Alex Trebek is famous for entertaining millions for over two-decades as the host of Jeopardy! More recently this pop-culture Icon came to Fordham University to share advice and his story with the Fordham community. On this week’s Fordham Conversations….Who is Alex Trebek?
Author and Fordham Alumnus Robert Hinkley talks about his book “Time to Change Corporations: Closing the Citizenship Gap.”
CitySquash is recruiting inner-city students to up their game and their grades, and encouraging them to become competitive applicants for elite high schools and colleges.
"Wild Man" is the one-man show of Matthew Maguire's own true-life stories. In this autobiographical work, Maguire is looking for that elusive connection to the audience and a performance that comes from "deeper in the bones."
It's difficult to skim through the day's news headlines without coming across something relating to New York City's Muslim and Middle Eastern Communities. Activists within those communities are responding to newly uncovered spying operations by the NYPD, and earlier this month a number of New Yorkers gathered to protest the presence of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who says he's in the city for medical treatment.
One of the many partners helping with Lincoln Square‘s growth has been Fordham University. On This week's Fordham Conversations the President of the Lincoln Square Business Improvement District, Monica Blum talks about the evolution of the area. Then WFUV’s Marisa Galdi looks at the resurgence of the double-crested Cormorant, a bird whose population was almost wiped out.
Some past Fordham Conversation shows were developed produced and hosted by WFUV Journalist in-training.
Eliot Spitzer was cut from CNN's prime-time lineup this week. Spitzer spent less time as a TV host than he did as governor of New York. As many await word on Spitzer’s next move, this Fordham Conversations will revisit an interview between Spitzer and director of the Forum on Law, Culture and Society at Fordham Law, Thane Rosenbaum .
By day Renato Frison is a mild-mannered computer support manager at Fordham University's Walsh Library. But at night he hops on his hog and heads for the open road. Recently Renato's wanderlust took him on an 11,000 mile motorcycle trip from Bronxville, New York to Brazil.
Veteran news man Dan Rather recently visited Fordham University where he share stories about growing up in Texas, discussed a number of his news stories and offered advice for aspiring journalist. The former CBS anchor and 60-minutes contributor is the current managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine “Dan Rather Reports” on the cable channel HDNet.
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