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Rams in the News: November 8, 2019

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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

MARK NAISON & JANE EDWARD
Stavisky pushes for more funding for CUNY, SUNY
Politico 11-04-19
Dr. Jane Edward, a clinical associate professor at Fordham who grew up in southern Sudan and is one of the authors of the Bronx African American History Project, led one of the panels. “When I started this project, we started with Dr. [Mark] Naison [Fordham African American and history professor]…Dr. Naison said, ‘OK, let’s go to the community,” Edward said.

CHRISTINA GREER
New York’s 5 Ballot Questions: What You Need to Know
The New York Times 11-04-19
Because each one comprises several proposed changes to the City Charter, Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, described the process as “voting in bulk.”

REBECCA KYSAR
The Big Problem With Wealth Taxes
The New York Times 11-07-19
Rebecca Kysar is a professor at Fordham University School of Law.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Francis pontificate ‘a place of spiritual combat,’ claims papal biographer
National Catholic Reporter 11-06-19
The resistance to Pope Francis is largely made in the USA, a product of an alliance between religious culture warriors and right-wing Republican politicians, Austen Ivereigh*, best-selling papal biographer, said during a talk sponsored by Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture here Nov. 4.

The fleeing nones
Today’s Catholic 11-06-19
At a recent panel on “nones” at Fordham University, speakers noted that the right/left divide and the growing polarization in both religion and politics is turning people off. People who feel they don’t belong, disengage.

Grove City baker who swam from Cuba to Florida in ’78 to be honored
NBC4i 11-03-19
The ceremony for the class of 2020 will be next May 2 at Fordham University in New York.

SCHOOL OF LAW

Clayton Touts Use of Form CRS at Financial Fraud Panel
Wealth Management 11-01-19
[Jay] Clayton made the comments during a Q&A session at a conference on community-based financial fraud at Fordham University School of Law in Manhattan on Friday.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

5 of the Best Dividend Stocks to Buy in November
U.S. News & World Report 11-01-19
“The most attractive business segment of Rites is consultancy, where operating margins are around 35%,” says Mallikarjun Gaddam, an adjunct finance professor and research scholar at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business.

IIM-B, Gabelli School of Business launch fintech programme
Business Line on Campus 11-01-19
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has announced an executive education programme in ‘Digital disruptions and emerging technologies in financial services’, along with the Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, in New York.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

MARTIN GELTER
“Centros” and Defensive Regulatory Competition in the European Union
The Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog 11-07-19
This post comes to us from Professor Martin Gelter at Fordham University School of Law.

REBECCA KYSAR
The Big Problem With Wealth Taxes
The New York Times 11-07-19
Rebecca Kysar is a professor at Fordham University School of Law.

JAMES COHEN
Michael Flynn tries to get his guilty plea thrown out in Russia investigation
Los Angeles Times 11-07-19
“Flynn is playing to Trump,” said James Cohen, a law professor at Fordham University in New York.

JED SHUGERMAN
U.S. v. Nixon at 45: An Evening with Philip Allen Lacovara, Esq.
America Magazine 11-06-19
Jed Shugerman, J.D., Ph.D., professor of law at Fordham University, will serve as the first respondent.

MICHAEL A. VACCARI
Review: Aristotle for the 21st century
America Magazine 11-06-19
Michael A. Vaccari is a practicing attorney and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.

JURIJ TOPLAK
Croatia vs Hernadi Dispute Brings all Sides Into Disrepute
Budapest Business Journal 11-05-19
A rather fundamental, if expensive, legal mistake not unusual in the region, according to Jurij Toplak, a visiting professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
New Yorkers Say “Yes!” to Ranked Choice Voting
Read Media 11-05-19
“We are in a position here in New York City to change the structures of power,” said Zephyr Teachout, Activist and Fordham Law Professor.

BRADLEY SIMON
Windels Marx Enhances White Collar Practice with Addition of Bradley Simon as Partner
Markets Insider 11-04-19
He served as the presiding judge at the Barristers’ Union 2015 Trial Competition at Yale Law School; an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law Schools and St. John’s University; and he taught trial advocacy at Atlanta’s Emory Law School.

MARTIN FLAHERTY
Hang on a minute, did Trump break the law with his Ukraine call?
Quartz 11-04-19
While maybe not as egregious an an abuse of power, such behavior is problematic and shows contempt of due process, said Martin Flaherty, a law professor at Fordham and Princeton.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

CHAITRA NAGARAJA
Stats + Stories: The Importance of Official Statistics
91.3 WYSO 11-02-19
Chaitra Nagaraja is Associate Professor of Statistics at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.

FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

THOMAS BERRY
Pursuing Thomas Berry’s ‘New Story’ with an eye on climate change
National Catholic Reporter 11-06-19
Berry, who directed the graduate program in the history of religions* at Fordham University and founded and directed the Riverdale Center of Religious Research in Riverdale, New York, argued that a new narrative of the universe was essential if humans were to form a less destructive relationship with nature.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

SUSAN CELIA GREENFIELD
How can we solve homelessness? Listen to the people who have experienced it.
America Magazine 11-07-19
These are stories of great pathos that the editor, Susan Celia Greenfield, a professor of English at Fordham University, has carefully curated and shaped for clarity and effect, always with the storyteller’s sanction.

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Activist Mike Hot-Pence Mulls Possibility of Pence Presidency
NBC New York 11-07-19
Monika McDermott, a Fordham University professor and researcher who focuses on voting behavior, agrees that, for Democrats and progressives, a Pence presidency is “their worst nightmare.”

DANIEL SOYER
How A Mystery Torah Ended Up In An Online Thrift Store Selling For $456
Forward 11-06-19
In 1938, there were at least eight Berdichev societies in New York, said Daniel Soyer, a professor of history at Fordham University and the author of a book about Jewish immigration societies.

QUAMRUL HAIDER
Blue energy: Can it power a sustainable future?
The Daily Star 11-05-19
Quamrul Haider is a professor of physics at Fordham University, New York.

MICHAEL PARSONS
Climate change may allow mosquitoes, rodents to proliferate
Telegram 11-05-19
Rodent experts rely on “crude measures to estimate their populations, [for example], the number of complaints from people calling 311,” said Michael Parsons, a professor at Fordham University who studies urban ecology and rodents.

CHRISTINA GREER
Which promises will Bill de Blasio leave unkept?
City & State New York 11-07-19
Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said that the city is in for one of two scenarios.

CHRISTINA GREER
Dems look to build on momentum after Tuesday’s wins
MSNBC 11-07-19
Associate Professor at Fordham University Christina Greer and Senior Director of Progressive Programming at Sirius XM Zerlina Maxwell join Craig Melvin to discuss.

CHRISTINA GREER
Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act
New York Amsterdam News 11-07-19
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream,” and the co-host of the new podcast FAQ-NYC.

CHRISTINA GREER
Election Day 2019: Key Votes in Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi
The New York Times 11-05-19
Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University voted on Thursday in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

CHRISTINA GREER
New York’s 5 Ballot Questions: What You Need to Know
The New York Times 11-04-19
Because each one comprises several proposed changes to the City Charter, Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, described the process as “voting in bulk.”

DEAN MCKAY
Eco-anxiety, or how climate change spoils mental health
Wired Italy 11-02-19
Dean McKay, professor in the psychology department of Fordham University in New York and co-director of the Institute of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Research suggests that “getting in touch with nature is part of what is called anxiety control, or control of ‘anxiety. A form of commitment to some kind of activism could reduce levels of eco-anxiety”.

MARK NAISON & JANE EDWARD
Stavisky pushes for more funding for CUNY, SUNY
Politico 11-04-19
Dr. Jane Edward, a clinical associate professor at Fordham who grew up in southern Sudan and is one of the authors of the Bronx African American History Project, led one of the panels. “When I started this project, we started with Dr. [Mark] Naison [Fordham African American and history professor]…Dr. Naison said, ‘OK, let’s go to the community,” Edward said.

MARK NAISON
American Graffiti: Church, Cancer, and ‘Hate Faith’
The Progressive 11-02-19
I was recently tagged on a very disturbing Facebook post by Dr. Mark Naison, Fordham University scholar in New York City.

RACHEL ANNUNZIATO
Preventing Bullying
Family Circle 11-01-19
“Teens can be open to outsiders,” says Rachel Annunziato, Ph.D., a psychology professor at Fordham University in New York City.

BRYAN MASSINGALE
How my Catholic identity has been challenged—and enriched—by social justice
America Magazine 11-01-19
I keep learning from people like her and the Rev. Bryan Massingale, a theologian at Fordham University who in a recent address on L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics bravely challenged the church to recognize all forms of exclusion, to see the connection between racial justice and L.G.B.T.Q. justice.

CHARLES CAMOSY
Cardinal Dolan: I would not have denied Joe Biden Communion
America Magazine 11-01-19
But Charles Camosy, a theologian at Fordham University and author of Beyond the Abortion Wars, took to Twitter to say that the cardinal’s view was correct.

STUDENTS

Francis pontificate ‘a place of spiritual combat,’ claims papal biographer
National Catholic Reporter 11-07-19
[Austen] Ivereigh was interviewed by Mary Kate Holman, a doctoral student in the theology department at Fordham University.

Hellenic Lawyers Association Holds 31st Annual Gala, Honors George James Tsunis (Video)
The National Herald 11-03-19
The scholarship recipients for 2019 are: George Alissandratos of St. John’s University School of Law, Nicolette Arapis of Penn State Law, Nicolette Argyropoulos of St. John’s University School of Law, Lefteri Christodulelis of Columbia Law School, Ekaterina Daphne Lambadariou of Columbia Law School, Maria Lathouris of Fordham University School of Law, Eleni Lazarides of New York Law School, and Teddy Roukas of Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law.

ATHLETICS

Tottenville alum Anthony Coyle set for another crack at the NFL
SI Live 11-07-19
The 24-year-old Fordham graduate [Anthony Coyle], who went undrafted a season ago, was a two-time All-Patriot League performer on the offensive line during his final two seasons in the Bronx.

Fordham Wins Opener And With That Optimism
Bronx Chronicle 11-06-19
Jeff Neubauer is always optimistic and Tuesday night the fifth year men’s basketball coach at Fordham University saw his team up at Rose Hill win their first game of the season.

HS football rankings: Who’s No. 1 after Curtis’ week 9 loss?
SI Live 11-05-19
The Lions stayed at No. 3 despite their CHSFL AAA playoff ousting to Christ the King, 28-20, Saturday night at Fordham University, the Bronx.

UMass Women’s Soccer shuts out Fordham in A-10 quarterfinals
Amherst Wire 11-02-19
The UMass women’s soccer team shut out Fordham University on Sunday at home in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals.

ALUMNI

Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside hires new CFO
Long Island Herald 11-07-19
A 1995 graduate of Fordham University, in the Bronx, with a bachelor’s in accounting, [John A.] Pohlman earned a master’s in business administration and business management from Molloy College, in Rockville Centre, in 2006.

Wartburg Appoints Robert Ranieri as new Chair of the Home Board of Directors
Fox 21 Delmarva 11-07-19
Robert [Ranieri] holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Fordham University and a Master’s Degree in Finance from Pace University.

AzurRx BioPharma : Preliminary Proxy Soliciting materials
Market Screener 11-06-19
Mr. [Charles J.] Casamento holds a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Fordham University and an MBA from Iona College.

Newman Symposium at Seminary Marks British Theologian’s Canonization
Catholic New York 11-06-19
Seminarian Steven Gonzalez, a parishioner of St. Lucy in the Bronx, studied Newman as an undergraduate at Fordham University.

Bleichmar Fonti & Auld Welcomes Nancy A. Kulesa as Partner
Business Insurance 11-06-19
[Nancy A.] Kulesa received her undergraduate degree from Fordham University and graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Carla Lewis, PhD, aka Carla Lewis-Ruig Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who
24-7 Press Release 11-05-19
With her academic credentials starting with her B.A. summa cum laude in Psychology from Fordham University, M.A. in Psychology Hunter College, Master of Philosophy Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a Doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York [Carla Lewis] served on leadership teams for several nonprofits over decades as Deputy Executive Director of Planning for Project Hospitality, Assistant VP of Research for Women In Need Inc., Chief of Research and Support for Urban Resource Institute, and Senior Director of National Program Development for Children’s Health Fund—in sum leading inner city nonprofits that targeted gender violence, homelessness, substance abuse, mental health, disparities in health care or domestic violence and writing grants to bolster programming.

Judah Fuld of Pikesville Joins Eastern Union as VP of Underwriting for Eastern Equity Advisors
New York citybizlist 11-05-19
Judah Fuld graduated on the dean’s list from Fordham University School of Law.

Bramshill Investments Expands Its Investment Team and Assets
PR Newswire 11-05-19
Mr. [Edward] Lockwood graduated from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University receiving a B.S. in Business Administration concentrating in Finance with a minor in Economics.

MarTech Interview with Charlie Ungashick, CMO at Validity Inc.
MarTech Series 11-04-19
Charlie [Ungashick] earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French from Fordham University and a diploma with honors from the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

Cognition Therapeutics Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of James M. O’Brien as Chief Financial Officer
Fox 21 Delmarva 11-04-19
Mr. [James M.] O’Brien is a certified public accountant (CPA) with a Bachelor of Accountancy from George Washington University and a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

McQuaid Jesuit names Father Philip G. Judge as new president
Catholic Courier 11-04-19
[Philip G. Judge] earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Fordham University; completed theology studies at Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Calif.; and earned a master’s degree in English from University of California at Berkeley.

Tax Partner Maureen Monaghan Joins Fox in New York
Fox Rothschild 11-04-19
[Maureen Monaghan] earned her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, her J.D. from Fordham University and her B.A. from Columbia University.

Town of Wilton 2019 Democratic endorsed candidates
The Saratogian 11-04-19
[Richard Wolfe] is a graduate Fordham College, Columbia University Teacher’s College and Pace University School of Law.

Robert Fettman Joins Debevoise as Counsel in the Global Insurance Practice
PR Newswire 11-03-19
[Robert Fettman] received his B.S. from Touro College in 2000 and his J.D. from Fordham University in 2005.

The EdTech Awards Judges – Past & Present
EdTech Digest 11-04-19
[Clemencia Acevedo] earned her master’s degree in Education, and is both a Hunter (CUNY) and Fordham Graduate School of Education alum.

Mineola 2019 Elections: Candidates, Polling Places, Hours
Patch 11-04-19
[Richard Nicolello] received a bachelor’s degree in government and politics from St. John’s University and a juris doctorate from Fordham Law School.

Berkadia Names David Leopold Head of Affordable Housing
New York citybizlist 11-04-19
David [Leopold] has undergraduate and graduate degrees with honors from Fordham University and the University of Colorado, respectively.

Saia Appoints Two New Independent Directors to Board Nasdaq:SAIA
MENAFN 11-03-19
Ms. [Susan F.] Ward received an undergraduate degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in Finance from Fordham University.

CARIBBEAT: Broadway lights shining bright for actress Dawnn Lewis and her role in the Tina Turner musical
New York Daily News 11-03-19
[Jacques] Jiha — who emigrated from Haiti to New York in the late 1970s — has a master’s degree in economics from the New School for Social Research and a bachelor’s in economics from Fordham University.

Denzel Washington Honored by CROSSROADS THEATRE COMPANY in New Brunswick
Broadway World 11-03-19
Crossroad’s Board President, Anthony Carter, who had attended Fordham University with Denzel Washington, made the presentation of the Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Lifetime Achievement Award to Denzel Washington.

Health Care District Board Elects Leslie B. Daniels as Chair and Honors Outgoing Chair Brian R. Lohmann
South Florida Hospital News 11-02-19
[Leslie B.] Daniels received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Fordham University.

Bellone Re-Elected Suffolk County Executive
Patch 11-05-19
[Steve] Bellone earned his Law degree from Fordham University and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1999.

Candidate Profile: Steve Bellone For Suffolk County Executive
Patch 11-02-19
[Steve] Bellone earned his Law degree from Fordham University and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1999.

On the move
Times Union 11-02-19
[Lihan “Viola” Chen] holds a master of taxation from Fordham University, Graduate School of Business and a master of accounting from the University of Minnesota.

Washington Nationals’ Sean Doolittle snubs Trump in part because of wife’s IRA refugee grandfather
Irish Central 11-02-19
[Eireann] Dolan, who attends Fordham University married Doolittle last year and the couple quickly became famous for their involvement in issues such as LGBT rights, refugees and mental illness.

Eireann Dolan, Sean Doolittle’s Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Heavy 11-02-19
On her Twitter profile, [Eireann] Dolan, a Fordham University and University of San Diego graduate, describes herself as the “goth wife” of Doolitte.

County Executive Ed Day Announces Inductees into Civil and Human Rights Hall of Fame
Rockland County Times 11-01-19
[Barbara S. Williams] graduated from Fordham University with a specialty in Children and Family Services and received her MSW.

Greenwich Public Schools Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
Patch 11-01-19
[Sean O’Keefe] holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s in finance from Fordham University.

Lynn Neary
91.3 WYSO 11-01-19
A graduate of Fordham University, [Lynn] Neary thinks she may be the envy of English majors everywhere.

OBITUARIES

Don Piontek, 74, Of Eden Prairie, MN, Finishing Industry Expert and Educator
Don Piontek, Finishing Industry Expert and Educator, Passes at Age 74
Printing Impressions 11-07-19
A 1972 Fordham University graduate, Don started his career as a technician for Pitney Bowes, before migrating to actual production management after a stint in the Naval Reserve.

Francis A. Sullivan, 97, Of Weston, MA, Priest
Francis A. Sullivan, leading expert on ecclesiology, dies at 97
America Magazine 11-01-19
He was sent in 1947 to Fordham University, where he earned a master’s degree in patristics.

Romuald D’Souza, 94, Of Bhubaneswar, India, Goan Educationist
Educationist Romuald passes away at 94
Navhind Times 11-01-19
He did his Masters Degree in counselling from Fordham University in the New York City, USA.

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