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Students

Through the Master of Public Administration program and a partnership with the Westchester Children's Association, Sydney Moraitis '22 helped spearhead a survey that's drawing attention to digital access inequities among Westchester County families with children in grades K-12.

November 4, 2022
Students

As a member of the pilot program for the Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media major, A'ishah Muhammad '25 is excited at how the program is continuing to grow, welcoming more voices and perspectives into their writers' room.

November 4, 2022
Students

Dreana Henry '26 is among the first students to come to Pace specifically to major in Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media. She's fully embracing the industry connections she's already made, while looking forward to pursuing more opportunities the program—and New York City overall—have to offer.

November 4, 2022
Students

As a first-generation Mexican-American and college student who has always been fascinated by film and theater, Cambria Kylinn Martin '24 is relishing the opportunity to explore identity and intersectionality through the Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media program.

November 4, 2022
Students

Nicolina Barone '24, Writing and Cultural Studies, who published a book that was ranked among Amazon's Top 30 New Releases in Poetry, relishes the small liberal arts feel of Dyson, which has provided close connections with faculty and countless opportunities to get involved.

November 1, 2022
In the Media

In the past few years, the use of e-bikes, e-scooters, battery-powered mopeds and other two- or three-wheeled vehicles has grown ... Even more disturbing, said Pace University criminologist and former NYPD lieutenant Darrin Porcher, PhD, is that more serious crimes involving perpetrators on e-scooters and e-bikes are becoming more frequent. Those crimes, include a shooting in Sunset Park, Brooklyn last week by an e-scooter driver who hit multiple unoccupied cars, are becoming higher in number. A man on an e-scooter of some kind also allegedly attacked and sexually assaulted women last month in Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan. Porcher called for greater NYPD action. “Carve out an additional unit that can have the sole focus of looking at these people that are on these e-bikes, scooters and dirt bikes,” he said.

October 31, 2022
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Students

As part of the United Nations Millennium Fellowship, Lulu Okeke ’24, Global Professional Studies, represented Pace at an Academic Impact panel session called “Higher Education and Multilateralism: Academia Responding to Global Challenges” as part of UN Day.

October 28, 2022
Students

Brooke Lyn Sicignano '25 has been acting since she was six years old. Now, through the Acting—International Performance Ensemble program, she's developing collaborative skills, exercising creative abilities, and waking up each day excited to learn more.

October 28, 2022
In the Media

What is queerbaiting, exactly?

In an interview with USA Today, Melvin Williams, professor of communication and media studies at Pace University, summed up the concept: "Queerbaiting is a strategy used by content creators and media producers to attract queer audiences — via homoeroticism, suggestive marketing and storylines, and other symbolisms — and to insinuate queer identities and relationships between media characters and viewers."

October 25, 2022
Seattle Gay News
Students

On Wednesday, October 19, Taylor Mangus ’23, Political Science, was featured on a panel on “Disarmament Education as a Solution to Peace.”

October 20, 2022