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Feeling grateful to Fordham Law School for the education he received, Chris Torrente, LAW ’00, has been supporting the school for years—most recently, supporting a new diversity, equity, and inclusion effort that resonates with him personally. His reasons stem from challenges family members have faced, and from his own experience as a first-year Fordham Law

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DAVID GIBSON, CRISTINA TRAINA
Why the Next Pope Won’t Be Good News for American Conservatives
Newsweek 09-10-2023
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, told Newsweek that nothing is guaranteed in terms of Francis’s successor, but said: “I think it unlikely that you will get the pope-as-policeman that some on the American right seem to want.”
Professor Cristina Traina, an expert in Catholic ethics at Fordham University, agreed “the next pope is likely to be someone who leans in Francis’s direction.”

JOHN FORTUNATO
Disney and Charter Communications strike deal, ending blackout for Spectrum cable customers
The Associated Press 09-11-2023
“When the passionate fan base is being deprived of something they desire, you’re going to hear about it,” said John Fortunato, a communications professor at Fordham University who specializes in sports media.

DEBORAH DENNO
Could Kohberger be spared death penalty since Idaho adopted firing squads?
NewsNation 09-12-2023
While the phrase “firing squad” can conjure up frightening images, Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno told NewsNation it’s not as grisly as people might think. Prisoners shot in the heart would actually die more quickly than those killed by other means.

MARK CONRAD
Aaron Rodgers’s Injury Upended the Jets’ Season. Sponsors Say That’s Fine.
The Wall Street Journal 09-13-2023
Rodgers may not loom as large in New York City or in the NFL this season, undermining his effectiveness for business partners, said Mark Conrad, a professor of law and ethics and the director of the Gabelli Sports Business Initiative at Fordham University.

JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
Opinion: I’ve Studied N.Y.C. Rodents for 12 Years. The Enemy Is Us.
The New York Times 08-27-2023
Jason Munshi-South (@urbanevol) is a professor of biology at Fordham University, where he runs the Munshi-South Lab at Fordham’s Louis Calder Center. He has studied the ecology and evolution of urban wildlife in New York City for 16 years, with a particular interest in rodents.

CHRISTINA GREER
Officials: Jacksonville Shooting was Racially Motivated
MSNBC 08-27-2023
“We have a governor, Ron DeSantis, who does have blood on his hands because he is the one who has taken away education in the state to make sure people don’t know. Black history is American history,” said Christina Greer, associated professor of political science at Fordham.

MARK NAISON
Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there’s pride, still hard times
The Associated Press 08-09-2023
It was music that “had the sound of a city in collapse, but also had an air of defiance,” said Mark Naison, history professor at Fordham University in the Bronx. Block parties and the various elements of hip-hop served as an outlet for creativity and an escape from the hardships of daily life.

CHERYL BADER
Trump’s Emerging Defense in the 2020 Election Case Explained and Dissected by Legal Experts
USAToday 08-09-2023
“You don’t have First Amendment rights to incite crime or pressure other people to take illegal action,” said Cheryl Bader, professor of criminal law at Fordham Law. “The speech here is a testament to both the technique used to turn the findings on their head and the means by which he obtained the lawsuit.”

JOHN BROOKS
Opinion The solution to Biden’s student loan problems is right before his eyes
The Washington Post 07-18-2022
“Before embarking on what will likely become yet another long court battle, it should turn to a program that already exists and, if tweaked, could legally accomplish just about everything one could want from a loan forgiveness policy,” wrote John Brooks, a Fordham Law professor, along with colleagues from Georgetown Law.

RACHEL ANNUNZIATO
Rushing These 6 Baby Milestones Is A Complete Waste Of Time
Fatherly 07-18-2023
“The window for walking is wide, and there is no cause for alarm if that milestone has yet to be reached,” says Rachel Annunziato, Ph.D., a professor of pediatric psychology at Fordham University.

SUSAN SCAFIDI
China’s Shein Fashion Firm Facing Lawsuit
CBS News 07-17-2023
Under U.S. law—and the U.S. is less protective of fashion than many other jurisdictions—but under U.S. law, many copies of three-dimensional garments would not be protected. However, we do have protection for some of the things like the design on the front of a T-shirt, the two-dimensional part,” said Susan Scafidi, the founder and director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University.

DEBORAH DENNO
Alabama’s Last Two Executions Failed. They’re Trying Again Next Week
NPR 07-14-2023
Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert at Fordham Law School, says lethal injection problems are an issue all around the country.

RACHEL KAMMER
What Is EMDR Therapy, Exactly, and Can It Really Help You Process Trauma?
SELF Magazine 06-20-2023
“Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who originated it, was walking through a park, thinking about some upsetting memory, when she noticed that when she moved her eyes back and forth, she felt calmer,” Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW, an EMDR-certified therapist and clinical professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, tells SELF.

HEATHER MACBETH
A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too
The New York Times 07-02-2023
But Heather Macbeth, a mathematician at Fordham University, said that this same feature — providing line-by-line feedback — also makes the systems useful for teaching. In the spring, Dr. Macbeth designed a “bilingual” course: She translated every problem presented on the blackboard into Lean code in the lecture notes, and students submitted solutions to homework problems both in Lean and prose.

ZEIN MURIB
Reaction to SCOTUS Ruling Limiting LGBTQ Protections
NBC 4 06-30-2023
Zein Murib, assistant professor of political science at Fordham University, said it is a setback to LGBTQ rights and sets a precedent that could impact other communities. “It immediately affects lesbians and gay men,” Murib said. “But it’s not impossible to imagine a scenario where a business could deny services to someone who is Muslim or Jewish or Hindu based on what they claim are their firmly held religious beliefs.”

MARK CONRAD
PGA Tour-LIV Golf Alliance Could Take A Year To Finalize If Deal Doesn’t Collapse First
Forbes 06-06-18-2023
“We had nasty litigation between the PGA Tour and LIV and vice versa where the parties called each other pretty nasty terms—‘monopolist’, ‘improper,’ ‘lack of human rights’, and ‘stooges for a foreign government.’ Now, all of a sudden, they kiss and make up in secret without telling the membership,” Mark Conrad, an associate professor of law and ethics and director of the Sports Business Initiative at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, says.

BARBARA PORCO
These accelerated MBA programs allow undergrads to complete 2 degrees within 5 years
Fortune 06-27-2023
Four-plus-one programs keep students connected with their goals, says Barbara Porco, the associate dean of graduate studies and managing director of the responsible business center at Fordham University.

RACHEL KAMMER
What Is EMDR Therapy, Exactly, and Can It Really Help You Process Trauma?
SELF Magazine 06-20-2023
“Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who originated it, was walking through a park, thinking about some upsetting memory, when she noticed that when she moved her eyes back and forth, she felt calmer,” Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW, an EMDR-certified therapist and clinical professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, tells SELF.

JED SHUGERMAN
Student loan-relief backers warn Biden ‘failure isn’t an option’
Bloomberg 06-26-2023
But this alternative strategy advocates are coalescing around would be time-consuming and could easily delay any relief until after the 2024 election, Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University, said.

LAWRENCE BRENNAN
Titanic sub was destroyed “almost instantaneously,” Fordham prof. says
CBS 2 06-22-2023
“This is one of the first traumatic casualties of this nature, but these types of vessels are used frequently in oil exploration fields,” said Lawrence Brennan, who teaches international maritime law at Fordham Law School.

PAUL LEVINSON
CNN’s future cloudy in wake of management change
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 06-16-2023
“The days of broadcasting, the days when Walter Cronkite gave the news and got 65 million viewers — only the Super Bowl now gets that many,” said Paul Levinson, a media studies professor at Fordham University. “That is the structural reason CNN is in trouble. It’s the way people get the news today. … Kids and young adults: they don’t watch TV.”

JOHN DAVENPORT
Escalation or Defense? Unveiling Errors in Discussing Military Aid to Ukraine
The Defense post
“In the face of attacks from missile launch sites, artillery depots, and airfields within Russia, targeting these areas becomes a completely legitimate form of defense,” wrote John Davenport, a professor of philosophy and peace & justice studies at Fordham University.

RACHEL KAMMER
What Is EMDR Therapy, Exactly, and Can It Really Help You Process Trauma?
SELF Magazine 06-20-2023
“Dr. Francine Shapiro, the psychologist who originated it, was walking through a park, thinking about some upsetting memory, when she noticed that when she moved her eyes back and forth, she felt calmer,” Rachelle Kammer, PhD, LCSW, an EMDR-certified therapist and clinical professor at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service, tells SELF.

LERZAN AKSOY
Fordham business school dean on the importance of preparing students to handle ESG issues
Crain’s New York 05-29-2023
Five months into her tenure as dean of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, Lerzan Aksoy has been thinking about how to align the school’s mission with current skill set demands from hiring managers as businesses focus on environmental, social and governance innovation.

BRUCE GREEN
Lawyer’s AI Blunder Shows Perils of ChatGPT in ‘Early Days’
Bloomberg Law 05-31-2023
Advances in technology are no substitute for checking work, said Bruce Green, a Fordham Law School professor. … “This isn’t really a new problem; lawyers have offloaded or delegated work for years,” Green said.

BRUCE GREEN
Trump escalates attacks on judges amid increasing legal scrutiny
The Hill 05-29-2023
“It’s a bit unseemly for the judges to respond. And if it’s a response by a judge on a pending case, then it raises issues about their fairness,” said Bruce Green, a law professor at Fordham University and an expert in legal ethics.

LAURI GOLDKIND
For Some Autistic People, ChatGPT Is a Lifeline
Wired 05-30-2023
“We talk about empowering people and helping people to be fully autonomous and experience success on their own terms,” says Lauri Goldkind, a professor in Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service who focuses on the marriage of social work and technology.

LENNY CASSUTO
Surprising Words The Spelling Bee Kids Can Nail But The Rest Of Us Get Wrong All The Time
HuffPost 06-01-2023
“The most common misspelling I see is ‘it’s,’ or depending on your point of view, ‘its,’ and the reason is simple: It’s irregular,” said Lenny Cassuto, an English professor at Fordham University in New York City.

ORIT AVISHAI
Israeli protesters fear for their country’s precarious LGBTQ rights revolutionReligion News Service 06-01-2023
“During research for my book about Orthodox LGBTQ activism in Israel, I noticed how efforts to change conservative communities’ ideas about equality and acceptance were grounded in claims of a shared Jewish experience,” wrote Orit Avishai, a professor of sociology at Fordham.

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Who is Ron DeSantis and what his presidency could mean for Ukraine
The New Voice of Ukraine 05-25-2023
Monica McDermott, a professor of political science at Fordham University in New York, added that Republicans are among the groups least inclined to prioritize the defense of Ukraine as important for the United States.

KIMANI PAUL-EMILE
U.S. Law and Discrimination in Health Care
The New England Journal of Medicine 05-20-2023
“Although discrimination both by clinicians and by patients and families is well documented, occurs relatively commonly, and may be based on characteristics other than race, the laws that can be used to address these two types of discrimination differ substantially,” wrote Kimani Paul-Emile, professor of law at Fordham.

SOPHIE MITRA
U.S. debt default could hit Social Security payments first
The Washington Post 05-25-2023
“Older people, especially those who do not have savings, are very vulnerable to food insecurity and poverty,” said Sophie Mitra, an economics professor at Fordham University.

STEPHEN HOLLER
We’ve Been Hunting For Aliens All Wrong, Scientists Say. We Must Pin Down Their ‘Technosignatures’
Popular Mechanics 05-22-2023
“I truly believe that we are not alone in the universe. It’s too vast for life to form only on some random planet in some random galaxy,” Stephen Holler, an associate professor of physics at Fordham University in New York City, tells Popular Mechanics. Holler thinks the theory of technosignatures is viable.

MAGDA TETER
Author finds common root for antisemitism and racism is ‘Christian supremacy’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency 05-14-2023
Magda Teter’s new book, “Christian Supremacy,” begins in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 11, 2017. Hundreds of white nationalist neo-Nazis who ostensibly gathered to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a local park broke into a chant: “Jews will not replace us.”

I. BENNETT CAPERS
Opinion: Neely’s death and reasonableness: Like in the Bernhard Goetz case, how the word is interpreted will determine if the subway killing by Daniel Penny is lawful or not
Daily News 05-13-2023
“No matter what happens in this case, the larger issue of how we treat the most vulnerable members of society — those who suffer from mental disabilities— that’s on us,” wrote I. Bennett Capers, professor and director of the Center on Race, Law and Justice, at Fordham Law School, and Cynthia Godsoe, professor of law at Brooklyn Law School.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow And The Original Meaning Of Corruption
HuffPost 05-13-2023
Officials who take the path of corruption are “tempted by narcissism, ambition, or luxury, to place private gain before public good in their public actions,” Fordham School of Law professor Zephyr Teachout wrote in “The Anti-Corruption Principle.”

RICHARD SQUIRE
Small banks are dealing with the ripple effects of two prominent failures last month
NPR 04-30-2023
Richard Squire is a professor at Fordham University who specializes in financial and banking law. “When America was in its earlier days, we had a kind of a populist suspicion about big banks,” he said.

BETH KNOBEL
Putin assassination attempt? What to know about the Kremlin drone attack
The Hill 05-03-2023
“It looks to me like Putin and his handlers are constructing a fake provocation with this so-called terrorist attack that Russia can use as an excuse to rain down even more pain and suffering on the Ukrainian people or possibly use to justify an assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,” said Beth Knobel, a former CBS bureau chief in Moscow and now a communications professor at Fordham University.

JULIE SUK
Opinion: Amending the Constitution Is Still Possible. Start With the E.R.A.
The New York Times 05-02-2023
“Congress should activate its full powers as the director of the amendment process and, in the name of both sex equality and the possibility of making ‘a more perfect union,’ reacquaint Americans with the possibility of changing the Constitution,” wrote Julie C. Suk, a law professor at Fordham, with co-writer Kate Shaw.

CHRISTINA GREER
Capehart: GOP attacking Kamala Harris shows ‘her strength’ ahead of 2024 election
MSNBC 04-28-2023
MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart is joined by Keesha Middlemass, a political science professor at Howard University, and Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University, to discuss the key role Vice President Kamala Harris will play in securing a successful reelection campaign for the Biden-Harris administration as she faces a barrage of Republican attacks and intense scrutiny.

TANYA K. HERNÁNDEZ
New project explores lives of Afro Mexicans in the U.S.
Axios 05-02-2023
Racism is deeply rooted in Latin American and Caribbean nations, where slavery was common, Tanya K. Hernández, a Fordham University law professor and author, of “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias,” previously told Axios Latino.

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
What’s Typically in a Severance Package
Kiplinger 04-29-2023
A severance package is the pay and benefits an employee receives from an employer when their employment contract has unexpectedly ended due to a layoff or job elimination. “Severance is a very formal version of ‘Don’t go away mad, just go away,’” Fordham economics professor Giacomo Santangelo told CBS MoneyWatch.

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