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CLIPS OF THE WEEK

CHRISTINA GREER
‘You Can’t Run From the City … if You Want to Run the City’: Winners and Losers of New York’s Second Mayoral Debate
The New York Times 06-03-21
Christina Greer is a political scientist at Fordham University.

BRANDY MONK-PAYTON
Tulsa Revisited, A PBS NewsHour Weekend Special
PBS Newshour Weekend 05-31-21
“I spoke with Fordham University Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies Brandy Monk-Payton about these programs and how media portrayals are influencing future generations.”

BRUCE BERG
New York City mayoral race: What to know about the candidates, issues and why a ‘progressive’ isn’t leading the way
USA Today 06-02-21
Bruce Berg, a political science professor at Fordham University who specializes in New York City politics, said Adams has established credibility among the city’s voters as a “homegrown” candidate and because of his police background.

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

First Phase Of Fordham University’s $100+ Million Renovations To Open This Fall
New York Yimby 05-27-21
Fordham University is undergoing renovations at its Rose Hill campus to the tune of $100 million.

ADMINISTRATORS

ANTHONY R. DAVIDSON
Fordham Real Estate Institute Launches Master of Science in Real Estate Development
Accesswire 06-03-21
“At Fordham REI, we are constantly following trends and looking for opportunities to better serve the industry,” said Dr. Anthony R. Davidson, dean of Fordham’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies.

SCHOOL OF LAW

NYC’s School Algorithms Cement Segregation. This Data Shows How
The City 05-27-21
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.

SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY

JOHN PFAFF
Liberals and crime spikes
The Economist 06-03-21
Whatever the reason, “homicides can be sticky”, says John Pfaff of Fordham University in New York.

BRUCE GREEN
County DA Allegedly Forbade Offering Plea Deals to Clients of Black Attorney Who Called His Office ‘Systematically Racist’
Law & Crime 06-02-21
Bruce Green, a law professor at Fordham University who runs the school’s Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, told the outlet that Zappala’s response was “wrong on so many levels” and is “potentially sanctionable.”

JERRY GOLDFEDER
The ranked-choice difference: What New Yorkers should look for when they vote in this month’s primary
New York Daily News 06-02-21
Goldfeder, an election lawyer at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, teaches election law at Fordham Law School.

OLIVIER SYLVAIN
‘Over the next decade, we need to reinvent the internet’
Silicon Republic 06-02-21
I’ve had the chance to work with Olivier Sylvain at Fordham University and Sheila Foster at Georgetown University, who are both law professors.

CARL MINZNER
China needs to boost its population so why not scrap birth caps entirely? The reason might be Xinjiang
CNN 06-02-21
“If you lifted the birth restrictions universally, they’d lose their justification for tightening birth control policies against specific sectors of Chinese society that they dislike,” said Carl Minzner, professor of law at Fordham University.

DEBORAH DENNO
Arizona plans to execute prisoners with a lethal gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz
Washington Post 06-01-21
There is little medical research about lethal gas’s effects on the human body, but executions using gas have taken much longer than other methods, according to Fordham University law professor Deborah Denno.

REBECCA KYSAR
Biden set for G-7 boost in bid for all nations to impose minimum global corporate tax
Washington Post 05-31-21
The Democrat’s determination to use a tax code overhaul to reset the terms of global commerce is reflected in the addition to his Treasury Department team of several prominent academic tax specialists, including Kimberly Clausing of Reed College, Rebecca Kysar of Fordham Law School and Itai Grinberg of Georgetown University.

TANYA HERNANDEZ
The GOP’s war on ‘critical race theory’ is all about winning elections
American Independent 05-28-21
Tanya Kateri Hernandez, a Fordham University’s School of Law professor, said the theory importantly recasts “the role of law as historically central to and complicit in upholding racial hierarchy as well as other hierarchies of gender, class and sexual orientation.”

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Former Brooklyn DA Elizabeth Holtzman endorses Manhattan DA candidate Alvin Bragg
New York Daily News 06-01-21
Holtzman joins several other high-profile women who have backed Bragg, including civil rights leader Hazel Dukes, Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout and Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr.

ZEPHYR TEACHOUT
Alvin Bragg Is the Right Choice to Be Manhattan’s District Attorney
The Nation 05-27-21
Zephyr Teachout, a Nation editorial board member, is an associate professor of law at Fordham University and the author of Break ’Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom From Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money.

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTY

JEET ASWANI
The ‘How’ Of Carbon Reporting In The U.S.
Forbes 06-01-21
I obtained emissions numbers provided by Trucost for 2,787 U.S. public companies with the assistance of Jeet Aswani of Fordham University.

FORMER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FACULTY

LYN SLATER
Tearing down the ageism barriers with style and panache
Toronto Sun 05-28-21
“I never set out to change perceptions of aging, I just wanted to express myself creatively and do something different than my work as a professor. Inadvertently I ended up showing that aging is not to be feared but can be a time of new experiences and adventures,” says Slater, who retired two years ago as a professor of social work and law at Fordham University.

FORMER ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

ELANA DUSHEY
Mobs, Wokeness, and the Spread of Antisemitism
The Algemeiner 06-03-21
For 12 years, she taught literature, composition, and film at St. Johns University and Fordham University, where she was awarded numerous fellowships.

OLIVIA HOOKER
A Tulsa Race Massacre survivor looks back on Black Wall Street tragedy
New York Post 05-31-21
She can recall her retirement from Fordham University when she was 87 years old.

ARTS AND SCIENCES FACULTY

BRUCE BERG
New York City mayoral race: What to know about the candidates, issues and why a ‘progressive’ isn’t leading the way
USA Today 06-02-21
Bruce Berg, a political science professor at Fordham University who specializes in New York City politics, said Adams has established credibility among the city’s voters as a “homegrown” candidate and because of his police background.

BRUCE BERG
City Budget Negotiations and Comptroller Primary Collide
Gotham Gazette 06-01-21
It creates a lot of opportunity, said Bruce Berg, political science professor at Fordham University.

NICHOLAS TAMPIO
How a national student database could cheapen the college experience
The Conversation 06-01-21
Nicholas Tampio
Professor of Political Science, Fordham University

BRANDY MONK-PAYTON
Tulsa Revisited, A PBS NewsHour Weekend Special
PBS Newshour Weekend 05-31-21
“I spoke with Fordham University Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies Brandy Monk-Payton about these programs and how media portrayals are influencing future generations.”

IVELISSE CUEVAS-MOLINA
Commission begins work on state’s redistricting
Livingston County News 05-30-21
Commissioner Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, a political science professor at Fordham University, was first to nominate Imamura.

ELIZABETH CARLEN
Outside/In: The 2nd Annual #BlackBirdersWeek
New Hampshire Public Radio 05-29-21
“Urban evolution is a relatively new field, for a long time we thought that evolution took millennia to happen and it was a very very slow process,” said Elizabeth Carlen, the scientist behind the research. She’s an evolutionary biologist and PhD candidate at Fordham University.

CHRIS RHOMBERG
Fast-food protesters cuffed at higher-pay rallies
Jackson Sun 05-27-21
“The impact is in bringing it into the public attention,” said Chris Rhomberg, an associate professor of sociology at Fordham University in New York.

ELIZABETH YUKO
Other states offer cash prizes to push vaccines. NJ sticks to free beer, state park passes
North Jersey 05-27-21
Elizabeth Yuko, who teaches bioethics at Fordham University, said million-dollar lotteries may be flashy, but there’s no evidence they work better than prizes that provide more instant gratification.

JULIE KLEINMAN
Podcast | The hurdles facing migrants who make it to Europe and for those who fail
Euro News 05-27-21
Julie Kleinman is an urban anthropologist at Fordham University, NYC.

PAUL LEVINSON
OPINION – New Florida Law Unlikely To Prevent Big Tech From Deplatforming Politicians
Urdu Point 05-27-21
“I think those actions will have little effect on those Big Tech companies, which will fight those regulations in the courts, and very likely win,” Paul Levinson, Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York, told Sputnik.

CHRISTINA GREER
It’s LGBTQ Pride Month
New York Amsterdam News 06-03-21
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 co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC and also the What’s in It for Us podcast.

CHRISTINA GREER
Explainer: What is ‘ranked-choice voting,’ the new system for New York’s mayoral election?
Reuters 06-03-21
Some voters may find the new ballot confusing, said Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
‘You Can’t Run From the City … if You Want to Run the City’: Winners and Losers of New York’s Second Mayoral Debate
The New York Times 06-03-21
Christina Greer is a political scientist at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
NYC’s Democratic mayoral candidates prepare for first in-person debate
New York Post 06-02-21
“We’re getting close to crunch time, so I’m curious to see how pointed some critiques will be and how specific they will be from one candidate to the next,” said Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
How A Historic Spike In Crime Upended New York City Politics
HuffPost 05-30-21
“Whether it’s real or perceived, when people feel like crime is increasing, voters tend to become more conservative in their likes.” —Christina Greer, Fordham University

CHRISTINA GREER
New York mayoral race tests Democratic Party’s stance on policing
Reuters 05-30-21
The pandemic and surge in crime came at a perilous time for progressive candidates and the Black Lives Matter movement, said Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University.

CHRISTINA GREER
New York City’s Rising Left Is Losing The Mayor’s Race
HuffPost 05-27-21
“We have a quote-unquote blue city. But we know that there are several shades of blue when it comes to Democrats in New York,” said Christina Greer, a political scientist at Fordham University and co-host of the “FAQ NYC” podcast about city politics.

CHRISTINA GREER
Time to pay attention to local politics
New York Amsterdam News 05-27-21
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 co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC and also the What’s in It for Us podcast.

STUDENTS

TZHS Student Awarded 2021 National Merit Scholarship
Patch 06-03-21
Peter M. Wu from Tappan Zee High School won a National Merit Scholarship from Fordham University.

Check out the T&G Hometeam boys’ golf all-stars
Marietta Daily Journal 06-03-21
In the fall, [Jake Mvra] will attend Fordham University, where he will study finance and play golf.

Class of 2021 Thornton Academy Summa Cum Laude graduates
Press Herald 06-03-21
Austin [Macomber] will attend Fordham University; he has not yet decided on a major.

NJSIAA recognizes Scholar-Athlete Awards winners
The Press of Atlantic City 06-02-21
[Gannon Brady] plans to attend Fordham University.

Pitchers’ need for speed continues to grow in South Jersey
The Press of Atlantic City 06-02-21
Ocean City has four pitchers committed to Division I programs — Matt Nunan (Boston College), Gannon Brady (Fordham University), Tom Finnegan (Vanderbilt University) and Duke McCarron (University of Maryland).

Unveiling the 2020-2021 Enterprise Girls Soccer All-Scholastic Team
The Enterprise 06-02-21
[Molly Barry] Will attend Fordham University and major in biology.

Students, Staff Are Grateful for the Aquinas Experience
Catholic New York 06-01-21
Luz Perez-Arias, a senior heading to Fordham University in the Bronx, said her confidence level grew by taking on leadership roles with the school’s student council and varsity volleyball team.

Advocates, fundraisers, philanthropists: Miss New York returns
Spectrum News 1 06-01-21
Fordham law student Sydney Park was crowned the winner over the weekend.

Honoring The Class Of 2021: Rachel Levinson Of Trumbull High School
Patch 06-01-21
Trumbull High School student Rachel Levinson will graduate this year.
Plans after graduation: Fordham University

Conard Students Commit to College Sports
We-Ha 06-01-21
Garrett Brown, golf, Fordham University

10 Biggest Surprises For Business Majors
Poets & Quants 06-01-21
“Studying business taught me that creativity is not something exclusive to the arts; business can also be a widely creative and transformative area of study.” —Sekai Kaminski, Fordham University (Gabelli)

Wet But Well-Attended Memorial Day Parade Featured Veterans, Police & Fire Departments, Boy/Girl/Eagle Scouts and Other Groups
TAPinto 05-31-21
Jamie Serruto, who worked at the parade staging area, is a 2020 MHS alumnus and attends Fordham University.

Down the Fairway: Despite late changes, pros capture Challenge Cup
Daily Gazette 05-29-21
For the amateurs, Glenn’s son, Ryan [Davis], who is now a junior at Fordham University, swept all six points, while Saratoga National GCs Travis Koch posted 5.5 points.

Honoring The Class Of 2021: Bryce Vitale Of Notre Dame
Patch 05-28-21
Notre dame student Bryce Vitale will graduate this year.
Plans after graduation: Fordham university

Opinion: To support mental health, we must end solitary confinement
Darien Times 05-27-21
Catherine Bradley, of Ridgefield, is a master’s of social work student at Fordham University and a member of Stop Solitary CT.

ATHLETICS

Hoopers NY, MillBrook HS’s Natalie Fox Gets Offer from Fordham Rams Hoops
Brooklyn Sports World 06-01-21
On the heels of her Ohio State Buckeye offer, Millbrook High School (NY) and AAU Hoopers NY 16U forward Natalie Fox has picked up an offer from Fordham University Women’s Basketball, today Hoopers NY Head Coach Dan Melious Tweeted.

Former Pitt Basketball Players Filling College, High School Coaching Staffs Across the Country
Pittsburgh Sports Now 05-29-21
Ronald Ramon
Assistant Coach – Fordham University

Packers promote Chad Brinker to personnel/football administrative executive
NBC Sports 05-27-21
Before his stint in Cleveland, [Patrick] Moore was on the coaching staff at Fordham University for five seasons, serving as assistant head coach/offensive line (2010-11), defensive coordinator (2009) and linebackers/special teams coach (2007-08).

ALUMNI

The Story of Michael Konnon: How the Son of Greek Immigrants Founded One of the World’s First HIV/AIDS Specialty Pharmacies
WestView News 06-03-21
[Michael] Konnon went on to attend Fordham University College of Pharmacy, where his dream of opening a pharmacy of his own was first sparked.

Jacob Perlmutter taking over as principal at Academic Magnet High School
ABC News 4 06-03-21
[Jacob Perlmutter] holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the College of Charleston, a Masters from Fordham University and a Masters from the Citadel.

Which Christian leaders are coming to the Vatican’s day of prayer for Lebanon?
Catholic News Agency 06-03-21
[Aram I] holds a Ph.D. from Fordham University in New York and has written more than a dozen books in Armenian, English, and French.

Mayor de Blasio Appoints Victor O. Olds As Chief Procurement Officer And Director Of MOCS
Harlem World Magazine 06-03-21
[Victor] Olds is a graduate of Cornell University and earned his JD from the Fordham University School of Law.

Nitin Khakee Joins Melody Investment Advisors as General Counsel
AGL Media Group 06-03-21
[Nitin] Khakee has a JD degree from Fordham University School of Law and a bachelor of arts degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Governor Abbott Appoints Kim to State Board of Educator Certification
Office of the Texas Governor 06-02-21
[Andrew] Kim received a Bachelor of Arts in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a Master of Education in Education Administration from The University of Texas at Austin.

VALERIA ARESTI, FROM MATHEMATICIAN TO GALLERY OWNER: WE SPEAK WITH THE NEW FACE OF ART IN MADRID
Vanity Fair Spain 06-02-21
[Valeria Aresti] did the degree at Fordham University, [she]finished it and [she]realized that it did not fill me up.

Duane Morris Welcomes Trial Attorney Leslie D. Corwin in New York
General Counsel News 06-02-21
[Leslie] Corwin is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1973) and Brown University (B.A., 1969).

Query Letters that Actually Worked (for Me)
Medium 06-02-21
Clark Casey studied Philosophy and Literature at Fordham University and has spent a good amount of time reviewing several hundred dive bars, including ten in a single night (strictly research, he assures me!) for Shecky’s Bar, Club and Lounge Guide and is currently a Managing Editor at a global advertising agency in New York.

Rusty Ray and Frederic Laurier join Alantra’s healthcare practice
Consulting 06-01-21
[Rusty] Ray holds an MBA from Fordham University and a BS in biology from Wake Forest University.

AIG CIO Douglas Dachille to Step Down
AI-CIO 06-01-21
[Geoff] Cornell has a bachelor’s in finance from Bryant University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from Fordham University.

Young Schenectady jazz singer goes old school on new release
Times Union 06-01-21
At Fordham University, [Kimberly Hawkey] pursued a double major in psychology and music.

Scholastic Roundup: PSAL releases basketball schedule
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 05-31-21
[Joe Favorito] also was so happy for Fordham alum and another WFUV alum – Mike Breem who entered the Basketball Hall of Fame on the same date. “It’s hard to express how proud we all are,” he wrote on social media, “as are all whose lives he has touched.”

1921: Syracuse’s first flying ace dies in plane crash shortly after predicting his death in a poem
Syracuse 05-29-21
[Cleveland McDermott] attended law school at Syracuse University, then graduated from Fordham University in 1917 with his law degree.

THE GREAT MOSAIC: BENSONHURST DOCTOR GIVES BACK THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND GOOD DEEDS
Brooklyn Paper 05-28-21
[Tim] Law, an immigrant from Hong Kong, came to the United States in 1968 on a student visa to Fordham University in the Bronx.

Eagles announce changes to football operations department
Philadelphia Eagles 05-28-21
A four-year letterman as a defensive back at Fordham University, [Brandon] Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a dual concentration in entrepreneurship and communications media management.

Princess Mako’s boyfriend graduates from law school in New York
Royal Central 05-28-21
Kei Komuro, who is engaged to Princess Mako, graduated from Fordham University’s School of Law and had his online graduation ceremony on Sunday.

Cleaning Franchise Continues Growth
Clean Link 05-28-21
[Ted] Bonanno earned his MBA from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business in New York City, enjoyed a successful consultancy career and has invested in many different business ventures.

Asian-Americans, no longer silent, stand up in the face of attacks and abuse
South China Morning Post 05-27-21
[Miaoqing] Lu, who has earned a US law degree at Fordham University, said she admires the way her son weathered the attack, stuck up for his friend, sought help in the neighbourhood and called police.

Terry Mattingly
Fort Bend Herald 05-27-21
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.

OC resident combines wine, reading into new business
Ocean City Today 05-27-21
[Mickie] Meinhardt cut her teeth in the literary world in New York City, attending Fordham University and then earning her master’s degree in creative writing from The New School.

Upholding Filipino talent
The Manila Times 05-27-21
[Vladimir Manuel] graduated with honors at Fordham University in New York.

MMO Exclusive: Mike Puma of the New York Post Discusses His Book
Metsmerized 05-27-21
[Mike] Puma: I graduated from Fordham in the early nineties and I wanted to do radio and worked at WFUV, the radio station of Fordham, doing basketball games, play-by-play and hosting the one-on-one shows.

OBITUARIES

Sister Monica Flaherty, 96, Of Ogdensburg, NY, Nun
Sister Monica Flaherty, 96, of Ogdensburg
WNYTV 05-31-21
Sister Monica did graduate work at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ, at Gonzaga University in Spokeane, Washington as well as at Fordham University, Bronx, NY.

Elaine Alfano Rees, 84, Of Cottonwood, AZ, Elementary School Teacher
Obituary: Elaine Alfano Rees 1935-2020
The Verde Valley Independent and Camp Bugle News 05-29-21
Elaine graduated from The Mary Louis Academy and was a proud graduate of Fordham University summa cum laude with a degree in education.

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