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Faculty and StaffNovember 13, 2024
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From studying Environmental Studies at Pace University to founding Conservación ConCiencia, find out how Raimundo Espinoza brings communities together for sustainable conservation and positive impact on the environment.
First-generation college student Olenka Besaga's passion for data analysis and research, alongside her impressive internship experiences, sets her on a path of academic excellence and personal growth.
Toomey, a conservation scientist at Pace University’s Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, tells me why this happens: It’s human psychology.
“Knowledge is formed by our experiences, not just by reading facts in a textbook,” she says. “Scientists believe ‘if only people knew what I know, they’d think differently from how they think now.’ But that’s not how it works. We don’t just need to give people information. We need to start understanding how that information can be brought into a process of change-making.”
Since its creation in 2014, the Pace School of Performing Arts (PPA) has been a leader in producing top talent, with its graduates widely represented in the film, TV, theater, and dance industries.
When the program launched within Pace’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences nearly two decades ago, it was Manhattan’s first new performing arts school in almost half a century. Today, in keeping with its long tradition of innovation and in recognition of the rapidly evolving industry, PPA is getting its own stand-alone identity: The Sands College of Performing Arts.
Cables, coffee, curveballs, and now–curriculum. Read all about how George Chacko and Rich Miller, two Pace staff members, used their podcast to build out an audiovisual minor here at Pace that might just lead the charge to revolutionizing how AV professionals are trained.
During the semester of production, which included filming across France and New York, Pace student filmmakers spoke with farmers, chefs, and restaurateurs who have dedicated their lives to making slow food a reality in a fast-paced world. Their film, For the Love of Food, premiered this May to a worldwide audience.
The launch of the new Sands College of Performing Arts, another year in the #1 slot for environmental law, a ton of awards and research, plus so much more. Here are your Summer 2023 top 10 Things to Inspire.
Dyson graduates working in the publishing industry are actively engaged in the field’s evolution in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
“How to Power a City” is a documentary directed by award-winning filmmaker and Pace University professor Melanie LaRosa, was shot in several locations around the U.S. including the Southeast Michigan city, which is located within Detroit’s corporate boundary. The film documents similar resilient, grassroots efforts in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, New York and Puerto Rico.
“Given the alarming decline in biodiversity globally and statewide, New York has a special duty to end this indiscriminate killing of wild animals that masquerades as wildlife conservation.” said Michelle Land, Pace University professor of environmental law and policy, and chief faculty of its Animal Advocacy Clinic. “Ending the senseless slaughter from wildlife killing contests is the priority of our clinic students, who will be pressing Governor Hochul to sign the bill into law and, we hope, personally deliver their 550 signature petition in support of the bill.”