Remembering Pope Francis: College Leaders Reflect on the Legacy of a Transformative Pontiff
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 04-21-2025
At Fordham University, the Jesuit institution of New York, President Tania Tetlow described how Francis embodied the Jesuit approach to faith and service. “During his 12-year tenure, Francis embodied the Jesuit way of proceeding as he moved the Church in the direction of its people, loving the Church enough to improve it,” Tetlow said.
Armando Nuñez, chair of Fordham’s Board of Trustees, who had the opportunity to meet with Pope Francis in Rome last year alongside Tetlow, called the pope’s impact on Jesuit institutions “profound” and recalled the powerful experience of introducing the Argentinian pontiff to the Fordham delegation.
Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. What is a Jesuit?
USA Today 04-26-2025
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities lists 27 member schools in the U.S., including Georgetown University, Gonzaga University, Boston College, Saint Louis University, Fordham University and the College of the Holy Cross.
Who Are the Potential Replacements for Pope Francis?
The American Spectator 04-22-2025
Alongside his diplomatic work, and in spite of the fact that [Cardinal Pietro] Parolin has never been a parish priest, he devotes great attention to spirituality. For example, at a homily at Fordham University in the fall, he said, “The stronger our union with Him, the stronger the unity among us…. [T]he church does not have its center in itself…. It serves only the Lord, and is open to all, with willingness and humility.”
Environmental Leaders Mourn Death of ‘Green Pope’
Earth.org 04-22-2025
Jesuit universities, including Fordham University – the alma mater of US President and climate change denier Donald Trump – also referenced the late Pope’s influence on their own sustainability journeys. John Cecero, Vice President for Mission Integration and Ministry at Fordham, said on the university’s website that Pope Francis “prompted the creation of Fordham’s council to carry out the seven-year effort toward greater sustainability that Francis called on all Catholic universities to pursue.”
Pope Francis Dies on Easter Monday at 88
CNN 04-21-2025
“And I have to say, observing Francis as I have for the last 12 years, very closely, he’s done exactly that, surprise. But in that Jesuit pattern of doing exactly what that spirituality demands,” said Father Thomas Massaro, Jesuit Priest and professor of moral theology at Fordham University.
Pope Francis’ funeral arrangements
CBS News 04-23-2025
“Pope Francis loves that church. It’s one of the four Papal Basilicas that’s scattered throughout Rome outside the Vatican, and it’s the favorite of his. Every time he went on a foreign trip, getting on a plane to go to some other country, he would stop there on his way to the airport, say a prayer. And every time he returned from the same trip, he would stop there again,” said Father Thomas Massaro, Jesuit Priest and professor of moral theology at Fordham University.
What’s next for the Catholic Church following Pope Francis’ death?
CBS News 04-21-2025
“He’s a very influential Pope, having served for twelve years. That’s not such a long time, I suspect, but it really has changed the course of the way the Roman Catholic Church relates to the outside world. And I think the deepest memory people will have is that this is a good, approachable Pope, one that people felt close to,” said Father Thomas Massaro, Jesuit Priest and professor of moral theology at Fordham University.
Pope Francis, first Latin American and Jesuit to lead Catholic Church, dies at 88
Courthouse News Service 04-21-2025
“He loves the company of people,” said the Rev. Thomas Massaro, a Jesuit priest, professor of religion at Fordham University and author of two books about Francis. “From the minute you enter the Jesuits, you live with other people. You have meals with other people. You have a Mass every day together, the whole community, dozens of people. And the idea of living alone is very antithetical.”
Where does the Catholic Church go from here? Pope Francis leaves behind progressive legacy
MSNBC 04-22-2025
“I remember when he first said, ‘Who am I to judge?’ And as a gay man myself, I thought, “Wow, I never thought I would ever hear a Pope say those words.’ I think the Pope’s legacy is that he’s changed the emphasis of the conversation. He’s created a situation where it would be very difficult for us to go back to where we were before,” said Father Bryan Massingale, a professor of theology at Fordham University.
NYC priest says Pope Francis was “absolutely transformational” for the LGBTQ community
CBS News 04-25-2025
“We now have the first African American Cardinal in Catholic history who will be participating in the Conclave because of Pope Francis. Pope Francis elevated Cardinal Wilton Gregory and recently retired Archbishop of Washington, DC, he will be participating in the Conclave, and this be the first time in Catholic history that an African American will be helping to choose the next pope,” said Father Bryan Massingale, a professor of theology at Fordham University.
Pope Francis was a pastoral revolutionary for LGBTQ Catholics
National Catholic Reporter and Global Sisters Report 04-22-2025
The world awakened to Francis’ pastoral approach to LGBTQ people four months into his papacy, when a journalist asked him a question about gay priests and he answered: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?” That reply, while not contradicting church teaching, “put the Catholic Church on a very different trajectory with LGBTQ issues,” said Fr. Bryan Massingale, a gay man and theologian at Fordham University in New York.
With more than 61 million Catholics in the US, could the next pope be an American?
ABC News 04-22-2025
Cristina Traina, a religious studies professor at Fordham University, told ABC News that several U.S. cardinals have been floated as possible successors to Francis. “I think it’s unlikely because the American church is seen as contentious at this moment,” Traina said of the prospect of an American being chosen as the next pope. “So, I think they are much more likely to go either for a European or someone from the global south or Asia.”
An Asian pope? Filipino cardinal emerges as frontrunner for papacy
Yahoo! News 04-25-2025
“Overall, I think the fact that by my count over 100 of the eligible papal electors were appointed by Francis could have a profound effect on the outcome,” Cristina Traina, a professor at Fordham University, told Newsweek. “That is, we may not get a pendulum swing away from Francis’ priorities.”
Who are the top contenders to be the next pope? Experts weigh in
ABC News 04-21-2025
Cristina Traina, religious studies professor at New York’s Fordham University, said [Pietro] Parolin is someone who is “extraordinarily versed in the internal workings of the Vatican, but that could count against him if they are interested in continuing Vatican reforms.”
The Next Pope: Who Are The Frontrunners to Succeed Pope Francis?
Newsweek 04-22-2025
“Overall, I think the fact that by my count over 100 of the eligible papal electors were appointed by Francis could have a profound effect on the outcome,” said Cristina Traina, a professor at Fordham University. “That is, we may not get a pendulum swing away from Francis’ priorities.”
Africans eye a pope from among their own
Radio France Internationale 04-24-2025
The tightrope he walked between rhetorical and actual reform might provide a path for African candidates who, some critics worry, are too conservative, said Cristina Traina, a religious studies professor at New York’s Fordham University.
Pope Francis was a fierce advocate in the fight against climate change
NPR 04-21-2025
Christiana Zenner, associate professor of theology, science and ethics at Fordham University, said Francis’ climate advocacy will likely endure because he was focused on changing hearts as well as minds. “I think that the Catholic Church now has to be seen as an entity that is concerned about care for creation and people’s faith lives together. I don’t think that can be erased,” Zenner added.
The life and legacy of Pope Francis
The World 04-22-2025
Christiana Zenner, an associate professor at the Department of Theology at Fordham University in New York, said that Pope Francis took his pastoral role very seriously, presenting aspects of Catholic social teaching to a wider audience, including many non-Catholics.
“He directed it not just to, ‘Brothers and sisters in the Catholic Church,’ as would have been prior tradition, or ‘All people of goodwill’, as would have been a more recent tradition in Catholic social teaching,” Zenner said.
Migration and right-wing ideas rose globally. Pope Francis took sides.
USA Today 04-21-2025
Early on, Francis chose to visit places “that are literally life-and-death demarcations on the globe,” said Leo Guardado, a Catholic theologian at Fordham University. Ciudad Juárez is “the American Lampedusa,” Guardado said, a borderland “where humanity is either sewn together or ripped apart” by policies that deter human migration or embrace it.
Rituals, procedures set in motion after Pope Francis’ death
PIX 11 04-22-2025
“He’s asked to be buried at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which is interesting. He stated his preference in that he had a great Devotion to Marn and this is one of the great churches of Rome dedicated to Mary. … It is the place where Saint Ignatius of Leola the founder of the Jesuits, said his first mass centuries,” said Michael Lee, a Fordham professor of theology.
Pope Francis loved literature and film—and artists loved him for it
America Magazine 04-25-2025
“Leaving that magnificent room within the walls of that magnificent palace that is the Vatican, I felt as if we all had shared a rare moment of closeness and communion, with one another as artists who usually work in solitude, and with this sick, elderly pope who had opened up his doors and his heart to us. We shared a glimpse of our common humanity, and then we walked out into the hot streets of Rome and went home,” wrote Angela Alaimo O’Donnell is a writer, professor at Fordham University in New York City.
Francis: The People’s Pope — ABC News Special
ABC (Hulu) 04-22-2025
“His most famous line, when asked about gay priests, ‘As long as they have a good heart and are searching for God, who am I to judge?’ And it wasn’t a special dispensation he was giving to gays and lesbians—it was for anybody,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
Donald Trump’s trip to Pope Francis’ funeral puts a sharper focus on their clashes over the years
The Associated Press 04-25-2025
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University in New York, put it this way: “Obviously, it’s been a fraught relationship.” Things weren’t great between Trump and the pope during Trump’s first term, from 2017 to 2021. But, says Gibson, “Trump II was even worse with the Vatican because of how much more aggressive it has been on every level, against migrants, against international aid.”
Inside the Vatican conclave battle to elect a more ‘traditional’ — but not necessarily conservative — pope
New York Post 04-24-2025
“They want calm and for the Vatican to cause as little heartburn as possible,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told The Post.
“Pope Francis tended to cause heartburn. Many of the cardinals want someone who is less disruptive, more moderate, and will result in them having less grief at home. They want someone who can run a tighter ship.”
How Do They Pick a New Pope? A Look at What a Conclave Is and How Accurate the Film Was
Woman’s World 04-24-2025
Another thing the film got right was how many Cardinals smoke during the Conclave. They might not be hitting vapes like Conclave’s Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto), but according to David Gibson, Fordham University’s director of the Center on Religion and Culture, “Some of those guys still smoke!”
After Pope Francis: A Round Table With David French
New York Times Opinions podcast 04-23-2025
“The question really, to my mind, that Pope Francis made room for discussion on is: Can the church change? Yes, it does. Let’s be honest about it. How does the church change?” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
The path to picking a new pope — and what role California will play
Los Angeles Times 04-22-2025
Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is unable to participate because he is not a cardinal. Francis considered his views too conservative to elevate him to the position, said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
For US Catholics, Pope Francis’ tenure defined by growing divisions
Reuters 04-22-2025
David Gibson, director of Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture, a Catholic university in New York, described the growing traditionalism of the U.S. church as “an outlier within global Catholicism and increasingly so.”
Director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture reflects on Pope Francis’s legacy
WNYC 04-21-2025
David Gibson is the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. In his previous life as a journalist he wrote several books, including “The Coming Catholic Church: How the Faithful Are Shaping a New American Catholicism.” He talked with WNYC’s Sean Carlson more about Pope Francis.
Monday on the News Hour, Pope Francis passes away at age 88, leaving behind a legacy of change and a reshaped Catholic Church.
PBS News Hour 04-21-2025
“Towards the end of his papacy, Pope Francis was getting a bit fed up with the conservative critics, especially those based in the United States. I mean, they weren’t just criticizing him. They were saying he was an apostate, saying he was a heretic. They were setting themselves up almost as anti-popes,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
How Pope Francis’ progressive legacy changed the church
CNN 04-21-2025
Francis became “an increasingly lonely moral voice” in a world that was being engulfed by nationalism, disinformation and xenophobia, wrote David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University in New York City, in an essay written after the pope had fallen ill with a lung infection in March.
‘He wanted an end to war’: Scholar on Pope Francis’ message of peace
CNN’s Amanpour 04-22-2025
But as generous and inclusive and open and welcoming as he was, he was also very tough on his own cardinals, his own bishops. He would really remonstrate with them and really call them out, saying, we need to do things differently,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
Pope Francis Changed a Lot About the Church. One Thing Cannot Be Reversed.
Slate 04-21-2025
“What they saw in Bergoglio was a tough old Jesuit who would come in and reform the curia,” said David Gibson, the director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, referring to the Vatican bureaucracy. “He had a reputation as an authoritarian-type figure in Argentina.” But the cardinals who hoped for law and order in the Vatican had miscalculated.
What Next | Ciao Papa
Slate What Next Podcast 04-21-2025
Preaching for empathy and compassion, Pope Francis was at times seen as an agent of dramatic change in the Catholic Church. Did he succeed? Is that even an answerable question before the world knows his successor? David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, shares his thoughts.
Pope Francis and his message of simplicity
CBS 2 02-21-2025
“That’s the kind of Pope he was but also personnel is policy when it comes to the papacy, and he really did change, he opened doors, he started processes that will be hard to undo,” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
Who might replace Pope Francis after his death?
CBS 2 04-21-2025
We hear from David Gibson, director of Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture.
He was so human. People spoke of him as a pastor more than a Pope, so I’m feeling very grateful. And of course, we’re all thinking about what is going to come next – are we going to get another Pope Francis?” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, shares his thoughts.
Pope Francis’ defense of migrants sparked political conflicts
NY1 04-21-2025
David Gibson of Fordham University, a close observer of the Vatican, said despite his concerns with U.S. immigration policy, Francis understood the need for limits. Francis was not for “open borders, at all,” Gibson said. “He’s very clear about that. We have to regulate immigration, but we need to welcome the stranger.”
Gibson was also highlighted in NY1’s coverage of Pope Francis: Obituary, Papal Conclave, Pope & Politics, and Personality.
What happens next after Pope Francis’ death?
NY 1 “News all Day” 04-21-2025
Cardinals across the globe are expected to gather in Rome to mourn the pontiff and then elect his successor. David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, joined “News All Day” on Monday for more on Francis and the future direction of the Catholic Church.
Professor reflects on legacy of Pope Francis following his death
NY1 “Mornings on 1” 04-21-2025
From the start of his papacy, Pope Francis ushered in a shift in tone for the Catholic Church — one focused on compassion, inclusion and humility, following the more controversial tenure of Pope Benedict XVI. David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, joined “Mornings On 1” Monday to reflect on the pope’s global impact.
What comes next for Roman Catholic Church after death of Pope Francis?
WNBC 4 04-21-2025
“Do they want someone like Pope Francis who’s going to push, continue to push, on those [liberal]issues, or are they going to want somebody who kind of goes back to a more traditional fortress style, institutional Catholicism?” said David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
Pope Francis pushed the U.S. church to move beyond the culture wars—with mixed results
America Magazine 04-21-2025
“Francis had an uphill battle almost from the very start,” said David Gibson, the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University. “At a certain point, he didn’t quite give up but just sort of shrugged his shoulders and said, ‘The church will be what it will be; it’s up to the Holy Spirit.’”
Catholic Church faces ideological crossroad after Pope Francis’ death
The Washington Times 04-21-2025
“The church is becoming more global and less centered on Rome as ‘running’ everything,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told Newsweek. “I think it unlikely that you will get the pope-as-policeman that some on the American right seem to want.”
Pope Francis’ US legacy defined by growing divisions as Catholic Right surges
SRN News 04-22-2025
David Gibson, director of Fordham University Center on Religion and Culture, a Catholic university in New York, described the growing traditionalism of the U.S. church as “an outlier within global Catholicism and increasingly so.”
How Does ConclaveLine Up With the Current Papal Succession Process?
Vogue 04-22-2025
“Yes, an intersex person could be elected pope, just as there have undoubtedly been gay men elected pope,” David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told British GQ last year.
Who will succeed Francis?
World 04-23-2025
But according to David Gibson, director for the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, the cardinals likely didn’t anticipate how Bergoglio—who took the name Francis—would re-envision the Catholic church as, in his own words, “a field hospital after battle.”
Scientists discover how a ‘terror crocodile’ became a dinosaur-eating giant
CNN 04-23-2025
“Our analysis found that saltwater tolerance is a fairly ancient trait of many crocodilians, and was secondarily lost in the alligatoroids,” Rabi said. Having even a moderate tolerance for salt would have greatly benefited ancient crocodile relatives as climate shifts reshaped their habitats, said Dr. Evon Hekkala, a professor and chair of the department of biological sciences at Fordham University in New York City.
This article was picked up by MSN, Yahoo! News, and 6 other outlets.
What is ‘recession blonde’? This hot new hair color is a reflection of the economy.
Yahoo! News 04-24-2025
Timothy Malefyt, a corporate anthropologist and a clinical professor at Fordham University, tells Yahoo Life that despite what people may think, personal care actually thrives during times of economic turmoil. In fact, cosmetics brand Revlon actually launched during the Great Depression, he says — and in general, cosmetics sales actually rose during that time.
This article was picked up by MSN and AOL.
Women at Fordham get a $500,000 investment fund to provide hands-on financial education
Equities.com 04-24-2025
Women studying business at Fordham University in New York have a new educational tool to power their financial learning: a $500,000 investment fund managed exclusively by the students. The fund is expected to be up and running during the fall semester. The fund is the result of a gift to the university’s endowment from Mario Gabelli, the founder and chairman of Gabelli Asset Management and a 1965 graduate of the Fordham business school that now bears his name.
Fordham AD Charles Guthrie leads the Rams into a new era of college sports
New York Amsterdam News 04-17-2025
As college sports has entered the inevitable era of student-athletes receiving monetary compensation through name, image and likeness (NIL), the leadership of Fordham has entrusted Charles Guthrie, who they hired as the school’s new director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation last November, to navigate the complexities of the business sports, and elevate Fordham’s various programs to the upper echelon of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Jacquelin Harris Of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater On The Morning Routines and Habits Of Highly Successful People
Medium 04-18-2025
“Dance quickly became my passion, and I performed competitively throughout my adolescence. I graduated from Fordham University with a BFA in dance while training at The Ailey School. My family led with a great example of determination, resilience, and dedication to academia, your craft, and your future,” said Jacquelin Harris, honors graduate from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance.
Migration and right-wing ideas rose globally. Pope Francis took sides.
USAToday.com 04-21-2025
Early on, Francis chose to visit places “that are literally life-and-death demarcations on the globe,” said Leo Guardado, a Catholic theologian at Fordham University.
Law Firms’ Quid Pro Quo Pro Bono Work on Tariffs Is Unethical
Bloomberg Law 04-15-2025
“Big Law firms helping the Trump administration negotiate tariff terms pro bono would be antithetical to the purpose of pro bono practice. President Donald Trump has targeted major law firms who represented his adversaries, challenged actions he favors, investigated his first administration, or employ lawyers who have been critical of him,” wrote Atinuke Adediran, associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law.
‘Don’t fight the Oval Office’: Investors are finally taking Trump seriously and it’s causing a volatility spike in markets as they try to figure out his next move
Fortune 04-23-2025
Although markets reacted positively to the news, Fordham business school professor Paul Johnson said Bessent’s comments showed just how different the reality of the Trump administration’s economic policies have been for those that expected a quick shift to the lower regulations and lower taxes that have been the hallmark of previous Republican presidents. “Even a statement like that sends the market gyrating, because is it short or is it long? No one knows,” Johnson said.
Trump White-Collar Shift Offers Opening for Defense Attorneys
Bloomberg Law 04-24-2025
“This administration does not play by the usual rules when it comes to the Justice Department,” Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader said. “Predicting the future of white collar criminal enforcement may be difficult and will likely turn on factors that are more politically based than career prosecutors are used to.”
‘Astonishing contrast’ between Pope Francis and the Trump administration, says religious scholar
CNN 04-17-2025
As Pope Francis recovers from his severe illness, Director of the Center of Religion and Culture at Fordham University, David Gibson, tells Christiane Amanpour about why he believes Pope Francis is the antithesis to the new Trump era.
5 Questions with a recent NOHA student. Also, what is NOHA and, why is it so important for humanitarian studies students?
Medium 04-22-2025
Fordham University Humanitarian Studies graduate students can take advantage of this one-semester exchange and study at any NOHA participating university abroad. Students from any international, participating university can come study at Fordham for one semester.
Dick Barnett, Champion Knick With a Singular Jump Shot, Dies at 88
The New York Times 04-27-2028
Barnett did not graduate from Tennessee A&I, but while he was a Laker he received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Cal Poly. He obtained a master’s degree in public administration from New York University while a Knick and a doctorate in education from Fordham University in 1991.
Barnett’s passing was also noted in the New York Post, People, AOL, Yahoo! Sports, MSN, The Boston Globe, and 11 more outlets.
Trump’s Press Secretary’s Dress Stirs Up Social Media in China
WWD 04-16-2025
Susan Scafidi, founder of the Fashion Law Institute at the Fordham University School of Law, said, “After days of Chinese TikTok posts claiming that luxury fashion is actually made in China – exaggerated tales with a few grains of truth – it’s no wonder that a red dress on the White House press secretary is the subject of similarly gleeful propaganda. Ms. Leavitt’s best response might be to appear at the next briefing with her ensemble inside out, tags on display, if she can find a rare ‘Made in U.S.A.’ label in her wardrobe.”
This article was picked up by MSN and Yahoo! News.
Democrats Step Up Trump Resistance as Base Hungers for More of a Fight
The New York Times 04-17-2025
“What people can learn from Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen is there is an incredible hunger for putting the body down in the tracks,” said Zephyr Teachout, the progressive Fordham Law professor who has run unsuccessfully for governor and attorney general in New York.
Who Can Trump-proof New York?
New York Magazine 04-18-2025
“Donald Trump casts a shadow over everything in New York right now,” said Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University. “I think a lot of New Yorkers are divided on what they think is the best strategy toward an erratic president who seems to want to take vengeance on New York. Is it vinegar or honey? The carrot or the stick?”
ABC Radio National – Saturday Extra
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04-26-2025
Cheryl Bader: “But [Harvey} Weinstein wasn’t being charged with those assaults in that case because they had been time barred by a statute of limitations. So it was too late to bring those charges in the case, but they testified. “And we have a rule that other bad act evidence, we call other bad act evidence, generally isn’t allowed in court because of what we call this tendency to use it as propensity evidence.”
Could JD Vance meet the most famous Catholic of them all?
Newsflash 04-18-2025
David Gibson, Director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, a Jesuit institution in New York, stated, “A photo opportunity with Pope Francis would be a significant achievement for JD Vance. It would also demonstrate Pope Francis’s inclusive approach, reflecting his openness to meet diverse individuals, even those holding differing viewpoints.”
This article was picked up by MSN.
Safe Haven or Not? Treasurys’ Role in Uncertain Markets Remains Up for Debate
GlobeSt.com 04-15-2025
“In any market, there’s going to be hysteria, there’s going to be fundamentals, and there’s going to be speculation,” Giacomo Santangelo, senior economics lecturer at Fordham University, told GlobeSt.com. “We’re looking at it and trying to describe what’s happening. Unfortunately, we have to wait until afterward to see what happened.”
Hulu’s ‘Paradise’ Poses Real Questions About Climate Change—Who Gets Left Behind?
Ebony 04-14-2025
Jackson, Mississippi, serves as one of many real-world parallels. A Fordham University Law Review notes that in 2022, over 150,000 residents—more than 80% of them Black—lost access to safe drinking water following decades of infrastructural neglect. It wasn’t a surprise; it was inevitable.
USA 2025. The Firing Squad Returns!
Vocal Media 04-17-2025
However, over time, lethal injection has proven problematic, with numerous reports of execution failures. Criminologist Deborah Denno from Fordham Law School argues that the firing squad may once again be viewed as a preferable alternative.
Photos: Mayor Adams hosts ‘Bronx Faith in Your Borough’ event
Bronx Times 04-14-2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams brought his “Bronx Faith in Your Borough” tour to Fordham University on Friday, April 4, hosting a community-focused event in the McShane Campus Center ballroom.
Jewish Theological Seminary, Conservative Judaism’s flagship, launches an MFA for writers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Jewish Journal 04-14-2025
A handful of religious universities offer MFAs in creative writing, including Catholic University of America, Fordham University and Loyola University Chicago.
The Ancient ‘Terror Crocodiles’ of North America Weren’t Alligators After All, DNA and Fossils Suggest
Smithsonian Magazine 04-25-205
“This ecological trait would have allowed lineages of crocodiles in the past to be more opportunistic in times when drastic environmental changes, such as sea-level rise, were causing extinctions in less tolerant species,” explains Evon Hekkala, a biologist at Fordham University who was not involved in the study, to CNN.
This article was picked up by MSN.
Does a Fetus Have Constitutional Rights?
The New Yorker 04-15-2025
A few years later, Robert Byrn, a law professor at Fordham University, took the argument in an au-courant direction, framing abortion in terms of discrimination against the unborn. His emphasis on due process for the unborn and his flair for the dramatic gesture—he once petitioned a court to be named the legal guardian of all the fetuses scheduled for abortion in New York City—helped set the tone for the anti-abortion movement of the future: socially conservative, and combative.
Trump vs Harvard: Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion In Funding To Harvard
NDTV 04-15-2025
The question now: who will follow? NDTV’s Gaurie Dwivedi speaks with Harvard Professor Cornell William Brooks and Professor of politics at Fordham university Sophie Fullerton to discuss this and more.
Today, for some, ‘empathy’ is a dirty word
The Westside Express 04-26-2025
I was encouraged when I read a different opinion by another Christian preacher, George Demacopoulos. the Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University (a Catholic college), “What Musk doesn’t seem to understand,” he wrote, “is that there might be no greater force for good in the modern world than the millennia-long Christian commitment to empathy.”
Faculty must stand together to confront the American illiberal peril
Times Higher Education 04-28-2025
“Maybe a mainstream academic or trade press could lead the effort, despite the clear risk of retaliation. Maybe a school with a large endowment could subsidise such a venture. It would be good for future historians, when they try to disentangle the moment. But, for now, these actions can act as a counterforce to the greater illiberal peril,” wrote Chris Dietrich, associate professor and chair of the history department at Fordham University.
Unlocking the Power of Biochar: A Groundbreaking Solution for Climate Action
newz9 04-28-2025
“In summary, biochar stands as a practical solution in the fight against global warming, providing a way to improve soil health while sequestering carbon. As we navigate the complexities of climate change, it’s crucial to explore and invest in such sustainable technologies,” said Dr. Quamrul Haider, professor emeritus at Fordham University.
Eloisa James to speak at Toledo library’s Authors! series
The Blade 04-25-2025
Mary Bly is a tenured professor of Shakespeare at Fordham University, a private Jesuit college in New York City. A graduate of Harvard University, Ms. Bly earned a master of philosophy from Oxford University and a doctorate from Yale University. So exactly how did a highly accomplished woman of academia find herself writing romance novels as her side gig?
States in the Vanguard: Social Media Policy Today
JustSecurity.org 04-15-2025
“The states have stepped up to regulate consumer-facing online services where the federal government has been utterly silent,” wrote Olivier Sylvain, a professor of law at Fordham University.
NYC Bar President sounds alarm on political threats to judicial independence: ‘it must not be normalized’
amNY 04-23-2025
During one panel discussion, retired federal Judge Shira Scheindlin and Fordham Law Professor Matthew Diller warned of deepening threats to the independence of the judicial branch of government. They cited a decline in public trust in the judiciary, executive overreach, and growing pressure on lawyers and judges as urgent challenges to the rule of law in the country.
Here are the alumni running for positions on the Brown Corporation
The Brown Daily Herald 04-16-2025
Tanya Katerí Hernandez ’86 P’20: Alumni Trustee – Tanya Katerí Hernandez ’86 P’20 received her bachelor’s degree in sociology. She is currently a professor of law and an associate director of the Center on Race, Law and Justice at Fordham University.
How The Gay Rights Movement Became Trans-Exclusionary
Slate 04-16-2025
Christina Cauterucci speaks with Zein Murib, Fordham professor and author of Terms of Exclusion: Rightful Citizenship Claims and the Construction of LGBT Political Identity, about the historical roots of the marginalization of trans and bi people in the gay rights movement.
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Fear and loathing of history led to Hegseth’s book ban, authors say
BNS Global News 04-16-2025
Bryan Massingale, professor of applied Christian ethics at Fordham University, said his book Racial Justice and the Catholic Church was banned because it calls out the workings of white supremacy. “I tell the truth that racial subordination systems or racial subordination don’t just happen, they happen because of human agency, human decisions and human power,” he said.
New Stations of the Cross focus on suffering of Native Americans, path to healing
National Catholic Reporter 04-16-2025
The practice of coupling the devotion with a variety of social concerns likely emerged around the 1990s but may have origins in the Catholic Worker moment, according to Colt Anderson, a church historian and theologian at Fordham University in New York. Anderson said Dorothy Day, an intellectual, journalist, pacifist and founder of the movement, promoted the stations and would connect the plight of the working class and poor to the cross.
Meet the Hinzes: Fordham theologians engage Ateneo faculty and students in radical sufficiency and prophetic obedience
Ateneo De Manila 04-16-2025
Theology professors Christine and Bradford Hinze from Fordham University visited Ateneo de Manila University last March 2025 to give talks to Ateneo students and faculty on various themes.
Africans eye a pope from among their own
AFP (link unavailable) 04-24-2025
The tightrope he walked between rhetorical and actual reform might provide a path for African candidates who some critics worry are too conservative, said Cristina Traina, a religious studies professor at New York’s Fordham University.
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A century after creating the rainbow, some Miamians still seeking their pot of gold
South Florida Times 04-24-2025
The Herald did not explore whether racial bias has influenced the attitude of Cuban Americans towards African Americans. Tanya Katerí Hernández would argue that it does. The AfroPuerto Rican, a Fordham University School of Law professor and graduate of Yale and Bown universities, published a book on the subject in 2022, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle For Equality.”
Feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson retires from teaching, but not from theology
Global Sisters Report 04-24-2025
Once feminist theologian St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson decided she would retire from teaching at Fordham University, she invited current and former doctoral students, graduate assistants and mentees to help themselves to books from her personal library, many of the volumes marked with annotations in her own handwriting, and at least one containing a personal letter from the author.
DeSantis appoints three in Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers Beach, Hendry
WGCU 04-25-205
DeSantis appointed Robert Ostrov, of Wellington, to serve as Judge on the Hendry County Court. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and his juris doctor from Fordham University.
U.S. News names top NY graduate programs in business, law, medicine, and more. See the list
Lohud 04-25-205
No. 58: Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, tied with The Spears School of Business as Oklahoma State University
Planting Laudato Si’ seeds of hope
National Catholic Reporter 04-16-2025
Last Friday (April 11), representatives from Boston College, Fordham University, Loyola University Chicago and Sacred Heart University — the four schools that sponsor The Way Forward — met with Bhatnagar and Smith in Louisville to explore areas for future collaboration.
Tiki’s Tide Crests Again | Opinion
The Charlotte Observer 04-16-2025
And Berry’s books, as well, particularly his 2007 Sippin’ Safari. Suddenly, Richard says, a whole new and exciting story of tiki and cocktails opened up to him. By this point, he was an underage college student at Fordham University in the Bronx, learning to make cocktails when most kids his age were just trying to make a decent cheap meal on a dorm-room hot plate.
What makes Howie Roseman better than ever as Eagles GM? His former right-hand man explains the ‘insatiable desire.’
Philadelphia Inquirer 04-16-2025
Rosenberg went to Penn, studied business, and went into consulting in Chicago, while Roseman headed to Florida and then eventually Fordham Law School.
Tennessee Basketball signs point guard Troy Henderson
Rocketcitynow.com 04-16-2025
After originally signing with Fordham University, Henderson changed paths after a coaching change, the release said. He is the fifth new player to join the Vols’ 2025-26 roster, alongside fellow signees DeWayne Brown II, Amari Evans, Vanderbilt transfer Jaylen Carey and Maryland transfer Ja’Kobi Gillespie.
A ‘real mind-blowing’ ‘Law & Order’ crossover event is this week. Peter Scanavino can’t wait for fans to see
TODAY 04-16-2025
“Warren Leight created my character, and one of the character details that he put in, and it’s in the first episode, was that my character was going to night school at Fordham Law — that he had aspirations to be a lawyer,” Scanavino says about Carisi, who’s also this “blue-collar kid from Staten Island” with “ambition” to pursue the rules of law.
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We Hosted Another Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up Clinic
Mondaq 04-16-2025
We hosted a Fashion Law Institute pop-up clinic on Friday, April 11 and it was a great success. We provided pro bono services to aspiring fashion designers and entrepreneurs who needed advice with a range of issues, including corporate formation, contracts, trademarks, copyrights, and patents, among other issues. Students from Fordham Law School participated in the clinic together with our attorneys.
Beating the Greyhound Bus From New York to Boston
Medium 04-16-2025
It was 1971, and I was completing my senior year at Fordham University in the Bronx. It was an exciting time in my life, but I didn’t know it then. When I look back on my past, it all appears so different.
Running With Leadership, Relatively and Figuratively.
JoeFavorito.com 04-13-2025
Lastly, we spent time with Gene McCarthy, former President & CEO of ASICS and current Founder & CEO of Top League Advisory. With a storied career at Nike, Under Armour, Reebok, and ASICS, Gene shares his candid insights on what it truly takes to lead, the art of listening, and how to navigate the world of sports and lifestyle brands at the executive level, from working closely with legends like Phil Knight and Kevin Plank, to his days as a world class miler at Fordham University, and how a simple letter launched a career.
A Holy Week plea: Do not let Kilmar Abrego Garcia be crucified
Baptist News Global 04-15-2025
“We are on the precipice of constitutional collapse, and all I can think about is how closely this recapitulates the trial of Jesus,” wrote Alissia J. Thompson, who serves as pastor of The United Church of Granville in Granville, Ohio. She earned a master of divinity degree from the University of Chicago and is currently working on a doctor of ministry degree at Fordham University.
