Defenders. Mendenhall will present on practical considerations for representing parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) in child welfare proceedings.
Amy Mulzer, J.D., is a staff attorney and instructor of clinical law at the Disability and Civil Rights Clinic at Brooklyn Law School. Mulzer will discuss litigation/legal approaches to representation of parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD) in child welfare proceedings under the ADA, the Family Court Act, and the New York Social Services Law.
This event is supported by the U.S. Administration on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities: (90DDUC0035-01-00). It is presented by Fordham University School of Law and the Einstein-Montefiore University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Light refreshments will be served.

Clinical Opportunities: Working with Older Adults
2018-03-08 12:40 - 13:30 | Lowenstein 713, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Social worker Lauren Snedeker (Alzheimer’s Foundation of America) joins us to discuss clinical work with the elderly.
Registration is required! Sign-up sheets are on the door of Room 717-A, or you can email Polly Kaplan at pokaplan@fordham.edu.
This event is free. Refreshments will be served.

BAAHP: A Forum on Young African Immigrant Voices in the Bronx
2018-03-10 15:00 - 19:00 | Campbell Hall Multipurpose Room, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
As part of their African immigration research activities this academic year, the Bronx African American History Project (BAAHP) of Fordham University is planning a forum that aims to understand young African immigrants’ perspectives about life in the Bronx. Particular emphasis will be paid to their public school, college, and university experiences, as well as their engagement with existing social, educational, religious, and local government institutions in the borough.
Featured Speakers:
Farida Ahmed is a Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) student. A junior at Fordham University, he is majoring in biology and is on the pre-health track. As an Arabic student at Yankasa Association, Farida helps in developing youth programs, including art in the mosque.
Jannah Firdaus Ali was born in Ghana, where she was a member of the Girls Guide Club and the Ghana United Nations Students Association; she was also the public relations officer for Ghana Muslim Students Association, all of which led her to attend conferences, seminars, debates, and quiz shows across Ghana. She also played an instrumental role in organizing youth camps and excursions for high schoolers.
Mamunatu Abdulrahman is currently a student at Yankasa Association’s Arabic School, and is enrolled in the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC). She is staff five commander with a rank of second lieutenant, and she in charge of public affairs.
Maryam Mohammed is a community development and government relations professional with more than eight years of experience in organizing immigrant communities around issues affecting them. She also runs an online community space called Suna Na Sarauniya (which means “my name is Queen” in Hausa), a celebratory and advocacy space for women of color to discuss their issues and identify tenable solutions.
Mariam Agbelusi has worked as the project manager in charge of women’s affairs at the Federation of Informal Workers Organization of Nigeria (FIWON) as well as at the Domestic and Allied Workers Union. Mariam is now the welfare secretary of the African Muslim Youth Inc. USA, where she previously served as general secretary. She is an entrepreneur who hopes to grow a multinational business corporation in the near future.
Ahmed Tijay Mohammed was born in Ghana and now lives and works in the U.S. He is the recipient of several grants and awards for artists. His multimedia art suggests greater relationship to our diaries, aspirations, letdowns, and contemporary lives in addressing migration, racial, and gender issues. His works have been exhibited in locations around the world, including the Longwood Art Gallery in New York, Lincoln Medical Center in New York, the National Museum of Ghana, and Ravel D’Art in the Ivory Coast.
Mouhamed Kaba is a Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipient and a proud Muslim New Yorker. Mouhamed currently works as a research and policy associate at the Center for Institutional and Social Change (CISC) at Columbia University Law School, where he focuses on an initiative that supports the non-academic barriers and needs facing students in the Bronx, particularly those facing justice-involved students, immigrants, youth, and veterans.

Fordham Wall Street Council Presents Harvey M. Schwartz
2018-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 | McNally Amphitheatre, 140 W. 62nd St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Harvey Schwartz is President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Mr. Schwartz is a member of the Goldman Sachs Management Committee and serves as Co-Chair of the Firmwide Enterprise Risk Committee.
Mr. Schwartz served as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was Global Co-Head of the Securities Division from 2008 to 2013 and Global Head of Securities Division Sales between 2007 and 2008. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Schwartz was Head of North America Sales, and from 2004 to 2005, he was Co-Head of the Americas Financing Group within Investment Banking.
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Brain Trauma and College Athletics
2018-03-14 14:30 | Freeman 105, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join us to hear from the physicians and trainers who treat our athletes. They will explore the significance of high-impact sports and discuss how to keep our athletes safe. The presentation will be followed by audience questions and a panel discussion.
Featured Speakers
Dr. J.M. Noble: Columbia University, Department of Neurology
Dawn Purington: Head Trainer, Fordham Athletics
This event is cosponsored by the Departments of Natural Sciences; African & African American Studies; American Studies; Communications; English; Integrative Neurosciences; Modern Languages; Psychology; Theology; and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies; the FCLC Science Club; and the FCRH Integrative Neuroscience Student Association.

IPED Presents: An Ethical Compass for the Digital Age
2018-03-15 16:30 - 18:00 | Tognino Hall, Duane Library, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join us as we examine the modern ethical compass from various perspectives.
The Dublin Process on Ethics in International Business and Finance
Domingo Sugranyes Bickel
Chairman, CAPP Foundation
Henry Schwalbenberg
Director, International Political Economy and Development (IPED) Program, Fordham University
Catholic Social Thought at a Time of Global Turmoil
The Most Reverend Bernardito Auza
Permanent Observer of the Holy See, United Nations
Constructing Alternatives to Promote Human Dignity: Is Common Business Ethics up to the Challenge?
The Honorable Lawrence Gonzi
Former Prime Minister, Malta
Member of the Board, Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation
Educating for a New Ethical Compass
The Reverend Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
President, Fordham University

Diverse Directions in Forensic Psychology
2018-03-16 18:30 - 20:30 | 113 West 60 St., Room 1022, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
What is the current status and likely future of psychology as applied to law? As part of the Fordham Law-Psychology Seminar, this forum brings together three experts to describe their current work in forensic psychology. Each presentation is 20 minutes and will allow time for discussion afterwards.
Chair
Professor Robert Emmons, J.D., Fordham University
Welcome Address
Harold Takooshian, Ph.D., Fordham University
Rafael Art Javier, Ph.D., American Board of Professional Psychology and St. John’s University
Therapists
Alienists in 19th Century New York
Greg Olliver, Producer/Director of the Branded Documentary Series Promoting The Alienist on TNT
The Accused
Rectifying False Confessions
Jeffrey Deskovic, Founder and President, Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice
Victims
Understanding Homicide Activism
Melissa Leeolou, Fordham University followed by case studies of homicide activists
Discussant
Cory H. Morris, J.D., Social Justice Attorney
Beverages will be served. All are welcome. This forum is hosted by the Fordham-LC Law-Psychology seminar, in cooperation with MPA, SPSSI-NY, and the NYSPA Forensic Division. For more details, go to spssi.org/ny, or contact takoosh@aol.com

Advancing the Rights of Rural Women: Challenges and Best Practices
2018-03-17 09:30 - 13:00 | Law 3-04, 150 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service’s Institute for Women and Girls will host a parallel event for the the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Students will be invited to submit papers that discuss a plan to disseminate ideas on how to effectively use technology.
Presentations and panel discussions will focus on the uses of technology to empower rural women around the world.
Presenters
Barbara Adams
Barbara is chair of the Executive Board of the Global Policy Forum. She was trained in economics in the U.K. and has served as deputy coordinator of the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service. She was chief of strategic partnerships and communications for the UN Development Fund for Women. Most recently she has been a member of the Coordinating Committee of Social Watch.
Araba Sey
Araba is a principal research fellow at UNU-CS. She studies the uses and perceived impacts of public access computing in a variety of national contexts. Her other research interests include industry and user appropriation of mobile phones in low and middle-income countries, and decent work and micro-entrepreneurship in the mobile phone industry.
Sorosh Roshan
Sorosh is the founder of the International Health Awareness Network (IHAN). IHAN is a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and the Department of Public Information of the UN. IHAN’s work focuses on the health needs of women and children.

2018 Graduate School of Education Curriculum and Teaching Spring Lecture
2018-03-19 17:30 - 20:00 | 12th-Floor Lounge, Corrigan Conference Center, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W. 60th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Families, educators, and community members must carefully consider the impact of dramatic shifts in our social, political, and environmental conversations and actions on the development and experiences of children, youth, and young adults. Rather than assuming a wait-and-see approach, educators and behavioral mental health providers are now being urged to explicitly adopt a preventive approach and double-down on behavioral practices that address the direct and indirect effects of trauma, discrimination, harassment, and violence. In addition, since students spend six hours a day, 180 days per year, and at least 12 years of their lives in schools, educators have unique opportunities to teach, model, and reinforce caring, safe, and responsible learning environments.
This presentation by George Sugai, Ph.D., will describe the logic and core features of this behavioral and prevention sciences approach, It will also emphasize what educators can do daily and hourly with all their students to reduce risk and strengthen their social, emotional, and behavioral skills.
George Sugai, Ph.D., is the Carole J. Neag Endowed Professor in Special Education at the Neag School of Education of the University of Connecticut. His expertise is in behavior analysis, classroom and behavior management, school-wide discipline, function-based behavior support, school-wide positive behavior supports, and educating students with behavioral disorders. He has been a teacher in public schools, a treatment director in a residential program, and a program administrator. Sugai conducts applied school and classroom research and works with schools to translate research into practice, especially at the school-wide, district, and state levels. He is currently co-director (with Rob Horner and Tim Lewis) of the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and supports the University of Connecticut and University of Oregon. He is also the co-director (with Mary Beth Bruder) of the Early Childhood Personnel Center and is a research scientist for the Center on Behavioral Education and Research in the Neag School of Education.

A Different Take on Israel/Palestine: Shared Histories, Divergent Pathways | Part III (1979 and Present)
2018-03-20 18:00 | McNally Amphitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
During 2017-2018, a year abundant with anniversaries related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Fordham University will host a three-part lecture series with Hussein Ibish and David N. Myers offering “A Different Take on Israel/Palestine: Shared Histories, Divergent Pathways.”
Part I (September 14, 2017) will focus on 1882 to 1948.
Part II (January 25, 2018) will focus on 1949 to 1979.
Part II (March 20, 2018) will focus on 1979 to the present.
Speakers
Hussein Ibish, Ph.D., is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, D.C., a weekly columnist for the National (UAE) and NOW, and a monthly contributing opinion writer for the The New York Times. Ibish has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, D.C., correspondent for The Daily Star (Beirut). Ibish also served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), and executive director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership from 2004 to 2009. From 1998 to 2004, he was the communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
David N. Myers, Ph.D., is a professor of history and the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA. He is also currently the CEO of the Center for Jewish History in New York. Myers is the author of Re-Inventing the Jewish Past: European Jewish Intellectuals and the Zionist Return to History (Oxford, 1995), Resisting History: Historicism and its Discontents in German-Jewish Thought (Princeton, 2003), and Between Jew and Arab: The Lost Voice of Simon Rawidowicz (Brandeis University Press, 2008). He has also edited six books, including The Jewish Past Revisited; Enlightenment and Diaspora: The Armenian and Jewish Cases, and Acculturation and its Discontents.
This event is co-sponsored by Fordham’s Jewish Studies program, Middle Eastern Studies program, Peace and Justice Studies program, and Department of History.

IPED Event: The Future of the United States in Iraq
2018-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Rose Hill, Dealy Hall, E-530, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Emma Sky, director of the Greenberg World Fellows Program at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, will discuss the future of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

CANCELED: Building a Private Practice 101
2018-03-21 18:00 - 20:00 | 12th-Floor Lounge, Corrigan Conference Center, Lowenstein Center, Lincoln Center Campus, 113 W. 60th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Join Rachel Moheban-Wachtel, L.C.S.W., to learn about the seven essential steps you need to launch and develop a profitable private practice!
Therapists learn a lot about human development and therapy in Graduate School, but they don’t always learn how to develop a business. With over two decades of experience in building a fulfilling and lucrative private therapy practice, Rachel Moheban-Wachtel will teach you how to develop your private practice and turn it into a profitable business.
In this workshop you will learn

how to manage fears and resistance when developing your private practice
the biggest marketing mistakes practitioners make
five key marketing activities that can promote your business in a competitive city
how to create a website that works
the top strategy to maintain your practice in a busy marketplace.

This event is open to all members of the Fordham community.
Light refreshments will be provided.

Sponsored Research Day
2018-04-04 09:30 - 16:00 | Walsh Library, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
This event acknowledges Fordham’s outstanding faculty who have been engaged in sponsored research during this academic year. The morning will feature two sessions: a Research Compliance Awareness session and an Export Control Workshop. The keynote speaker for the Export Control Workshop is Jennifer Saak, Ph.D., managing director at Traliance, a firm she founded to provide export control services. After a buffet lunch, the Outstanding Externally Funded Research Awards will be presented by Stephen Freedman, Ph.D. provost. George Hong, Ph.D., chief research officer, will serve as chair of the ceremony. Opening remarks for the Outstanding Externally Funded Research Award (OEFRA) ceremony will be delivered by Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham. After the conclusion of the OEFRA ceremony, guests can join us for a Humanities Research Forum, where Fordham humanities professors will speak about their research.
Complete Day’s Program

IPED Lecture: Legacy of U.S. Policy Response of 1989 in Central Europe
2018-04-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Rose Hill, Dealy Hall, E-530, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join us for this lecture by Martin Miszerak, an investment banker and former adviser to the Polish government.
Shortly after taking office in January 1989, U.S. President George H. W. Bush faced the urgent task of designing a U.S. response to the brewing political and economic turmoil in Central Europe, as well as the diplomatic offensive of Soviet leader Michael Gorbachev. Following a comprehensive review, his administration designed an unprecedented and extremely innovative policy response for delivering U.S. economic assistance to Central Europe. The response relied on establishment of a private equity-type mechanism for not only delivering capital directly to Central European entrepreneurs but also for improving best practices, providing technical assistance, and fostering civil society. Miszerak will examine this history and how the legacy of the U.S. policy response of 1989 has made a lasting contribution to Central European business environments.

Panel Discussion: U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Sudan
2018-04-07 10:00 - 14:00 | McMahon Hall, Room 109
Join us as three panelists discuss U.S. foreign policy toward South Sudan since 2005. This event will introduce students and faculty to the ongoing man-made tragedy in South Sudan and its implications for the region and the continent of Africa. It will also engage policy makers and academics in constructive conversation on how the U.S. can contribute to the quest for peace and development in South Sudan.
Panelists

Brian Adeba
Deputy Director of Policy, Enough Project
Charles Snyder
Former Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. State Department
Akuei Bona Malwal
South Sudan Ambassador to the United Nations
This event is free and open to the public.

Managing Stereotype Threat on the Job Market
2018-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Walsh Library, O’Hare Special Collections Room, Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, 441 E. Fordham Rd., Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join GSAS Futures in conversation with Rufus E. Jones, co-founder and president of the James Weldon Johnson Foundation. Jones will discuss a challenge endemic to many new candidates seeking jobs in academic and industry circles alike: stereotype threat. Candidates are often unaware of the capacity for stereotype threat to negatively impact their pursuit of professional success. Stereotype threat involves an individual undermining his or her own performance at a given task because of widespread beliefs that a social group with which he or she identifies—including groups organized by race, gender, nation, or age—do not naturally perform well at that particular task.
Stereotype threat can breed anxiety and create conditions of self-sabotage in which job candidates struggle to perform well on interviews, to negotiate contracts with new employers, and to perform new jobs with competence and confidence. Feelings of discomfort may accompany settings where people feel there are few people like them. Nevertheless, enhanced awareness and understanding of stereotype threat can greatly reduce its effects.
Jones will discuss his own journey as an individual of color who moved from Harvard to Wall Street to roles promoting education and the arts as a teacher, administrator, coach, and fundraiser. Jones will discuss stereotype threat as he draws from his own experience as well as research he is co-facilitating with the James Weldon Johnson Foundation and a lab at New York University. He will discuss challenges that individuals may encounter as they pursue a range of professions and will offer practical coping strategies—including the use of interventions, language, and tactics to effectively handle various situations and mitigate the effects of stereotype threat to promote a job candidate’s success.
Light refreshments will be served.

Philosophy Department Annual Suarez Lecture
2018-04-10 16:30 - 18:00 | Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
Join us for “Hating as Contrary to Loving,” a lecture by Anthony Steinbock of Southern Illinois University.

Annual Spring McGinley Lecture
2018-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | McNally Amphitheatre, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The Reverend Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham, will deliver the annual Spring McGinley Lecture, “Imitation as a Religious Duty: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives.” The lecture will be followed by responses from Rabbi Daniel Polish, Ph.D., of Shir Chadash in Poughkeepsie, and Professor Zaki Saritoprak, Ph.D., the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University in Cleveland.

Annual Spring McGinley Lecture
2018-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Flom Auditorium, Walsh Library, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States
