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On December 6, 2024, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University hosted the 23rd annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference. This year’s theme, Fostering the Development of Sustainable Communities through Innovative Strategies, brought together hundreds of attorneys, professionals, and local leaders to discuss best practices in land use and sustainable development.

Google Pier 57 was recently full of energy as over 500 tech enthusiasts (including more than 50 Pace students) gathered for GDG DevFest NYC 2024, an event dedicated to exploring “Responsible AI for the Future of Tech.” Among the organizing team was Seidenberg professor Dr. Christelle Scharff.

Pace University was recently awarded $476,000 from the Mellon Foundation to support a three-year interdisciplinary initiative, Islands, Archipelagos, and Cultural Ecologies. The project will advance environmental justice and the environmental humanities at Pace, building on the university’s strengths in experiential learning and place-based education.

Pace University’s Federal Reserve Challenge Team continues its legacy of excellence, winning the 2024 New York Regional College Federal Reserve Challenge competition and ranking in the top five nationally out of 119 participating institutions— the largest in the competition’s history. The team also received an honorable mention as national finalists, competing against prestigious schools such as Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Michigan.

Professor Weinstock speaks to CBS News about Trump’s proposal to impose a 100% tariff on nine nations— known as BRICS — if they try to replace the U.S. dollar with another currency.

Dyson Professor Melvin Williams shares insights with USA Today on the Netflix documentary series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? and its exploration of the culture of child beauty pageants and their lasting impact.

Economic Professor Mark Weinstock discusses the potential impact of Trump’s second presidency on student loans with GOBankingRates.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman provides legal sight to Salon analyzing how, despite the dismissal of certain charges, scathing evidence against Trump could still emerge.

On November 22, 2024, the Fall 2024 Pace-Maryland Colloquium was held at the UMD Carey School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland. For the Fall 2024 event, a cohort of Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Environmental Law students traveled down to Baltimore joining their student colleagues at UMD Law for an entirely student-focused environmental academic event.