PRESIDENT TETLOW

Earth Day Inspiration From Pope Francis On How To Frame Our Future
WCS Wild Audio podcast 04-19-2023
“The point of free will is we make our messes and we clean them up,” said Fordham President Tania Tetlow. “That is what we are charged with doing and it’s just a very proud part of our identity as a Jesuit Catholic institution.” Partnering with WCS, Fordham has embraced its Framing Our Future campaign as part of its own Green Plan to live out the inspirational call to protect nature found in Pope Francis’s 2015 Laudato si’ encyclical.

CLIPS OF THE WEEK

Climate, Environmental Activists Headline Fordham Climate Summit
News 12 04-19-2023
In honor of Earth Week, Fordham University students alongside climate and environmental activists gathered to demonstrate support for environmental protection. At the top of the agenda: discussing how powerful communities come together and take a just and transformative approach to climate action.

STAN VELIOTIS
This last-second move is ‘one of the only’ things that can still reduce your 2022 taxes, says CPA
CNBC 04-17-2023
Staying on top of these payments has become even more important of late because interest rates have been on the rise, says Stan Veliotis, professor of accounting and taxation at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU
Monday Morning National Legal & Political News; Gov. Hochul’s Housing Plan & Long Island; the Orthodox Church & Geopolitics; WNYC in the Neighborhood
WNYC 04-17-2023
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Archbishop Demetrios chair in Orthodox theology and culture at Fordham University and co-founding director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, talks about the role of the Orthodox Church in Russia’s geopolitics as the war in Ukraine continues.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

America Media Announces 2023-24 O’Hare Fellows
America Magazine 04-13-2023
O’Hare fellows spend one year at America Media working on print, digital, audio and film projects while benefiting from mentoring and professional development opportunities. Fellows reside at Fordham University Lincoln Center, where they engage in a dynamic community in the heart of New York City, the media capital of the world.

ADMINISTRATORS

JOHN FEERICK
Irish-American legal legend
The Irish Echo 03-03-2023
If you were to choose one person who personified the success of first-generation Irish Americans, you would be hard pressed to find a candidate more worthy than John Feerick, the retired Dean of Fordham University’s Law School. … Today he still serves as Director of the Feerick Center for Social Justice and Dispute Resolution at Fordham Law School.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

NICHOLAS JOHNSON
Second Amendment Scholar Challenges Gun Control Narrative, Says It Increases Racial Bias In Criminal Justice
Cowboy State Daily 04-16-2023
The Fordham University School of Law professor wants lawmakers to consider firearms regulation from a new lens.

KIMANI PAUL-EMILE
A Postpartum Hospital Visit Almost Cost Me My Life. Here’s What Other Black Women Should Know
Popsugar 04-17-2023
“If there’s a specific clinician with whom you’ve had a bad experience, you could say, ‘I don’t want that person,'” says Kimani Paul-Emile, professor of law at Fordham University.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

STAN VELIOTIS
This last-second move is ‘one of the only’ things that can still reduce your 2022 taxes, says CPA
CNBC 04-17-2023
Staying on top of these payments has become even more important of late because interest rates have been on the rise, says Stan Veliotis, professor of accounting and taxation at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

ARISTOTLE PAPANIKOLAOU
Monday Morning National Legal & Political News; Gov. Hochul’s Housing Plan & Long Island; the Orthodox Church & Geopolitics; WNYC in the Neighborhood
WNYC 04-17-2023
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Archbishop Demetrios chair in Orthodox theology and culture at Fordham University and co-founding director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, talks about the role of the Orthodox Church in Russia’s geopolitics as the war in Ukraine continues.

CHRISTINA GREER
Is Vice President Kamala Harris having a moment with Black voters?
The Grio 04-18-2023
Examining Harris’ role as it relates to the White House’s ability to reach Black communities, political scientist and Fordham University professor Christina M. Greer noted in a previous interview with theGrio: “Kamala Harris was missing for a lot of Black people for a very long time, and they were wondering what she was doing, what she was being utilized to do.”

MICHAEL PARSONS
New York City appointed a rat czar. Her job will be a tall ask
NPR 04-14-2023
Now once that flag is there, it stays,” says Michael Parsons, an urban ecologist at Fordham University. Parsons says that the New York City plan doesn’t follow the science. He’s written a five step playbook to get rid of the city’s rats. It all starts with the tried and true “know thy enemy.”

STUDENTS

ANDREW DEFRIN
‘Phantom of the Opera’ superfans say goodbye to Broadway’s longest-running show
CNN 04-16-2023
Andrew Defrin, a Fordham University student studying theater directing, has been “completely enraptured” with the Phantom since he first saw the show at age 6. He’d sing along with the soundtrack on sets he made out of cardboard, proudly wearing his very own Phantom mask.

DANIELLE ÉTIENNE
Women’s World Cup trophy gets quick, guarded visit in Haiti
The Associated Press 04-15-2023
Given the situation, the win in February was a big moment, said Danielle Étienne, a member of Haiti’s soccer team and a student at Fordham University in New York.

ANNA DEWOLFE
Women’s basketball: Anna DeWolfe transfers to Notre Dame for final season
Portland Press Herald 04-18-2023
At Fordham, DeWolfe was a first-team all-conference selection in the Atlantic 10 for the past three seasons. Notre Dame plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference, one of the top leagues in the nation.

ALUMNI

GREG WEISSERT
LI’s Greg Weissert back with Yankees, and his new pitch is cutting edge
Newsday 04-14-2023
But though some key pitching injuries and a strong enough spring training made a call-up seem relatively imminent, he didn’t spend these early April days just biding his time. No, Weissert — who attended Bay Shore High School and Fordham University — was cooking up a way to make his 2023 contributions a little more significant than the 12 big-league games he got into last year.

EMMANUEL BERBARI
Moneyball: How dollar signs equal talk time for players on MLB’s national broadcasts
New York Post 04-17-2023
Yankees radio has gone through a bit of a youth movement, first with a 36-year-old Justin Shackle be John Sterling‘s full-time fill-in on games as well as host of most postgame shows, but also with Emmanuel Berbari, only 23, will be Shackil’s backup on the postgame. Berbari is from Glen Lawn, Long Island and graduated from Fordham in 2021.

ZHANIIZHA KHANII-KEVII
Social worker staffing is at ‘bare-bones’ level in New York
NY 1 04-18-2023
Zhaniizha Khanii-Kevii has served more than 30 years as a staff supervising social worker with Sullivan County Department of Community Services Mental Health Clinic. She knew she wanted to go into social work starting when she was a junior in college. “June 1985 is when I started, a week after I graduated from Fordham University, and I’ve been with the county ever since,” said Khanii-Kevii.

CHRIS LEAVENWORTH
My Brother’s Ashes, the Bayou, and an Enigmatic Life
Texas Monthly 04-17-2023
Chris had graduated from a Christian Brothers high school in Galveston, as well as from Fordham University, run by the Jesuits.