June 6, 2011

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June 6, 2011 • Volume 33, No. 16

Sun Shines on Class of 2011

Fordham’s Class of 2011 received a sunny sendoff on May 21 at the Rose Hill campus with an address from NBC anchor Brian Williams that was by turns comic and heartfelt.

Noting that the ceremonial diploma he received on the steps of Keating Hall was blank, Williams said, “Your diplomas are blank, too, regardless of what’s written in them. You have to fill them in with the love and work of a lifetime.”

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2011 Commencement

University Names New Law Dean

Fordham is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael M. Martin, Fordham University Distinguished Professor of Law, as the dean of the law school after an exhaustive national search.

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Fordham Confirms Development
Vice President

Fordham named Roger A. Milici Jr. vice president for development and University relations, effective May 4.

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IBM Executive Touts Advances in Data Analytics

President’s Council Gathering Links Alumni Young and Old

Program Honors Clare Boothe Luce and
Female Science Scholars

Screening Chronicles Academic Pressure on Students

Poets Out Loud Closes Season with Marie Howe

To Save the Elephant, First Understand its Ancestors

Photo Essay: Wisdom Mixes with Laughter at
2011 Commencement

Social Work Professor Taps into Hip-Hop for Healing

Education Professor Links Discipline
with Achievement in Urban Schools

Theology Professor Plumbs Early Christian and
Jewish Texts for New Revelations

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Fordham College at
Rose Hill Celebrates
Campaign Progress

With $22 million of a $25 million goal already achieved, Fordham College at Rose Hill publicly joined the University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign on May 12.

His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Ph.D. (FCRH ’54), archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., was the featured speaker at the kickoff dinner, which was held in Duane Library.

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This Month in
Fordham History

Catholic Higher Education Comes to the Northeast

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