PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.-- On Saturday, Sep. 5, the Pace University Football team will host Ave Maria University in its first game of the 2015 season at the new Pace Stadium on the Pleasantville Campus. Prior to the noon kick-off, the athletics department will celebrate the lives of Hall of Fame coaches George Maier and Fred Calaicone, who passed away over the last year. Maier was the Head ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace’s Eighth Annual Convocation will be held Sep. 1 in the Goldstein Health and Fitness Center on Pace’s Pleasantville campus. The assembly marks the beginning to the 2015-2016 academic year, and allows first-year students and faculty to prep themselves for the upcoming months.This year’s keynote in speaker is Matthew Ganis, DPS, who is currently a senior ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University law professors Jay Carlisle and Vanessa Merton were named 'Lawyers Who Lead by Example' by the New York Law Journal in their annual awards listing earlier this month.Both lawyers were recognized in the Public Service category, which honors attorneys who have demonstrated leadership through careers in public service or devotion to improving the ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- A Pace University student-produced documentary entitled 'Curaçao’s Coral Challenge – Reviving the Rain Forests of the Sea', recently received praise in winning a 'Best Shorts' award at the Accolade Global Film Competition this past month.The 26 minute documentary was produced by students in the university's prestigious Media Communications and Visual Arts Program ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- In a ongoing effort to help make college education available for all, Pace University Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies Maria Iacullo-Bird recently received a huge boost from the U.S. Department of Education.Through a 5 year grant totaling $1.1 million, Pace, under the guidance of Iacullo-Bird, seeks to create a support services network forits low-income, ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Last Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 531 points, its worst day in four years. On Monday, the market continued to drop, finish 600 points below the opening bell tally. However, Pace University professor of finance Dr. Padma Kadiyala assures these record-setting fluctuations are nothing more than natural market progression. "Investors are concerned ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Many of the brightest stars in the next generation of cybersecurity professionals are being trained at Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems thanks in part to a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).The grant will support 3 to 4 cybersecurity students annually, assist student research in ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.-- The Division 2 Athletic Director Association announced its 2014-15 Academic Achievement Award winner, including 36 Pace student-athletes. The awards recognize the outstanding accomplishments of Pace student-athletes during the 2014-15 academic year. To qualify for the award, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher, have ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pace University women's lacrosse team earned Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division II Academic Squad honors. The Setters posted a 3.42 grade-point average this past year and earned five wins as a first-year program. Every school with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher qualifies and Pace was one of 49 Division II programs to be honored by the ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace Performing Arts students garnered 15 nomination and 4 awards at the Planet Connections Theatre Festival this past month, as well as starred in the new HBO mini-series "Show Me A Hero." Seniors Jamen Nanthakumar, won Best Music/Lyrics, Liana Wright-Mark, for Best Book/Lyrics, Katherine Wilkins, for Best Directing, and sophomore Selena Qureshi took home Best ...