Tania Tetlow: Ambition for the Good
The Catholic Leaders Podcast 10-30-2024
In this episode, Fordham University President Tania Tetlow shares her experience leading organizations during natural disasters and financial hardship, as well the lessons she’s learned as a Catholic woman serving in positions previously only held by clergy.
NYC schools chancellor: My mom pulled me out of the school system I now lead
Chalkbeat New York 10-29-2024
“Not long after, as a new alumna of Fordham University, I was riding the subway one day when I saw an ad for the New York City Teaching Fellows program. At that moment, it all clicked. That subway ride marked the start of my teaching career and my life’s work,” said Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Fordham alum and chancellor of New York City Public Schools.
How Does Dignity Fit Into Your Leadership?
Harvard Business Review 10-30-2024
“In fact, dignity violations may be a leading cause of the broken psychological contract between leaders and employees today. Data shows that managers’ inability to recognize the full humanity of workers over results, profits, and business targets is a main reason driving trends like quiet quitting or the great resignation,” said Michael Pirson, professor of global sustainability and humanistic management at Fordham University, and Ayse Yemiscigil, PhD, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, two of the study’s lead authors.
How to distinguish yourself in a competitive law school admission cycle
The National Jurist 10-29-2024
“As of the time I’m writing this, applicants to law school in the current admissions cycle are up almost 25%. And applications are up about a whopping 35%. Why? Possibly because it is an election year. In the almost twenty years that I’ve been a prelaw adviser, some application cycles are much busier than others. This means, if it continues, it could be a very competitive cycle,” said Hillary Mantis, assistant dean of the Pre-law Program at Fordham University.
What Teens Said They Hope for and Fear in the 2024 Election
The New York Times 10-31-2024
“I believe that this age demographic cares a lot about activism and the way our society progresses. We have seen the negative impacts thus far when it comes to political leaders, and most if not all of the people around me want to make a change in some way,” said Nikki Hatzopoulos, freshman at Fordham University in New York.
‘I Didn’t Do an About-Face on Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg Did an About-Face on Me.’
Politico 11-03-2024
“I eat my hat on Buttigieg, who I thought of as a McKinsey operator,” posted Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor and high-profile antitrust thinker, during the debate, referencing his time spent as a corporate consultant. “He’s doing really great work.”
How could allies of Donald Trump challenge the US election result?
The Financial Times 10-30-2024
The party plans to deploy 230,000 volunteers, including many attorneys, across “every battleground state” to monitor alleged fraud. “I expect them to attempt to bollix up the works if they can,” said Jerry Goldfeder, the director of Fordham law school’s voting rights and democracy project.
Control of the US House is up for grabs – and may hinge on two blue states
Christian Science Monitor 10-31-2024
Democrats are aggressively going after three more New York seats, and eyeing a “cherry on top” at the tip of Long Island, says Jacob Smith, an assistant professor of political science at Fordham University. In the 2022 midterms, held not long after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats did better than expected nationwide, with an anticipated “red wave” largely failing to materialize. But in the Empire State, the party got swamped, says Professor Smith.
Review: Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel takes us deep into presidential politics, divine providence and the NBA
America Magazine 11-01-2024f
“Vinson Cunningham is a talented writer for The New Yorker. Much of his work entails critical reviews of the arts: film, television, music and theater. Such constant application of a critical eye must have affected Cunningham’s own work in composing his first novel, Great Expectations, especially his decision to take a title from Charles Dickens. Being a reviewer himself must have made him doubly conscious as author of his own work of fiction,” said Kevin Spinale, assistant professor in the Curriculum and Teaching Division of the Fordham University Graduate School of Education.
See how NYC retail owners stay open amid rising shopliftings
CGTN America 10-29-2024
Economist Giacomo Santangelo thinks that adding federal resources could create more problems than it solves. “If the crime is going to continue, then you have an escalation on the thieves side, and then an escalation on law enforcement, and then you have that kind of back and forth.”
Temp jobs drop by 48,500 amid strikes, hurricanes
Staffing Industry Analyst 11-01-2024
“I felt the numbers were going to come in low — everyone felt the numbers were going to come in low — not this low,” Monster Economist Giacomo Santangelo said in an interview with SIA. This was the lowest jobs-creation number since the pandemic.
IRS Releases New Tax Brackets for 2025
The Fiscal Times 10-22-2024
Your effective tax rate will be lower than your top rate. That is because the first slice of income is taxed at 10%, the next slice at 12%, and so on. A single person who makes $120,000 and takes the standard deduction in 2025 would have a sliver of income taxed at 24% but a 15% effective tax rate, according to Stan Veliotis, a CPA and tax lawyer at Fordham University’s business school.
JISA Meets… Bryan Massingale
Jesuit Institute South Africa 10-31-2024
“One of the major learnings I’m taking away from my experience is that Africa is a vast continent with many different opinions on this issue, and in the media, we only hear the stories of resistance to Pope Francis’s overtures and repression and those repression stories, the stories of torture and real abuse are real, but there are also contrary voices that are also working to expand it, to create a more inclusive society, a more equal society, a more just society. They’re also in Africa, and they’re also in the church,” said Fr Bryan Massingale, professor of theological ethics at Fordham University.
Trump and Harris neck-and-neck as economy drives voter concerns
The New Voice of Ukraine 11-02-2024
For Monica McDermott, a political science professor at Fordham University, this election feels critical. “Many experts see this election as a turning point for American democracy, but it’s unclear how much the American people share that view. Voter turnout on November 5 will tell the story,” she explains.
Practicing “Civic Discipleship” This Election Season With Fr. Bryan Massingale
Busted Halo 10-31-2024
When forming our consciences this election season, Father Bryan [Massingale] notes, “I think sometimes we have this understanding, even among Catholics, that politics and faith should not meet at all; that is not at all what we believe as Catholics. But as I tell people, when Catholics enter the political arena, we don’t bring partisan values to the conversation – we bring Gospel values to the conversation.”
Adams Administration Appoints Top Scientists To NYC Climate Change Panel
Harlem World 11-01-2024
Chief Climate Officer and New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala today announced the appointment of the fifth New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). Below is the full list of appointees: Dr. Marc Conte (Fordham University)
Opinion: I’m not in sync with daylight saving time
Greenwich Time 11-03-2024
“It was accurate time, specifically atomic time, that helped scientists build a more accurate time standard that today runs our satellite GPS and global computer systems. So, when the scientists got control of time we reaped many benefits,” said William Baker, Ph.D., professor of graduate education at Fordham University.
Student Voices on Democracy & Voting
PBS 11-04-2024
Fordham [University] in NYC – Check out two PSA’s created by students at Fordham: On Election Day, you’re voting for more than who will be in the White House. You’re also voting for local legislators and on policies that impact your daily life. Get to know your ballot and gain confidence in who you are voting for, because it matters.
Only in Print: Recognizing Over 400 Years of Black Catholic History in the United States
The Tablet 10-30-2024
In July 1990, at a meeting at Fordham University in the Bronx, the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus designated November as Black Catholic History Month. The month serves as an opportunity to reflect on the challenges and triumphs black Catholics faced throughout history and celebrate their ongoing contributions to the Church.
What are the oldest active college basketball arenas?
ESPN 11-01-2024
Home of the Fordham Rams men’s and women’s basketball teams, Rose Hill Gymnasium is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx borough of New York City. It is the oldest on-campus venue used primarily for NCAA Division I basketball. “The Prairie” also houses the Fordham volleyball team and was the site of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s final high school basketball game in 1965.
Inside NYC’s glorious, surreal Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest
The Washington Post 10-28-2024
“It was brave of me,” she said with a laugh on Sunday, while nearby a young woman wore a shirt with embroidered lettering: “If you look like Timothée Chalamet, text me ASAP.” (Another woman, 20-year-old Fordham student Chloe Lefaivre, said it flat-out: “I came here looking for a Timothée Chalamet dupe.”)
Walgreens in the Bronx among 1,200 stores nationwide shutting doors for good
ABC 7 NY 10-31-2024
The pharmacy located East Fordham Road will be shutting down for good on Nov. 7. It’s one of 1,200 locations across the U.S. that will be closing over the next three years. “I think it’s very inconvenient,” said Fordham student Ryan Murphy. “We don’t have another good option in the area.”
Freestyle Reflections Another Swim-Centric Step for Freestyle Swimwear
Swimming World Magazine 10-31-2024
The guiding principle for Audrey Tirrell in founding Freestyle Swimwear was finding products she wished she could use when she swam. The discomfort and drabness of training suits has been the animating force behind the company she founded while still at Fordham University.
Paul Morrissey death: Cult filmmaker and Andy Warhol collaborator dies at 86
The Independent 10-29-2024
Born in 1938 in Manhattan, [Paul] Morrissey graduated from Fordham University before joining the US military. He moved to the East Village in New York City in 1960, and opened an underground cinema where he screened his own films as well as early works by Brian De Palma.
Paul Morrissey, Icon of NY Underground Cinema Behind ‘Trash,’ ‘Flesh’ and More Andy Warhol Films, Dies at 86
Variety 10-28-2024
Born on Feb. 23, 1938, in Manhattan, [Paul] Morrissey was raised in Yonkers, where he attended Roman Catholic schools before earning a bachelor’s degree in English at Fordham University. He began making 16mm shorts shortly after, oftentimes drawing from his religious background.
John F. Keenan, U.S. Judge in Myerson and Marcos Trials, Dies at 94
The New York Times 10-28-2024
John Fontaine Keenan was born in Manhattan on Nov. 23, 1929, to John and Veronica (Fontaine) Keenan. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1951 and from Fordham University School of Law in 1954. He married Diane Nicholson, a teacher, in 1956.
BTS’s Jin, Hugh Jackman, John Legend: The smartest, sexiest men alive
Study International 10-01-2024
Not only did he [Denzel Washington] earn a bachelor’s degree in theatre at Fordham University, but Washington also served on the university’s Board of Trustees for six years since 1994. Even sexier, he gifted the university US$2 million with an additional US$250,000 to establish a scholarship fund for students of Fordham College at Lincoln Centre, where he attended in the past.
Mother Lucille Cutrone, founding member of CFR Sisters, dies
Aleteia 10-31-2024
Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit priest who had spent time in prison in the Soviet Union in the 1940s and 1950s. Fr. Ciszek, who worked at Fordham University in New York after his return from Russia, was Lucille’s spiritual director for several years.
America’s Court With Judge Ross – AUDIO UNAVAILABLE
TheGrio – US Streaming Video 10-29-2024
“I’m fascinated by how black people exist in this country that is America that’s founded on white supremacy, anti-black racism, capitalism, patriarchy, and how it is that we not only survive, but we thrive,” said Christina Greer, professor of political science at Fordham University.
