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Rams in the News: March 9, 2018

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JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, S.J.
Admissions not affected by gun-law protests, some Catholic colleges say
Catholic Philly 03-06-18
Jesuit Father Joseph McShane, president of New York’s Fordham University, said the university “strongly advocates that our students turn their concern into action by leading letter-writing campaigns to Washington and to the legislatures in their home states.”

Fordham Law students get a view of Rikers Island from inside and out
ABA Journal 03-05-18
Fordham has been encouraging students like [Deema] Nagib to become engaged in a variety of programs to expose them to the criminal justice system and help ensure greater access to justice.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Summer INPSieme 2018: book now with Phoenix Travel
La Prima Pagina 02-28-18
In the US, Phoenix Travel selected the best colleges, such as the Rose Hill campus of the University of Fordham.
[Translated from Italian]

Top five offbeat careers and the best universities to study them
Blogarama 03-01-18
Fordham University in New York offers a Master of Arts in Elections and Campaign Management for students who want to pursue their abroad education in USA.

Stanley Tucci Has Teachable Moment In ‘Submission’; Josh Hartnett Charms in ‘Oh Lucy!’ – Specialty Box Office Preview
Deadline 03-01-18
“It’s a composite of Fordham University in the Bronx and a seminary on 19th Street and 10th Avenue [in Manhattan], which feels like you’re back in the 19th century.”

Crypto All-Stars Turn Out for ‘Truth Machine’ Book Premiere
Yahoo! Finance 03-04-18
For the roughly 350 fans at Fordham University for “The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything” book launch, this bullish dialogue marks exactly the kind of mental athletics they came to see.

WFUV

WFUV/New York Strikes A Chord For Children In Foster Care
All Access Music Group 03-05-18
Triple A WFUV/NEW YORK returns with another of its award-winning public service campaigns.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Scatter I: The Politics of Politics in Foucault, Heidegger, and Derrida by Geoffrey Bennington (review)
Project MUSE 03-06-18
Scatter I: The Politics of Politics in Foucault, Heidegger, and Derrida. By Geoffrey Bennington. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. xvii + 294 pp. Paperback $35.00.

Recoding World Literature: Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany’s Pact with Books by B. Venkat Mani (review)
Project MUSE 03-06-18
Recoding World Literature: Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany’s Pact with Books. By B. Venkat Mani. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. Pp. 348. Paper $28.00. ISBN 978-0823273416.

Prophecies of Language: The Confusion of Tongues in German Romanticism by Kristina Mendicino (review)
Project MUSE 03-06-18
Prophecies of Language: The Confusion of Tongues in German Romanticism. By Kristina Mendicino. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. Pp. 281. Paper $24.87. ISBN 978-0823274024017.

The Retreats of Reconstruction: Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865–1920 by David E. Goldberg (revi…
Project MUSE 03-06-18
The Retreats of Reconstruction: Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865–1920. By David E. Goldberg. (New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. Pp. 200. Cloth, $110.00; paper, $28.00).

ADMINISTRATION

JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, S.J.
Admissions not affected by gun-law protests, some Catholic colleges say
Catholic Philly 03-06-18
Jesuit Father Joseph McShane, president of New York’s Fordham University, said the university “strongly advocates that our students turn their concern into action by leading letter-writing campaigns to Washington and to the legislatures in their home states.”

TIA LINDER
3 questions on content to great #highered pros to follow: Tia Linder, Assistant Director of Online Communications – Fordham University
HigherEdExperts.com 02-27-18
Tia Linder, Assistant Director of Online Communications at Fordham University, is one of the 12 presenters of the 2018 Higher Ed Content Conference.

SCHOOL OF LAW

Fordham Law students get a view of Rikers Island from inside and out
ABA Journal 03-05-18
Fordham has been encouraging students like [Deema] Nagib to become engaged in a variety of programs to expose them to the criminal justice system and help ensure greater access to justice.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

MATTHEW A. GOLD
Donald Trump’s dubious attack on U.S.-Canada trade
Politifact 02-27-18
“Over the past 30 years, we have lost jobs in manufacturing, which produces goods, but gained a large number of very good jobs in service sectors and intellectual property,” said Matt Gold, an adjunct law professor at Fordham University.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
U.S. plans to impose steel and aluminum tariffs
CTV News Channel 03-01-18
Matthew A. Gold on how this tariff will affect the U.S. and other countries like Canada.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
Trump’s tariffs are a [violation]of WTO rules, says trade expert
CNBC 03-02-18
[Matthew A.] Gold, Fordham University Law School adjunct professor and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative, discusses the economic and political consequences of the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
As Trump Moves to Erect Trade Barriers, ‘Foreign Trade Zones’ Aim to Take Them Down
The Pew Charitable Trusts 03-06-18
“In a world where trade barriers increase, foreign trade zones become more valuable,” said Matt Gold, a former U.S. trade negotiator and adjunct professor of international trade law at Fordham University School of Law in New York City.

MATTHEW A. GOLD
Why a U.S. Tariff Plan Could Backfire
Knowledge @ Wharton 03-06-18
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel and Fordham’s Matt Gold discuss the implications of Trump’s proposed tariff plan.

KAREN J. GREENBERG
Jury Selection Begins For Orlando Shooter’s Widow
NPR 03-01-18
According to Karen Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University Law School, one of the biggest challenges facing the jurors will be separating the shooter’s actions from Salman’s.

DAVID A. ANDELMAN
Trump’s new tariffs may blow up NAFTA
CNN 03-02-18
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 columnist for USA Today.

MATTHEW DILLER
A ‘quiet’ closing with resounding impacts on equal justice
The Hill 03-02-18
Matthew Diller is dean of Fordham Law School.

JONATHAN LIPPMAN
A ‘quiet’ closing with resounding impacts on equal justice
The Hill 03-02-18
All three [Matthew Diller, Jonathan Lippman and David Udell] are co-directors of the A2J Initiative at Fordham Law School.

DAVID UDELL
A ‘quiet’ closing with resounding impacts on equal justice
The Hill 03-02-18
All three [Matthew Diller, Jonathan Lippman and David Udell] are co-directors of the A2J Initiative at Fordham Law School.

CARL MINZNER
China’s National Party Congress will open the way to a dictatorship for President Xi Jinping
ABC News 03-05-18
Carl Minzner, a professor of law at Fordham University in New York and author of a new book on Mr Xi’s increasing authoritarianism, says the move to dictatorship will be formalised in the next couple of weeks and is dangerous for both China and world.

CARL MINZNER
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s efforts to stay in power, explained
Vox 03-05-18
Carl Minzner, a professor at Fordham Law School, explains: With the removal of these term limits in the constitution, that also sets up the likelihood — the extremely strong likelihood — that going forward, Xi Jinping is likely to serve in all three roles [head of state, general secretary of the Community Party, and head of the military]indefinitely into the future, which of course would be a significant reversal from recent practice since the beginning of China’s reform era.

ANDREW KENT
Mueller Expands Investigation into UAE Contact (Audio)
Bloomberg 03-05-18
Andrew Kent, a professor at Fordham University School of Law, discusses new reports that special counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation to focus on George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman who is now an adviser to the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates.

JOHN PFAFF
ACLU, other groups backed by George Soros eye district attorney races as path to criminal justice reforms
The Tribune 03-06-18
“Electing prosecutors who are, perhaps, less punitive and more willing to take a more sophisticated (approach) on what works can be a very positive step forward,” said John Pfaff, a law professor at Fordham University.

JOHN PFAFF
What is prison gerrymandering and how does it impact elections? Criminologist John Pfaff explains
The Houston Chronicle 03-06-18
John Pfaff, a Fordham Law School professor who studies mass incarceration, spoke to the Chronicle recently about the phenomenon known as “prison gerrymandering” and how it impacts districting and representation.

JOHN PFAFF
Kim Foxx Just Released Six Years of Data — Most Prosecutors’ Offices Remain Black Boxes
In Justice Today 03-07-18
“Rarely is there something truly substantive available from a district attorney’s office,” emphasizes Fordham University Professor John Pfaff.

DORA GALACATOS
The Cruel Ploy of Taking Immigrant Kids From Their Parents
The New York Times 02-28-18
Dora Galacatos is the executive director of the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
How Businesses Became People
The New York Times 03-05-18
Zephyr Teachout is an associate professor of law at Fordham University and the author of “Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United.”

JED SHUGERMAN
L’Affaire Kushner
Slate 03-02-18
Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a Fordham law professor and the author of The People’s Courts and shugerblog.com. He is a co-author on an amicus brief in CREW v. Trump.

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FACULTY

FAUSTINO M. CRUZ, S.M.
New Graduate School Dean at Fordham University is Filipino
Inquirer.net 03-01-18
A Filipino teacher-scholar [Faustino M. Cruz], pastoral leader, and administrator, is the new dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (GRE).

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

J. PATRICK HORNBECK II
LGBTQ Equality Pendulum “Abruptly” Swinging Back as Religious Exemptions Gain Victories
Religion Dispatches 02-12-18
[J.] Patrick Hornbeck is chair and associate professor of theology at Fordham University, where he teaches and writes about the history of Christianity, contemporary U.S. Catholicism, and LGBTQ concerns in religion.

GREGORY JOST
The Jerome Avenue Rezoning’s Spoken and Unspoken Policies
Norwood News 03-01-18
“The people who qualify for ‘affordable’ housing are people who make more than a lot of people who actually need it,” said Gregory Jost, adjunct professor of sociology at Fordham University.

GREGORY JOST
New exhibit lays bare legacy of racist U.S. housing policy
Riverdale Press 03-02-18
[Gregory] Jost, who also is an adjunct professor at Fordham University, was first introduced to redlining while working for the University Neighborhood Housing Program, a community-based nonprofit that provides housing information and resources to those living in the northwest Bronx.

CHRISTINA GREER
It’s flu season, please take precautions
New York Amsterdam News 03-01-18
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
Jared Kushner’s political obituary has been written several times before, but now he’s really fighting for his life
The Independent 03-02-18
Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University in New York, warned that people had been “writing about the end of Jared since last June”.

CHRISTINA GREER
Cuomo’s dog was secretly promoted to ‘Captain’
New York Post 03-03-18
“Trooper implies state government,” Fordham University political scientist Dr. Christina Greer said.

CHRISTINA GREER
The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 5
Gotham Gazette 03-04-18
Fordham political science professor Dr. Christina Greer will moderate a panel consisting of Mara Gay of the Wall Street Journal, J. David Goodman of the New York Times, Yoav Gonen of the New York Post, and Jillian Jorgensen of the New York Daily News.

HILLARY J. MANTIS
How You Can Start Your Career In Politics Now
Political News 03-02-18
[Hillary J. Mantis] is the author of Alternative Careers for Lawyers, and Pre-Law Program Director at Fordham University.

MARCIA PALLY
Theologies of Relationality, Overcoming Anxiety, What Others Think
BYU Radio 03-05-18
Marcia Pally is a Professor at New York University in Multilingual Multicultural Studies and at Fordham University and is a regular guest professor at Humboldt University’s Theology Faculty.

GARRETT BROAD
Community Food Justice: An Interview with Garrett Broad
Nursing Clio 03-06-18
I recently had the chance to chat with Garrett Broad, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, about his 2016 book, More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change.

CHRISTOPHER MAGINN
2018’s Best Cities for St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Wallethub 03-07-18
Christopher Maginn, Professor of History and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies in the Lincoln Center at Fordham University

STEVEN STOLL
Steven Stoll, Ramp Hollow
CSPAN2 03-04-18
Steven Stoll talks about his newest book, “Ramp Hollow”.

NICHOLAS TAMPIO
KDKA-AM (Radio)
KDKA-AM 03-04-18
Nicholas Tampio talks about his book “Common Core” and how students have learned to game the standardized testing system.

STUDENTS

Swallow Your Pride? Chick-fil-A’s Aggressive Manhattan Expansion Has New Yorkers Ethically Conflicted.
Thrillist 02-28-18
“If they want to bring in Chick-fil-A, they can bring in Chick-fil-A,” Fordham student Renata Francesco told The Fordham Observer.

Lakewood-Trumbull YMCA — Dance Love Letters
Trumbull Times 03-02-18
The Lakewood-Trumbull Y concluded Love Yourself Month with a seminar that featured an open conversation with Lauren Russo, a guest dancer at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and a senior at Fordham University.

Have Catholic Theologians Been Too Quiet About Fr. James Martin’s “Building a Bridge”?
Publicnow 03-05-18
Jason Steidl, a theology doctoral candidate at Fordham University, responded to Ahern’s criticism of academic theologians and their engagement or lack thereof in public theology.

ATHLETICS

Nearly 4,000 Attend the New York Tennis Expo To Kick Off The New York Open
ABC-7 02-28-18
The tennis teams from Fordham University, New York Institute of Technology, Farmingdale State and Nassau Community College were on the Grandstand court throughout the day conducting clinics and playing points with attendees.

2018 NFL combine results: Saquon Barkley isn’t the only winner from Friday
CBS Sports 03-02-18
Chase Edmonds, Fordham.

Sources: WVU analyst lands offensive coordinator job
247Sports 03-01-18
Michael Burchett, who’s been a backup quarterback, graduate assistant and offensive analyst at West Virginia, is the new offensive coordinator at Fordham.

Patriot League spring outlook
Yahoo! Sports 03-06-18
Two of the seven teams, Fordham [University] and Holy Cross, have new coaches just one year after Lafayette made a change.

News 12 The Bronx Sports interview with Bre Cavanaugh
News 12 The Bronx 03-01-18
Bre Cavanaugh opens up about her difficult experience in the foster system, how she overcame it and how she hopes her story will inspire others.

Inside City Hall
Spectrum NY1 03-01-18
Chase Edmonds on how he hopes to impress the general managers scouting players.

ALUMNI

Lea Salonga On Theater, Song & Family
New York Lifestyles Magazine 03-01-18
Remembering her mother’s dictate about education, [Lea Salonga] took time off to continue her studies, tackling philosophy and European history at Fordham University.

Who Is DJ Khaled’s Wife? Nicole Tuck & DJ Khaled Have Been Together For Years
Elite Daily 03-01-18
[Nicole Tuck] then got her masters in education from Fordham University and graduated in 2005.

DLA Piper Adds Two Lawyers With Media, Sport and Entertainment Experience
General Counsel News 03-01-18
[Gina] Reif Ilardi received her J.D. from Fordham University and her B.A. from New York University.

Dr. David Sylvester appointed to head St. Michael’s College
The Catholic Register 03-01-18
Trained in Mediaeval history at New York’s Fordham University, a Jesuit institution, [David] Sylvester has also been appointed a full professor in the St. Michael’s Mediaeval studies program.

Mario Gabelli CFA Presentation – Value Investing Today
ValueWalk 03-05-18
Mr. [Mario J.] Gabelli is a summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University and holds an MBA degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Roger Williams University and Fordham University.

Immigrant Justice Corps Announces 2018 Justice Fellows
Crossroads Today 03-06-18
The full list of 2018 Justice Fellows is as follows:…Emerson Arguenta, Fordham University School of Law, Immigrant Justice Corps Adults with Children Project…Allison Richman, Fordham University School of Law, The Door

OBITUARIES

Ann Heavey, 90, Of Watchung, NJ, nun
Sister Ann Heavey, R.S.M.
The Tablet 02-28-18
In 1966, she received her bachelor’s degree in education, followed by her master’s in religious education, both from Fordham University.

Lois Catherine Steinberg, 91, Of Larchmont, NY, founding member of At Home on the Sound
Lois Catherine Steinberg, of Larchmont, Dies At 91
Patch.com 03-05-18
[Lois Catherine Steinberg] held two degrees in sociology, an masters of arts from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Fordham University and a M.P.S. from the Health Advocacy Program at Sarah Lawrence College.

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