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Senator Visits Calder Center, Calls for $100 Million in Research Funding
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| The Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station is used to train biologists for work in environmental science and conservation. Photo by Alan Orling |
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., held a press conference on May 19 at Fordham's Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., to propose a five-year, $100 million federal research program for the prevention and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The center’s Vector Ecology Laboratory has focused its research on the ecology and control of ticks and mosquitoes—carriers of Lyme disease and West Nile virus, respectively—for 15 years, and is now examining whether global warming plays a role in the increasing tick population. In 2005, Schumer secured a $200,000, one-year appropriation for the Vector Ecology Laboratory, co-directed by Richard C. Falco, Ph.D., and Thomas J. Daniels, Ph.D., associate research scientists at Fordham.
Howard P. Tuckman Named Dean of Graduate School of Business
Howard P. Tuckman, Ph.D., a renowned scholar of economics and the current dean of Rutgers Business School, has been named dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration and the dean of the faculty of business at Fordham University. He has written or co-authored seven books and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on educational finance, education in developing countries, finance of government and the economies of wealth.
Since 1998, Tuckman has supervised more than 265 faculty and staff members and a student body of 4,000 as the dean of the undergraduate and graduate business schools on Rutgers’ Newark and New Brunswick campuses. Tuckman previously served as the dean of the business schools at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Memphis.
“In light of his wide experience and his proven record in the field of decanal leadership, I am confident that he will lead the Graduate School of Business Administration with real distinction,” said Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University.
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Fordham Awards President's Medal to Governor
New York Governor George E. Pataki accepted the President’s Medal from Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University, at the Fordham University Alumni Reception, held in the Governor’s Reception Room of the State Capitol in Albany on May 2. Father McShane used the occasion to announce a $10 million state grant for the University’s Regional Science Center, a grant secured in the recently passed state budget. The annual reception brings together University graduates who are associated with New York state government, elected representatives and their staffs. Fordham has the largest delegation of alumni who serve as state legislators in New York.
Fordham Climbs in National Rankings Across the Board
Fordham University increased its top 20 rankings in U.S. News & World Report this year for its schools of law and social service. The magazine ranked Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service 14th nationally, and ranked School of Law programs in clinical education, intellectual property, dispute resolution and international law among the top 20 nationwide.
Fordham’s Graduate School of Business Administration is ranked 14th among North America’s top regional business schools, according to the annual Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of corporate recruiters, published in September. In April, BusinessWeek magazine ranked Fordham University’s College of Business Administration 48th nationally, in what it called “the most comprehensive ranking ever of U.S. undergraduate business programs.”
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Vatican U.N. Representative Speaks at Rose Hill
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| Archbishop Celestino Migliore |
Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, called on the international community to enact migration policies that protect human rights, at a speech in the Great Hall of Duane Library in April.
“The phenomenon of migration is occasionally looked upon as a problem to be solved, or is painted as a threat that is manipulated for short-term political gain at the expense of the natural rights of others,” Migliore said.
Migliore recently led a delegation before the U.N. Commission on Population and Development of the Economic and Social Council, urging them to respect the human rights of migrants and to forge policies that reflect the importance of migrants to the world community.
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Peter Hansen Appointed Diplomat-in-Residence
Peter Hansen, the longest-serving assistant secretary general and under secretary general in the history of the United Nations, was named diplomat-in-residence at Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs in October.
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