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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

KIRSTEN SWINTH
50 years later, the culture wars debate over the child care crisis has barely budged
NBC News 05-24-21
Recent events have “peeled away the falsehood that [child care]is an individual problem and exposed how it’s a societal problem, how it’s urgent for the well-being of children,” said Kirsten Swinth, a Fordham University history professor and author of “Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family.”

TANYA HERNÁNDEZ
George Floyd Protests Prompted a Reckoning Over Colorism, Afro-Latinx Identity
Teen Vogue 05-26-21
According to Tanya Hernández, a law professor at Fordham University who is Afro-Latina, white Latinos don’t want to examine the privileges that allow them to pass as “white,” placing them at the top of the racial hierarchy.

BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
A year after the murder of George Floyd, what has changed?
America Magazine 05-25-21
Last summer I spoke with the Rev. Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University in New York, just days after the George Floyd video went viral.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

10 College Majors With the Lowest Starting Salaries
U.S. News & World Report 05-26-21
School with alumni earning the highest salary for this major: Fordham University (NY)

WFUV

Bob Dylan turns 80 as fans celebrate with events throughout the world
New York Daily News 05-23-21
In New York, Fordham University’s WFUV radio station in the Bronx is set to play 80 Dylan songs on Monday in honor of his age, with the countdown kicking off at 9 a.m.

SCHOOL OF LAW

NYC’s School Algorithms Cement Segregation. This Data Shows How
The City 05-26-21
For a 2019 Fordham Law School study, researchers scoured web sites and contacted high schools directly to find the exact admissions criteria for 157 screened programs.

New Analysis Rates States On Whether Their Court Fines And Fees Perpetuate Racism And The Results Aren’t Good
Forbes 05-25-21
The Fines and Fees Index measures 50 states and Washington D.C. against 17 essential practices for ensuring fines and fees are fairly and equitably applied.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE AT FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

ANNA MERCADO CLARK
Williston residents speak out against AT&T proposal
The Island Now 05-26-21
Anna Mercado Clark, a partner at Phillips Lytle LLP and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University, represented AT&T and answered questions from the public and the Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees.

TANYA HERNÁNDEZ
George Floyd Protests Prompted a Reckoning Over Colorism, Afro-Latinx Identity
Teen Vogue 05-26-21
According to Tanya Hernández, a law professor at Fordham University who is Afro-Latina, white Latinos don’t want to examine the privileges that allow them to pass as “white,” placing them at the top of the racial hierarchy.

MATTHEW DILLER
‘Take Stock and Reflect on What We Have Learned About Our World’
Law 05-25-21
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an address given by Dean Matthew Diller at Fordham University School of Law’s Virtual Diploma Ceremony on May 23, 2021.

STEPHEN BROWN
What you should do if you are waitlisted for law school
National Jurist 05-24-21
“Many schools will not be going to their waitlists until after first or second deposits,” according to Stephen Brown, assistant dean of enrollment at Fordham University School of Law.

GAY MCDOUGALL
A year since the death of George Floyd, US police reform stalls
ABC Australia 05-24-21
Gay McDougall, Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School, New York City

HILLARY MANTIS
Your Top Law School Admission Questions Answered
National Jurist 05-24-21
She is Assistant Dean of the Pre-law Advising Program at Fordham University, and author of career books, including Alternative Careers for Lawyers.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
‘Stop the Monopoly Madness’: Biden Urged to Block Amazon’s $8.5 Billion Purchase of MGM
Common Dreams 05-26-21
“Amazon should be broken apart from the warehouses,” Zephyr Teachout, associate professor of law at Fordham University, tweeted Wednesday.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Big Tech Adversary Poised to Take Assertive FTC Antitrust Role
Wall Street Journal 05-23-21
If the FTC runs into skeptical judges, “the cases can help clarify where Congress needs to step in,” said Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

TJ MALONEY
Behind the Buyouts: Lincolnshire’s Maloney Gives Long View on PE
The Deal 05-26-21
As a guest lecturer at Fordham University and Columbia Business School, Maloney said students often ask him to share “war stories” about the financial crisis.

FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

ELIZABETH JOHNSON
Pentecost is a time to remember the Holy Spirit’s presence throughout all creation
National Catholic Reporter 05-23-21
St. Joseph Sr. Elizabeth Johnson, professor emerita at Fordham University, wrote in her 2014 book Ask The Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love, that “[w]hile creation often gets pinned to the past beginning of things, and rightly so, it is a doctrine with unsuspected depths.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
A year after the murder of George Floyd, what has changed?
America Magazine 05-25-21
Last summer I spoke with the Rev. Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the James and Nancy Buckman Chair in Applied Christian Ethics at Fordham University in New York, just days after the George Floyd video went viral.

STEPHEN GRIMM
Cartoon Caption Contest
New Yorker 05-24-21
“I can evolve.”
Stephen R. Grimm, Larchmont, N.Y. [Fordham professor of philosophy]

KURT JETTA
2021 WalletHub Economic Index
WalletHub 05-24-21
Kurt Jetta Ph.D. – Director of Economics of Consumer Marketing – Fordham University and President and Chief Analytics Officer – TABS Analytics a Division of Blacksmith Applications

ASIF SIDDIQI
Who’s an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?
Associated Press 05-24-21
It might be necessary to retire the term altogether once hundreds if not thousands reach space, noted Fordham University history professor Asif Siddiqi, the author of several space books.

NATHAN BALLANTYNE
He’s a Stanford professor and a Nobel laureate. Critics say he was dangerously misleading on Covid
Stat 05-24-21
“The danger is that you’re going to have overzealous policing of members of a profession,” said Nathan Ballantyne, the Fordham University philosophy professor who coined the term “epistemic trespasser,” which to him, is someone who barges into another field without humility.

KIRSTEN SWINTH
50 years later, the culture wars debate over the child care crisis has barely budged
NBC News 05-24-21
Recent events have “peeled away the falsehood that [child care]is an individual problem and exposed how it’s a societal problem, how it’s urgent for the well-being of children,” said Kirsten Swinth, a Fordham University history professor and author of “Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family.”

CHRISTINA GREER
Trump criminal investigation looms over Manhattan DA race
New York Daily News 05-22-21
“At the beginning of the race, maybe last year, a lot of folks thought that Trump would be a primary talking point, but he doesn’t really seem to be the main issue in this crop of candidates,” said Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University.

MICHAEL PARSONS
Rat killers of New York: dogs, volunteers hunt brazen rodents
Inquirer 05-22-21
Michael Parsons, a rat expert at Fordham University, likens the hunts to putting “a Band-Aid on cancer.”

DEAN MCKAY
Doomscrolling Is The New Banana Bread in Phase 2 (HA)
Rice Media 05-21-21
Despite a bad reputation, doomscrolling actually has an upside. Dean McKay, a Fordham University professor who specializes in anxiety disorders noted that trawling through negative content can have a soothing effect.

CHARLES CAMOSY
What would it mean for Congress to pass an abortion law like the one Biden wants?
Yahoo News 05-21-21
“If the court finds this particular law constitutional, then it opens a wider door that would allow for 12 weeks or lower, even heartbeat bills. That’s obviously a much greater incentive [for Democrats]to get [a ban]that’s not seven or eight weeks,” said Charles Camosy, a professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University.

STUDENTS

St. Joseph High School Hosts Signing Day for the Class of 2021; Celebrates 2020 Seniors Now Playing in College
TAPinto 05-25-21
Daniel Badawy, Class of 2021: Fordham University Class of 2025: Swimming

Congratulations, Hayley Anne Campbell, East Class Of 2021
Patch 05-24-21
Hayley Anne Campbell will graduate from East.
Plans after graduation: Fordham University

Notre Dame High School honors Class of 2021 graduates
Patch 05-24-21
The ceremony began with the National Anthem sung by Bryce Vitale ’21 (Fordham University) of North Haven.

Cork City boss remains upbeat despite failure to win yet this season
Echo Live 05-21-21
[Maria] O’Sullivan took up a soccer scholarship at Fordham University in New York in January, but is now home for the summer break and was an unused substitute in the defeat to Peamount as she faces a tough task trying to oust Abby McCarthy, who has impressed since replacing the Ballincollig native between the sticks.

From the Page to the Big Screen: 5 Best Television Adaptations of Novels
College Magazine 05-21-21
“Book one is very similar to season one,” Fordham University senior Anna Basic said.

NHS Students Earn Weller Foundation Scholarships
Newtown Bee 05-21-21
Taegan [Smith] will be attending the Alvin Ailey Dance School at Fordham University in the fall to study dance and history.

Meet these graduates: Commencement 2021
Yale Divinity School 05-21-21
In the fall, [E. David de Leon starts] the doctoral program in systematic theology at Fordham University.

ALUMNI

Anago Cleaning Systems Welcomes New Master Franchise in SW Connecticut
Stockhouse 05-26-21
[Ted] Bonanno earned his MBA from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City and enjoyed a successful consultancy career and has invested in many different business ventures.

Denver Public Schools Announces New Superintendent
Patch 05-26-21
Dr. [Alex] Marrero has earned degrees from Fordham University, Manhattan College and Sage Colleges, where he was the recipient of the Outstanding Student Award.

COFFEE AND REGS – PRIVATE FUNDS 101 – FROM SEC REGISTRATION TO COMPLIANCE RULES
FCPA Compliance Report 05-26-21
John [Gentile] has an MBA from Fordham University and a BS in Finance from Central Connecticut State University.

A New Study Led by JED and Ascend Finds that Support for Student Parent Mental Health Could Make the Difference Between Graduating, or Not
Jed Foundation 05-26-21
Kamla [Modi] holds a PhD in applied developmental psychology from Fordham University and a BA from Rutgers University.

Iona College hires attorney Kevin J. Curnin as its first COO
Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals 05-26-21
[Kevin] Curnin is a native of Larchmont. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Dartmouth College, a master’s in Irish literature at University College Dublin and a law degree from the Fordham University School of Law.

Jozsef Hegedus and Rachael Jones Promoted to Ideal Credit Union Hugo and North St. Paul Branch Managers
Cision 05-26-21
[Jozsef] Hegedus has an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Fordham University in New York, NY and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Economic Science in Budapest, Hungary.

Cuomo nominates Nassau DA Singas for Court of Appeals
Newsday 05-25-21
[Madeline Singas] earned a law degree from Fordham University.

Billboard Top Music Lawyer Jodie Shihadeh Announces New Firm Shihadeh Law P.C.
Cision 05-24-21
Jodie [Shihadeh] received her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Boston College.

Steven Selde joins AAM’s Biosimilars Council as director
Chain Drug Review 05-24-21
Steven [Selde] attended Creighton University School of Law and received his BA from Fordham University.

Princess Mako’s boyfriend graduates from law school in New York
Japan Times 05-23-21
Kei Komuro, the boyfriend of Princess Mako of Japan, has graduated from Fordham University’s law school in New York with a Juris Doctor degree, according to the university.

He’s simply someone neighbors know to call in a pinch
Riverdale Press 05-23-21
When [Sergio] Villaverde graduated from Fordham University’s law school, he immediately gravitated toward representing domestic violence survivors, because that particular epidemic was something he often encountered working for the NYPD.

Valerie White of LISC NYC: “Acknowledge that inequality is systemic”
Thrive Global 05-23-21
[Valerie White] went to Fordham University in the Bronx for [her]undergraduate degree, and from that point on [she]never looked back from New York City, which is where [she’s] lived since the 1980s.

Bayonne Prepster, ‘a man for others,’ to receive honorary doctorate from Seton Hall | Faith Matters
New Jersey 05-23-21
A 1961 law graduate from Fordham University, [Ken] Kunzman joined the law firm of Connell Foley in 1965 and became a partner in 1968.

Ormie King: Honoring Auburn’s legendary Bill McKeon
Auburn 05-23-21
[Bill McKeon] went on to Fordham Law School working as a law librarian, earning his degree in 1949.

New book showcases P.E.I.’s Regis Duffy’s life and role in the bioscience sector
Saltwire 05-21-21
However, [Regis] Duffy was approached by Father John Sullivan, the rector of Saint Dunstan’s University, about an appointment in the chemistry department. Duffy agreed and left for Fordham University in New York City to study chemistry.

Dylan turns 80 while Dylanologists argue about his faith | Terry Mattingly
The Knoxville News Sentinel 05-25-21
With a philosophy doctorate from Fordham University in New York and a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis, [Francis] Beckwith is certainly not a conventional music critic.

LeBron’s Winner Gave Warriors’ Curry Scary Déjà Vu of NBA Finals Moment
Heavy 05-21-21
The Fordham University alum [Mike Breen] – who turns 60 on Saturday – walked listeners through the sequences in a satisfying, yet eerily similar fashion.

Croton-On-Hudson Appoints New Village Manager
Patch 05-21-21
[Bryan] Healy graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor’s in Political Science in 2013 and from Marist College with a Master’s in Public Administration in 2019.

Maaco Celebrates a Diverse Franchise Network on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21
Franchising 05-21-21
Farhana Naz graduated from Fordham University with a business degree and worked in media research for Nielsen.

Dr. Lydie, The World’s Most Sought-After Business Legal Authority Has Been Featured In The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today & The New York Law Journal
WBOC 05-21-21
Dr. Lydie [Louis] has a B.A. from Columbia University, a master’s in finance from New York University, a J.D. from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Barcelona.

OBITUARIES

Mary Ellen Jill Farry, 85, Of Collegeville, MN,
MARY ELLEN JILL FARRY, 85, COLLEGEVILLE
WJON 05-24-21
She studied for a year at University College London as a Fulbright Scholar and earned a Master’s degree in Psychology at Fordham University.

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