April 20, 2007

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April 20, 2007 • Volume 29, No. 12

GSE and Bronx Zoo Announce
Master’s Degree Program

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), headquarters for the Bronx Zoo, and the Fordham University Graduate School of Education (GSE) will offer a joint program leading to a Master of Science degree in education and New York state initial teacher certification in adolescent science education (biology grades 7-12), the first degree-granting program of its kind in the United States.

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Rankings Place Fordham Law
Among the Best in the Nation

Fordham University Law School has broken into the top 25 law schools in the country in the latest rankings by U.S. News and World Report magazine.

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Economics Alumnus Donates
$5 Million to Fordham University

E. Gerald Corrigan, Ph.D. (GSAS ’65, ’71), has made a $5 million gift to Fordham University, funding critical initiatives at both Fordham College at Rose Hill and the Graduate School of Business Administration (GBA). The gift will create an endowed professorship, the Corrigan Chair in International Business and Finance, at GBA, and will further endow the existing E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Scholarship Fund.

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Fordham Founder’s Award Dinner
Raises $2.1 Million

Memoirists Must Tell the Truth, Author Says

GSE Faculty Take Part in Celebration
of Teaching and Learning

Chancellor Calls for More Autonomy of
NYC Public Schools

Marymount Hosts Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute

Bronx Housing Program Sees Affordability Threatened

Expert Wants Gender Equity in
Millennium Development Goals

For Bronx Middle School Students, It’s Latin Day at Universitas Fordhamensis

Novelist Peter Quinn Headlines GSAS Reunion Activities

Sapientia et Doctrina: The Start of Wisdom

Fordham Archeologists Digs the Bronx Below the Surface

Political Science Professor Draws on Real-World Knowledge of Campaigns and Elections

Alfonso Advocates Early Intervention for Students with Learning and Behavior Difficulties

Inside Fordham Staff and Submission Deadlines

Willie Randolph to Deliver Commencement Speech

New York Mets manager Willie Randolph will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2007 at Fordham University’s 162nd Commencement on Saturday, May 19, at 10 a.m. on the Rose Hill campus.

Randolph, who was hired as manager of the Mets in November 2004, also had an accomplished 18-year playing career, mostly with the New York Yankees. He played more games at second base than any other player in Yankees history, and was part of teams that won two World Series championships as a player and four more as a coach. Randolph’s daughter, Ciara, a Fordham College at Rose Hill senior, will be among the graduates on May 19.

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