Dyson News

Clinical Associate Professor of Economics Mark Weinstock, MA, appeared on WPIX-TV (Channel 11), to weigh in on the possible economic impact of the port workers strike affecting 36 US ports from Maine to Texas.

“If the strike lasts less than two weeks, I don’t think the impact on the economy is going to be too significant,” he said.

According to Weinstock, the goods will still ship through the western ports and reach the New York City area by rail or truck with a slight increase in prices.

“I would be surprised if it were higher than 5-10%,” Weinstock said.

Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies Melvin Williams, PhD, was quoted in the New York Times in an article examining Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic run for US president, and specifically how it has outpaced Hollywood depictions of women of color as presidents in fictional film and television programming.

Williams referred to the lack of women of color playing commander in chief roles in the entertainment industry as an example of “symbolic annihilation,” an academic term describing the exclusion of groups in popular culture and mass media.

“We don’t put it on-screen, so you don’t see it as a possibility, and large audiences don’t even begin to fathom it as a possibility,” he said.

Lily Lockwood ’26, a double major in Peace and Justice Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies, shares her journey of discovering her passion for activism and social justice and reflects on the vibrant queer, femme, and activist community on campus that shaped her academic path.

Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies Melvin Williams, PhD, examined the implications of Taylor Swift's recent endorsement of Harris/Walz in the 2024 US Presidential Election and further implications of celebrity endorsements in US Presidential elections on Lithuanian TV.

Pace University Art Gallery is pleased to present Being Transducer, the first solo exhibition in New York by the Taiwanese art collective Synphysica, Chiaochi Chou and Youyang Hu. This exhibit builds on the duo’s ongoing exploration of a "bio-Internet of Things," expanding upon philosopher Timothy Morton's object-oriented ecological perspective.

Pace University’s Dyson Professor George Picoulas was front-and-center in the media for his expert commentary on the historic 2024 Presidential Debate. He was featured on News 12’s Power & Politics providing a preview of the first debate, offering insights on what each candidate needed to accomplish in the debate.

Pace University’s Political Science Professor Laura Tamman was front-and-center in the media for her expert commentary on the historic 2024 Presidential Debate. She joined Fox 5 News for a post-debate analysis.

The Hudson Valley Post has reported that Pace University is among the nearly 50 colleges in New York (and among only 15 percent of US colleges that made the national list) highlighted in the 2025 "Best College" rankings by The Princeton Review, "one of the nation’s leading education services companies."

Unlike other rankings that are based on academics, institutional data, or college administrators' opinions, The Princeton Review's rankings are based on opinions from actual students, who complete an 89-question survey about their school. Categories to rate include professors, administrators, financial aid, campus amenities, school services, and other aspects of life at their respective colleges.