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Jan 22, 2025 | 
now.fordham.edu | Alex Williamson
Governor Kathy Hochul announced a plan to restrict cell phone use in New York schools during her budget address Tuesday. The proposed state budget for fiscal year 2026 includes a $13.5 million line item to create phone-free K-12 schools, a policy Hochul said would “transform our classrooms” while improving student mental health and academic performance.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
now.fordham.edu | Alex Williamson
Get ready for some holiday magic, because Santa Claus is coming to Fordham!The iconic Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan is making a stop at the Rose Hill campus Friday, Nov. 24. This event is free and open to the community, offering holiday cheer and free photos with Santa for kids of all ages. Sit beside Santa on his festive throne and capture the moment in digital and print photos.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
now.fordham.edu | Alex Williamson
When it comes to the climate crisis, the youth have spoken — and two Fordham alumni played a major role in giving them a voice. Coco de Marneffe and Ian Muir Smith, both FCLC ’22, were the lead organizers of this year’s Local Conference of Youth (LCOY USA), an annual event that brings together over 125 young people from across the country carefully selected for their leadership in the climate movement.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Eboo Patel |Alex Williamson
I hate to say it, but the fall term may be even more disruptive on college campuses than this disastrous past spring. Hostilities between Israel and Hamas could extend beyond the summer and spread to include Hezbollah — or, God forbid, a direct conflict with Iran. That will add fuel to the calls for disclosure and divestment that led to the pro-Palestinian encampments on dozens of campuses.
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May 10, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Ilana Redstone |Alex Williamson
This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “The Future of Diversity Training,” available in the Chronicle Store. Nationwide, bills that would restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in some way have been introduced in more than two dozen states since 2023. So how should we interpret this wave? Conservatives have long seen higher education as a place where students are taught to see the world through a left-leaning lens.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Keith E. Whittington |Alex Williamson
Last week when a contingent of representatives from Columbia University, including the president, Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, sat before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, they at least managed to avoid the disastrous optics of their predecessors from Harvard, Penn, and MIT in December. They did so, however, by denouncing controversial speech on campus and suggesting that such speech could be punished — at Alexander Hamilton’s alma mater, no less.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
chroni.cl | Leif Weatherby |Alex Williamson
The digital humanities disappeared right when we needed it most. The last real fight about “DH” happened in 2019. In that year, the literary scholar Nan Z. Da published an audit of “computational literary studies” (CLS) in Critical Inquiry in which she argued that statistical methods for literary interpretation either produced banal results or, if the results were interesting, were not reproducible or robust.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
chronicle.com | Leif Weatherby |Alex Williamson
The digital humanities disappeared right when we needed it most. The last real fight about “DH” happened in 2019. In that year, the literary scholar Nan Z. Da published an audit of “computational literary studies” (CLS) in Critical Inquiry in which she argued that statistical methods for literary interpretation either produced banal results or, if the results were interesting, were not reproducible or robust.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
chronicle.com | Katherine Mangan |Alex Williamson
Ivonne del Valle said she was considering Joshua Clover as a participant in a forthcoming conference when she sat in on his panel presentation at the University of California at Berkeley in the spring of 2018. Clover, a professor of English and comparative literature at UC’s Davis campus, studied class struggles and had written a book about riots and worker revolts.
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Sep 30, 2023 | 
sooperarticles.com | Alex Williamson
Melbourne is Australia's second biggest city and it is known as being the most liveable city in Australia. This place features grand Victorian buildings which were built during the 1850s Gold Rush and the 1880s boom. The city is also known as the Sports Capital as it has been the venue for the Australian Open, the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the Melbourne Cup. Moreover, you can find everything that you like including arts, literature, events, and more.
