PRESIDENT TETLOW
Tetlow Named to 2022 Power Players in Education
Politics NY 10-28-2022
Tania Tetlow is the first woman and lay person to serve as president of Fordham University in its 181-year history, assuming her position in July 2022.
CLIPS OF THE WEEK
MARK NAISON
An all-Puerto Rican doo-wop group, The Eternals, has a place in music history
NBC News 10-05-2022
They were on building stoops, fire escapes and rooftops. And during long summer days, Mark Naison — an African American studies professor at Fordham University and Bronx expert — said those spaces brought diverse groups together and transformed the Bronx neighborhoods of Hunts Point and Morrisania into major music hubs in the 1950s.
CHRISTINA GREER
MAGA extremism: Violent ‘civil war’ rhetoric spikes online ahead of midterms
MSNBC 10-05-2022
The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson and Fordham professor Christina Greer join “The Beat” on the disturbing rhetoric and the possibility of needing armed guards at voting locations in the future.
KIRSTEN SWINTH
How Does Reproductive Justice Win?
The New Republic 09-28-2022
Yet much of this history of organizing was erased by the blunt force of defeat, argued Kirsten Swinth, author of Feminism’s Forgotten Fight. “Feminists were defeated by the countering conservative forces who very effectively shot down this incredible, comprehensive vision.”
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
Coyotes Came to New York City, but Not For Our Pizza
The New York Times 10-03-2022
You have probably never seen one, but “considering the number of potential habitats available to them, we estimate between 20 and 30 coyotes are here in the city,” said Carol Henger, an urban ecologist at Fordham University who studies the animals.
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
LAWRENCE BRENNAN
UNITED STATES : “Fat Leonard” the scandal that is rocking the US Navy
L’Express 10-01-2022
“But the investigations dragged on for years. No one in the Navy made this case a priority, everyone thought it would settle down and disappear with retirements,” said Lawrence Brennan, ex-captain of the Navy and specialist in maritime law at Fordham University.
JOHN PFAFF
John Fetterman’s record on crime is more complex than political ads would have you believe
WSKG 10-05-2022
John Pfaff, a law professor who studies crime at Fordham University, said many experts believe that increasing the number of police officers is one of the most effective tools to reduce crime. Some studies have shown $1.60 in benefits to crime reduction for every additional dollar spent on policing, he said.
MARC GILMAN
Beware of Messaging App Crackdown on Wall Street
Bloomberg Tax 10-05-2022
Marc Gilman is general counsel and vice president of compliance at Theta Lake Inc. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law.
ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY
MARK NAISON
An all-Puerto Rican doo-wop group, The Eternals, has a place in music history
NBC News 10-05-2022
They were on building stoops, fire escapes and rooftops. And during long summer days, Mark Naison — an African American studies professor at Fordham University and Bronx expert — said those spaces brought diverse groups together and transformed the Bronx neighborhoods of Hunts Point and Morrisania into major music hubs in the 1950s.
CHRISTINA GREER
MAGA extremism: Violent ‘civil war’ rhetoric spikes online ahead of midterms
MSNBC 10-05-2022
The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson and Fordham professor Christina Greer join “The Beat” on the disturbing rhetoric and the possibility of needing armed guards at voting locations in the future.
SAUL CORNELL
Yale Law Students Must Be Quaking in Their Boots
Bloomberg Law 10-05-2022
What’s fueling this polarization is simple, said Saul Cornell, a professor at Fordham University who specializes in legal history: “This is part and parcel of the age of Trump.”
OLENA NIKOLAYENKO
Denison welcomes visiting professor for talk on eastern European elections
USA Today Network 10-06-2022
Denison University’s Laura C. Harris Series welcomes Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Olena Nikolayenko, presenting “Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, in Herrick Hall, located at 600 West Loop.
CHRISTINA GREER
Trump Suggests Mcconnell Has ‘Death Wish’ After Supporting Democratic Legislation
MSNBC Morning Joe 10-03-2022
Christina Greer: “We know that Donald Trump works as a party of one. He doesn’t care about the Republican Party. He has no value system as we’ve seen time and time again.”
KIRSTEN SWINTH
How Does Reproductive Justice Win?
The New Republic 09-28-2022
Yet much of this history of organizing was erased by the blunt force of defeat, argued Kirsten Swinth, author of Feminism’s Forgotten Fight. “Feminists were defeated by the countering conservative forces who very effectively shot down this incredible, comprehensive vision.”
ANJALI DAYAL
The Inside Story-UN General Assembly Episode 59
VOA Podcast 09-29-2022
Anjali Dayal, International Politics Professor, Fordham University: The Secretary General has been trying to sound the alarm on as many fronts as possible about global crises that we can only solve with global action.
ATHLETICS
Lehigh Braces for Fordham Offense
WFMZ TV – Philadelphia 10-05-2022
It doesn’t get any easier for the Brown and White this week as Lehigh hosts 4-1 Fordham here at Goodman Stadium. The Rams are averaging 630 yards of total offense with senior quarterback Tim Demorat throwing for 2,153 yards with 26 touchdowns.
FCS passing leader DeMorat throws for 4 TDs in Fordham’s win
The Associated Press 10-01-2022
Tim DeMorat, the FCS passing leader, threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to lead Fordham to a 59-38 victory over Georgetown on Saturday.
ALUMNI
Mike Lupica: Jacob deGrom was good on a night the Mets needed him to be great
New York Daily News 10-01-2022
I’ve mentioned this before, but Dylan McDermott, who graduated Fordham when [Mike] Breen did, is a total star on “FBI: Most Wanted” on Tuesday nights.
Nick Martinez Pitching for the Padres
NBC Sports 10-01-2022
[Nick] Martinez was a two-way player in college. At Fordham he was an infielder and pitcher. I talked to him earlier this year. I said, “What was the scouting report on you?” He said, “a very slow bat.”
‘The US is very individualistic, and I wanted community’: What is rematriating?
USA Today 10-05-2022
Whitaker Rae moved to Lima in 2016, after completing her master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University in New York City. Now 32 years old, she teaches English in Lima.
Educating Ownership Opportunities with Social Media and NFT
Forbes 10-04-2022
I’m probably one of the few who have seen all the crypto ups and downs, why they work and don’t, and how the market is shaped. I knew I had to bring in my past roommate at Fordham University, Sudesh Banskota as a partner, and Momento NFT was formed.
