PRESIDENT TETLOW
The 2023 Higher Education Power 100: New York’s most influential college and university leaders
City & State New York 03-13-2023
Tania Tetlow, President, Fordham University. Taking the mantle from the Rev. Joseph McShane last summer, Tania Tetlow is now the first woman and layperson to become president of Fordham University.
Meet 21 Women Leading Ignatian Ministries
Jesuits 03-14-2023
“Welcoming women (and their half of the talent pool) into leadership can’t be passive, a matter of mere politeness,” says Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University. “It requires learning about the range of obstacles still facing women — from the grueling experience of being constantly underestimated, to the shocking level of violence in the home against those who do not obey. Until our institutions move beyond denial, they will continue to squander the talent of women and be complicit in a great injustice.”
CLIPS OF THE WEEK
RICHARD SQUIRE
The White House is avoiding one word when it comes to Silicon Valley Bank: bailout
NPR 03-14-2023
“What they mean when they say this isn’t a bailout, is it’s not a bailout for management,” said Richard Squire, a professor at Fordham University’s School of Law and an expert on bank bailouts. “The venture capital firms and the startups are being bailed out. There is no doubt about that.”
SAUL CORNELL
In the Gun Law Fights of 2023, a Need for Experts on the Weapons of 1791
The New York Times 03-14-2023
Saul Cornell’s corner of academia has historically been sleepy. So few scholars share his specialty that the Fordham University professor jokes that he and his colleagues could hold a national convention “in an English phone booth.”
BRUCE GREEN
Opinion: What’s Wrong With Getting a Little Free Legal Advice?
The New York Times 03-17-2023
“The unauthorized practice prohibitions should not stand in the way of those seeking help with common legal problems from others in their communities who can capably provide it. People facing life’s many legal challenges should be able to turn to those they trust for free advice,” wrote Bruce A. Green, a professor at Fordham’s law school and director of its Stein Center for Law & Ethics.DAVID GIBSON
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Ukraine’s top army chaplain speaks about state of the war at Fordham: ‘Evil must be called evil’
America Magazine 03-06-2023
News from the front line was not good last week as Andriy Zelinskyy, S.J., the Ukraine army’s chief chaplain, spoke to an audience of primarily R.O.T.C. student-cadets at Fordham University: A mercenary army recently restocked with “recruits” from Russian prisons was closing a circle around Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, while in Washington a growing number of U.S. Congress members expressed skepticism about what they called the Biden administration’s “blank check” approach to support for Ukraine.
Barnard College Names Florida Law Dean as New President
The New York Times 03-09-2023
Now, other top schools across New York City have followed its example: Women presidents were also recently selected to lead New York University, Fordham University, and Columbia, with which Barnard has been affiliated since its founding in 1889.
Opinion: How Adams is right about religion and government
Daily News 03-06-2023
Religious institutions have a long history already of filling in the gaps of government, providing services like higher education (Fordham University), K-12 (parochial schools), health care (Mount Sinai Beth Israel), and much more.
SCHOOL OF LAW
Analysis: Innovative law schools answer the call for business skills
Bloomberg Law 03-06-2023
Clinical Associate Professor Bernice Grant said, “Today’s business and legal environment requires fluency in emerging technologies and relevant legal issues, which we incorporate into our curriculum, enabling our students to meet future client demands. Whether it involves advising tech startups on new legal issues, using AI to produce podcast episodes, or collaborating with Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, we always strive to keep our students ahead of the curve.”
NJ clergy push for state to let incarcerated people reduce burdensome debt while in prison
NorthJersey.com 03-16-2023
The National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School identified policies on fines and fees that “best protect people’s rights” and graded state laws in a nationwide study in 2022.
Conference in New York for the normalization of US-Cuba relations
Breaking Latest News 03-16-2023
The “International Conference on the Normalization of Relations between the USA and Cuba” took place in New York, USA over the weekend. More than a hundred organizations supported the conference at Fordham University in Manhattan.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Leading North American Colleges and Universities Offering IT Education that You Need to Know About -Part 1
Architecture & Governance Magazine 03-13-2023
Fordham University: The New York university’s Gabelli School of Business provides an Enterprise Architecture track as part of its information systems program. The EA track is designed to prepare students to design and build systems — and to implement them, manage them and leverage them. Students who complete the program will understand how to create new business processes.
CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES
Fordham’s Bronx Artifacts Collection Builds on Jewish, Catholic Partnership
The Tablet 03-15-2023
A trove of artifacts of local Jewish life — bar mitzvah invitations, high school yearbooks, marriage certificates, receipts from kosher caterers among them — is growing here in an unlikely place: a library in a Catholic university.
CENTER ON RELIGION AND CULTURE
DAVID GIBSON
After 10 years as pope, Francis continues to reshape the Catholic Church
NPR 03-13-2023
And he has declared war on clericalism — that old boys’ network of priests, bishops and cardinals — the privileged caste that rules over an unquestioning flock. “This kind of elitism is something that drives Pope Francis crazy,” says David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
DAVID GIBSON
A look back at Pope Francis’s legacy as he marks 10 years of papacy
NPR 03-12-2023
David Gibson is the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. He says Francis considers clericalism the major sin in the church – the cause of abuse of power and the sexual abuse of minors that has convulsed Catholicism throughout the world.
The Important Relationship Between Faith and the Arts
The Tablet 03-15-2023
I know the experience that I had the first time I read “The End of the Affair” is not unique to me. After author David Gibson, now the Director of the Center for Religion and Culture at Fordham University, read the novel, he became a Catholic, wrote Bill Miller.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
BRUCE GREEN
Opinion: What’s Wrong With Getting a Little Free Legal Advice?
The New York Times 03-17-2023
“The unauthorized practice prohibitions should not stand in the way of those seeking help with common legal problems from others in their communities who can capably provide it. People facing life’s many legal challenges should be able to turn to those they trust for free advice,” wrote Bruce A. Green, a professor at Fordham’s law school and director of its Stein Center for Law & Ethics.
TANYA KATERÍ HERNÁNDEZ
Opinion: The new census proposal may likely undercount Black people by ignoring Afro-Latinos. We can’t let that happen.
The Grio 03-16-2023
“The changes would conflate ethnicity with race, which risks obscuring the number of Afro-Latinos and the monitoring of socio-economic status differences of Latinos across races,” wrote Tanya Katerí Hernández, professor of law at Fordham and a member of the Latino Is Not a Race Collective.
RICHARD SQUIRE
The White House is avoiding one word when it comes to Silicon Valley Bank: bailout
NPR 03-14-2023
“What they mean when they say this isn’t a bailout, is it’s not a bailout for management,” said Richard Squire, a professor at Fordham University’s School of Law and an expert on bank bailouts. “The venture capital firms and the startups are being bailed out. There is no doubt about that.”
RICHARD SQUIRE
What’s the impact of two banks failing in the US?
Aljazeera 03-15-2023
Guests: Richard Squire – Professor at Fordham University’s School of Law and an expert on bank bailouts, Vicky Pryce – Chief economic adviser at the Centre for Economics and Business Research, and Ben Aris – Founder and editor-in-chief of BNE IntelliNews.
RICHARD SQUIRE
Banking experts reject Biden denial of Silicon Valley depositor bailout: ‘This is certainly a bailout’
Fox News 03-14-2023
Fordham University School of Law Professor Richard Squire said that when Biden administration officials claim there is no bailout, they mean it is simply not a bailout for the bank’s management.
RICHARD SQUIRE
Will the Silicon Valley Bank collapse trickle from Wall Street to Main Street?
Fox 5 03-13-2023
“I don’t think that main street is in crisis. I don’t think there’s any reason to take money out of a standard checking or savings account,’ says Professor Richard Squire, of Fordham University.
RICHARD SQUIRE
After two historic bank failures, are banking systems safe?
WPIX 11 03-14-2023
President Biden is trying to quell fears after two banks, Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, were taken over by the federal government. Professor Richard Squire from Fordham Law joined PIX11 News to break down the issue and to determine whether banking systems are safe.
RICHARD SQUIRE
One-on-One with Fordham Corporate Bankruptcy Professor on Bank Failures
NY 1 03-13-2023
“I think they forgot one of the cardinal rules of investing, which is don’t put all your eggs in one basket. It seems that Signature Bank had large investments or loans to the crypto industry, which we know is struggling,” said Fordham Law Professor Richard Squire..
DEBORAH DENNO
Firing Squads Could Return as States Debate the Death Penalty
Pew 03-09-2023
Deborah Denno, a Fordham University law professor who studies the death penalty, said states have been turning to other methods “simply because they don’t know what else to do” when they are having trouble accessing drugs. “It really is a practical thing.”
NESTOR DAVIDSON
NYC’s affordable housing struggles with rent arrears
Politico 03-10-2023
[Mayor] Adams has appointed Nestor Davidson, a housing and land use professor at Fordham Law School, to be the new chair of the city’s Rent Guidelines Board. The board determines annually whether and by how much to raise rents on the city’s nearly 1 million rent-regulated apartments.
JED SHUGERMAN
Supreme Court Justice Barrett could be swing vote on Biden student loan forgiveness plan
CNBC 03-08-2023
Barrett was the conservative justice who seemed the most unconvinced by the plaintiffs challenging student loan forgiveness, said Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University. Specifically, Shugerman said, Barrett didn’t seem to agree that they’d proven they have standing to sue.
CARL MINZNER
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins
The Associated Press 03-05-2023
Li may be remembered less for what he achieved than for the fact that he was the last of the technocrats to serve at the top of the Chinese Communist Party, said Carl Minzner, an expert on Chinese law and governance at New York’s Fordham University and the Council on Foreign Relations.
JED SHUGERMAN
Supreme roadblock: Court blocking Biden student loan scheme would be latest presidential prevention
Washington Examiner 03-02-2023
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, one of three appointees of former President Donald Trump, later mentioned that limits of executive power was a recurring topic during his contentious 2018 confirmation hearings. He pointed to an amicus brief from Fordham Law School professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman, who wrote Biden’s plan was a “case study” for how the executive branch abuses emergency powers.
GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY
SHERYL SCHWARTZ
ALTI Financial’s Sheryl Schwartz Named to the 2023 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A
Mergers & Acquisitions 02-27-2023
“I am a longstanding institutional investor, board member and professor. In addition to being a co-founder and chief investment officer of ALTI Financial, I serve as an independent board member of Cartesian Growth II, on the board of directors of the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity … and am an adjunct professor, finance and private equity at Fordham Gabelli School of Business,” said Sheryl Schwartz.
MARK CONRAD
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at core of Orioles’ and Nationals’ MASN arguments in New York’s highest court
The Baltimore Sun 03-15-2023
Mark Conrad, who directs the sports business concentration at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, noted that over the years, there has been extensive effort, time and money poured into the legal dispute. He said the sides could have settled already and avoided the headache.
MARK CONRAD
Why Britain says big Olympic sponsors should pressure the IOC
The Deseret News 03-14-2023
It’s not clear how — or even if — the Olympic sponsors will respond, said Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City.
MARK CONRAD
IOC confirms ‘6 regions’ seeking a Winter Games but won’t name 2 additional bidders
The Deseret News 03-06-2023
The IOC is “trying to fatten up the pile,” said Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, possibly by including places that previously expressed interest but never publicly launched bids.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
SAUL CORNELL
In the Gun Law Fights of 2023, a Need for Experts on the Weapons of 1791
The New York Times 03-14-2023
Saul Cornell’s corner of academia has historically been sleepy. So few scholars share his specialty that the Fordham University professor jokes that he and his colleagues could hold a national convention “in an English phone booth.”
GEORGE E. DEMACOPOULOS
What Is Orthodox Easter? How to Explain the Religious Holiday to Kids
Parents Magazine 02-07-2023
Easter is a big deal for Orthodox Christians, even more so than Christmas, says George E. Demacopoulos, Ph.D., co-director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center and a professor of theology at Fordham University. “Everything about the Orthodox Christian calendar is focused on the resurrection of Jesus,” he adds.
ATHLETICS
Fordham vs. Dayton a must-see event for New York fans
New York Post 03-11-2023
If you are a Fordham student, hop on the subway, buy a ticket, and head to Barclays Center on Saturday afternoon. If you are one of the Fordham alumni who crowd our boroughs and neighboring suburbs? Hop in the car. Park it under the mall across the street from Barclays. Buy a ticket. And if you just care, a lot, about local hoops? Get to Barclays. Buy a ticket.
DARIUS QUISENBERRY
Archdeacon: Wayne grad leads resurgent Fordham against UD with ‘mountain’ on his shoulder
Dayton Daily News 03-10-2023
“I feel like I always play with a chip on my shoulder, but sometimes maybe, I play with a mountain when it’s against a hometown team,” Fordham guard Darius Quisenberry said with a smile Friday afternoon at the Barclays Center.
Fordham basketball looks to future as a ‘winning program now’
amNY 03-12-2023
The Fordham Rams were given a hero’s sendoff as they walked off the floor at Barclays on Saturday afternoon. They had just come up short against Dayton in the A-10 Tournament semifinals, but after a year in which the men’s basketball program took massive steps in the right direction, they were well earned.
Fordham’s run ends with loss to Dayton in Atlantic 10 semifinal
New York Post 03-11-2023
Fordham had achieved its first 20-win season since 1990-91, and the head-coaching debut of Keith Urgo couldn’t have gone much better. But Saturday, after a 3-pointer by Will Richardson pulled the Rams within 59-58 with 6:13 left, a 9-0 run gave Dayton the breathing room it needed.
The Fordham Student Section Makes All-McCall List
USA Network 03-09-2023
The question on everyone’s mind is who made it on the final all mccall a10 tournament team? “We have a couple of surprises,” said Matt McCall. “We have the Fordham student section! It made the All-Mccall team. Coach Urgo alluded to it. Khalid Moore, he was outstanding. You can make a case for Quisenberry, he hit that big shot. But the price tag on winning? The student section impacted winning today.”
“Rose Thrill” for Rams at Barclays
NY Sports Day 03-10-2023
A Rose Hill Gym up in the Bronx became “The Thrill” and Thursday evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with a majority of 8,500 students and alumni cheering them on, the Rams continued this remarkable season. “The Thrill” continued and traveled to Barclays as their quest as trailblazers advanced them to their second Atlantic 10 semifinal game.
Fordham takes advantage of home court feel in quarterfinals win over La Salle
amNY 03-09-2023
It was a Bronx vibe in Brooklyn and the Fordham Rams rode that all the way to a 69-61 win over the La Salle Explorers in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament
Fordham’s Dream Season Reached the Semis Facing Dayton in Brooklyn
WNBC 03-12-2023
“The Rams looking to match the ‘70-’71 team for most wins in a season, but … the Rams’ ride ends in Brooklyn with a 78-68 loss to Dayton. Their 25 wins likely not enough out of this conference to earn an at-large bid, still a fantastic season,” said John Chandler.
Fordham Basketball Has Enjoyed Its Best Season in Decades
WCBS 03-12-2023
Fordham Basketball has enjoyed its best season in decades,” said Steve Overmyer. “It’s not over. A bid to the NIT is in their future, but it’s probably not what they want to hear right now as their dreams of going to the dance have come to an end.”
It’s Been a Dream Season for Fordham Basketball
News12 03-11-2023
“We had an incredible ride and we want to continue it. We want some traditions. We want Fordham to be a basketball school. I think we’re heading in that direction. They set the stage for what we want to be,” said Coach Keith Urgo.
Rose Thrill Takes Barclays
NY1 03-10-2023
It was a thriller at the Barclay Center last night. Coming up next, a look at what happened when Fordham University played in the A10 quarterfinals along with 2,000 of their fans. They went wild.
This Year the Fordham Rams Squad is on the Verge of Making It
WCBS 03-09-2023
“One of the local teams with dreams of making the tournament is a program not usually associated with the Big Dance, but this year’s Rams squad is on the verge of making it,” said Mary Calvi.
Coach Urgo Calls Fans One of Team’s Strengths
Fox5 03-09-2023
“Head Coach Keith Urgo said one of the team’s greatest strengths is actually the fans and taking advantage of their energy,” said Jennifer Williams.
Bettering Rams
New York Post 03-14-2023
[Coach Keith] Urgo — and the percentage of the 10,156 in attendance Saturday donning Fordham colors — has made that much clear. This season’s run doesn’t have to be an anomaly for the Rams.
STUDENTS
SIOBHAN RUSHIN
Jeff Jacobs: Rebecca Lobo enjoying Northwest Catholic run to championship game: ‘I’m just Maeve’s mom.’
CT Insider 03-16-2023
Siobhan [Rushin] played basketball through her freshman year at Northwest Catholic. At 6-3, she was a Class S All-State volleyball player and played tennis all the way through her senior year. A freshman at Fordham, she’s pursuing a degree in Communication and Culture.
ALUMNI
MARIO GABELLI
Life Lessons And 17 Stock Ideas From Billionaire Value Investor Mario Gabelli
Forbes 03-11-2023
Gabelli’s academic prowess allowed him to earn scholarships to attend nearby Fordham University, picking up an undergraduate degree in accounting in 1965.
CHASE EDMONDS
Bucs signing versatile veteran Chase Edmonds to replenish tailback depth
Tampa Bay Times 03-16-2023
Edmonds, 26, receives the veteran minimum of $1.08 million. A 5,800-yard rusher at Fordham, he has played for three NFL teams, splitting last season between Denver and Miami.
CAMELIA LAWRENCE
Shelton surgeon becomes first Black woman to be Fairfield County Medical Association president
New Haven Register 03-15-2023
After graduating from Fordham University, [Camelia] Lawrence went into education, teaching eighth graders health and science at a public school in Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
JACK ARMSTRONG
Hellooo, Jack!
The Ringer 03-14-2023
[Jack] Armstrong coached seventh-graders as a 16-year-old, and coached high-schoolers as soon as he enrolled at Fordham University, where he found his way onto the bench as a graduate assistant. … Little did he know he’d join an esteemed lineage of broadcasters from Fordham: Vin Scully, Mike Breen, Michael Kay.
THOMAS MOORE
Best Car Accident Lawyers In NYC 2023
Forbes 03-14-2023
Thomas Moore has been called one of—if not the—best trial lawyers in the country. He has won 92 verdicts of more than $1 million in his career. While achieving this level of success for clients, Moore also endowed a chair in Trial Advocacy at his alma mater, Fordham University, and co-authored a regular column for the New York Law Journal.
ALLY LOVE
“Dance 100” Host Ally Love Live on Today
NBC Today Show 03-14-2023
“I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Fordham and Alvin Ailey, so I trained there,” said Ally Love, who has been named host of a new choreography show.
JAKE RABINOWITZ
How the Czech Republic Qualified for the World Baseball Classic
The New York Times 03-06-2023
The Czechs have only three players who did not grow up there. Jake Rabinowitz, a right-handed pitcher, is from New York and played at Fordham University. He has lived in the Czech Republic for 10 years and holds a Czech passport.
DAVID RUTTURA
Theater Brought Them Together, But a Dead Rat Sealed the Deal
The New York Times 03-17-2023
David Brendan Ruttura and Katherine Julia Travis met in October 2014 in New York while working on the national tour of “The Phantom of the Opera.” … Mr. Ruttura was the resident director. Mr. Ruttura was raised in Setauket, N.Y. and has a bachelor’s degree in theater from Fordham University and a master’s degree in arts administration from Baruch College.
FORMER FACULTY
CONSTANTINE N. KATSORIS
Prof. Constantine N. Katsoris Honored by Fordham University School of Law
The National Herald 03-12-2023
Greek-American Professor Constantine N. Katsoris was honored by Fordham University School of Law with the Milton Fisher ’42 Second Harvest Award at the 74th Annual Fordham Law Alumni Association (FLAA) Luncheon on March 3 at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street in Manhattan.
VICTOR HESS
The Threat and the Allure of the Chinese Balloons
The New Yorker 03-04-2023
Another momentous scientific-balloon story: in 1906, a young physicist named Victor Hess made arrangements to go to Berlin, to study optics under a revered professor. … Hess had to flee Austria, in 1937; his wife was Jewish. He eventually became a professor at Fordham, in New York, and studied radioactive fallout.
