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Rededication and Blessing of 140 W. 62nd

Featured Events | Sep 29, 2016 |

This past Wednesday evening, students, faculty, donors, and members of the Board of Trustees gathered to celebrate the rededication and blessing of the newly-renovated 140 W. 62nd Street building. The building, which formerly housed the law school, is now home to …

Students, Faculty, and Innovators Came Together to Discuss Creating an Economy for the Common Good

Featured Events | Sep 23, 2016 |

Last Monday, Gabelli School students were invited to attend a humanistic management conference, which aimed to discuss the creation of an economy for common good through four incredible panelists. The panelists included: Hunter Lovins, a sustainable business pioneer and author …

‘Stalker ads’ driving internet advertising, data strategist says

Featured Events | Jun 27, 2016 |

Do you ever feel as if the internet is following you? It is — at least some segments of it. Ads on Facebook and other websites will appear freakishly fast after a related Google search and stay in your line of …

‘Rising Stars’ honored at finance conference

Featured Events | Jun 01, 2016 |

Four “Rising Stars” in finance were honored at a recent conference held at Fordham University. The scholars presented papers on topics ranging from the Home Affordable Refinancing Program to the impact of long-term investors on corporate decision-making. The 2016 Rising …

Draper to budding entrepreneurs: Be willing to ‘take the heat’

Featured Events | Apr 20, 2016 |

If you’re an entrepreneur with an idea you believe is the next big thing, take some advice from a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist: Don’t be afraid of being called crazy, and don’t be afraid to be criticized for your …

Looking to Prosper? Peer-to-peer lending may be the answer

Featured Events | Apr 19, 2016 |

How does a man who wanted to be a doctor end up running a peer-to-peer lending service? For Ron Suber – president of Prosper Marketplace, a company that pairs everyman lenders with everyman borrowers – it’s a tale of changing …

Cordes: Always ask, ‘How can I help you?’

Featured Events | Apr 15, 2016 |

When Ron Cordes, along with a group of academics and philanthropists, walked into a school in a Kenyan village in 2007, he immediately came to his own conclusions about how to fix the facility. Get rid of the dirt floors. Put …

IT skills needed in all areas of business, panelists say

Featured Events | Apr 14, 2016 |

By Bailey Link, BS ’16 Nearly every career in the current job market has a technology component, so it is crucial to be fluent in the complex languages used to create programming, crunch data and perform other important tasks. How …

Venture capitalist Tim Draper to speak at Fordham April 14

Featured Events | Apr 08, 2016 |

Tim Draper, a venture capitalist and billionaire who has invested in some of the most well-known recent tech startups, is coming to Fordham University. Draper will give a talk in the Fordham Law School Moot Court room on April 14 …

April 12 panel to address empathy, humility in leadership

Featured Events | Apr 07, 2016 |

It’s a common belief that business leaders must be ruthless, focused only on shareholder optimization and profit, but a growing movement in commerce seeks to dispel that notion. Leaders, say those who advocate for a new approach, can succeed with …

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