PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pollinators are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat, yet are rarely given environmental consideration. Pace University, in conjunction with seven Westchester County-based partners, is hoping to change that.Pollinators include animals such as bees, flies, butterflies and birds, and are responsible for sustaining ecosystems through plant ...

NEW JERSEY -- It's been quite the year for marketing professional and Pace alum Peter Moeller. After being named 'Best of the Best' this April by the New Jersey Advertising Club, he has been selected as one of the state's top young professionals by NJ Biz, making their annual 'Forty Under 40' list.Moeller graduated from Pace in 2007 with a B.A. in Entrepreneurship and is the director of ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Here is a roundup of newsmakers and their news in brief from Pace University:Xheklin Nano, a first generation Albanian immigrant received a $2,500 scholarship from Diversity Construction Group Inc in Cheshire, Conn. She is attending Pace this fall and is the first in her family to attend college. Read more here.Pace School of Education Assistant Chair and ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – This past weekend, the Pace University women's soccer team held a free youth clinic for over 100 boys and girls from the area at the Westchester campus' Pace Stadium."This was a great opportunity to connect our student-athletes with the local soccer community," said Pace soccer head coach Mike Winn. "We enjoyed it as much as the youth ...

NEW YORK -- Hungry, crunched for time, but don't want to spend a fortune? It's the plight of the urban professional. However, according to Pace alum Mohamed Merzouk, grabbing a meal doesn’t have to require a tradeoff. Thanks to Merzouk, a new app is saving New Yorkers time and money, all while helping the environment.Algerian by birth, Merzouk received his bachelor’s degree from Ehec ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Here is a roundup of newsmakers and their news in brief from Pace University:Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems Professor Christelle Scharff talked about her new app for protecting the environment in Senegal in Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Her interview can be read here.Dyson Communication Studies student Megan Sharp was quoted in an ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pace University football team held its annual free youth clinic on Sunday, Aug. 21, at Pace Stadium on Pace's Westchester campus. Over 100 kids from the tri-state area participated in the event, which marked an exciting day for the kids, student-athletes and coaches.The 109 players who attended the clinic received football instruction by Pace student-athletes ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- When returning home from active duty, many veterans wonder what's next. Thanks to Pace University's Veteran Services and the Veterans’ Education Challenge, serving those who serve our country has become mission critical."We had 122 veteran graduates last academic year," said Robert Rahni, Associate Director of Veteran Services at Pace. "As of the ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Here is a roundup of newsmakers and their news in brief from Pace University:Pace Professor, Ping Wang, from the Lubin School of Business co-authored a study that found that pay and job security incentives seem to discourage CEOs from warning investors about negative earnings surprises. The research will be published in the Journal of Business Finance and ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Nathan VanDyke, a high school math and computer science teacher from Minnesota, found himself in Westchester recently in a class full of his peers learning about Raspberry Pi, a pocket-size computer on which one can run various cybersecurity software.“This is really a whole new world for us,’’ said VanDyke, who is working to with the Minnetonka Public Schools in a ...