CLIPS OF THE WEEK

CHRISTINA GREER
David Dinkins, New York’s only Black mayor, dies at 93
Los Angeles Times 11-23-20
“Things were bad, but they were bad everywhere. Every single major city was dealing with crack cocaine. The baby boomers were moving to the suburbs. It wasn’t just white flight — it was middle-class flight, and Dinkins inherited all of this,” said Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University.

JED SHUGERMAN
Kamala Harris and the Noble Path of the Prosecutor
New Yorker 11-20-20
In the nineteenth century, they were about as esteemed as “dogcatchers,” doing “low-profile, low-prestige work,” often part time, according to Jed Shugerman, a legal historian at Fordham Law School, who is writing a book about the rise of prosecution as a stepping stone to higher office.

NATHAN BALLANTYNE
Scientists fear that ‘covidization’ is distorting research
Nature 12-02-20
Scientists straying from their field of expertise in this way is an example of what Nathan Ballantyne, a philosopher at Fordham University in New York City, calls “epistemic trespassing”.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Some colleges turn to social media to raise awareness of COVID-safety
KRQE 11-24-20
Other schools, like Fordham University in New York City, are using their own social media accounts to reach students with pandemic safety messages, especially as Thanksgiving approaches.

White Christians’ voting patterns are an indictment of churches
National Catholic Reporter 11-23-20
During a recent panel discussion, Trump, Biden and the Future of Christian Nationalism, hosted by Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture, Jones noted that even more than the divisive issue of abortion, the “primary cleavage between the two parties” now centers around race.

WFUV

RITA HOUSTON
WFUV/New York PD Rita Houston Steps Away From Daily Responsibilities
All Access 12-01-20
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Triple A WFUV/NEW YORK PD RITA HOUSTON has been battling a return of cancer and she has decided to relinquish her duties at the station to tend to her health and spend time with her family

ADMINISTRATORS

BOB HOWE
In managing covid-19, colleges must tend to students’ minds as much as their bodies
Washington Post 11-29-20
Bob Howe, Fordham’s assistant vice president for communications, says parents are essential partners in monitoring students’ well-being.

DAVID GIBSON
Buffalo Diocese Accused of Yearslong Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse
The New York Times 11-23-20
David Gibson, the director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, said the lawsuit “represents a real sea change” in the way New York approaches clergy sex abuse.

DAVID GIBSON
Detroit Archbishop to lead national Catholic group on Joe Biden and abortion
Detroit Free Press 11-20-20
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, said that “the ad hoc committee sends a bad message and will only undermine efforts to promote Catholic social policies and to cast the Catholic Church as a driver of the common good.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

HILLARY MANTIS
4 Things You Can Do Over Winter Break That Might Help Your Law School Admissions Chances and Legal Career
National Jurist 12-01-20
She is Assistant Dean for the Pre-law Advising Program at Fordham University.

LAWRENCE BRENNAN
Navy To Decommission Warship Damaged In Suspected Arson
HuffPost 12-01-20
Lawrence B. Brennan, a retired Navy captain and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School, said the decision to decommission was “inevitable and correct.”

LAWRENCE BRENNAN
Navy will decommission warship damaged in suspected arson
Associated Press 12-01-20
Lawrence B. Brennan, a retired Navy captain and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School, said the decision to decommission was “inevitable and correct.”

LAWRENCE BRENNAN
Navy will scrap fire-ravaged Bonhomme Richard
Navy Times 11-30-20
The Navy faced an insurmountable task in trying to get Bonhomme Richard mission capable once again, according to Larry Brennan, a retired captain who teaches admiralty and maritime law at Fordham Law School.

JOHN FEERICK
Op-Ed: What Happened to the 25th Amendment?
MedPage Today 11-30-20
We discussed the role of mental health professionals, and I related what I once asked in my several scholarly exchanges with John Feerick, drafter of the 25th Amendment, who also invited me to speak to his student groups at the Fordham University School of Law.

GEORGE FRIEDMAN
Faked Deaths, Underwater Getaways. Here’s How to Protect Yourself From Rogue Financial Advisors
NBC New York 11-27-20
But it might be a bad sign if an investor’s portfolio is tracking well below customary stock and bond benchmarks, according to George Friedman, an adjunct professor at the Fordham University School of Law and a former FINRA official.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
More than 40 states plan on suing Facebook next week. Here’s what the lawsuit is likely to do
Salon 12-03-20
Zephyr Teachout, associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, explained in her testimony at the hearing that “antitrust laws, and strong antitrust laws, are essential for freedom and for a thriving economy.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Law school professor says government must do more to combat corporate power
The Hill 11-26-20
“There’s a whole debate in political theory about different forms of government, but private, monopolistic government has no legitimacy,” said Teachout, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.

MARC EDELMAN
Does Nebraska’s Gaming Expansion Include Sports Betting?
Sports Handle 11-25-20
The standard regards contests to be illegal “if they involve any chance whatsoever, even a modicum of chance,” writes Marc Edelman, a law professor at Fordham Law School.

MARC GILMAN
Gaining Credit for Cooperation: Understanding the CFTC’s New Guidance
Bloomberg Law 11-23-20
He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law.

JANET FREILICH
Breaking America’s Patent Stalemate
Project Syndicate 11-18-20
But, as Fordham Law School’s Janet Freilich has documented, prophetic examples are common in granted US patents.

JED SHUGERMAN
Talk of self-pardon for Trump heats up
The Hill 12-01-20
Jed Shugerman, a law professor at Fordham University, said there’s little consensus about whether a self-pardon would be constitutional, and he was skeptical that the theory in DOJ’s 1974 memo about Nixon would be accepted by the conservative judges who would have the final say on the matter.

JED SHUGERMAN
Lawyers Erupt as Trump Pardons Michael Flynn Almost 3 Years After Firing Him ‘Because He Lied’ to FBI
Law & Crime 11-25-20
Trump may need to pardon Barr for bribery/extortion, too,” Fordham law professor and legal historian Jed Shugerman opined.

FORMER GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

GALINA DATSKOVSKY
Dr. Galina Datskovsky of Vaporstream: 5 Things You Need To Know To Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Authority Magazine 11-25-20
Prior to founding MDY, Galina consulted for IBM and Bell Labs and taught at the Fordham University Graduate School of Business and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

MICHAEL PIRSON
Reimagining the ‘Next Normal’ in Philippine business
Business World 11-30-20
Dr. Michael Pirson, the social entrepreneurship track chair at Fordham University and founding partner of the Humanistic Management Network, explained that the economistic framework often taught in business schools has greatly limited the understanding of human nature as a purely self-interested agent.

ELIZABETH COSENZA
2020 Best Undergraduate Business Professors: Elizabeth Cosenza, Fordham University
Poets & Quants 11-24-20
For Elizabeth Cosenza, joining the faculty at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in 2004 was a full-circle experience.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACULTY

STEFFANO MONTANO
How Latinos celebrate Thanksgiving: Turkey optional, gratitude required
America Magazine 11-25-20
Steffano Montano, a visiting assistant professor at Fordham University, said it’s as if Latinos have become “masters of bringing cultures together.”

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

HUGH KELLY
Economist’s View: Rise to the Challenge
Commercial Property Executive 12-03-20
Hugh F. Kelly is director of graduate programs & chair of the executive advisory council curriculum committee at the Fordham University Real Estate Institute, and chair of the institute’s executive advisory council curriculum committee.

SARIT KATTAN GRIBETZ
Parshat Vayishlach: Remembering Rebecca
The New York Jewish Week 12-03-20
Sarit Kattan Gribetz is an associate professor in the Theology Department at Fordham University.

MAGDA TETER
The Impresarios of Trent
The Nation 11-16-20
[Fordham professor] Magda Teter’s terrifying and learned new book, Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth, examines some of the long history of this pernicious idea.

MEGHAN LOCKHARD
TNG Dx Partners with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, eTrueNorth to Develop COVID-19 Testing Protocols to Expedite Sample Processing
PR Newswire 12-01-20
Dr. Lockard teaches at Fordham University, Lincoln Center.

TROY TASSIER
State Covid tracing app slow to gain acceptance
Crain’s New York 11-30-20
The 780 total notifications “tells me that the app isn’t being used enough to generate much benefit; each person is coming in contact with very few others who also are using the app,” said Troy Tassier, a Fordham University professor who studies economic epidemiology.

MARTIN NORTHROP
Sunday Portrait: For five decades, Watertown car salesman has had lots of drive
NNY360 11-28-20
Martin [Northrop], an adjunct English professor at Fordham University in the Bronx and at SUNY Old Westbury, recalled telling his neighborhood buddies at the age of 9 that the family was moving to Alaska.

PATRICK HORNBECK
Elton John, “Two Popes” Actor, Global Activists, and More Respond to Pope’s Civil Union Support
New Ways Ministry 11-27-20
Patrick Hornbeck, a Fordham University theologian who is in a same-gender marriage (and recently wrote a piece for Bondings 2.0 on how the pope’s comments could impact the Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia), told The Washington Post.

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Can dozens of new Republican congresswomen change the face of the GOP?
The Guardian 11-28-20
Monika McDermott, a political science professor at Fordham University in New York, said: “It’s absolutely bearing fruit for them and, if I may say so, it’s about time they got on the bandwagon.”

MONIKA MCDERMOTT
Nixon, Rick Astley, ‘Ur mom’ — 13K NJ voters skipped Biden and Trump and wrote these in instead
North Jersey 11-27-20
Monika McDermott is a political science professor at Fordham University who studies voting behavior, political psychology and public opinion.

TYESHA MADDOX
A Looming Drinksgiving Disaster
The New York Times 11-25-20
“It’s providing kinship,” Tyesha Maddox, an assistant professor in the department of African and African-American studies at Fordham University, told The Times this summer.

CHARLES CAMOSY
Should prisoners be first, or last in line for COVID vaccine?
Catholic News Agency 12-03-20
Dr. Charles Camosy, a theology professor at Fordham University, told CNA that Catholics do need to pay attention to and serve those in prison—but they may or may not be among the most vulnerable people for the virus.

CHARLES CAMOSY
Nursing-home horrors go way beyond the virus
New York Post 12-01-20
Charles Camosy is associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and author of the new book “Resisting Throwaway Culture.”

CHARLES CAMOSY
During the Pandemic, the Elderly are Dying — Slowly and Needlessly and in Pain
Catholic Herald 11-24-20
Charlie Camosy is professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and the author of Resisting Throwaway Culture.

CHRISTINA GREER
David Dinkins (RIP) vs Rudy Giuliani: A Tale of Two Mayors
iItaly 12-03-20
“Giuliani is to Dinkins what Trump was to Obama,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University and author of the book “Black Ethics: Race, Immigration and The Pursuit of the American Dream.

CHRISTINA GREER
Next Year’s NYC Elections
WNYC 12-03-20
Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University, host of the podcast FAQNYC, politics editor at The Grio and author of Black Ethnics (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Gloria Pazmino, politics reporter at Spectrum News New York 1, talk about next year’s municipal elections and the start of ranked choice voting in the June primary.

CHRISTINA GREER
Remembering Mayor David Dinkins
New York Amsterdam News 12-03-20
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 “FAQ-NYC” podcast and also the “What’s In It For Us” podcast.

CHRISTINA GREER
AT THE READY: Black people, social unrest & guns for safety
New York Amsterdam News 12-03-20
Dr. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University and co-host of FAQ NYC podcast, said that the increase in Black gun ownership isn’t a new concept.

CHRISTINA GREER
What It Really Takes to Be the Mayor of New York City
Town & Country 12-02-20
“New Yorkers, we’re needy,” says Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
The Feminine Appeal of Macho Populism
Foreign Policy 11-30-20
“Some women don’t view what’s going on at the border with sterilizations or what’s happening to communities of color as in any way related to their lives,” said Christina M. Greer, associate professor of political science and American studies at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
Happy Thanksgiving
New York Amsterdam News 11-26-20
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 podcast FAQ-NYC.

CHRISTINA GREER
David Dinkins’s Real Political Legacy: Transcending Racist Trolling, Advancing Black Hope
Gothamist 11-25-20
“Giuliani is to Dinkins what Trump was to Obama,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University and author of the book “Black Ethics: Race, Immigration and The Pursuit of the American Dream.

KATHRYN REKLIS
Ted Lasso is the soccer coach we all need
Christian Century 11-23-20
Kathryn Reklis teaches theology at Fordham University and is codirector of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice.

STUDENTS

For Japanese Princess, Fairy-Tale Wedding May Be Distant Prospect
The New York Times 11-30-20
In the meantime, Mr. [Kei] Komuro went to Fordham Law School in New York to pursue a master’s degree, adding a long-distance relationship to the other pressures on the couple.

Why has wedding of Japan’s Princess Mako still not gone ahead?
The Guardian 12-01-20
A potential constitutional crisis will be furthest from the thoughts of Mako and [Kei] Komuro, who is studying for a law degree at Fordham University in New York, as they consider their next move, including a suggestion by her father that they offer the public an explanation once they have agreed on a wedding date.

The Heretical Impulse: Zamyatin and Orwell
Quillette 12-01-20
[Riley Moore] is currently studying philosophy at Fordham University.

An open letter to Darrel Walls: In anticipation of your healing
The Grio 12-01-20
The Rev. Paul Anthony Daniels is an Assisting Priest at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City, and a PhD Student in Black Theology and Queer Studies at Fordham University.

Pat and AJ in the Morning leaving radio
WNEM 11-30-20
Pat is a few weeks away from completing a graduate program at Fordham University to become a clinical therapist.

In managing covid-19, colleges must tend to students’ minds as much as their bodies
Washington Post 11-29-20
Sofia [Alvarez] is determined to return to Fordham less vulnerable, having adjusted her expectations.

Ariston Foundation and NHSA Name 2020 Scholarship Recipients
The National Herald 11-26-20
Kostapanos Miliaresis, pursuing his MBA at Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business, has a distinguished leadership and volunteering track record.

From the sports archives: Notre Dame-Belmont’s Michelle Ancelj leaves her mark
Daily Journal 11-25-20
[Michelle] Ancelj plans on attending Fordham University in New York, and if everything works out, she’ll be on an soccer scholarship by her sophomore year.

With Holiday Travel a Risk, Students Have Wildly Different Thanksgiving Plans This Year
Teen Vogue 11-23-20
Grace Miller, a junior at Fordham University in New York, is opting to go to Connecticut to visit her grandmother, who lives alone, instead of heading back to Tennessee to see her immediate family.

The Tamale Team
The LIC/Astoria Journal 11-20-20
In September 2020, Concepción joined them and her son, Luis [Gonzalez], a banker who is working on his master’s degree in international finance at Fordham University.

ALUMNI

CPOA nominates Tom Pinou for school board
Garden City News 12-03-20
Mr. [Tom] Pinou has a Master’s of Science Degree in Cybersecurity from Fordham University and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, and Computer Technology from New York Institute of Technology.

Christie’s NNJ Welcome 3 New Associates In The Pascack Valley
Patch 12-03-20
Prior to real estate, Sharon [Siracusa] received her MBA from Fordham University and an Undergraduate degree from Iona College.

[Webinar] From Static Collections to Real-Time Connections: The Evolution of the EDRM – December 16th, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
JD Supra 12-03-20
Jeanne [Somma] is a licensed attorney and has studied law both in the US; receiving her LLM in International Business and Trade from Fordham University School of Law and her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law; as well as abroad at both the University of Sydney Law School and the University of Nairobi School of Law.

New priest joins St. Agnes Parish
Long Island Herald 12-03-20
[Michael] Duffy earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, where he studied philosophy and theology, then went to the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Lloyd Harbor.

Black Joy goes viral with Ailey Season 2020 online
New York Amsterdam News 12-03-20
True to Ailey tradition, filmmaker Preston Miller, who shot the work, is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA program, and Ailey dancers’ reflections about these trying times were incorporated into the lyrics of the songs composed by Damien Sneed and sung by Karen Mitchell that accompany the piece.

SPOTLIGHT ON: Joseph Rand, HGAR 2020 Realtor of the Year
Real Estate In Depth 12-02-20
After earning a law degree, [Joseph] Rand served as an attorney for a Wall Street firm, as well as a law professor with Brooklyn Law School and Fordham University.

Pope Francis Creates 13 Cardinals, Including Washington Archbishop
Catholic New York 12-02-20
Cardinal [Silvano] Tomasi was ordained a priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Bronx and received his doctorate in sociology at Fordham University.

Bronx DA: Bronx Prosecutor to Receive Thomas E. Dewey Medal
Bronx Chronicle 12-01-20
ADA [Christine] Scaccia graduated from Fordham University in 1988 and received her Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law in 1991.

International Association of Women Recognizes Budy Jamilly Whitfield, LCSW, as a 2020-2021 Influencer
Newswire 12-01-20
[Budy Jamilly Whitfield] Education & Accomplishments: Master’s, Fordham University, Social Work; Bachelor’s, College of New Rochelle, Social Work; Certificate in Not-for-Profit Leadership; NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Pending Certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

City of Santa Fe hires new communications director
Santa Fe New Mexican 11-30-20
[Dave] Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in communications from Fordham University and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Famous actors who also starred as athletes
Finance 101 11-30-20
In fact, when the New York native [Denzel Washington] was attending Fordham University, he played for the Rams’ junior varsity basketball team under future Golden State Warriors coach P.J. Carlesimo.

Social worker wins state award for mask project
Morganton News Herald 11-30-20
[Simone Chessa] earned a Bachelor of Arts from Hunter College of the City University of New York and a Master of Social Work from Fordham University.

Pioneering federal judge Alfred Laureta continued public service after retiring
Star Advertiser 11-28-20
After graduating from Lahainaluna High School on Maui, [Alfred] Laureta worked his way through the University of Hawaii at Manoa and then attended the Fordham University School of Law on a scholarship.

Italian-American Vatican diplomat to be made a cardinal
Crux 11-27-20
Ordained to the priesthood in New York in 1965, [Silvano Tomasi] studied social sciences and earned a doctorate in sociology from Fordham University.

Surviving Painful Holiday Emotions
National Alliance on Mental Illness 11-25-20
[Hilary Jacobs Hendel] received her BA in biochemistry from Wesleyan University and an MSW from Fordham University.

60 Second Interview: Jennifer Tomasino, Vice President – Liquidity Solutions, State Street Global Advisors
Treasury Today 11-25-20
[Jennifer Tomasino] graduated from Fordham University in New York.

COVID-19 and the value of an applied politics education
Education News Canada 11-25-20
In 2008, [Michael Genova] graduated from Fordham University’s one-year Master of Arts in Elections and Campaign Management.

Postgrad awarded prestigious John Monash scholarship
Griffith University News 11-24-20
Emily [Ragus] received the Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2018, which allowed her to study a Diploma of International Humanitarian Assistance at New York City’s Fordham University in New York City and was the stepping stone to embarking in this direction

Book Marketing Firm Smith Publicity Adds Six New Team Members
KTVN 11-23-20
[Ann Kaiser] is a former newspaper reporter and magazine editor with a B.S. in Psychology from Fordham University.

This Photographer’s Images Capture The Surreal Experience Of 2020 In The US
Buzzfeed News 11-23-20
[Sinna Nasseri] was working as a lawyer, [he]had gone to law school at Fordham and was working in Manhattan.

Ernest T. Bartol has been Inducted into the Prestigious Marquis Who’s Who Biographical Registry
24-7 Press Release 11-23-20
Prior to embarking on his professional path, [Ernest T. Bartol] pursued an education at Fordham University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in accounting in 1967.

Springdale morphs culturally; political changes slow-going
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 11-22-20
[Kevin] Flores has an economics degree from Fordham University in New York City and a law degree from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

BWW Feature: PNB ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PETER BOAL ANNOUNCES THREE PROMOTIONS DURING FIRST LOOK TO THE FUTURE GALA. at McCaw Hall
Broadway World 11-20-20
Ms. [Cecilia] Iliesiu holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Media Studies from Fordham University.

Creative In Conversation: Michelle Waugh On Her Luxury Outerwear Brand
Forbes 11-20-20
Instead, [Michelle Waugh] was a pre-law student at Fordham University.

MFGS 2020: The protagonists of day 4, Luxury goods and experiences
MF Fashion 11-20-20
Later, as a farsighted student at Fordham University , [Jennie Enterprise] launched an entertainment company on the university campus, enlivening the meeting spaces with live cultural content.

OBITUARIES

Sister Marie Morgan, 92, Of Maryknoll, NY, Nun
Obituary: Sister Marie Morgan, MM
Patch 12-03-20
From 1949-1953, Sister Marie studied at Fordham University in Bronx, NY and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Theodore ‘Ted’ John Rucci, 36, Of West Haven, CT, Lawyer & Theatre Director
Theodore ‘Ted’ John Rucci, 36
New Canaanite 11-27-20
Ted went on to Fordham University, where he acted in myriad productions and directed Harold Pinter’s play, The Birthday Party.

Thomas Francis Delaney, 70, Of Bronxville, NY, Senior Vice President of Market Resources at CBS
Thomas Francis Delaney Passed Away on November 12, 2020
My Hometown Bronxville 11-24-20
Tom graduated from Fordham University and earned his MBA from NYU where he and his wife, Linda, began their devoted relationship, residing in Larchmont and later Mamaroneck.