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Rams in the News: February 23, 2018

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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Debunked: The Strange Tale of Pope Gregory and the Rabbits
The New York Times 02-13-18
Charlie Camosy, a theologian at Fordham University who writes about ethics and animals, read the paper and supplementary material from Dr. Larson’s article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Hometown dancer soars with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Q City Metro 02-19-18
In fact, the family edict that academics come first led Jacquelin [Harris] to Fordham University in New York.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Fordham reassures safety of students
News 12 The Bronx 02-15-18
Fordham University public safety releases statement about university safety preparedness.

Humanitarian Blockchain: Coding For A Humane, Sustainable World
Forbes 02-15-18
My journey down the rabbit hole / through the looking glass of blockchain continued on successive Fridays — first at The Humanitarian Blockchain Summit  at Fordham University  November 10th, 2017, then just the next week with Blockchain and Social Impact, November 17th, at The Microsoft Technology Center in Times Square (Discussed in Part II).

Southwest Ind. a hot spot for human trafficking
Dubois County Herald 02-15-18
According to a 2013 Fordham University study, 9 percent of human trafficking cases are perpetrated by strangers, while 36 percent are perpetrated by immediate family.

Family Of Army Guard Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah Receives Posthumous Heroism Awards Friday, Feb. 16 At Fordham
Public Now 02-15-18
The family of New York Army National Guard Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, the Soldier who died while saving lives during a massive apartment house fire in the Bronx on Dec. 28, will receive two valor medals posthumously during a ceremony on Friday morning, Feb. 16 at Fordham University’s Keating Hall.

2U : Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service Furthers its Mission to Train ‘Agents of Change’ Through a New Online Master of …
4 Traders 02-20-18
Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) is now accepting applications from prospective students across the country for OnlineMSW@Fordham.

Fordham Real Estate Institute Continues Successful Event Series with Panel Led by Industry Pundit Michael Stoler
KAIT ABC-8 02-20-18
Building on the momentum of its preeminent industry information events, the Fordham Real Estate Institute hosted its latest panel focused on transit-oriented development on Tues., Feb. 13 at its Lincoln Center Campus in New York City.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

A Provisional Map of the Lost Continent by Gregory Mahrer (review)
Project MUSE 02-20-18
The book was chosen as a winner of the Fordham University Press Poets Out Loud series by John Yau and is an exploration of internal and external landscapes—notable for the breadth of the author’s imagination and the beauty of his language.

ADMINISTRATORS

LYNNE CHERNOW
Argyle Executive Forum Launches 2018 CISO Leadership Forum Series in NYC
Crossroads Today 02-15-18
“Argyle’s events are always best in class, bringing together top executives from a variety of companies”, said Lynne Chernow, IT Executive at Fordham University, an attendee at the New York forum.

SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES STAFF

DEBBIE LESPERANCE
County Executive George Latimer Just Made Key Staff Appointments
Westchester Magazine Blogs 02-20-18
Debbie Lesperance has been appointed Director of Admission and Recruitment by Fordham University’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) where she will be responsible for recruitment of undergraduate programs, certificates and Master of Science degree programs housed in PCS.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Museum of American Finance to Present Program on Blockchain
Public Now 02-21-18
It is presented by the Museum of American Finance, in partnership with the Fordham University Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JED SHUGERMAN
This is why Kushner’s gargantuan debt matters
The Washington Post 02-14-18
As he was racking up debt, law professor Jed Shugerman tells me, Kushner “also just coincidentally was setting up secret lines to the Kremlin and was meeting with [Russian President Vladmir] Putin’s banker a month after the election.

JED SHUGERMAN
It’s Going to Be Much, Much Harder for Trump to Fire Rod Rosenstein Now
Slate 02-16-18
Jed Shugerman of Fordham Law School reminds me via email that the fact that the optics have changed doesn’t mean Rosenstein is actually safe.

JED SHUGERMAN
7 legal experts on what Mueller’s Russia indictments mean for Trump
Vox 02-21-18
Jed Shugerman, law professor, Fordham University

NICHOLAS JOHNSON
Rights advocates or people with blood on hands? Above the available weapons in the US, the lobby is protected
Info.cz 02-15-18
People are looking at the same things, and there are very different conclusions about what happened in the 18th and 19th centuries,” says Professor Nicholas Johnson, of Fordham University, who advocates stricter rules of grading.
[Translated from Czech]

VICTOR L. ESSIEN
Challenge controversial Provisions in 1992 Constitution – CJ to Ghanaians
Ghanamma.com 02-15-18
Moderated by Mr. Victor Brobbey, Lecturer & Head of Private Law Department, GIMPA Law School, panel four will see Professor Victor Essien, Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, United States, speak on Sovereignty and Subsidiarity: The Ghana Judiciary as the Bulwark Against Incipient Judicial Imperialism by African Regional Courts,…

YUNG F. CHIANG
Attorney Yung Frank Chiang Recognized for Commitment to Legal Education
Spoke 02-15-18
A widely regarded educator in the field of law, Mr.[Yung F.] Chiang teaches at Fordham University School of Law.

SUSAN SCAFIDI
Record-low number of shows leaves Fashion Week at a crossroads
New York Post 02-13-18
A groundswell of designers, spearheaded by Alexander Wang, wants to leave the traditional calendar altogether and move their shows to the summer and winter months when, according to Susan Scafidi, director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School, buyers spend 80 percent of their budgets.

SHEILA J. WARD
Chat with… Sheila Ward, President of the League of Women Voters of Westport
Westport-News 02-16-18
I [Sheila J. Ward] teach writing and research for Fordham (University) students doing a masters in law.

KAREN J. GREENBERG
Trump Uses 2002 Law Authorizing War Against Saddam to Justify Detaining an American in 2018
The Daily Beast 02-16-18
“If he’s found on a list, then I don’t see why they couldn’t indict him,” said Karen Greenberg, the director of Fordham University Law School’s Center on National Security.

KAREN J. GREENBERG
The Trump administration may release a prisoner from Guantanamo
NBC News 02-15-18
“There are no indications that they are going to be released,” said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University.

LEILA A. AMINEDDEOLEH
What the 5Pointz ruling means for street artists
The Conversation 02-16-18
Leila Amineddoleh, Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University

LEILA A. AMINEDDEOLEH
KCBS-AM News
KCBS AM 02-17-18
Professor Leila Amineddeoleh comments on the 5Pointz case.

JOHN PFAFF
Amid a Record Homicide Rate, Baltimore Called a Ceasefire — and It Worked. But How Can It Last?
The Intercept 02-17-18
John Pfaff, a criminal justice expert at Fordham Law School, cautioned that it’s too early to tell what’s causing the increase in violence.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
President or Luxury Towers: Either Way, Trump Is the Rage in India
The New York Times 02-17-18
“The question isn’t just whether Don Trump Jr. is making phone calls to say, ‘Give me a favor,’” said Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor who is part of a lawsuit claiming that President Trump’s business ties violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
Trump tariffs on steel would hit China — and the entire global trading system
CNN Money 02-19-18
In fact, it could be deemed such a flagrant violation of the rules that it could open the door for tit-for-tat responses from other countries, according to Matt Gold, an international trade law expert at Fordham University.

JOHN BRENNAN
Former CIA director Brennan brings unvarnished views of partisan attacks to Norfolk | U.S. Government
Political News 02-18-18
When former CIA director John Brennan speaks at The Norfolk Forum Tuesday night, he’ll look and sound like a 62-year-old, sober-voiced career intelligence officer.

JOEL COHEN
Should the Rob Porter outcome set the standard?
The Hill 02-20-18
[Joel Cohen] is an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School and the author of “Broken Scales: Reflections on Injustice.”

ANDREW KENT
Mueller Charges Ex-Skadden Lawyer in Newest Indictments (Audio)
Bloomberg 02-20-18
Andrew Kent, a professor at Fordham University Law School, discusses the latest victim in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election…

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

JAMES R. KELLY
GeoInvesting January 2018 Newsletter
Geo Investing 02-18-18
“Behavioral finance is central to value investing,” is a quote by Jim Kelly, director of the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at Fordham University, leading up to a presentation given by Professor Andrew W. Lo on January 24, 2018 at the Museum of American Finance.

MILAN ZELENY
About the world of cooperation and integration, we will talk at the Conference of Businessmen Join 2018
StartItUp.sk 02-20-18
He became a professor at Fordham University in New York and taught and collaborating in dozens of countries.
[Translated from Slovack]

BENJAMIN M. COLE
A Japanese word without a direct English translation reveals the biggest difference between Japanese and American work cultures
Business Insider 02-15-18
[Benjamin M.] Cole, an associate professor of strategy at Fordham University in New York City, once took a group of students on a trip to Japan.

FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

RAYMOND A. SCHROTH, S.J.
In Mideast, another option of peace
Newsday 02-15-18
The Rev. Raymond A. Schroth, a former Fordham University professor, is editor emeritus at America magazine.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

CHRISTINA GREER
Black Girl Love Letters to Themselves
Elle 02-14-18
Christina M Greer, professor at Fordham University and host of The Aftermath with Christina Greer on ozy.com

CHRISTINA GREER
Our incarcerated populations are our responsibility
New York Amsterdam News 02-15-18
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.

NICHOLAS TAMPIO
Common Core, Our Cultural Success, What to Say in Marriage
BYU Radio 02-15-18
Nicholas Tampio. Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University.

OLEKSIY ROSLYAK
Novel exciton interactions in carbon nanotubes
Science Daily 02-15-18
Research team: Stephen Doorn, Erik Haroz and Hagen Telg of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andrei Piryatinski of Los Alamos; Oleksiy Roslyak of Fordham University…

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Debunked: The Strange Tale of Pope Gregory and the Rabbits
The New York Times 02-13-18
Charlie Camosy, a theologian at Fordham University who writes about ethics and animals, read the paper and supplementary material from Dr. Larson’s article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

PAUL LEVINSON
KCBS-AM News
KCBS 02-19-18
Paul Levinson comments on whether Facebook’s new attempts to stamp out Russian interference online will work.

SAUL CORNELL
Could the Young Students in Florida Revive Gun Control?
Background Briefing with Ian Masters 02-19-18
Saul Cornell on the likelihood of reform in light of the recent Florida shooting and students taking a stand.

SAUL CORNELL
School shooting met with another round of calls for gun controls
Aleteia 02-21-18
But Saul Cornell, professor of American history at Fordham University, argues that the United States is hampered by a “fairly minimal and ineffective regulatory regime, and there are a lot of things that we could be doing that we’re not doing that would make everyone safer and not come at a reasonable cost to gun owners.”

POLINA KROIK
Punishing Women for Speaking Out
Inside Higher Ed Blog 02-21-18
Polina Kroik is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Fordham University and Baruch College, CUNY.

STEVEN STOLL
Three Books, One Weekend
Zip06.com 02-21-18
Historians like [Steven] Stoll, who is a professor of history at Fordham University, and the author of several other books, are not used to that level of attention, he said to the crowd, smiling.

ATHLETICS

Players named for Tall Ferns training camp
Newsie 02-16-18
Players named in the extended training squad:…Zara Jillings (Fordham University, USA)…

GOBIS: Lancers, Rocketeers, Warriors on mat quests for state crowns
The Sun Chronicle 02-15-18
…while ex-Shamrock Brynna Harum, a Fordham University senior, took second in her heat in the 1000 (2:57.6).

Congratulations to Kyle Rinsky Hanover Park Football Standout Heading to Fordham Football
TAPinto.net 02-16-18
Hanover Park senior OT/DT Kyle Rinsky signed a letter of intent to play football at Fordham.

News 12 The Bronx Sports
News 12 The Bronx 02-17-18
Coverage of men’s basketball playing in the A10.

WYFF Sports News
WYFF 02-18-18
Men’s baseball wins against Wofford.

ALUMNI

Lana Del Rey has legs, four Grammy nominations and a lot of pluck
The San Diego Tribune 02-14-18
[Lana] Del Rey has a degree in metaphysics from Fordham University.

John Anderson confirmed as NM’s U.S. attorney
ABQ Journal Online 02-16-18
[John Anderson] received his bachelor’s from Bowdoin College and his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law in New York City, where he graduated cum laude.

Off the Shelf 060 with Father Charles Connor – Pioneer Priests
Patheos Blog 02-19-18
Fr. [Charles P.] Connor holds a number of degrees from the likes of the University of Scranton, Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, Fordham University in New York City, the Gregorian University in Rome, the Angelicum University in Rome, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C.

Hometown dancer soars with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Q City Metro 02-19-18
In fact, the family edict that academics come first led Jacquelin [Harris] to Fordham University in New York.

Rose Chapman reflects back on her 25-year career with JFCS of the Suncoast
Your Observer 02-20-18
[Rose Chapman] began her career as a social worker after graduating with a Master’s degree in social work from Fordham University in 1976.

OBITUARIES

John Michael Hamrogue, 78, Of Brooklyn, NY, priest
Father John Michael Hamrogue, C.SS.R.
The Tablet 02-14-18
[John Michael Hamrogue] studied at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and Fordham University in the Bronx, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1974.

Clare Dowling, 96, Of New Windsor, NY, nun
Sister Clare Dowling, P.B.V.M.
The Tablet 02-14-18
[Clare Dowling] earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Manhattan College and a master’s in education from Fordham University.

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