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Last year was a challenging one for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leadership.

The party’s 20th National Congress in October last year marked the beginning of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) third term, making him the nation’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong (毛澤東), with his loyalists dominating the new politburo, the CCP’s leadership circle.

We’ve rounded up five links to our best-read opinion pieces:

I’m a college president. Teaching a 101-level course reminded me how important compassion is right now.

By Marvin Krislov, February 22, 2022

Kindness is key in helping students succeed during the pandemic, Pace University’s president writes. Faculty and staff need compassion, too.

Every human being will experience grief at some point in their lives — it’s a fundamental human experience. “I think it’s important to underscore that people are equipped to grieve, and for the most part people do it OK,” says Anthony Mancini, a psychological researcher at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has partnered with Legal Hand, Inc., a NY State not-for-profit corporation, to launch the Legal hand Call In Center serving Westchester County.

Professor John Nolon, distinguished professor of law at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, was the recent recipient of the Founder’s Award by the university’s Land Use Law Center. The Center was founded in 1993 with the mission of encouraging the development of sustainable communities by promoting innovation in land use strategies and educating future leaders through training programs and research and consulting services. Nolan was the Center’s founder and serves as its co-counsel, and the award is presented to those who have collaborated with a community in land use and “reinvented democracy to make change happen.”

Pace University’s Land Use Law Center recently held its 21st annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference “Land Use Under Siege: Revisiting Well Grounded” at the NYS Judicial Institute at Elisabeth Haub School of Law. The event was host to many sessions discussing land use and zoning issues and solutions, including the afternoon session, “Meeting Local Housing Needs”

Kindness is key in helping students succeed during the pandemic, Pace University's president Marvin Krislov writes. Faculty and staff need compassion, too.

Professor Elyse Diamond shares news about the opening of the Legal Hand Call-In Center Serving Westchester County at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law.

President Krislov writes about working harder to find common ground and making a genuine effort to treat each other with respect in the new year.