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Rams in the News: April 13, 2018

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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

GUY ROBINSON
New York Today: Winter in Spring
The New York Times 04-10-18
The silver lining: The low temperatures will keep pollen under wraps for a little longer, according to Guy Robinson, a senior lecturer at Fordham University who compiles Manhattan’s pollen data for the National Allergy Bureau.

When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure
CBS 04-08-18
Former FBI agent Anthony Ferrante was director of Cyber Incident Response for President Barack Obama’s National Security Council.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

America Media Announces 2018 O’Hare Fellows
America Magazine 04-05-18
The O’Hare Fellowship is a program of America Media, co-sponsored by Fordham University.

Trump’s presidency is literally eroding our sanity — according to science
Raw Story 04-05-18
The study — which was conducted by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine, the Fordham University Department of Psychology, and the VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands — found that 25 percent of its subjects reported experiencing multiple OCD-like behaviors related to politics every day, aided in no small part by the real-time availability of information on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

An interesting historical overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Medium 04-05-18
During 2017–2018, Fordham University hosted a three-part lecture series entitled “A Different Take on Israel/Palestine: Shared Histories, Divergent Pathways.”

Despite Pushback, Marquette University And Students Stand By Pride Prom
Wisconsin Public Radio 04-09-18
Other Jesuit universities like Boston College and Fordham University have similar campus organizations that host LGBTQ pride events.

Fordham University School of Professional and Continuing Studies Projects Exponential Growth of Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med/Pre-Health Program
Times Union 04-09-18
The Fordham University School of Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) offers a Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med/Pre-Health Program for college graduates interested in a career in health care professions who need prerequisite science courses.

Professionals Reach out to Mentor Students at Fordham Networking Forum
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator 04-05-18
The classrooms of the Fordham University School of Business were filled to capacity as the eighth annual Mentoring and Networking Forum welcomed over 150 participants on Friday, March 23.

WFUV

WFUV/New York Returns With High Line Bash Fundraiser
All Access Music Group 04-10-18
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY Triple A WFUV/NEW YORK is back with its annual food and music fundraiser – the 2018 HIGH LINE BASH on MAY 11th.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Heads up for a philosophy event—Thinking Out Loud
ABC News 04-09-18
Thinking Out Loud is presented by the Philosophy group at Western Sydney University in conjunction with ABC RN and Fordham University Press.

Prophecies of Language: The Confusion of Tongues in German Romanticism by Kristina Mendicino (review)
Project MUSE 04-10-18
Prophecies of Language: The Confusion of Tongues in German RomanticismBy Kristina Mendicino. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. 281 pages. $115.00 hardcover, $32.00 paperback.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

BRUCE A. GREEN
Does It Matter If Trump Is a ‘Target’ or a ‘Subject’ of Mueller’s Probe?
The Atlantic 04-04-18
“It’s not comforting to be a ‘subject’ of an investigation. Most white-collar criminal defendants started out as subjects of a grand jury investigation,” said Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at Fordham.

BRUCE A. GREEN
Michael Cohen Has a Big Problem
The Atlantic 04-10-18
“Records of conversations between Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump are not necessarily privileged,” Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at Fordham University, said.

JED SHUGERMAN
Trump’s self-delusion blinds him to legal peril
The Washington Post 04-04-18
Jed Shugerman of the Fordham University School of Law agrees that, most likely, “all it means is Mueller probably has no intention of indicting a sitting president (who thus is not a target).”

JED SHUGERMAN
Factbox: How might Trump remove special counsel in Russia probe?
Reuters 04-09-18
If Trump removed Mueller, the special counsel could seek a temporary restraining order blocking his removal on the grounds that there was not good cause, said Jed Shugerman, a professor of constitutional law at Fordham University Law School.

JED SHUGERMAN
Judicial Elections Are a Mess—Here’s How to Fix the Problem
The Daily Beast 04-06-18
Jed Shugerman is a law professor at Fordham, the author of The People’s Courts (Harvard U. Press 2012), and a co-author of a legal historians’ brief in the Emoluments cases against President Trump.

JED SHUGERMAN
Exclusive documents show underpinnings of Trump obstruction case
MSNBC 04-11-18
Jed Shugerman, Fordham University law professor, talks with Rachel Maddow about what conclusions can be drawn from exclusive documents obtained by TRMS, including what are believed to be the handwritten notes of Dana Boente on his conversation with James Comey on Comey’s interactions with Donald Trump.

JED SHUGERMAN
Why Robert Mueller Handed Off the Michael Cohen Raid
Slate 04-09-18
Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a Fordham Law professor and the author of The People’s Courts and shugerblog.com.

KAREN J. GREENBERG
Why the Acquittal of Noor Salman May Be a Turning Point in the ‘War on Terror’
The Nation 04-04-18
Karen J. Greenberg is director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
Elon Musk Cheers On Trump As U.S. Prepares Stiff Tariffs On Chinese Products
The Daily Caller 04-04-18
“Tesla has invested a fortune in developing its technology, and the last thing it wants is a joint Chinese partner getting access to that technology … and then stealing it and using it on their own,” Fordham University International Trade Law Professor Matt Gold…

MATTHEW A. GOLD
How did China end up posing as the defender of global trade?
CNN 04-10-18
“Though China’s been extensively violating its WTO obligations to the United States for 16 years, Trump managed to grant China legal equivalence in a matter of days by imposing US national security tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum outside WTO rules, and by threatening to impose retaliatory tariffs outside the WTO retaliation process in response to some of China’s violations,” said Matt Gold, an international trade expert at Fordham University School of Law.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
High Level Meeting on NAFTA
CTV News Channel 04-06-18
Matthew A. Gold discusses Trump’s threat to leave NAFTA.

CARL MINZNER
Bible Ban: God’s Word Disappears from Online Stores in China
CBN 04-08-18
Fordham University law professor Carl Minzner is an expert on Chinese law and governance.

ANDREW KENT
Mueller will opine on Trump’s conduct
Providence Journal 04-05-18
“He could write a two-sentence explanation — or he could write something very detailed,” Andrew Kent, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, said.

ANDREW KENT
Who Can Stop Jeff Sessions From Breaking His Recusal Pledge? Probably No One.
Mother Jones 04-09-18
Instead, he can only investigate the matter, issue a report to Congress, and recommend penalties, says Andrew Kent, an expert in professional responsibility and legal ethics at Fordham University School of Law.

JOEL COHEN
Did Trump’s lawyers ask the right questions?
The Hill 04-07-18
[Joel] Cohen is an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.

JOEL COHEN
When the Criminal Lawyer Shields the Client
New York Law Journal 04-09-18
[Joel Cohen] is an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School.

DAVID A. ANDELMAN
With France in, Trump has no excuse not to act on Syria
CNN 04-09-18
David A. Andelman, visiting scholar at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School and director of its Red Lines Project, is a contributor to CNN and a columnist for USA Today.

DAVID A. ANDELMAN
The Real-World Effect of Tariffs
CNN 04-07-18
Let’s talk about all of this with David [A.] Andelman, a visiting scholar at the Fordham Law School Center on National Secretary.

HOWARD M. ERICHSON
J&J Faces Talc Penalty in Continuing Legal Case (Corret)
Bloomberg 04-09-18
Howard Erichson, a professor at Fordham University Law School, discusses a $37 million fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a talc mining company for hidng the fact that talc-based products had been tainted by asbestos and helped cause cancer in a banker named Stephen Lanzo III.

OLIVIER SYLVAIN
Discriminatory Designs on User Data
Knight First Amendment Institute 04-01-18
Olivier Sylvain is an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

ROBERT HURLEY
How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations
Michigan Business Network 04-06-18
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Robert Hurley who is Professor in the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACULTY

KIRK A. BINGAMAN
Triveneto theological faculty: a conference and a workshop on pastoral counseling with Professor Kirk Bingaman
Servizio Informazione Religiosa 04-06-18
These include Kirk [A.]Bingaman, Presbyterian pastor, professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Fordham University in New York, who will be a guest at the annual academic convention (April 20).
[Translated from Italian]

FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

CHARLES LEWIS
AERA Announces 2018 Award Winners in Education Research
Newswise 04-05-18
E.F. Lindquist Award, Recipient: Charles Lewis (Fordham University/ETS)

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

BRYAN MASSINGALE, S.T.D.
On the 50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination, Confessing the Church’s Complicity in Racial Division
Sojourners 04-04-18
Let me quote a colleague, Professor Fr. Bryan Massingale from Fordham University, who says, “When I ask my white students if they have ever heard racism named or preached as a sin from their pulpits growing up in white their churches — their answer if almost always NO.”

JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
Interview with Urban Ecologist Menno Schilthuizen
CBS 04-02-18
There is a white-footed mouse which is being studied by my colleague Jason Munshi-South in Fordham University.

JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH
Urban Darwinism: How Species Are Evolving to Survive in Cities
Yale Environment 360 04-05-18
This is work that’s been done by Jason Munshi-South of Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr, 50 years after assassination
SABC Digital News 04-04-18
Christina Greer comments on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and America’s reaction.

CHRISTINA GREER
Cynthia Nixon Is in Andrew Cuomo’s Head
The New Republic 04-05-18
“He’s unraveling,” Fordham University political scientist Christina Greer told me.

CHRISTINA GREER
Remembering and celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
New York Amsterdam News 04-05-18
Christina Greer, Ph.D., is the 2018 NYU McSilver Institute Fellow and an associate professor at Fordham University, the author of “Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream” and the host of The Aftermath on Ozy.com.

CHRISTINA GREER
The White Men’s Club Leading America’s Largest Cities
The Atlantic 04-09-18
“In a lot of these places, the only people left in cities were people of color, and that’s where we saw the rise of black mayors in these kind of ‘chocolate cities,’” said Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
THE EFFECT CYNTHIA NIXON
La Presse 04-09-18
“This is the underlying theme of this race,” Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University in New York, told La Presse.
[Translated from French]

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
JESUITS AND JEDI: SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE AGE OF STAR WARS
Publicnow 04-05-18
Brother Consolmagno will be joined by Fordham University’s Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, Dr. Charles Camosy in exploring this compelling trend and its ethical implications.

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Mixed reaction from U.S. pro-lifers to pope’s latest challenge
Crux 04-10-18
Charles Camosy, a professor of theological ethics at Fordham University and Crux contributor, said Francis was using the exhortation to call out individuals on both sides of the political spectrum, despite what is a very direct condemning of a single-issue engagement.

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Random Happenings in New York City This Week – April 8-April 15
City Guide NYC 04-08-18
Joining him on this trek into the final frontier is Dr. Charles Camosy of Fordham University for what is sure to be an out of this world event.

BETH KNOBEL
New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Elites
CBS 04-06-18
Beth Knobel discusses new U.S. sanctions and the Russian oligarchs being affected by it.

PAUL LEVINSON
Sinclair bid to buy WJW Channel 8, Tribune stations in limbo amid intense political debate
Cleveland.com 04-08-18
“It has been slowed down,” Fordham University professor and media specialist Paul Levinson said.

GEORGE W. DRANCE, S.J.
Performance takes audience on interfaith journey into divine love | Faith Matters
NJ.com 04-08-18
“As you contemplate each poem, it moves you to divine love,” said Drance,  a drama professor at Fordham, a Jesuit for 20 years and a member of the La MaMa theater troupe.

ANDREW H. CLARK
Battle of words in French at the 4th Eloquence Competition in New York
French Morning 04-09-18
Hosted by Hélène Godec and Andrew Clark, teachers at Fordham University, this contest, fourth in the name, will bring together French students from Fordham and Columbia Universities.

HELENE GODEC
Battle of words in French at the 4th Eloquence Competition in New York
French Morning 04-09-18
Hosted by Hélène Godec and Andrew Clark, teachers at Fordham University, this contest, fourth in the name, will bring together French students from Fordham and Columbia Universities.

GUY ROBINSON
New York Today: Winter in Spring
The New York Times 04-10-18
The silver lining: The low temperatures will keep pollen under wraps for a little longer, according to Guy Robinson, a senior lecturer at Fordham University who compiles Manhattan’s pollen data for the National Allergy Bureau.

SAUL A. CORNELL
What If We Didn’t… have the Second Amendment?
Mic 04-10-18
This, however, wasn’t much of a concession to the radical anti-Federalists, according to Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther chair of American History at Fordham University.

KERI G. WALSH
April NUI Galway and RIA to Host Judging Shaw Exhibition at Columbia University
National University of Ireland Galway 04-10-18
Speakers at the roundtable discussion:…Keri Walsh, Associate Professor, Fordham University

RACHEL A. ANNUNZIATO
I Hate Playdates, Here’s Why I Set Them up Anyway
Parents 04-10-18
Rachel Annunziato, a professor of psychology at Fordham University, cited the cognitive benefits of playdates for kids, such as “safe” exposure to unfamiliar social situations, especially for children who are shy or anxious.

NATHANAEL SYMEONIDES
Meet Chicago’s New Greek Orthodox Church Leader
Chicago Tonight 04-10-18
[Nathanael Symeonides] also a guest professor at Fordham University where he lectures on Christian ethics and bioethics.

MARK NAISON
Teachers Rising!
The Indypendent 04-05-18
Mark Naison is a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University and director of Fordham’s Urban Studies Program.

STUDENTS

A student at Fordham University in New York carries out her thesis on Loriguilla
Loriguilla 03-28-18
A student from Fordham University in New York, Kathleen Kanaley, has chosen Loriguilla for her final thesis.
[Translated from Spanish]

ATHLETICS

LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Lock Haven’s Carpenter earns weekly PSAC softball award
The Times Tribune 04-10-18
In five games last week, Fordham University junior Chelsea Skrepenak (Holy Cross) batted .588 (10 for 17) with one double, two triples, five runs and six RBIs to help the Rams go 4-1.

Men’s and Women’s Tennis Heads to Saint Joseph’s
Public Now 04-10-18
The Saint Joseph’s men’s tennis team fell to Fordham, 4-2, in an indoor match at the Life Time Athletic complex on Saturday afternoon…. Atlantic 10 rival Fordham on Saturday evening, the Saint Joseph’s women’s tennis team put forth a strong effort, but fell to the Rams, 4-0.

ALUMNI

Monotype Appoints New Board Members, Names New Chair
Business Wire 04-04-18
[Denise Warren] holds bachelor and management degrees from Tulane University, and an MBA in communications and media management from Fordham University.

Governor Cuomo Announces New York Administration Appointments
LongIsland.com 04-04-18
Mr. [Andrew Chan] Wolinsky earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from Tufts University.

Adobe Systems (ADBE) Announces John Murphy as Chief Financial Officer
StreetInsider.com 04-05-18
[John Murphy] has an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a B.S. in Accounting from Fordham University and is a licensed CPA (inactive).

Dr. Dick Barnett reaps rewards of an educated life
Stamford Advocate 04-05-18
[Dick Barnett] earned Doctorate in education at Fordham University.

Everyone (even atheists and agnostics) can find God in silence
America Magazine 04-06-18
While a student at Yale and Fordham University, [Thomas Keating] was drawn to the wisdom of the Christian mystics, eventually leading him to the Trappists.

The greatest reward I receive for what I do – Adetola Salau
The Guardian Nigeria 04-07-18
[Adetola Salau] has a B. Sc in Chemistry from Fordham University, New York, with a medal as the best student in Chemistry.

Atlantic City grad Kennedy one step from the major leagues
The Press of Atlantic City 04-09-18
The Padres chose [Brett] Kennedy, 23, in the 11th round of the 2015 MLB draft after he had excelled for the Vikings and Fordham University in New York.

IFF Panama: ’Moonlight’ Co-producer Andrew Hevia: ‘Filmmaking Requires a Start-up Mentality’
TDS 04-10-18
[Andrew] Hevia has a master’s degree in Media Entrepreneurship from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham [University], and said that film producing is all about creative entrepreneurship, citing Eric Rees’ book, “The Lean Startup” as inspiration.

When Russian hackers targeted the U.S. election infrastructure
CBS 04-08-18
Former FBI agent Anthony Ferrante was director of Cyber Incident Response for President Barack Obama’s National Security Council.

Bowser’s Top Lawyer Steps Down
Washington City Paper 04-05-18
Beyond his duties at BakerHostetler, [Mark H. Tuohey III] says he will teach a course at Fordham Law School, his alma mater, as an adjunct.

Meet the Students of FAME — The Famous Academy for Modern Effectiveness: A Free Portfolio Program by Grey and FindSpark
FindSpark.com 04-11-18
We’re thrilled to announce the FindSpark members selected to be students of FAME by Grey x FindSpark: The Famous Academy of Modern Effectiveness — [alumna] Alexandra Glembocki

OBITUARIES

Bob Millan, 101, Of Pinehurst, NC, sales manager
Bob Millan of Pinehurst Obituary
Aberdeen Times 04-04-18
[Bob Millan] graduated from Jamaica High School and attended Fordham University.

Louis S. Roca, 87, Of Port Chester, NY, veteran
Obituary: Louis S. Roca
The Greenwich Sentinel 04-10-18
[Louis S. Roca] was a graduate of Fordham University and New York Podiatry School.

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