PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University's Environmental Studies and Science program was recently cited among life-changing programs in Westchester Magazine.  Westchester Magazine sited that many graduates of the program have continued to extend their passion to protecting the environment into their careers. Politicians, biologists, chemists, food psychologists, rainforest advocates and ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Dr. Diane Cypkin, professor of the Media and Communication Arts Department at Pace University, has won the 2015 Carol Russett Award.  Cypkin will be presented with the award at the annual awards luncheon to be held on Friday, April 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Knollwood Country Club in Elmsford. This award, presented by the  Westchester/Rockland Region ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y -- Winners of the Westchester Smart Mobile App Development Bowl were announced Friday (after the top 30 teams spent two hours presenting their work to the judges) in an award ceremony at Pace University. The awards ceremony featured remarks by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, and William J. McGrath, senior vice president and chief operating officer of ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Pace University School of Law will be hosting two productions of "Clarence Darrow," which stars professor Bennett L. Gershman, one of the law school’s original faculty members, in the title role, on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25.  Performances will be held in the Moot Court Room on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.  Best known for the Scopes ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Pace Law School will be hosting the first regional symposium of the New York area Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) chapters on Saturday, April 18.  The symposium is presented by the SALDF chapters of Pace Law School, CUNY School of Law, Columbia Law School, Brooklyn Law School and NYU School of Law.  It is sponsored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Melanie DuPuis, professor of environmental studies and science at Pace University and author of "Nature’s Perfect Food: How Milk Became America’s Drink," is among distinguished guests who will serve at a conference on changing the dairy landscape, discussing a number of challenges facing dairy production and consumption in New York and America. New York State’s ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University women's basketball senior Margo Hackett has been named to the Women's Academic Northeast-10 All-Conference team for her efforts both on the court and in the classroom this season.  It is the second time she has been selected to the NE-10 All-Academic Team. In addition to earning a 3.88 grade-point average, the she averaged a team best 12.9 points ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University, which is the only masters in fine arts theater program officially sanctioned by The Actors Studio, has kicked off a series of productions performed and directed by students for the public.  Designed to present graduating students to the professional world, the Repertory Season invites all to view professional ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Professor Jens David Ohlin of Cornell Law School will deliver Pace Law School’s annual Blaine Sloan Lecture on International Law Monday, April 13. The lecture will take place in the Lecture Hall at the New York State Judicial Institute located at Pace Law School at noon with a reception to follow. Ohlin specializes in international law and all aspects of criminal ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University environmental law professor Nicholas A. Robinson will be hosting a discussion on the importance of making good, “green” environmental lifestyle choices on the local scale, as these are the choices that will have a positive impact on the global scale on Thursday, April 9.  The discussion will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the new ...