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Rams in the News: September 22, 2017

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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

Fordham/WFUV To Honor Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and Bob Wolff
All Access 09-19-17
PBS NewsHour anchors Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill will receive the Charles Osgood For Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award from Fordham University [and]WFUV.

BARBARA MUNDY
Rediscovered Mexican Old Master picture gets fresh look for Met show
The Art Newspaper 09-18-17
When art history professor Barbara Mundy walked into Fordham University’s office of the president back in 2000, she says she “almost hit the floor” upon seeing an unrecognised painting by the 17th-century Mexican painter Cristóbal de Villalpando (around 1649-1714) hanging on the wall.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

Editorial: Student affairs needs strengthening | The Ithacan
The Ithacan 09-13-17
The retention rate at the college is about 86 percent, while the retention rates at peer group schools — Elon University, Fordham University, Marist College and Boston University, to name a few — are in the nineties.

Postgraduate courses: what are the best and how much do they cost
Cinco Dias-El Pais 09-15-17
From access to the law we selected the Garrigues Center and the IEB with Fordham University of New York.

Calvary to Host 11th Annual Spiritual Care Day
Times Union 09-19-17
The Hospital will collaborate for the second time with Fordham University.

Georgia’s blockchain development in focus of upcoming International Blockchain Summit
Agenda.ge 09-20-17
The initiative came after the preparation event that was held this week in New York and was organised by the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs of the Fordham University.

WFUV

Fordham/WFUV To Honor Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and Bob Wolff
All Access 09-19-17
PBS NewsHour anchors Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill will receive the Charles Osgood For Excellence in Broadcast Journalism Award from Fordham University [and]WFUV.

Late Bob Wolff, a prolific voice, to receive Scully award
NY Daily News 09-19-17
The late Bob Wolff, one of the most prolific and recognizable voices in sports, will be honored with the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting from Fordham University.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Poet Robert Lax fund what he needed in the circus
The Buffalo News 09-14-17
BIOGRAPHY Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax By Michael N. McGregor Fordham University Press 472 Pages, $34.95

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Bryan Mawr Classical Review 09-15-17
Andrew Hui, The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature. Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. Pp. x, 282; 8 p. of plates. ISBN 9780823274314. $28.00 (pb).

ADMINISTRATION

JOSEPH M. MCSHANE, S.J.
Dreamers. The concerns of Maria and Jose, two of the 800 thousand youths at risk of deportation
Servizio Informazione Religiosa 09-18-17
[Joseph] M. McShane [S.J.], President of New York’s Fordham University School of Law, declared in a statement posted on the University’s website: “rescinding DACA throws the lives of 800,000 Dreamers into turmoil, damages our economy, and erodes our national security.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The Best Toronto Nonprofit MBA Programs | MetroMBA
MetroMBA.com 09-14-17
U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the Best Business Schools for Nonprofit MBAs in 2017. The top 10 programs are:…9. Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

SUSAN SCAFIDI
Introduction to Cultural Appropriation
Thoughtco.com 09-13-17
Susan Scafidi, a law professor at Fordham University, told Jezebel that it’s difficult to give a concise explanation of cultural appropriation.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Carousel: New Roles for Former Ambassador to Iraq, Federal CIO
National Journal 09-13-17
Zephyr Teachout will join its board of directors.
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ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Cuomo endorses de Blasio for re-election, sorta, kinda
Crain’s New York Business 09-18-17
The mayor used his clout to help secure Cuomo the left-wing Working Families Party ballot line, and vouched for the fiscally conservative Democrat’s bona fides in the face of a surprisingly robust primary challenge from liberal Fordham University Professor Zephyr Teachout.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
ZEPHYR TEACHOUT: Google Goes After Its Critics
Providence Journal 09-13-17
Zephyr Teachout is an associate professor of law at Fordham University. She wrote this for The Washington Post.

JOHN D. FEERICK
Could removing President Trump come down to two Hoosiers?
WHAS11 09-14-17
“There’s a judgment call by the vice president and the cabinet,” said John Feerick, former dean of the Fordham University School of Law.

JED SHUGERMAN
Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club
The Washington Post 09-15-17
[Jed] Shugerman, a Fordham University law professor, said that the founding founders clearly viewed attempts to curry favor from the president as a serious issue.

KAREN GREENBERG
Next steps in the London terror investigation
CBS News 09-15-17
Karen Joy Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University, joins CBSN to discuss the latest on the investigation.

KAREN GREENBERG
On U.N.’s World Stage, World Leaders Brace for Trump
Courthouse News Service 09-181-17
Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University, predicts minimal shakeup.

MARK R. PATTERSON
Twitter rival Gab sues Google over app store rejection
Ars Technica UK 09-17-17
But Mark Patterson, an antitrust law expert at Fordham University, is skeptical that Gab’s lawsuit will prevail.

ANDREW KENT
Confederate monument debate hits home
Thibodaux Daily Comet 09-17-17
Andrew Kent, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, wrote a paper called “The Rebel Soldier Who Became Chief Justice of the United States: The Civil War and its Legacy for Edward Douglass White of Louisiana” for the American Journal of Legal History.

JOHN BRENNAN
John Brennan Fast Facts
Crossroads Today 09-18-17
September 4, 2017 – Is named a distinguished fellow for global security at Fordham Law School’s Center on National Security.

STEPHEN BROWN
5 Things to Know About Accelerated B.A./J.D. Programs
US News & World Report 09-20-17
A 3+3 program can get prospective law school students started a year early and save them some tuition dollars, says Stephen Brown, assistant dean of enrollment at the Fordham University School of Law.

ANDREW KENT
Confederate monument debate hits home
Thibodaux Daily Comet 09-17-17
Andrew Kent, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, wrote a paper called “The Rebel Soldier Who Became Chief Justice of the United States: The Civil War and its Legacy for Edward Douglass White of Louisiana” for the American Journal of Legal History.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

CHRISTINA GREER
Swift Congressional Action on Gangs, Slow Response on Dreamers
Diverse 09-13-17
Dr. Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, said the proposed law is problematic because gangs are “loosely defined.”

CHRISTINA GREER
We will support the Dreamers…
New York Amsterdam News 09-14-17
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 host of The Aftermath on Ozy.com

CHRISTINA GREER
De Blasio punts some big decisions until after Election Day
Politico 09-19-17
“He’s in campaign mode now, not necessarily in a governing phase — he’s focused on the next eight weeks,” said Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
Robert Cornegy Jr. rebounds as New York City councilman
The Undefeated 09-19-17
“Cornegy reminds me of that old Chicago saying: ‘We don’t want nobody nobody sent,’ ” said Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University. “I feel like that’s Cornegy’s uphill battle: Nobody asked for you.”

LANCE STRATE
3 Powerful Leadership Lessons From General Semantics And Media Ecology
Medium 09-14-17
I recently interviewed Dr. Lance Strate of Fordham University about media ecology, General Semantics and the idea of success.

CHARLES C. CAMOSY
Hillary Clinton’s book calls out Bernie Sanders for welcoming some antiabortion Democrats. Here’s why she’s wrong.
The Washington Post 09-15-17
Charles Camosy is associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University and author of “Beyond the Abortion Wars.”

LEONARD CASSUTO
Do We Still Value the Dissertation?
The Chronicle of Higher Education 09-17-17
Leonard Cassuto, a professor of English at Fordham University, writes regularly about graduate education in this space.

HEATHER DUBROW
In Trumpworld, a ‘Menu of Unsavory Crepes’
The New York Times 09-15-17
The writer teaches creative writing and literature at Fordham University.

NICHOLAS TAMPIO
New education standards nothing more than public relations
Lohud.com 09-18-17
The writer, a Mamaroneck resident, teaches political science at Fordham University.

BARBARA MUNDY
Rediscovered Mexican Old Master picture gets fresh look for Met show
The Art Newspaper 09-18-17
When art history professor Barbara Mundy walked into Fordham University’s office of the president back in 2000, she says she “almost hit the floor” upon seeing an unrecognised painting by the 17th-century Mexican painter Cristóbal de Villalpando (around 1649-1714) hanging on the wall.

J. PATRICK HORNBECK II
Study: Dramatic Differences Between Protestants, Catholics Have Narrowed
KJZZ 09-18-17
To explain the current depths of disagreement, we talked with Patrick Hornbeck, associate professor and chair of Fordham University’s Theology Department.

CELIA FISHER
Celia Fisher Awarded APA Ethics Educator Award For Outstanding Contributions To Ethics Education
Public Now 09-18-17
Celia Fisher, Ph.D., Director of Fordham’s Center for Ethics Education, is the 2017 recipient of the ninth annual American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Committee Ethics Educator Award for her outstanding contributions to ethics education at the national level.

CHRISTIANA ZENNER PEPPARD
Do These Hurricanes Herald the Apocalypse?
The Huffington Post 09-13-17
As Dr. Christiana Zenner Peppard, an associate professor of Christian Theology, Science, and Ethics at Fordham University, said “To pretend that it’s such a tragedy is to pretend that there’s no social and collective responsibility for the outcome.”

ANJALI DAYAL
Trump’s speech to the UN called ‘Terrifying’ and ‘Delusional’ by foreign policy experts
The Independent 09-20-17
Anjali Dayal, an international security professor at Fordham University, said the speech was “terrifying” since it was such a drastic break from past US presidents despite the fact that sovereignty is still a “cornerstone” of the UN.

STEPHAN APICELLA-HITCHCOCK
Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery at Loyola Hosts Landscape Photography Show
Public Now 09-19-17
The panel discussion will feature the exhibition’s curators Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock and Joseph Lawton of Fordham University, alongside New Orleans Museum of Art’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs Russell Lord…

JOSEPH LAWTON
Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery at Loyola Hosts Landscape Photography Show
Public Now 09-19-17
The panel discussion will feature the exhibition’s curators Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock and Joseph Lawton of Fordham University, alongside New Orleans Museum of Art’s Freeman Family Curator of Photographs Russell Lord;

DOMINICK SALVATORE
Ceta, Martina: agreement that opens the way to production of qualita ‘
Agenzia Vista 09-20-17
The debate is being introduced by the General Manager of Ismea, Raffaele Borriello and discussed the Minister of Agriculture, Maurizio Martina, the economist Dominick Salvatore (Fordham University, New York) and the Vice President of the American Studies Center, Marta Dassu.

RODOLFO SORIANO-NÚÑEZ
Mexico. Record 22 staggering shocks, collapsing a school that does not comply
Croache de la Campania 09-20-17
“Surely the building was not built according to the rules,” commented sociologist Rodolfo Soriano-Nunez, a professor at Fordham University in New York.

ATHLETICS

2017 NFF Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award Finalists Announced
Public Now 09-13-17
Glenn Cunningham from Xavier High School in Middletown, Conn. Nominated by the NFF Casey-O’Brien/New Haven (Conn.) Chapter and currently playing at Fordham University.

Pursuing A Dream
Shore Sports Network 09-15-17
[Jordan] Orlovsky has landed in New York City as the first-year linebackers coach at Fordham University where he also serves as the prime recruiter of Shore Conference athletes.

Fordham University Rams Athletics – Football Falls to #12 Eastern Washington
College And University 09-17-17
The Fordham University football squad got some bad news before the Rams kicked off today’s game with 12th-ranked Eastern Washington University when they found out they would be without the services of All-American running back Chase Edmonds.

Women’s Tennis Shows Resilience At Quinnipiac Invitational
Friars.com 09-18-17
It was a tough weekend of competition facing many talented teams from Army, Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University, Quinnipiac University, Fordham University and University of Connecticut.

Fordham may be cautious with Edmonds
Fox Sports 09-14-17
As big a matchup as FCS power Eastern Washington’s cross-country visit is on Saturday, Fordham may be forced to be cautious with its use, if any, of All-America running back Chase Edmonds.

PNE fan Matt eyes up future role as a boss
Lancashire Evening News 09-20-17
“I had some communication with Chester, but I don’t want to say too much,” said [Matt] Higgins, who is based in New York and coaches at Fordham University.

STUDENTS

Subtle racism: Stories of an ‘invisible’ prejudice
Deccan Chronicle 09-17-17
On Instagram, a digital photo project started by a Fordham University student [Kim Kiyun] also highlights everyday racial microaggression.

Peter Dutton hasn’t yet revoked this man’s visa, but don’t hold your breath
Crikey 09-18-17
[Meredith] McBride is a journalist and now a law student at Fordham University in New York.

ALUMNI

Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust Appoints Sarah Donnelly as Portfolio Manager to the Investment Team
Citybizlist New York 09-14-17
Sarah [Donnelly] has been with the firm since 1999, when she graduated from the Fordham University School of Business.

Harry Jacunski
Oshkosh Northwestern 09-15-17
[Harry Anthony] Jacunski was an All-state center on the New Britain High School 1934 basketball team and played football with Vince Lombardi at Fordham University, where Jacunski was one of Fordham’s “Seven Blocks of Granite”.

Onward and Upward
Richmond News 09-18-17
[Hakim J. Lucas] earned his bachelor’s degree from another HBCU (historically black college or university), Morehouse College in Atlanta, a master’s in education at Tufts University and his doctorate in education at Fordham University.

Vince Lombardi
Fond du Lac Reporter 09-20-17
Lombardi played American football at St. Francis Preparatory School, and later Fordham University.

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