Pace University News

Today’s college student often isn’t who you think she is. More and more, students fall into one of the categories labeled “non-traditional.” They may be older. They may have taken some time off. They may be veterans, have work experience, or be able to study only part-time. They may have children or other family members to support.

Pace University won the 18th annual national College Fed Challenge on Friday, a competition that encourages students to learn about the U.S. economy, monetary policymaking, and the role of the Federal Reserve System. The team, from New York, New York, represented the New York Federal Reserve District and included Fiona Waterman, Yuwei Liu, Kate Fong, Casey Cloutier, Christopher Beck, Gianni Campanaro (alternate), and Stephanie Ertel (alternate). The team’s advisers were Gregory Colman and Mark Weinstock.

“Sanitation Celebration” is a Pace University Gallery exhibit of painting, video, sculpture, and photography by 21 Department of Sanitation (DSNY) workers, plus the department’s artists-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles and sTo Len. The show opened on Nov. 14 and continues to Jan. 28.

Instructors from Pace University’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences recently received a $499,354 grant from the National Science Foundation that will allow them to expand the teaching of data science skills into introductory biology and environmental science courses.

Dyson students took their coursework beyond the classroom walls, tackling real-world issues and presenting to global policymakers.

Professor Bennett Gershwin and Ellen Yaroshefsky's article in the New York Law Journal examines why prosecutors, the most powerful public officials in America, are rarely sanctioned when they break the rules citing the impact of Judiciary Law §90(10).