Pace University News

In Newsday, Dyson Political Science Professor Laura Tamman questions whether Mayor Eric Adams can be trusted to do the right thing as his term winds down amid persistent allegations of corruption and self-dealing. She also joined NY1’s Inside City Hall with Errol Louis to analyze Mamdani’s early City Hall appointments and what they signal about his transition priorities.

In amNewYork, Pace Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman pens a powerful op-ed examining how President Donald Trump’s towering monuments, incendiary rhetoric, and erosion of democratic norms signal a deeper moral and structural deterioration within American civic life. Professor Gershman writes that this sweeping “uglification” is reshaping the nation’s public landscape and unsettling the democratic foundations that once held firm.

Pace Haub Law Professor Emeritus Michael Mushlin was featured in THE CITY regarding a landmark proposal that would require New York judges who make sentencing or detention decisions to conduct meaningful annual visits to prisons and jails across the state. As chair of the subcommittee that developed the proposal, Professor Mushlin has helped lead the effort to ensure that judges better understand the realities of incarceration and the consequences of their decisions from the bench. If adopted, the rule would make New York the first state in the nation to mandate such visits.

Dyson Communication and Media Studies Professor Seong Jae Min writes a piece in The Korea Times about the political implications of Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s victory, examining how shifting ideological currents—particularly among younger voters—signal deeper changes in New York City’s political alignment.

Each year, more than 3.5 million lives are lost to chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), a staggering toll for a global health crisis that remains largely in the shadows. The Pace Center for Global Health, based in New York, is on a mission to change that.

What does it take to bring a classic to life? From first table read to final curtain call, follow along with the cast and crew of Chekhov’s The Seagull as they navigate an accelerated rehearsal process, build a world from scratch, and discover what it means to perform like professionals.