Regina Hall to deliver Fordham University’s commencement address to the Class of 2025
NBC 4 New York 03-25-2025
Fordham University announced that award-winning actress and alumna Regina Hall will deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2025 during the university’s graduation ceremony on May 17. The university also announced that Hall will be presented with an honorary doctorate of fine arts in recognition “of her exceptional career and commitment to using her platform for good.” “Regina is an inspiring role model who will show our graduates what it looks like to live out our Jesuit values,” said Fordham President Tania Tetlow.
Hall’s commencement address was also covered in Hot97, Black Enterprise, Rolling Out, and World’s Best Looking Sound.
Mike Magpayo Takes Charge as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Fordham
BVM Sports 03-31-2025
Fordham University has appointed Mike Magpayo as its new head men’s basketball coach, following a national search. Magpayo, who previously led the University of California, Riverside to notable achievements, will be officially introduced at a press conference on April 2. He aims to build on Fordham’s 122-year basketball legacy, bringing a mix of New York City’s vibrancy and academic rigor to the program. Magpayo expressed excitement about this opportunity, highlighting the potential he sees for the team’s future.
AI model transforms material design by predicting and explaining synthesizability
Phys.org 03-27-2025
A research team has successfully developed a technology that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to predict the synthesizability of novel materials and interpret the basis for such predictions. The team was led by Seoul National University’s Professor Yousung Jung and conducted in collaboration with [Joshua Schrier, the Kim B. and Stephen E. Bepler Chair of Chemistry at] Fordham University in the United States.
This research was also covered in EurekAlert!
Kelly meets 88-year-old grandfather behind viral graduation ceremony TikTok
NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show 03-27-2025
Kelly [Clarkson] meets John [Lenehan], an 88-year-old Korean War veteran who recently achieved his goal of graduating from Fordham Business School in Manhattan 68 years after originally enrolling! John dials-in with his granddaughter Clare to share why he was inspired to finish his degree after dropping out in 1961, and Clare shares the overwhelmingly positive response they’ve received since posting his heartwarming graduation video on TikTok.
Their Catholic School Went Broke. They Found Another. It Went Broke Too.
The New York Times 03-29-2025
Gerald Cattaro, the executive director of the Center for Catholic School Leadership and Faith-Based Education at Fordham University, cites a combination of factors: the proliferation of charter schools, the diminishing ranks of religious staff who once served as the backbone of the Catholic school system and financial hardship within the communities that the schools serve.
Judge Boasberg Assigned to Lawsuit Over Trump Admin Signal Messages
Newsweek 03-26-2025
Cheryl Bader, a Fordham Law School professor, told Newsweek on Saturday: “I know of no precedent for impeaching a judge because a separate branch of government is unhappy with the judge’s ruling and wants to punish the judge rather than go through the proper appeals process. “This is a disturbing congressional assault on an independent judiciary.”
This article was picked up by MSN.
Trump’s Legal Industry Attacks Slammed by Local Bars, Deans (1)
Bloomberg Law 03-26-2025
The law schools’ letter was signed by deans from Georgetown University Law Center, USC Gould School of Law, Cornell Law School and Fordham Law School. “We thus speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers,” they said.
Transgender people are about 1% of the US population. Yet they’re a political lightning rod
The Associated Press 03-31-2025
Zein Murib, an associate professor of political science and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Fordham University, said there has been a decades-old effort “to reinstate Christian nationalist principles as the law of the land” that increased its focus on transgender people after a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide. It took a few years, but some of the positions gained traction.
This article was picked up by ABC News, Yahoo! News, MSN, The Independent, and 138 more other outlets.
In the Halls of Power, Trump’s Demands Force Agonizing Choices
The New York Times 03-30-2025
But the choices can be agonizing.
“It becomes a challenge for them to speak out against something they know is wrong,” said Chris Dietrich, chair of the history department at Fordham University. “If they stick their head above the parapet, they feel they could be putting a number of other people at risk.”
As Firms Sue to Stop Trump’s Executive Orders, a Split Emerges in Big Law
The New York Times 03-28-2024
“I am heartened by the fact that Jenner and Wilmer are joining Perkins in pushing back on these illegal executive orders. It shows that capitulation is not the only route,” said Matthew Diller, a law professor and former dean of Fordham University School of Law. “In the long run, it will strengthen their reputations in the market as forceful advocates who stand up for principle, a quality that many clients will value.”
Diller’s comments were also featured in Bloomberg Law.
Taiwan faces the Chinese threat with fortitude
Dario Las Americas
“If we take into account that international public opinion is ‘occupied’ with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the need for rearmament in Europe, and Israel’s war against Hamas, we might think that the time is right for an invasion, but I imagine they don’t want to do it because the Chinese economy is not going through its best moment, and a maneuver of this type could lead to international condemnation and the subsequent application of economic sanctions,” Fordham University political science professor Mario Tavares told DIARIO LAS AMÉRICAS.
Elon Musk railed against Delaware. After a struggle, legislators agreed to slow lawsuits against controlling shareholders.
The Philadelphia Inquirer 03-25-2025
At its roots, “corporate law is simple: ‘Though shalt not steal,’” said Sean Griffith, a law professor at FordhamUniversity. He compared past Delaware cases to “morality plays” in which judges reviewed whether boards had done enough to ensure shareholders’ interests were protected. But ruling against Musk’s billions even after shareholders endorsed the payout may be “logically compelling but politically untenable,” Griffith added.
This article was picked up by MSN and The Daily Gazette.
Book Review: ‘Racial Innocence’ questions myth that Latinos can’t be racist
New York Amsterdam News 03-27-2025
Both Black and Latino communities have faced decades of discrimination. The Black community — composed of African Americans and others of African descent — confronts race-based discrimination, while Latinos confront ethnic discrimination. The two groups have frequently joined together to fight for civil rights. Yet, as Fordham University Law Professor Tanya Katerí Hernández points out in her 2022 book, “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality,” there are also conflicts between the two groups that need to be acknowledged.
From waitlisted to admitted: Strategies for getting admitted from the waitlist
preLaw 03-27-2025
“It’s not too late to make connections with law schools that have waitlisted you. If you haven’t had a chance to do so, go on a tour of the law school. Try to connect with alumni of the school. Continue to show interest. Hopefully you may have met admissions representatives at a law fair already. If not, many admissions offices hold zoom office hours. Go and introduce yourself,” wrote Hillary Mantis, assistant dean for the prelaw advising program at Fordham University.
Black gun ownership is on the rise. These Boston instructors are at the forefront.
The Boston Globe 03-26-2025
It all makes perfect sense to Nicholas Johnson, a Black man who teaches law at Fordham University in New York. “I grew up in Black gun culture,” Johnson said. “I grew up in rural West Virginia; everybody had guns.” But as a young faculty member, he felt a chill in the air whenever he discussed the Second Amendment. “If you were a good liberal and had a good social conscience you were supposed to be anti-gun,” Johnson said. “And I wasn’t.”
Barbara Lee wants to be mayor after 30 years as a legislator. Can she make the switch?
The Oaklandside 03-25-2025
Industries aren’t locally owned anymore, “so across the country, mayors are put in the position of being salespersons for their cities to try to attract investments,” said Chris Rhomberg, a sociologist at Fordham University and author of No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland. “It has changed the function of local government to be more entrepreneurial while at the same time trying to protect quality of life for local residents.”
Marketing Expert Publishes New Book to Help Young Professionals Stand Out in Career Development
Business Council of Westchester 03-26-2025
In addition to being a best-selling author, Ross Cohen is CEO and founder of Co-Communications, TEDx speaker and adjunct marketing professor at Fordham University. Brand Up 2.0 is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and sold at select college bookstores nationwide.
Finding Flannery: How the Catholic Writer Became My Literary Guide
National Catholic Register 03-25-2025
To cancel Flannery would be to cancel her contribution to the scholarship of African American culture, which West has begun to chronicle. Fordham professor Angela Alaimo O’Donnell pointed out that Flannery “exposed the evils of racism” in her fiction while actively working out her own ambivalence and need for conversion.
Navigating Life’s Terrain With Trust in God
The Tablet 03-28-2025
“This Lent, let us pull our personal crosses while trusting that the Lord will guide us safely across treacherous terrain. If we allow the Lord to be our musher and hear his voice, then the sled we’re dragging will feel a whole lot lighter. We will cross the finish line of our personal pilgrimage. We will complete our own Iditarod,” wrote Veronica Szczygiel, PhD., director of online learning at the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University.
Denzel Washington Wants to Turn His Latest Shakespearean Show Into a Feature Film
Comic Book Resources 03-25-2025
This isn’t Washington’s first time playing Othello, having portrayed him during his Fordham University days. He has also ventured into other Shakespearean projects, having portrayed Marcus Brutus in the 2005 Broadway revival of Julius Caesar and the 2021 film adaptation of The Tragedy of Macbeth, which earned him his most recent Best Actor Oscar nomination.
This article was picked up by MSN, and Washington’s role in Othello was noted in WTLC (BlackAmericaWeb), ScreenRant (Head Topics), and AllHipHop.
Paramount+ Hit Series Tulsa King, Starring Oscar® Nominee Sylvester Stallone, Promotes Chris Caldovino, Mckenna Quigley Harrington and Mike “Cash Flo” Walden to Series Regulars for Season Three
Criticologos 03-25-2025
McKenna Quigley Harrington made her feature debut in Susie Searches, alongside Rachel Sennott and Kiersey Clemons. While attending Fordham University, she starred in the world premieres of Rules of Desire and Irish Rep’s Off-Broadway production of Made by God. Born in Washington DC, McKenna grew up in Mexico City and returned to Mexico to study acting at the studios of Patricia Reyes Spíndola and to shoot the telenovela pilot La Promesa.
A Hedge Fund Firm Ventures Into Active ETFs
Morningstar 03-27-2025
Outside of work, [Brett] Barakett and his wife Meaghan believe in giving back to the community. To that end, they have created a number of scholarship funds throughout North America, including at Harvard University, Brown University, and Fordham University. The scholarships help students in need of financial assistance and honor their son Lincoln, who unexpectedly passed away in 2020 when he was 2 years old.
Stefania Venusio Amicucci’s New Book, “Through a Child’s Eyes,” is a Poignant Tale Designed to Help Children Understand What It Means When One of Their Parents Has Cancer
Times of San Diego 03-27-2025
Fulton Books author Stefania Venusio Amicucci, a loving wife and mother of two who graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, with a BS in Accounting, has completed her most recent book, “Through a Child’s Eyes”: a heartfelt story of two sisters who discover that their mother is sick and discuss the ways that their lives change as they work as a family to fight her cancer.
NOT I and ROCKABY Are Coming to The Broadwater Black Box Theatre Directed & Performed By Jeni Jones
Broadway World 03-31-2025
She [Jeni Jones] earned her BA in Theatre Directing & English Literature from Fordham University in NYC & her MFA in Directing for Film, Theatre, and Television from CalArts. As a Film Executive she has been credited for her creative contributions to numerous films.
Once-isolated Albania hopes for Israeli tourist boom with launch of El Al direct flights
Jewish Telegraph Agency 03-28-2025
After earning a master’s degree in business analytics from Fordham University, [Harel] Kopelman ended up in Albania by chance four years ago while traveling the globe. “I fell in love with the country,” said Kopelman, who now speaks fluent Albanian in addition to his native Hebrew and English. “People are super friendly, everything is accessible, and you’re close to nature. It’s like the Wild West, because it’s an untapped market.”
Medical Spotlight: Castle Connolly Private Health Parnters, LLC
Boca Magazine 03-27-2025
Richard R. Bobé, M.D., board-certified in internal medicine, received his undergraduate degree from Fordham University and his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. He cares for his patients using an integrative approach that leans heavily on behavioral lifestyle changes. His own expertise as well as that of his specialist connections provide his patients with a supportive and secure health care system.
A Conversation With Randall Kennedy
The American Prospect 03-27-2025
“I have participated in numerous debates over affirmative action in which the matter at issue was whether a Black student would attend the University of Michigan Law School as opposed to the Michigan State Law School, or attend the Columbia Law School as opposed to the Fordham Law School. If you are a plausible candidate for admission to any of these law schools, you are a college graduate with an impressive record,” said Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein chair at Harvard Law School.
Musk-Linked Corporate Law Overhaul Criticized by Delaware Judge
Bloomberg Law 03-27-2025
Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster spoke about the changes at Fordham University School of Law on Wednesday evening, less than 24 hours after Gov. Matt Meyer (D) signed a bill designed to lower the guardrails around insider deals, reduce shareholder access to texts and emails of board members, and strengthen a presumption that they’re legally independent.
Fordham hosted the 14th annual Armenian Mentor Forum
The California Courier 03-31-2025
On March 28, close to 100 Armenian-American professionals and students converged on Fordham University in Manhattan for the 14th annual Mentor Forum. Leaders in a consortium of 12 diverse Armenian organizations collaborated to organize this annual forum — co-chaired by physician Larry Najarian and engineer Raffi Jamgotchian — to match talented students with experienced mentors across a wide array of careers.
Book Review: PLUNDERED: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America
New York Amsterdam News 03-27-2025
Dr. Atuahene was in New York City last week to participate in a discussion about her book with New York State Senator Cordell Cleare. She spoke at an NYU Law School event on Thursday, March 20, sponsored by New York University’s Center on Race, Inequality and the Law, and Fordham University’s Center on Race, Law and Justice.
CM Salamanca honors three key figures in Bronx community during annual Women of Distinction Celebration
The Bronx Times 03-26-2025
In addition to her work at Mothers On the Move, Salaman serves as Chair of Flourishing in Community, an EPA-funded grantmaking initiative supporting community-based organizations in Region 2. The program, part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Thriving Communities initiative, is hosted by Fordham University.
Martial arts: Midtown Jiu Jitsu has strong showing at New York City tourney
Daily Freeman 03-27-2025
Kingston’s Midtown Jiu Jitsu had a powerful debut in the Jiu Jitsu World League New York Tournament with nine gold medals by its adult and youth athletes over 14 divisions on March 22 and 23 at Fordham University.
Dennis McDougal, best-selling author and former P-T, Press-Enterprise writer, dies
Los Angeles Daily News 03-26-2025
[Dennis] McDougal, throughout his career, also contributed regularly to the New York Times. His work won countless awards, including the George Foster Peabody Award, Fordham University’s Ann M. Sperber Award for the nation’s best media biography, and an Edgar nomination from the Mystery Writers of America for best true crime, his website says.
NPR and Member stations win 2025 Gracie Awards
NPR 03-25-2025
Bittersweet Memories of the ‘Brooklyn’ Dodgers
WFUV / Fordham University
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