Why Has Boston University Stopped Accepting Grad Students?
The Chronicle of Higher Education 12-10-2024
“Educating graduate students is harder to categorize, because graduate education is faculty-centered. We see this especially clearly in the lab sciences, where a graduate student’s dissertation must fit their adviser’s funded research agenda, because the adviser is also the director of the lab that the student works in,” wrote Leonard Cassuto, professor of English at Fordham University.
The Mets just invested $765 million in their glow up. Can they be bigger than the Yankees?
NBC News 12-11-2024
A region’s second-place franchise can emerge from shadows if an owner is willing to shell out cash, Fordham University professor Mark Conrad said, citing the NBA’s Steve Ballmer, who has remarkably made L.A. Clippers games fashionable events. “The focus of New York baseball could be shifting now,” said Conrad, who teaches sports law at Fordham’s business school.
At Harvard, US academics compare notes on a year of post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism
The Times of Israel 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, the Shvidler chair of Jewish studies at Fordham University and president of the American Academy for Jewish Research, lamented “social media culture that allows you only to like or block, a short-form quickness of reaction … We have to relearn to disagree with each other, not to cancel each other.”
Is It Ever OK to Go Barefoot in Public?
The New York Times 12-16-2024
According to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, “Most barefoot bans simply reflect private dress codes put in place by restaurants, retailers and others concerned about safety and their own potential liability for splinters, slips and stubbed toes.”
The dean of the state Senate has seen it all
City & State New York 12-11-2024
The state Senate is saying goodbye to its dean as state Sen. Neil Breslin [FCRH ‘64] prepares to say his final farewell to the chamber after 28 years in office. First elected in 1997, the Albany-area native has seen a lot, from entering in the minority to presiding over a legislative coup and becoming part of the Democratic supermajority.
Juan Soto’s 15-year deal has short-term benefits that outweigh long-term risks, experts say
Newsday 12-09-2024
Soto, 26, who agreed to the largest guaranteed contract in North American sports history at 15 years and $765 million, might be costing baseball’s richest owner a whole lot of money, but he also stands to elevate the franchise, increase ticket sales, provide profitable merchandising opportunities and raise TV ratings for the team’s flagship network, SNY, said Mark Conrad, professor of law and ethics at Fordham University, and director of its sports business concentration.
New York Red Bulls Sign Goalkeeper Ryan Meara to New MLS Contract
Red Bull 12-09-2024
Prior to New York, [Ryan] Meara was a four-year starter at Fordham University, where he was a three-time All-Atlantic selection. He holds Fordham’s all-time record for shutouts in a career with 31 and was named Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 2011.
Antisemitism on Campuses
Harvard Magazine 12-12-2024
Magda Teter, professor of Judaic studies and history at Fordham University, spoke about what antisemitism studies could learn from other fields. “Black studies and racism studies study the impact of racism on its victims,” she said. “Antisemitism studies make the victims invisible or implicated. We study the perpetrators, we study the antisemites.”
Battle Of The Boroughs 2024
The Bronx Daily 12-09-2024
SuitUp, a nonprofit entity that strives to increase career readiness for all students through innovative business plan competitions, has partnered with the Fordham Foundry, Fordham University’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship within the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, a thought leader in business education for the future and in the areas of social and corporate responsibility, to encourage more students—especially those from underrepresented communities—to consider careers in financial services.
NYC mayoral hopefuls want a rent freeze, but tenants may have to wait until 2026
Brick Underground 12-10-2024
New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie committed to appointing “members of the rent guidelines board that will be putting our renters first,” at the Saturday forum at Fordham University. Attorney Jim Walden said he supports freezing the rents for tenants who live in buildings owned by landlords who will not disclose their operating costs and income, Gothamist reported.
What is the Heisman trophy made of? Height, weight and who designed it
Diario AS 12-10-2024
The now-famous pose wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment idea. Eliscu consulted Jim Crowley, head coach at Fordham University and a member of Notre Dame’s legendary “Four Horsemen.” Crowley’s players demonstrated sidesteps, forward drives, and, of course, the signature stiff-arm move, which Eliscu painstakingly recreated in clay. After rigorous critique and adjustments—including a Notre Dame football team endorsement – the design was finalized.
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn’t Fit His Loyalist Mold
The New York Times 12-10-2024
Mr. Trump’s post on Truth Social announcing Mr. Bessent’s selection made no mention of his husband, Mr. [John] Freeman, 62, who grew up in the Bronx. Mr. Freeman was an athlete (football, rugby) whose father died young, and he attended Fordham University and night classes at Brooklyn Law before joining the Bronx district attorney’s office.
Bing Crosby’s 7 Children: All About the ‘White Christmas’ Singer’s Family
People Magazine 12-15-2024
Harry [Crosby] now works in business as an investment banker. He began his career at Lehman Brothers and went on to assume partner roles at Cranemere and Snow Phipps. In 2019, he joined Trilantic North America as a partner of business development. Harry received a master’s degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and a business degree from Fordham University.
Denzel Washington’s 5 decades of groundbreaking excellence in film
Rolling Out 12-10-2024
The Boys & Girls Club played a pivotal role in his development, while his [Denzel Washington] father’s work as a Pentecostal minister and his mother’s entrepreneurial spirit instilled discipline and work ethic. After his parents’ divorce at age 14, boarding school experiences and later studies at Fordham University set the stage for his acting career.
Denzel Washington: A legacy of excellence in film and beyond
The Grio 12-09-2024
After [Denzel] Washington’s parents, Denzel Sr. and Lennis, divorced when he was 14, he and his sister were sent to a boarding school in New Windsor, New York. Post-high school, Washington made his way to Fordham University.
First look: Future Days Beer Co. readies for debut in Northern Liberties
Philadelphia Business Journal 12-11-2024
First reported by the Business Journal in 2023, Future Days is owned by Nick Mata and Sean McGuire, who met while in school at Fordham University and have been homebrewing together for more than 10 years. In 2021, the duo signed a lease on the building, which had previously been vacant for 15 years, according to Mata. They spent the next three years converting it into a brewery while attempting to maintain historical aspects of the property.
Origin of new Northern Liberties brewery can be traced to college apartment bathtub
Philly Voice 12-11-2024
Future Days Beer Co. opens Thursday in a renovated carriage house in Northern Liberties, but its original home was much more modest. The brewery was born in an off-campus apartment near Fordham University in the Bronx, where two college juniors [Nick Mata and Sean McGuire] decided to give beer-making a spin.
Bears sign three to Division I programs
Elgin Courier 12-10-2024
Offensive lineman Jaxon Taylor will be heading to Fordham University. As a critical protector for sophomore quar terback Weston Nielsen, Taylor anchored Bastrop’s offensive line and helped power the team’s success. He fielded offers f rom Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Bryant, per 247Sports.
