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: Binlin Wu, PhD, professor of physics at Southern Connecticut State University, will present “Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications.”

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.

The Fordham Medieval Dramatists will perform the medieval English play Mankind.

Speaker: Delaware Governor Jack Markell will deliver a frank discussion on banking, the global economy, and the “Delaware Way.” Co-sponsored by the Fordham Law Office of International and Non-JD Programs, China Business Law Association, and the Fordham Corporate Law Center.

A forum including panel discussions, breakout sessions, and multimedia components will address racial equity in theater, specifically how to increase the representation of Asian Americans in the field. Co-sponsored by the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Asian American Performers Coalition (AAPAC), the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, and Fordham’s

Faculty Technology Services will demonstrate how to use Blackboard GradeCenter. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Faculty Technology Services will demonstrate how to use Blackboard GradeCenter. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Join Digital Business Society for an interactive demonstration of InVision, a mobile and web prototyping software built for the modern workplace.

The Department of Theology will celebrate graduating undergraduate and graduate theology majors & minors, and the inductees for Theta Alpha Kappa (the national theological honors society). The event will also feature a lecture by Janet Walton, EdD, professor of worship at Union Theological Seminary, entitled "Dare to Worship During Troubled Times?".

Participants in the seminar will give 10-12 minute presentations on various aspects of teaching.

Details Faculty Technology Services will demonstrate how to use Blackboard. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Details Faculty Technology Services will demonstrate how to use Blackboard. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Speakers: Sally N. MacNichol, PhD, co-executive director of CONNECT NYC, will deliver “Spiritual Geographies of Domestic Violence" and Jill L. Snodgrass, PhD, assistant professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland, will present “The Prison Paradox: Liberated from Abuse Behind Bars." Co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education and the National Association

This second day of this event will include seminars from history professors Elizabeth Blackmar, PhD (Columbia University), Andrew Sartori, PhD (New York University), and Fordham’s Steven Stoll. RSVP required.

Speakers: Award-winning author Peter Quinn and Terry Golway, author and senior editor at POLITICO States. Sponsored by the Department of History and the Institute of Irish Studies.

Fordham’s Center for Nonprofit Leaders will host a discussion that will explore grass-root leadership engaging the veteran community. Speakers include Dan McSweeney, president of the United War Veterans Council, Tina Atherall, director of recruitment, outreach and enrollment management at Touro College’s Graduate School of Social Work, and veteran Chris Wilson.

Several experts will discuss the threat minority faith communities face in the Middle East, especially amid the rise of ISIS. Co-sponsored by Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture and the Orthodox Christian Studies Center.

Presider: Robert R. Grimes, SJ, dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Homilist: Vincent DeCola, SJ, assistant dean at the Gabelli School of Business.

Presider: Joseph M. McShane, SJ, president of Fordham University. Homilist: Mark C. Zittle, OCarm, director of spiritual retreat ministries.

Speaker: David J. Skorton, MD, the 13th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Commencement will be streamed live on the web.

Faculty Technology Services will host a kickoff event featuring a faculty talk and a workshop on how to build an online CV, business card, or website for self-promotion purposes. Sponsored by Fordham IT.

Join Fordham IT for faculty-led workshops, demonstrations of Cisco’s video conferencing system, and a keynote address by Jose Antonio Bowen, PhD, author and president of Baltimore’s Goucher College.

Join Fordham’s Latin American and Latino Studies Institute and Queer/Cuir Americas Working Group for a daylong conference on queer theory and activism in Latino America.

Speaker: Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD, professor of neuroscience, genetics, and psychiatry at Yale University, will present “Development and Evolution of Neocortical Projection Systems."

The Fordham University Association will host a reception for all Fordham faculty and staff featuring an interactive social scavenger hunt and 50/50 raffle.