CLIPS OF THE WEEK
TORE LEVANDER
4 Hours, 12 Panelists, One Baby: Inside the Inaugural Boss Baby Symposium
Vulture/New York magazine 01-25-22
The symposium was co-organized by two philosophy Ph.D. students, Jaime McCaffrey of the University of Kentucky and Tore Levander of Fordham University, who described the movie as an “interpretive nightmare” to the A.V. Club in 2021. In McCaffrey’s opening remarks, she quipped that the film’s singular vision is “thematically richer than the Bible and more confusing than Ulysses.”
BRUCE GREEN
Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court?
The New Yorker 01-21-22
Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham specializing in legal ethics, notes, “In the twenty-first century, there’s a feeling that spouses are not joined at the hip.” He concedes, though, that “the appearance” created by Ginni Thomas’s political pursuits “is awful—they look like a mom-and-pop political-hack group, where she does the political stuff and he does the judging.”
JOHN DAVENPORT
Just war theory and Ukraine: Why military action against Russia is justifiable
America Magazine 01-25-22
John Davenport is a professor of philosophy who teaches ethics, political philosophy, democratic theory and human rights at Fordham University. His most recent book is A League of Democracies (Routledge, 2019), and he is working on a book about constitutional reforms to the federal political system.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Webinar to look at “The Materiality of Armenian Christianity: Gospel Books as Sacred Objects”
The Armenian Weekly 01-21-22
The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center will present a webinar with Konrad Siekierski on “The Materiality of Armenian Christianity: Gospel Books as Sacred Objects” on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 7 pm (Eastern) / 4 pm (Pacific).
NSF provides scholarships for service to support urgent need for cybersecurity professionals
National Science Foundation 01-21-22
To address the demand for dedicated cybersecurity professionals, particularly in government agencies, the U.S. National Science Foundation is investing in eight new CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service grants. NSF is providing more than $29 million in scholarships over the next five years to eight universities. The CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Preparing Future Cybersecurity Professionals with Data Science Expertise [was awarded to]Fordham University.
SCHOOL OF LAW
News Analysis: Anthony, Noah, Gabriel and beyond: How to fix L.A. County DCFS
Yahoo News 01-20-22
At a recent forum held by Fordham’s School of Law to discuss Los Angeles County’s use of machine learning, Ron Richter, the former director of New York City’s child welfare system, said that even “when we talk about a tool that may help reduce disproportionality and family regulation, sincere issues of trust surface, especially for those of us who have witnessed firsthand what child welfare looks like on the ground.”
In decisions, Breyer has opposed death penalty, supported right to abortion
Catholic News 01-27-22
In 2008, Fordham University’s law school in New York presented Breyer with a prestigious ethics prize in a private ceremony despite a protest held outside the event and a call by a national Catholic organization to rescind the honor in light of the judge’s support for legal abortion.When the Jesuit-run university announced the award, William Treanor, the law school dean, said Breyer “has devoted his life to the public good” and is “a brilliant, influential and path-breaking scholar.”
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
How the Y-Zone Is Expanding Digital Equity in Yonkers, N.Y.
Government Technology 01-26-22
Each partner has a role in expanding digital equity. For example, Fordham University[‘s Graduate School of Education] is tasked with collecting, analyzing and reporting data back to NSF.
ADMINISTRATORS
DAVID GIBSON
Benedict Faulted for Handling of Abuse Cases When He Was an Archbishop
The New York Times 01-20-22
“This will only confirm pre-existing views,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, who also wrote a biography of Benedict. “It’s not going to change it one way or the other,” he said.
DAVID GIBSON
Catholic Resistance is Growing in your Church Basement
U.S. Catholic 01-24-22
David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, seizing on the pope’s Grecian yearn for democracy, commented on Twitter: “For much of US history American Protestants argued that Roman Catholicism was incompatible with democracy. Now Roman Catholicism is a bulwark against a Protestant-led, Christian Nationalist threat to US democracy. History is funny. Especially religious history.”
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
BRUCE GREEN
Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court?
The New Yorker 01-21-22
Bruce Green, a professor at Fordham specializing in legal ethics, notes, “In the twenty-first century, there’s a feeling that spouses are not joined at the hip.” He concedes, though, that “the appearance” created by Ginni Thomas’s political pursuits “is awful—they look like a mom-and-pop political-hack group, where she does the political stuff and he does the judging.”
BENJAMIN ZIPURSKY
Sarah Palin set to battle New York Times at defamation trial -Breaking
Street Register 01-24-22
Benjamin Zipursky from Fordham University said that Bennet’s sudden onset of an emergency or panic mode after learning of the incident strongly suggests that he didn’t know of any error. Zipursky stated that Palin’s “negligence, carelessness or gross negligence is not enough to win.”
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Zephyr Teachout To Join NY Attorney General’s Office
Law360 01-24-22
Fordham University School of Law professor and once-gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout is taking a leave of absence from teaching to work for the New York Attorney General’s Office, which confirmed the move on Monday.
BRUCE GREEN
Jan. 6 panel’s subpoena furthers complications for Rudy Giuliani, DOJ
Yahoo News 01-26-22
Bruce Green, a law professor at Fordham University, said the conversations need to be relatively private to be considered privileged. If legal advice was given in a large meeting attended by those not central to the matter, there wouldn’t be grounds to keep them from the committee. Another major exception would be any legal advice given in the process of committing or with the intention of committing a crime or fraudulent act. “I think there are people who think it would be a fraud to pressure election officials to certify somebody as the winner when they’re the loser,” he said.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
BORIS HEERSINK
Biden completa 1 ano de mandato lutando contra Covid, inflação e baixa popularidade
GloboTV 01-20-22
(Biden completes 1 year in office fighting Covid, inflation and low popularity) Segment is in Portuguese. Boris Heersink, assistant professor of political science, appears at 3:19.
CHRISTINA GREER
Mayor Adams to roll out public safety initiatives next week
NY1 01-22-22
“I think the mayor understands that you never want to have that ‘turn your back on the mayor’ moment,” Christina Greer, professor at Fordham University, said. “I think so many New Yorkers remember what happened to Bill de Blasio during his tenure, and obviously Eric Adams is not gonna have that in week three.”
CHRISTINA GREER
MetroFocus: January 24, 2022
PBS 01-24-22
Tonight’s tristate experts include Dr. Christina Greer, a political scientist, Fordham University associate professor and co-host of the FAQ NYC podcast; JC Polanco, a political commentator and former president of the NYC Board of Elections who now teaches at CUNY BMCC; and Ellis Henican, a New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Monthly Jobs Report: Monster’s Hiring Snapshot
Monster.com 01-10-22
To better understand the latest job numbers and to provide insight for employers as they navigate the month ahead, we’ve analyzed the latest data and consulted with Giacomo Santangelo, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Director of the International Political Economy Program at Fordham University. Here are the key takeaways for your company as we move forward into 2022.
JOHN DAVENPORT
Just war theory and Ukraine: Why military action against Russia is justifiable
America Magazine 01-25-22
John Davenport is a professor of philosophy who teaches ethics, political philosophy, democratic theory and human rights at Fordham University. His most recent book is A League of Democracies (Routledge, 2019), and he is working on a book about constitutional reforms to the federal political system.
CHRISTINA GREER
After Spate of Shootings, Manhattan D.A. Takes Tougher Stance on Guns
01-26-22 The New York Times
And Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, said that while Mr. Bragg had not necessarily reversed himself, he had clearly shifted his priorities. “He’s not a politician, but I think he’s quickly realized that this is a political job. And when the primary conversation in New York is about safety and gun violence, it might appear a bit tone deaf if he’s talking about something else.”
CHRISTINA GREER
Gotham Book Prize Announces 2022 Finalists for Best NYC-based Novel
Fox 40 -1-26-22
The jury of leading New Yorkers and authors that will select the award’s winner, include: Fordham professor and political scientist Dr. Christina Greer
STUDENTS
TORE LEVANDER
4 Hours, 12 Panelists, One Baby: Inside the Inaugural Boss Baby Symposium
Vulture/New York magazine 01-25-22
The symposium was co-organized by two philosophy Ph.D. students, Jaime McCaffrey of the University of Kentucky and Tore Levander of Fordham University, who described the movie as an “interpretive nightmare” to the A.V. Club in 2021. In McCaffrey’s opening remarks, she quipped that the film’s singular vision is “thematically richer than the Bible and more confusing than Ulysses.”
ALUMNI
On This Day #67 – Bill Knowlton’s Bluegrass Ramble debuts in 1973
BlueGrass Today 01-22-22
[Bill] Knowlton’s experience as a broadcaster of bluegrass music began in 1959 when he was a student at Fordham University.
America needs a new strategy for families | Moving Mountains
Yahoo News 01-2022
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo holds a doctorate in Catholic Theology from Fordham University and authored a column on religion for the Washington Post from 2008-2012.
In or out? Making sustainability fashionable
The Riverdale Press 01-24-22
It’s a problem state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi says she’s been following since her days as a Fordham University law student.
Bronx’s own NBA great Nate ‘Tiny’ Archibald on his heart transplant, mentoring Kemba Walker and Nets’ odds
NY Daily News 01-26-22
There’s also a student still bubbling inside Archibald. After retiring from the NBA and winning a title with the Celtics, he achieved a master’s degree from Fordham University but never the doctorate he desired.
Gov. Mills swears in attorney William Harwood as public advocate
Central Maine 01-26-22
[William] Harwood, a graduate of Harvard University and Fordham University, lives in Yarmouth with his wife, Ellen, and has five grown children.
Pope Francis appoints Dominican-American priest as auxiliary bishop from NY
The Goa Spotlight 01-26-22
[Joseph] Espaillat was born on December 27, 1976 in New York. He attended the Cathedral Preparatory School in Manhattan and received his Bachelor of Philosophy from Fordham University in the Bronx in 1998.
NY auxiliary appointed by Pope Francis will be one of world’s youngest bishops
Angelus 01-26-22
[Joseph] Espaillat attended Cathedral Preparatory School in Manhattan before studying at Fordham University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1998.
While in St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York, Espaillat earned a Master of Divinity degree in Theology and a Master of Arts degree in Theology, specializing in Church history.
How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School
The New York Times 01-26-22
“It was more difficult than college,” said Hasiba Haq, a Brooklyn Tech and Fordham University graduate. “It was a hustle-and-grind culture.”
Born To Die Turns 10
Stereogum 01-27-22
After she graduated from there but before she attended Fordham University, [Elizabeth] Grant [aka Lana del Rey]lived on Long Island with her uncle and worked as a waitress. It was then that she learned to play the guitar and started writing songs and performing in clubs around the city.
ATHLETICS
Chase Edmonds may have played last down with the Cardinals
Fansided 01-22-22
For the past four seasons, the Arizona Cardinals have been pleasantly surprised by a running back they drafted out of Fordham University. Chase Edmonds has been a solid contributor for the organization, but his days in Arizona could soon be coming to an end.
Tania resets NMI 3,000m indoor record
Saipan Tribune 01-24-22
Tania Tan has reset her own CNMI 3,000m record with a time of 10:57.58 in the Ramapo Season Opener indoor track meet last Jan. 21 at the Armory Track in New York City. The 20-year-old Fordham University junior eclipsed her old record of 11:26.54 set at the Stockon University Invitational in 2021.
OBITUARIES
Matthew P. Fitzgerald, 86,former Hyde Park Town Justice
The Poughkeepsie Journal 01-23-22
He graduated in 1963 and went on to earn a Masters of Social Work from Fordham University in 1966. Matt proudly served the New York City Police
Vincent Rubino, 70, actuary, human resources consultant
Greenwich Free Press 01-22-22
Vincent graduated from Niagara University in 1973 and received an MBA from Fordham University in 1987.
Patricia O’Hara, Long Island educator for decades, dies at 92
Newsday 01-26-22
After graduating from the High School of Music & Art, O’Hara earned her bachelor’s in elementary education from Fordham University in 1949.
Ralph Thompson, 93, poet, businessman and educator
Jamaica Gleaner 01-23-22
Thompson’s education was heavily influenced by the Jesuits through high school in Jamaica and university in America. After earning his Doctor of Law degree at Fordham University in New York, he served for two years as an officer in the United States Air Force in Japan, after which he returned to Jamaica and started his career as a businessman, painter and poet.
