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PRESIDENT TETLOW

President Speaks: 10 tips to help shape your presidential voice
Higher Ed Dive 02-06-2023
“Using the presidential voice is never simple,” wrote Tania Tetlow. “In my second university presidency, at Fordham, I continue to find my voice and navigate the complexities of speaking out.”

CLIPS OF THE WEEK

KEITH URGO
Fordham men’s basketball came out of nowhere. Its new coach can relate.
The Washington Post 02-06-2023
[Keith] Urgo, in his first season as Fordham’s head coach, has been part of a remarkable renaissance at a school that’s located not far from the Bronx Zoo. Even after Sunday’s 68-58 loss at Richmond, the Rams are 6-4 in the jumbled Atlantic-10 and 18-5 overall.

TANYA K. HERNÁNDEZ
Afro Latino scholars and activists slam Gov. DeSantis’ dissection of AP African American studies
NBC News 02-04-2023
Fordham University law professor Tanya K. Hernández, author of the book “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality,” called DeSantis’ recent moves “an attack on racial literacy.”

EUNICE CARTER
PBS’s Hidden Histories Part I
WNET 02-04-2023
“[Eunice Carter’s] family made sure she got a good education. She went to Smith College. She was only the second black woman to receive a bachelor’s and master’s degree. She entered Fordham Law school and was the first black woman to graduate from that school,” said author Jermaine Fowler. “It is just within the last few years we’re recovering her legacy and her contributions to this [Luciano] case and this grand place that she holds in American history in going against organized crime.”

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Everything You Didn’t Know About St Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC
Forbes 02-07-2023
Hughes was known as “Dagger John” because he was aggressive and wanted to build a cathedral of suitable magnificence. The other two creators were architect James Renwick who also designed the Smithsonian, NYC’s Grace Church, and parts of the Croton Aqueduct; and Cardinal John McCloskey, the first president of St. Johns College, now Fordham University.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

TANYA K. HERNÁNDEZ
Afro Latino scholars and activists slam Gov. DeSantis’ dissection of AP African American studies
NBC News 02-04-2023
Fordham University law professor Tanya K. Hernández, author of the book “Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality,” called DeSantis’ recent moves “an attack on racial literacy.”

LAWRENCE BRENNAN
Blown to Bits! Chinese Spy Balloon Blasted, Plummets Into Sea
Coffee or Die Magazine 02-04-2023
“First you need to know how much damage was done, damage from the missile and the missile’s debris, and then the damage from impact with the water,” said retired US Navy Capt. Lawrence B. Brennan, a maritime law expert who now teaches at Fordham University.

DEBORAH DENNO
This Was John Wayne Gacy’s Last Meal
Mashed 02-07-2023
Capital punishment law expert and Fordham University law school professor Deborah Denno told BBC that this tradition fascinates the public because “it brings us back to the fact that this is a human being who will not be having any more dinners like we do.” It marks the end of a life.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

MARK CONRAD
Will next Olympics in the U.S. be affected by the controversy over Russian athlete status?
Deseret News 02-02-2023
“It’s been crazy. It’s gotten nasty,” said Mark Conrad, director of the sports program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City. ”It’s turning Paris into a headache.”

BENJAMIN COLE
Coinbase Manager Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading as SEC Eyes Regulatory Monopoly
BeInCrypto 02-07-2023
According to Fordham University’s Benjamin Cole, an SEC victory in the Coinbase civil case could see exchanges scramble to determine which tokens are securities. Furthermore, clients could see their token holdings in said securities collapse virtually overnight.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

GIACOMO SANTANGELO
The Global Debate : Global Tech Layoffs
Sansad TV 02-04-2023
“I think what we are seeing is not so much a bursting of the tech bubble that everyone is talking about, but more of the tech industry letting some air out of the balloon,” said Giacomo Santangelo, senior lecturer of economics at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
The African American exodus from New York City
Black News 02-03-2023
Black immigrants – like all immigrants – are a subsection of foreigners willing enough and able to muster the resources to move, said Christina Greer, a Fordham University political science professor studying local Black politics.

ATHLETICS

Fordham men’s basketball came out of nowhere. Its new coach can relate.
The Washington Post 02-06-2023
[Keith] Urgo, in his first season as Fordham’s head coach, has been part of a remarkable renaissance at a school that’s located not far from the Bronx Zoo. Even after Sunday’s 68-58 loss at Richmond, the Rams are 6-4 in the jumbled Atlantic-10 and 18-5 overall. They are a game out of second place (if also a game out of sixth). For a team that has had two winning seasons in A-10 play since joining the league in 1995, that’s a big deal.

Tan, Veloria off to Cross Country World Championships
Saipan Tribune 02-08-2023
Tania Tan and Sildrey Veloria have been selected to represent the CNMI in the upcoming World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. Tan is currently in her final year at Fordham University where she runs on the cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams.

UMass basketball: Minutemen on the mend ahead of showdown at ascendant Fordham
Greenfield Recorder 02-08-2023
The joke online used to be “Fordham’s too high” whenever the Atlantic 10 preseason polls came out when the Rams were inevitably picked at the bottom of the league. Now Fordham, UMass’ next opponent, is too high for the rest of the league’s liking. 

Bonnies finish an impressive 3-game streak
The Bradford Era 02-07-2023
A stretch of four losses in six games in January seemed to verify that concern, especially the last one, a 79-68 loss to Fordham at the Reilly Center which Bona fans found galling. They didn’t realize that while the Bonnies had beaten the Rams in 16 of the previous 17 meetings, this was a resurgent Fordham team under new coach Keith Urgo.

With Matt Grace scoring 21 on 24th birthday, Spiders’ comeback flips Fordham
Richmond Times-Dispatch 02-05-2023
Fordham, which ranked 15th among A-10 teams in 3-point shooting percentage (27.3) in league play and missed 14 of 18, arrived as the biggest surprise in the conference. The Rams were picked 11th in the league preseason poll and were off to their best A-10 start since 2007 under first-year coach Keith Urgo.

STUDENTS

TAHIRA GILLARD
5th Annual Black History Education Conference Will Showcase African-American Women Entrepreneurs
Madison365 02-07-2023
Other keynote sessions will be led by: Tahira Gillard [who]is a 23-year-old scholar and third-year law student at Fordham University School of Law.

ALUMNI

EUNICE CARTER
PBS’s Hidden Histories Part I
WNET 02-04-2023
“[Eunice Carter’s] family made sure she got a good education. She went to Smith College. She was only the second black woman to receive a bachelor’s and master’s degree. She entered Fordham Law school and was the first black woman to graduate from that school,” said author Jermaine Fowler. “It is just within the last few years we’re recovering her legacy and her contributions to this [Luciano] case and this grand place that she holds in American history in going against organized crime.”

HOWIE ROSEMAN
Column: The Spanos Way isn’t followed by this year’s Super Bowl teams
The San Diego Union-Tribune 02-06-2023
“I started getting letters from this complete stranger who identified himself as a recent graduate of (Fordham) Law School and the University of Florida undergrad … and leading with the fact that he had never played football, coached football, been the ballboy for a football team,” said Banner, who hired [Howie] Roseman to help with research, “but he was absolutely sure that given the opportunity he would be a great general manager.”

WELLINGTON MARA, VINCE LOMBARDI
‘All they wanted was a new sports car and 10 grand’: Remembering how the Super Bowl was made
The Star-Ledger 02-08-2023
Meanwhile, both coaches were being hammered by every owner in their league to win this one for them. Wellington Mara of the Giants was a classmate of Packers’ coach Vince Lombardi at Fordham. He wrote a letter to Lombardi, pointing out that this was the biggest game in the history of the NFL and the old guard could not afford a loss.

DICK BARNETT
Coming to town: 10 things to know about Dick Barnett, Tennessee State legend, NBA champion
The Tennessean 02-07-2023
After playing in the NBA for 15 seasons, [Dick] Barnett earned his doctorate degree in education at Fordham.

HOWIE ROSEMAN
Raising Arizona
Above the Law 02-07-2023
We can start with a fellow lawyer, as well as a fellow Brooklynite, Howie Roseman. A graduate of Fordham Law, Roseman is now the executive vice president and general manager of the Eagles.



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