Fordham News Podcast
1) Diller Tetlow Interview
What does it take to be a true leader in troubling times? Fordham Law School Dean Matthew Diller recently sat down with Tania Tetlow, Fordham University's new president, to discuss their own unique st...Show More
2) Fordham Professors Reflect on Fluid Nature of Gender
Just 26 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act into law. Today, gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, and the idea that gender is more than a simple binary is ...Show More
3) The Promise and Peril of AI
The concept of artificial intelligence has been with us since 1955, when a group of researchers first proposed a study of “the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines.” At the same time...Show More
4) Kirk Bingaman on Recovering from the Pandemic
As summer arrives, and the trend lines for vaccinations and Covid deaths in the United States head in opposite directions, it feels like freedom is finally within reach. But let’s face it: The pandemi...Show More
5) Lawrence Brennan on the Ever Given Cargo Ship
On March 23Â the Ever Given, a ship the length of the Empire State Building, ran aground in the Suez Canal, causing a traffic jam of epic proportions in one of the busiest shipping routes on the plane...Show More
6) Brandon Adamson and Ozzy Usman on Entrepreneurship
To say these are challenging economic times is an understatement. As Covid-19 vaccines are slowly being distributed, the promise of a revived economy seems closer than ever. Not so fast, though, as ex...Show More
7) Thomas Massar, S.J., on Universal Basic Income
On January 21, 900,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims, adding to the 16 million who were claiming benefits at the beginning of the month, and a sign that the COVID-19 pandemic is still very m...Show More
8) Troy Tassier on Vaccines and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The vaccines are here! This month, residents of long-term health care facilities and frontline workers such as nurses and doctors began receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine approved by the FDA, and a ...Show More
9) Dean McKay on Anxiety in the time of COVID-19
Dean McKay, a professor of psychology at Fordham, specializes in anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and the connections between anxiety and disgust. With winter approaching and potentially leadin...Show More
10) Monika McDermott on the 2020 Presidential Election
The 2020 presidential election was always going to be challenging, and then the COVID 19 pandemic added a new wrinkle to the mix. Mail-in voting has been embraced as a way to keep voters safe from the...Show More