Dyson College of Arts and Sciences News

Pace’s commitment to experiential learning and community engagement is also highlighted by News 12 Westchester, which covered the graduation ceremony for the University’s Parenting, Prison, and Pups program. Led by Dyson Criminal Justice Professor Kimberly Collica-Cox, the initiative brings together Pace students, incarcerated mothers at the Westchester County Jail, and therapy dogs to support healing, parenting skills, and emotional well-being. This semester, nine mothers and ten students graduated from the program, marking a meaningful milestone for participants and the broader community.

In EURPORE SAYS, Dyson Psychology Professor Terence Hines weighs in on renewed interest in the long-mythologized theft of Albert Einstein’s brain, cautioning against simplistic claims linking intelligence to isolated anatomical features and underscoring the complexity of human cognition— and Newsy Today has the story.

Dyson Professor Ric Kolenda was featured in WalletHub's recent article about Unemployment Claims.

Dyson Professor Seong Jae Min speaks to South China Morning Post regarding a viral controversy involving an image posted by a singer in K-pop girl group Aespa. Professor Min explains how pop culture figures often become flashpoints for geopolitical and historical tensions in East Asian media environments.

Dyson Professor Katherine Fink pens an op-ed for The Conversation examining why many nonprofit news organizations avoid selling advertising, despite IRS records showing that fears over tax penalties or threats to nonprofit status are largely unfounded. Drawing on interviews with nonprofit newsroom leaders and an analysis of hundreds of IRS filings, Professor Fink finds that advertising revenue is both more permissible and less risky than many assume, even as political pressures under the Trump administration have made some nonprofits more cautious.

Bloomberg leads the week, featuring Pace University’s Fed Challenge Team in its Economics Daily Newsletter after winning the 22nd Annual National College Fed Challenge—an extraordinary national achievement. Pace topped finalists Harvard College and UCLA.