Events

Shvidler Chair in Judaic Studies Magda Teter, PhD, will lead a talk on Fordham Libraries newest exhibit, Passover and Easter: A Polemical Encounter, which features books and objects that highlight the meaning Christians and Jews assigned to the holidays and the areas where the holidays clashed.

Faculty Technology Services will share how to create and edit video files. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Speaker: James T. Fisher, PhD, professor of theology and American studies, will discuss cognitive disability and how it relates to religion and family. Sponsored by the Faculty Working Group on Disability. The seminar will also be shown via video conference in Keating 124 on the Rose Hill campus.

Speaker: Father Carlos Maria Galli, STD, dean of the theology faculty and director of doctoral studies at the Catholic University of Argentina. Sponsored by the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education.

Speaker: Stephen Holler, PhD, assistant professor of physics, will discuss the history of 3D printing, the science behind replication technologies, and how these technologies are altering the way we think about everything. Sponsored by Fordham IT. The lecture will also be shown via video conference in Room 902P, 1 Fordham Plaza.

Speaker: Christophe Lobry-Boulanger, adviser at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Delegation to the United Nations, will talk about the refugee crisis in Europe as well as the response from the International Red Cross perspective. Sponsored by the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs.

Members of Global Outreach will discuss the program and various opportunities to become a participant.

The Fordham Sports Law Forum will host its annual symposium on current legal issues in sports. Keynote speakers include Ken Hershman, former president of HBO Sports, and DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association.

Continuous University Strategic Planning (CUSP) will hold an open community forum to discuss the draft strategic framework.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Fordham Theatre will present two one-act plays. The first, Reclaiming Vietnam, shows a woman’s navigation of her Vietnamese identity and roots, and the second, I Am Hope, shows a woman’s journey to finding healing following a mental health diagnosis.

A Middle States reaccreditation team will come hold a series of open forums and discussions about the extent to which the University is achieving its goals. The forum will also be broadcast via video conference to Lowenstein 309 on the Lincoln Center campus.

Join Fordham’s Beta Alpha Psi as current Gabelli School of Business professors debate the pros and cons of a career in Audit and Tax.

A Middle States reaccreditation team will come hold a series of open forums and discussions about the extent to which the University is achieving its goals. The forum will also be broadcast via video conference to Lowenstein 309 on the Lincoln Center campus.

Faculty Technology Services will explain the many uses for SMARTboards in the classroom. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

A Middle States reaccreditation team will hold a series of open forums and discussions about the extent to which the University is achieving its goals.

Speakers: Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Boehm from the Metropolitan Museum of Art will discuss curating medieval Jerusalem at both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters.

Speakers: Cornel West, PhD, professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary, and Adolph Reed, Jr., professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss America’s system of higher education and how these issues may be addressed in the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond. Sponsored by Fordham American Studies.

Speaker: Francis S. Lee, MD, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, will present “Sensitive Periods in Affective Development: Nonlinear Maturation of Fear Learning.”

Speaker: Brita R. Heimarck, PhD, associate professor of ethnomusicology, with live performance accompanied by David Ashford on South Indian mridangam. Sponsored by the Department of Theology.

Speaker: Luca Matone, PhD, adjunct associate research scientist in the Columbia University astrophysics laboratory, will discuss the recent observation of a black hole merger by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Sponsored by the Department of Natural Sciences and the Science Club.

Faculty Technology Services will explore how augmented reality can facilitate active learning, support peer-to-peer learning, and engage students with course materials in a new way. Sponsored by Fordham IT. The workshop will also be shown via video conference in Room 902P, 1 Fordham Plaza.

Speaker: Miriam Baer, professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, will discuss various aspects of corporate law. Sponsored by the Fordham Corporate Law Center.

The fourth annual conference, which aims to help young women advance their careers and grow professionally, will feature strong female leaders in the areas of accounting and finance. Sponsored by Smart Woman Securities.

Speaker: Jennifer Wright Knust, PhD, associate professor of New Testament and Christian origins at Boston University, will discuss her paper, "Can an Adulteress Save Jesus? The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11), Feminist Interpretation and the Limits of Narrative Agency."

This fundraising event will benefit the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation (MC-LEF), which provides scholarships to children of fallen Marines and federal law enforcement personnel. Sponsored by the School of Professional and Continuing Studies’ Dean's Office.

Scholars will discuss the significance of the 13th-century medieval map that now lives online thanks to a project at the Center for Medieval Studies and how scholars can use the digital restoration to maximize teaching and research.

This year’s concert will feature the Fordham University Choir, the Fordham University Women's Choir, and the Bronx Arts Ensemble.

Help us reach the University’s goal of 185 pints. Walk-ins welcome.

Speaker: The Honorable Andre G. Bouchard, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, will discuss disclosure settlements.

Moderator and host Bill Baker, journalist-in-residence and distinguished professor of education at Fordham, will conduct a special interview with Robert Steel, former New York City deputy mayor for economic development.

Faculty Technology Services will explain the many uses for SMARTboards in the classroom. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Panelists: Ron Cordes, co-founder and executive co-chairman of AssetMark Investment Services, Donna Rapaccioli, PhD, dean of the Gabelli School of Business, and Thomas Scirghi, SJ, associate professor of theology, will explore empathy and humility as keys to successful leadership in the areas of business, theology, academia, and more.

The conference will feature student-generated original research from all major business disciplines. Join student researchers from the Gabelli School of Business as well as Clarkson University, Georgetown University, Saint Louis University, and more.

Fordham IT will be on hand to answer questions about IT Customer Care’s new online presence, located at My.Fordham, via the Tech Help tab.

Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) will host the annual research symposium that features scholarly research from undergraduate students across all disciplines. Sponsored by the FCRH Dean’s Office.

Entrepreneurs, food equity activists, and urban farmers will gather to collaborate on how to end hunger in New York City. Co-sponsored by MakeImpactNYC and Fordham’s Social Innovation Collaboratory.

Faculty Technology Services will share how to create and edit video files. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Undergraduates from all majors and programs will present their original work through visual presentations or performances, and oral explanation. Sponsored by the Fordham College at Lincoln Center Dean's Office.

Fordham's Creative Writing Program welcomes author and poet Claudia Rankine for a reading, Q&A, and book signing as part of the 2016 Reid Family Writers of Color Reading Series.

Speaker: Cynthia Salim, founder of Citizen’s Mark, a socially responsible brand of women’s professional wear, will discuss how she built her company and crafted a powerful aesthetic for the modern woman on the rise. Sponsored by the Fordham Social Innovation Collaboratory.

Fordham’s Residence Hall Association will host its annual auction and dinner to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Sponsored by the Office of Residential Life.

Fordham’s Institute of Irish Studies will welcome Anne Enright, author of The Green Road (W. W. Norton & Company, 2015) and The Gathering (Black Cat/Grove/Atlantic, 2007).

Speakers: Mark David Janus, CSP, president of Paulist Press, and J. Patrick Hornbeck, PhD, associate professor of theology, will lead a series of theological and pastoral reflections on the papal document.

Speaker: Elizabeth Losh, PhD, associate professor of English and American studies at The College of William and Mary, will deliver “Digital Universlism and the Posthuman University: Experiments in Scale and Access in Higher Education.” Co-sponsored by the Fordham Digital Humanities Working Group and the Department of Communication and Media Studies.

This theology roundtable features Zoe Sherinian, PhD, filmmaker and associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Oklahoma, who will discuss her documentary film and research with Rev. Joshua Samuel and graduate student Lisa Holsberg.

Speaker: Sarah Abrevaya Stein, PhD, the Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies at UCLA, will take us through the modern history of Sephardic Jews.

Fordham will host visiting scholar Cédric Giraud, PhD, for tea and a workshop about twelfth-century charters.

Fordham IT will be on hand to answer questions about IT Customer Care’s new online presence, located at My.Fordham, via the Tech Help tab.

Speaker: Michael Delgado, PhD, assistant professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.

Speaker: Esther Brimmer, PhD, CFR’s adjunct senior fellow for international institutions, will discuss the evolution of the United Nations over the past 70 years and its role in the world today. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in International Political Economy and Development (IPED).

Speaker: Jonathan Phillips, PhD, professor of history at Royal Holloway, University of London. Co-sponsored by the Departments of History, Theology, and Political Science, and the Centers for Medieval Studies and Middle East Studies.

Speaker: Zhixiong “James” Guo, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers University, will present “Light Transport—Some Traditional and Nontraditional Issues.”

The International Studies program and club will hold their ninth annual conference. Jonathan Cristol, PhD, fellow at the World Policy Institute, and Fordham political science professor John Entelis, PhD, will discuss the U.S.-Middle East Policy. Their discussion will be followed by a student debate on the election and foreign policy.

Faculty Technology Services will share how to transform your personal learning network. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Featuring: Fordham senior Lalka Rieger as vocalist, Gabriel Shuford on harpsichord, Lucille Goeres on flute, Marsha Heller on oboe, and Atsuko Sato on bassoon. Sponsored by the Department of Art History and Music.

Speaker: Eric Sanderson, PhD, senior conservation ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, will present “The Past, Present, and Future of Bronx Ecology: An Update from the Welikia Project.”

Speaker: Patricia Gomez-Gonzalez, PhD, assistant professor of economics, will talk about her research on currency unions, particularly in Spain, and how Spain would have fared outside the Euro area during the recent crisis.

Speaker: Peter Georgescu, chairman emeritus of Young and Rubicam, will deliver the 2016 Gannon Lecture.

A panel of experts from the nonprofit sector will talk about why nonprofits fail, warning signs, and what to do to fix and/or avoid them. Co-sponsored by the Center for Nonprofit Leaders, the Graduate School of Social Service, and the Gabelli School of Business.

Speaker: Daisy Deomampo, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology, will lead a lunchtime lecture and discussion on her ethnographic fieldwork in India with surrogate mothers and Western-intended parents. Sponsored by the Center for Ethics Education.

Speaker: Jonathan Reese, assistant vice president at Aetna, will discuss the healthcare industry in general as well as his experience in healthcare financing and building.

The Department of African and African American Studies will discuss "Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship" by Aimee Meredith Cox and "Teaching While Black" by Fordham grad Pamela Lewis. Food will be available. Books will be on sale.

Fordham graduate students in history will present on a diverse range of topics using a variety of approaches and source material.

Faculty Technology Services will share how to transform your personal learning network. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Author Klaus Wivel will discuss his new book, "The Last Supper: The Plight of Christians in Arab Lands." Wivel asks: "Why have we not done more to protect these people?" This is the next event in the IIHA Spring 2016 Event series, Global Migration in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities.

Speaker: Danish journalist Klaus Wivel will discuss his new book, The Last Supper: The Plight of Christians in Arab Lands (New Vessel Press, 2016), as a part of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) Challenges & Opportunities: Global Migration in the 21st Century event series.

Cinema Under the Influence and Fordham University will host a 40th anniversary screening of Network featuring Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times.