CLIPS OF THE WEEK
Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73
CBS News 10-28-2022
Rev. Butts was also known as president emeritus of SUNY Old Westbury and served in the Fordham University Graduate School of Education as a distinguished visiting professor.
NYC unveils proposals for Governors Island climate hub
Gothamist 10-26-2022
Among the groups whose proposals have made the final cut is a team led by Northeastern University, which has partnered with Fordham University and a slate of other institutions.
Mayor Adams, Trust For Governors Island Unveil Finalist Proposals For Climate Solutions Center
NYC.gov 10-26-2022
Coastal Cities Impact Team, led by Northeastern University, in partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Fordham University, Cooper Union, Manhattan College, Johns Hopkins University, Jackson State University, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, University de Los Andes, Pontifica University Catolica de Chile, Imperial College London, Ben-Gurion University, University of Ghana, Ashesi University, University of Tokyo, and additional non-profit and on-Island partners.
JOHN PFAFF
Examining how crime data is used by election campaigns
CBS News 10-26-2022
As election day nears, candidates are intensifying their focus on crime rates. Fordham University law professor John Pfaff joined CBS News to discuss how crime data plays a role in political campaigns.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Voters prefer Republicans on the economy, economists assess their plans to fix inflation
ABC News 10-26-2022
Giacomo Santangelo, an economist at Fordham University, compared the supply chain bottleneck to an air bubble that blocks water from flowing through a pipe. Initially, the blockage stood close to the source of goods, effectively halting the freight ships that transport products, the port workers and truckers who deliver them, and the retail stores that sell them.
CENTER ON RELIGION AND CULTURE
Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Will Submit to Government Oversight
The New York Times 10-25-2022
David Gibson, the director of the Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture, said it was “quite remarkable that a Catholic diocese or any religious organization would essentially allow government oversight of elements of its operations and personnel.”
LAW SCHOOL FACULTY
JOHN PFAFF
Examining how crime data is used by election campaigns
CBS News 10-26-2022
As election day nears, candidates are intensifying their focus on crime rates. Fordham University law professor John Pfaff joined CBS News to discuss how crime data plays a role in political campaigns.
DEBORAH DENNO
Arizona prisoner to die by lethal injection, not gas chamber
The Associated Press 10-26-2022
Deborah Denno, a Fordham Law School professor who has studied executions for more than 25 years, said it’s not unusual for death row prisoners to refuse to complete method-of-execution forms, as condemned people who are depressed and resigned aren’t likely to be focused on how they will be put to death.
SUSAN SCAFIDI
The Curious Case of the Alexander McQueen Graffiti Skirt
The New York Times 10-26-2022
At issue is a confluence of factors including fashion’s own culture, which has long plundered history and references with impunity and fetishized creativity and newness. As a result, said Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, it has created “a fear that something is not as valuable” if it acknowledges its own imaginative antecedents.
JOHN BROOKS
Biden’s student debt relief in legal limbo, but advocates urge people to keep applying
ABC News 10-25-2022
John Brooks, a law professor at Fordham University who focuses on federal fiscal policy, called that more of a political strategy than a legal one, but said it could potentially sway judges.
CHERYL BADER
Weinstein, Masterson trials highlight the uphill battle to address sexual violence: experts
ABC News 10-21-2022
Cheryl Bader, an associate clinical professor at Fordham Law School, told ABC News that the trials will highlight key aspects that the movement has been working to highlight and could prove influential. “I think we’ve seen a lot of progress but there is still more that needs to be done,” she said.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
FRANK ZAMBRELLI
Earth911 Podcast: The Responsible Business Coalition’s Frank Zambrelli on Accelerating Regenerative Agriculture
Earth911 Podcast 10-24-2022
Frank Zambrelli, executive director of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business’ Responsible Business Coalition returns to the conversationto discuss how and why businesses should encourage the widespread adoption of regenerative agricultural practices.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Voters prefer Republicans on the economy, economists assess their plans to fix inflation
ABC News 10-26-2022
Giacomo Santangelo, an economist at Fordham University, compared the supply chain bottleneck to an air bubble that blocks water from flowing through a pipe. Initially, the blockage stood close to the source of goods, effectively halting the freight ships that transport products, the port workers and truckers who deliver them, and the retail stores that sell them.
CHRISTINA GREER
In Malliotakis vs. Rose Rematch, a Democrat Diverges From Party Orthodoxy
The New York Times 10-26-2022
“People in this district — and most voters — go to the poll because of pocketbook issues,” said Christina Greer, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University.
CHRISTINA GREER
Max Politics Podcast: Breaking Down the Hochul-Zeldin Debate
Gotham Gazette 10-26-2022
After Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin debated Tuesday night in the race for Governor, two experts joined host Ben Max to analyze the big event: Dr. Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, and Casey Seiler, editor of the Albany Times Union.
CHRISTINA GREER
New York governor’s race more competitive than expected as crime concerns take center stage
CNN 10-25-2022
The narrow margins now being contemplated by top New York Democrats also speak to outside misconceptions about the state, which is typically regarded as a liberal – if not leftist – Northeastern party stronghold. While recent elections might seem to confirm that, the state is actually “varying shades of blue,” as Fordham University political scientist Christina Greer put it.
CHRISTINA GREER
NY Governor’s Race it Tightens Leading up to First Debate
NY1 10-25-2022
With the race for governor tightening, according to the latest polls, tonight’s one and only debate between Kathy Hochul and Lee Zeldin is going to be a good opportunity to learn more about the candidates on NY1 at 7 o’clock tonight, just 2 weeks to go before New Yorkers cast their ballots. For more on what we can expect, political contributor and associate professor at Fordham University, Christina Greer is with us.
CHRISTINA GREER
Most Black voters tell theGrio/KFF survey they support funding or increased funding for police
theGrio 10-25-2022
Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, told theGrio that the survey of Black voters on police funding doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. She pointed to Eric Adams, a former police officer, who was elected last year as New York City’s second Black mayor in history—something Greer noted was “no small feat.”
CHRISTINA GREER
For Eric Adams, an Unexpected Influx of Migrants Poses a Major Test
The New York Times 10-23-2022
“We’re in a moment where Democrats like Eric Adams are sounding like Republicans,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
NYC counterfeit market thrives despite police crackdowns
Fox5NY 10-17-2022
So are customers, who want the labels but not the high prices. Faux-luxury online stores like DHGate are rising in popularity among young people. And Fordham University Economist Giacomo Santangello said inflation is forcing people to skip luxury and shop sensibly.
ATHLETICS
1-on-1 with Fordham’s record-breaking quarterback Tim DeMorat
PIX11 10-27-2022
Fordham University quarterback Tim DeMorat has his team at 6-1, breaking every school record along the way.
Spotlight on Rams QB Tim Demorat
News 12 10-21-2022
A chance for people to start to recognize the incredible season that Rams quarterback Tim Demorat is having…through seven games, he has already thrown for more than 3,000 yards and 33 touchdowns with only four interceptions.
ALUMNI
Unearthing a Forgotten Episode of Hollywood’s Blacklist Era, 75 Years Later
The Hollywood Reporter 10-20-2022
The multihyphenate Emmet Lavery — screenwriter, playwright and sometime practicing lawyer — had managed to avoid most of the bad blood from the writers’ wars of the 1930s. Born in 1902 and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, he graduated from Fordham Law School in 1924 and passed the New York bar in 1925. Yet the theater, not the courtroom, proved to be his preferred stage.
OBITUARIES
Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, leader of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, dies at 73
CBS News 10-28-2022
Rev. Butts was also known as president emeritus of SUNY Old Westbury and served in the Fordham University Graduate School of Education as a distinguished visiting professor.
Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts: Longtime Harlem pastor and prominent political and social activist dies
ABC 7 10-28-2022
He was also President Emeritus of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury and served in the Fordham University Graduate School of Education as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy Division.
Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization author, 82
Thomas Cahill, popular history writer, dead at 82
The Associated Press 10-26-2022
Cahill majored in classical literature and medieval philosophy at Fordham University, and received a master’s degree in film and dramatic literature from Columbia University. But his approach to his books was shaped in part by his Jesuit background, by the depth of his learning and the dullness of how he learned it.
