CLIPS OF THE WEEK
ZEIN MURIB
The front door, threshold of welcome — and perilous border
The Associated Press 04-23-2023
Zein Murib, a political scientist at Fordham University in New York, suggests that examining the front door as an American borderland might also mean “taking the border metaphor one step further” to the notion of borders writ large, and who is allowed to approach and cross them.
CAITLIN BEACH
Artwork Inspired by an Abraham Lincoln Moment Is Reimagined
The New York Times 04-27-2023
Yet the piece also “directly plays into many of the false myths around abolitionism and emancipation,” added Caitlin Meehye Beach, assistant professor of art history and affiliated faculty in African and African American Studies at Fordham University.
MARK CONRAD
Tucker Carlson’s exit deals blow to Fox News
The Hill 04-24-2023
“After the settlement in the Dominion litigation and other lawsuits still pending Fox may have concluded that Carlson was simply too toxic to the company and its bottom line,” speculated Mark Conrad, an associate professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Fordham Students To Host Earth Day Celebration For Community Children
The Bronx Daily 04-21-2023
Fordham University student volunteers, clubs, dorm communities, and athletic teams will host a Community Earth Day Celebration for Bronx area children and their family members on Saturday, April 22, 2023, between the hours of 01:00 and 03:00 p.m. on Edwards Parade at the Rose Hill Campus.
New documentary will focus on how one man used the arts to create a community in Jersey City
The Star-Ledger 04-25-2023
The video will also be shown as part of the international convention of the Media Ecology Association at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Campus on June 23.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Poets Versus Quants: How U.S. News Ranks The Top B-Schools By MBA Specialization
Poets & Quants 04-26-2023
In the Finance category, for example, of 34 ranked schools, nine are small Jesuit programs. Ranking 16th, 17th, and 18th, respectively, are Fordham University Gabelli School of Business in New York (ranked 68th overall), Fairfield Dolan School of Business of Connecticut (unranked), and Creighton University Heider College of Business of Omaha, Nebraska (unranked) — all ahead of top-25 programs Yale School of Management at 19th, Cornell Johnson College of Business at 20th, Indiana Kelley School of Business at 21st, and Dartmouth Tuck School of Business at 23rd.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Most Affordable Master’s in Data Science in 2022-23
Fortune 04-25-2023
For our methodology, we used the total tuition amounts programs provided us for our Best Master’s in Data Science Degrees in 2022 list. … 12. Fordham University. This program ranked No. 17 among Fortune’s ranking of Best Master’s in Data Science in 2022.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE
Accredited Online Master’s of Social Work (MSW) Programs
Fortune 04-25-2023
Applicants to Fordham University’s online master’s degree program in social work can choose to focus in specialty areas of individuals and families, organizations and community, evaluation, or policy practice and advocacy.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY
WILLIAM BAKER
Opinion: Study proves again that money doesn’t buy happiness. It also suggests what does
New Haven Register 04-28-2023
Greenwich resident William Baker, Ph.D., is president emeritus of WNET-Thirteen, New York’s public television station and professor of graduate education at Fordham University.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES CENTER
SERGEI CHAPNIN
The enemy within? Ukraine’s Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church faces scrutiny
The Irish Times 04-25-2023
“The FSB [Russian state security services] tries to act, not through the organisation, but through certain active members of the organisation,” said Sergei Chapnin, a senior fellow of Orthodox studies at Fordham University in New York. “But again, this is not the whole church.”
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
CHERYL BADER
Adult Survivor Act Opens Door for Trump Sexual Assault Case to Go Forward
CBS 2 04-24-2023
“I think it shows that there has been a sea change in culture and a recognition that rape and sexual assault is quite traumatizing and that it can take years and even decades for people to feel comfortable coming forward without fearing shaming and blaming,” said Cheryl Bader, former federal prosecutor and Fordham Law professor.
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Washington’s Angriest Progressive Is Winning Over Conservatives – and Baffling Old Allies
Politico 04-21-2023
A decade later, some of those attendees would go on to be hugely influential. Lina Khan is now the powerful chair of the Federal Trade Commission. Zephyr Teachout is a prominent antitrust thinker and professor at Fordham Law School.
KAREN GREENBERG
Mass murder: Our wounded humanity
The Ashville Daily Planet 04-26-2023
The 2023 U.S. military budget is $816.7 billion, with the 2024 budget likely to expand well beyond that. Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University, puts it this way: “In fact, it now seems as if this country is moving at breakneck speed out of the era of Forever War and into what might be thought of as the era of Eternal War.”
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
MARK CONRAD
Tucker Carlson’s exit deals blow to Fox News
The Hill 04-24-2023
“After the settlement in the Dominion litigation and other lawsuits still pending Fox may have concluded that Carlson was simply too toxic to the company and its bottom line,” speculated Mark Conrad, an associate professor of Law and Ethics at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.
MARK CONRAD
The Nationals beat the Orioles in New York’s high court, but 11-year MASN dispute could head to ‘extra innings’
Baltimore Sun 04-25-2023
The court essentially said: “Don’t cry to us,” said Mark Conrad, who directs the sports business concentration at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.
STAN VELIOTIS
Is it smarter to get a tax refund for 2023 or more money throughout the year? Tax experts weigh in
CNBC 04-21-2023
Some taxpayers actually prefer paying the balance of what they owe when they file. “Why do people give interest-free loans to the government?” says Stan Veliotis, a professor of accounting and taxation at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.
FRANK ZAMBRELLI
Best of Earth911 Podcast: Fordham University’s Frank Zambrelli on Scaling ESG Solutions in Fashion
EARTH911 04-24-2023
Frank Zambrelli, executive director of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business Responsible Business Coalition, discusses the school’s recommendations for sustainability and transparency in the fashion industry. He explains findings in Accenture’s recently released report, Scaling ESG Solutions in Fashion, which identified seven areas of focus required for sustainable changes to the fashion industry.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
ZEIN MURIB
The front door, threshold of welcome — and perilous border
The Associated Press 04-23-2023
Zein Murib, a political scientist at Fordham University in New York, suggests that examining the front door as an American borderland might also mean “taking the border metaphor one step further” to the notion of borders writ large, and who is allowed to approach and cross them.
CAITLIN BEACH
Artwork Inspired by an Abraham Lincoln Moment Is Reimagined
The New York Times 04-27-2023
Yet the piece also “directly plays into many of the false myths around abolitionism and emancipation,” added Caitlin Meehye Beach, assistant professor of art history and affiliated faculty in African and African American Studies at Fordham University.
PAUL LEVINSON
Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News
NBC 4 04-24-2023
Fox News didn’t give a reason for the move but Fordham University media professor Paul Levinson believes it was a business decision. “The truth of the matter is, Tucker Carlson really hasn’t changed,” said Levinson. “They’re going to try to find someone who is as provocative as Tucker Carlson was, but draws the line at the kind of lies which Tucker Carlson told over and over again.”
PAUL LEVINSON
Detroit Today: What Fox News’ Dominion settlement says about the media landscape
WDET 04-24-2023
Paul Levinson is a professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University. He says Fox News has intentionally lied to its audience in order to keep viewership high. “All news operations are public facing and they desperately want to know, are they getting through to their audience…they want to keep their audience and increase their audience,” says Levinson
BRYAN MASSINGALE
St. Louis University hosting Catholic Church and racial justice lecture tonight
Fox 2 St. Louis 04-26-2023
St. Louis University will host a free public lecture on the Catholic Church and racial justice. It is going to be led by Rev. Bryan Massingale, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University. He’s also a consultant to the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops.
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Gap announces hundreds of corporate layoffs
KCBS Radio 04-25-2023
KCBS Radio’s Holly Quan spoke with Giacomo Santangelo, Economics Professor at Fordham University. “The logic behind this, according to insiders, is they are trying to save $300 million, in addition to the $250 million they saved in September by laying off 500 corporate employees,” said Santangelo, “This is either a sign that they had too many people at the top, or they are really desperate to cut costs.”
GIACOMO SANTANGELO
Restaurant Inflation Pushes Patrons to Curb Culinary Spending
Cheddar News 04-24-2023
“Now, when people are going back to restaurants, we are so hungry for that feeling of normality that we are willing to spend a premium to eat out,,” said Giacomo Santangelo, senior lecturer in economics at Fordham. “And we are going into debt to try to find this level of normality.”
CHRISTINA GREER
Financial Literacy Month
New York Amsterdam News 04-20-2023
“I was having a conversation with a dear friend about how expensive everything is these days, how one paycheck seems to evaporate quickly, how you can leave the supermarket having spent $100 for two bags of groceries (if you’re lucky), and how we finally understand what our parents meant when they’d say, “It’s always something!” when discussing finances,” wrote Christina Greer, associate professor of political science.
ATHLETICS
NELEH NOGAY
College sports notebook: Neshannock grad Neleh Nogay earns weekly conference honors again for Fordham softball
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 04-27-2023
Freshman outfielder Neleh Nogay picked up her second piece of Atlantic 10 hardware earlier this week, being named rookie of the week by the league office.
PETER DEMARIA
Chatham’s DeMaria Named Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of the Week After Hitting 5 Homers in 4 Games for Fordham
TAPinto 04-25-2023
Chatham High graduate Peter DeMaria, now competing as a graduate student for Fordham University, was named one of Collegiate Baseball’sNational Players of the Week and also earned Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week honors after hitting five home runs in a span of four games.
TIM DEMORAT
Giants final 7-round Mock Draft before the NFL Draft
amNY 04-24-2023
This would be quite the feel-good pick with the Giants’ final selection of the draft. DeMorat is a Florida native, but played his college football here in the Big Apple at Fordham. He had a historic year leading the Fordham Rams to their first playoff appearance since 2015 and breaking school and Patriot League records in most passing yards (4,891) and most touchdowns (56) in a season.
STUDENTS
KYRA VARNAVAS
College students open up about artificial intelligence in the classroom: ‘Everyone is using ChatGPT’
Fox News 04-23-2023
“In the financial industry, there are so many different applications of AI that can be seen within finance and especially, for example, for roles that may be more trading-intensive as far as trading securities,” said Kyra Varnavas, a finance major at Fordham University. “There are already a lot of algorithms that are beginning to be more prominent in the industry, and that’s something that I definitely keep in mind when I’m on the job search.”
ALUMNI
ERROL PIERRE
Fordham alumnus returns to discuss new book on navigating the corporate workplace
Bronx Times 04-25-2023
[Errol] Pierre came back to his alma mater, Fordham University, on Monday to discuss his new book “The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color,” which he co-authored with award-winning writer Jim Jermanok.
GRACEE MATTIACE
News 13 Has a New Morning Anchor
WLOS 04-27-2023
“I went to Fordham University in New York City, so I got a little bit of beach in Jacksonville, a little bit of city, a little bit of flatlands in Missouri, and now I’m here in the mountains. I’ve even got on my blue for the Blue Ridge Mountains,” said Gracee Mattiace, a new morning anchor in Asheville, NC.
PATRICK COKER
Virginia dancer who fulfilled dream of joining Alvin Ailey’s company to perform in Hampton Roads this week
The Virginian-Pilot 04-23-2023
[Patrick Coker] enrolled in the fine arts program at the Ailey School at Fordham University in New York City’s Upper West Side. He apprenticed with the Ailey II company before graduating, staying in New York and dancing with the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet before spending three seasons with the Jessica Lang Dance.
STEPHEN HILDEBRAND
Franciscan University announces new vice president for academic affairs
Herald-Star 04-25-2023
Franciscan University of Steubenville announced the appointment of Stephen Hildebrand as vice president for academic affairs. … Hildebrand also has received his master’s and PhD in historical theology from Fordham University and has bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and mathematics from the University of St. Thomas and in German from Franciscan University.
