Higher Education’s AI Problem
NPR 11-23-2025
“We worry very much about the job market they will inherit quite soon. Coding jobs in computer science, for example, have started to disappear, and our applications for computer science majors went down by a third last year.” said Tania Tetlow, president of Fordham University. She continued, “Higher education’s role is to model the difference between responsible and irresponsible use of AI. We need to have it as a tool within our control, not turn over our most important functions to a machine.”
As US debates gender roles, some women in male-led faiths dig in on social and political issues
The Associated Press 11-20-2025
Natalia Imperatori-Lee, a professor in the theology department at Fordham University, praised Pimentel’s advocacy and the Sisters of Charity leadership’s statement as “the model of the way women show up in the public square.”
“A lot of undergrads are passionate about women’s equality in the church,” she said of Fordham, a Jesuit school now with a woman as its president for the first time.
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What Mamdani’s Staffing Choices Reveal About How He’ll Govern
New York Magazine 11-21-2025
This didn’t surprise Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University. “I thought it was essentially what he had promised, which will be a mixture of the old guard and the new guard,” she said in an interview. “Obviously Dean Fuleihan, who’s respected across a wide spectrum, represents the old guard. He’s worked in several administrations in different capacities. And then elevating his chief of staff— not just age wise, but experience wise — sort of opening up the door for a new generation of leadership in New York City.”
How Jessica Berman, the NWSL’s influential commissioner, faces her toughest tests
The New York Times 11-20-2025
Berman moved back to New York for law school at Fordham. After working at a law firm for three and a half years, she returned to her original goal with a job as senior, and then deputy general counsel at the NHL, working with the league and players union to negotiate a new CBA.
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
The Associated Press 11-17-2025
David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University in New York, said Leo is becoming the world’s most prominent moral leader against climate change.
“This message does stake Leo out as a voice for the rest of the world, especially the Southern Hemisphere where climate change is wreaking havoc with the vulnerable in Asia, Africa and Latin America,” said Gibson.
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This civics competition lets high school students have their day in court
NPR 11-23-2025
And so begins a day-long trial in New York City. Though in this case, the prosecutor is a high school senior from Staten Island. It’s all part of an annual moot-court competition, and students from more than 30 city high schools have been researching and preparing their cases for weeks.
The justices are Fordham University law students, and their ruling will carry not the weight of law, but instead an important lesson in how government works.
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Deneen Donnley Guides Con Edison’s Legal Team With a Steady Hand
Bloomberg Law 11-19-2025
Donnley also serves on the board of Fordham Law Alumni Association and co-chairs the National Bar Association’s national convention slated for July 2026. She also serves on the boards of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and Piedmont Realty Trust.
Epstein Emails Raise Fresh Questions About Trump’s Treatment of Ghislaine Maxwell
TIME Magazine 11-17-2025
Yet the Maxwell interview raised eyebrows separate from the recent emails. Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law and a former federal prosecutor, says several aspects of the Justice Department’s handling of Maxwell were out of the norm. It was “unusual” to have such a senior Justice Department official conducting such an interview, she says, noting that typically the prosecutor who handled the case would be involved in such an interview.
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Trump May Have Found a Way To Block the Release of the Epstein Files, Experts Warn
TIME Magazine 11-17-2025
Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and current director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University School of Law, doesn’t believe Trump will use the investigation to block the release of files directly, but thinks that it “can be used as an excuse by Republican members of Congress to oppose the release of the files, on the ostensible ground that doing so would interfere with an ongoing federal investigation.”
‘Every accusation is a confession’: Fordham prof. slams GOP’s broken promises in Epstein scandal
MSNBC 11-17-2025
Trump’s push to block the release of the Epstein files has sparked a dramatic break with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, exposing deeper cracks inside the MAGA movement. Christina Greer, associate professor of political science at Fordham University, and Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, join The Weeknight to weigh in.
Understanding the Arctic Frost controversy
WORLD 11-20-2025
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents the government from carrying out “unreasonable searches and seizures” of Americans’ information and assets. But Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor who teaches at Fordham University’s School of Law, said that looking into basic information about phone records doesn’t fall under that description. Obtaining information about when a call happened or which number was called is not, legally speaking, a “search” that requires a warrant, she explained.
The Barbecue Restaurant That’s Been Feeding the South Bronx Since 1954
Eater 11-21-2025
Hetty Fox, an neighborhood activist who contributed to Fordham professor Mark Naisson’s Bronx African American History Project, recalled leaving town and returning as a young adult to find the building where she safely spent idyllic summer nights on the fire escape in her pajamas burnt to the ground. She said, “It was like an angel of death with a sword, moving from Vyse Avenue and slowly creeping up the hill.”
More Older Adults Are Living Alone. Is That a Good Thing?
AARP 11-10-2025
When H. Shellae Versey, an associate professor of psychology at Fordham University, tracked 890 African American female solo agers as part of a larger 2025 study, she and her coauthor found that these solo women were less likely to feel lonely than women in the general population with partners — and both groups gave their health similar ratings.
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
The New York Times 11-20-2025
Stalwarts include WPRB at Princeton, WMBR at M.I.T., KALX at U.C. Berkeley, and WFUV at Fordham. But Dr. Jewell says asking which one is best isn’t really the right question.
Catholic Charities Brings Holiday Cheer to Bronx Families with Thanksgiving Giveaway
The Good News Room 11-21-2025
Hundreds of families gathered on Wednesday at 1430 Plimpton Avenue in the Bronx for a joyful Thanksgiving giveaway hosted by Catholic Charities of New York in partnership with Astor Services, Fordham University’s Center for Community Engaged Learning, Bestcare Home Care, NYC Council Member Althea Stevens, The People’s C, and Town and Town.
Regina Hall on Becoming a Watchful, Reactive Protector Yet Complicated Revolutionary in ‘One Battle After Another’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Awards Watch 11-20-2025
Hall, a D.C native and graduate of Fordham University (English) and New York University (Journalism), has been an actress on screen for close to thirty years, mostly known for her comedic work in The Best Man, Girls Trip, Think Like a Man, and the Scary Movie franchise.
Global poverty, religious restrictions, discrimination against women remain high, report says
OSV News 11-17-2025
More than a quarter of the global population still lacks access to seven basic needs identified as fundamental by the late Pope Francis — with close to 60% living in nations with severe restrictions on religious freedom, and more than half of the world’s women living in countries with severe sex-based discrimination, according to a new report from Fordham University.
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Fordham Launches Ethics & Tech Certificate for Professionals
AI Tech Trends 11-19-2025
As artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies increasingly shape modern life, the need for ethical guidance becomes more critical. To address this, Fordham University is introducing an Advanced Certificate in Ethics and Emerging Technologies, designed to equip professionals with the tools to navigate complex moral questions in a rapidly evolving tech-driven world.