Changing Systems From the Inside Out
Criminal justice major Alexis Pickering ‘26 didn't just dream of making it to New York City—she made it all the way to the mayor's office. Now, as an intergovernmental affairs intern under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, she's learning to change systems from the inside out.
Featured Stories
- Hidden in Plain Sight
- Organized Crime in the 21st Century
- Pace Engages in Civil Rights Field Study in Alabama
Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain SightPace Professor Cathryn Lavery, PhD, challenges the Hollywood myths surrounding human trafficking and prepares students to recognize the grooming, coercion, trauma, and exploitation happening in homes, relationships, online spaces, and everyday communities.
Organized Crime in the 21st Century
Organized Crime in the 21st CenturyThrough Pace’s 4+1 combined degree program, Alexa Hradek ’25, ’26 is currently earning a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s in homeland security. Given her burgeoning area of expertise, she’s gravitated toward an interesting academic focus—how organized crime has evolved in the 21st century.
Pace Engages in Civil Rights Field Study in Alabama
Pace Engages in Civil Rights Field Study in AlabamaMore than 20 students, professors, and administrators from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law and Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at Pace University spent four days during their winter break in Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama, visiting the offices of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and several historical sites for an intense interdisciplinary civil rights field study.
A Catalyst for Change
"The five-year combined BS in Criminal Justice and MS in Homeland Security degree is a unique program that is not offered at many other universities. As someone from Los Angeles who has always dreamt about attending school in New York City, these reasons were worth moving across the country to attend Pace."
Graduating With A Sense of Purpose
“Take the risk. Take the class that you're afraid to take, the one that requires a little more effort on your part, because it could be the difference between graduating with a diploma and graduating with a sense of purpose.”
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