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. . . “The economy was depressed for a long time, so the potential is there for hiring,” says Farrokh Hormozi, an economist and chair of the Public Administration Department at Pace University in New York City.

Pace University’s School of Education and the regional Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) will present a conference, “Ensuring Learning for All Students: Sharing Successful Practices for Students Who Struggle” on May 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pace Graduate Center in White Plains.

Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems will honor Nicholas Donofrio, IBM Fellow Emeritus and Executive Vice President for Innovation & Technology (Ret.) at the 18th Leadership and Service in Technology Award Reception to be held at Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY on Tuesday, May 21 at 6:00 PM.

The first Pace University STEM Collaboratory Conference, sponsored by the Verizon Foundation, will be held on Saturday, June 1 in the Multipurpose Room of One Pace Plaza on the university’s Lower Manhattan campus.

“The raft of school shootings across the country is dramatic evidence of the need to provide a better support system for children with mental illness,” writes Andrea Spencer, dean of Pace University’s School of Education and educational consultant to the Center for Children’s Advocacy.

. . . “It was pretty ingenious,” Pace University computer science professor Darren Hayes said Friday.

In fall 2013, Pace will offer its first Doctor of Philosophy degree. The Ph.D. will be in Mental Health Counseling, the first such degree program in New York State.

Pace University, in partnership with the National Organization for Women New York City Chapter (NOW-NYC), hosted back to back forums featuring candidates for mayor on May 7.

After almost three decades, Pat Kennedy is returning to the area where he got his start as a college basketball coach. The former Iona head men’s basketball coach was named head coach of the Pace men’s basketball team on Monday.

. . . Bachelor’s: At the undergraduate level, Pace University earned the top spot, cementing its reputation as offering one of the strongest online programs in the country. The New York City-based school also placed first in the bachelor’s category in the 2013 Best Online Education Programs rankings.