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The Journal News, News 12 and The Daily Pleasantville: Pleasantville’s Pace Gets Solar Classroom

The Journal News, News 12 and The Daily Pleasantville: Pleasantville’s Pace Gets Solar Classroom

Pace unveiled its new solar classroom, funded by Con Edison, and The Journal News, News 12 and The Daily Pleasantville reported on the event. (Left: Angelo Spillo, director of the Environmental Center at Pace, addresses the crowd at Thursday’s solar panel unveiling. Photo credit: Brian Marschhauser)

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NEWS RELEASE: Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing Joins Forces with the First Lady and Dr. Biden to Support Veterans and Military Families

NEWS RELEASE: Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing Joins Forces with the First Lady and Dr. Biden to Support Veterans and Military Families

Pace’s Lienhard School of Nursing was among only 20 nursing schools nationwide invited to “joining forces” event with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden.

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ArtDaily.org: Pace University art professor awarded grant to research link between augmented reality and viewer response

ArtDaily.org: Pace University art professor awarded grant to research link between augmented reality and viewer response

Art Daily ran the press release on Pace art professor Will Pappenheimer’s recent grant award to explore the apparent link of virtual objects with viewer response, via wearable devices designed to interpret the sensory input of the audience to control and create “augmented reality” objects and information.

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The Journal News: Teachers-in-training go Digital at Pace

The Journal News: Teachers-in-training go Digital at Pace

Pace is one of 10 universities in the country that are putting its students in front of digital classes connected to the “Teach Live” laboratory at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

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The Journal News: Japanese Students Tour Hospital

The Journal News: Japanese Students Tour Hospital

Japanese medical students visiting as part of a Pace University English language program got a tour of Hudson Valley Hospital Center and spoke to one of its top doctors, a native of Japan.

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Ask a question; save a life.

NEWS RELEASE: Ask a Question; Save a Life. Pace University Receives Grant for Online Training of Faculty and Staff in Suicide Prevention

QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) is a nationally recognized suicide prevention program designed to educate persons to recognize and respond to the signs of suicidal thinking or behavior. Research has shown that those who ultimately attempt suicide often provide numerous direct or indirect clues as to their intentions. Contact Dr. Richard Shadick at shadick@pace.edu or 212-346-1526 to sign up for online training and learn how you can save a life.

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NEWS RELEASE: Pace University Art Professor Awarded Grant to Research Link Between Augmented Reality and Viewer Response

NEWS RELEASE: Pace University Art Professor Awarded Grant to Research Link Between Augmented Reality and Viewer Response

Will Pappenheimer, associate professor of art at Pace University, and a founding member of the artist collective, Manifest.AR, have recently been awarded the ARtSENSE Commission at The Foundation for Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool, England for their proposal entitled ‘Invisible ARtaffects.’

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The Journal News: Concordia and Pace to Offer ‘Fast Track’

The Journal News: Concordia and Pace to Offer ‘Fast Track’

Concordia College has announced a new articulation agreement with the Pace Lubin School of Business, offering students a fast track to earning their master’s degree in accounting.

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NEWS RELEASE: Pace University researchers recognized for development of first new drug for “sleeping sickness” in 30 years

NEWS RELEASE: Pace University researchers recognized for development of first new drug for “sleeping sickness” in 30 years

There are no fundraising walks for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT or “sleeping sickness”) but a drug for this “orphan disease” has gone to clinical trial thanks in part to professor emeritus Cyrus Bacchi, PhD, and Nigel Yarlett, PhD, chair of chemistry and physical sciences in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at Pace University.

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Joan Turner Walker, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the School of Education at Pace University and a panelist for this year’s program entitled “Inspired Education: Learning, Teaching and Technology.”

NEWS RELEASE: “Pace University and Hitachi America, Ltd. Encourage Educators To Take A Technological “Leap” Forward on February 29, 2012″

On Leap Day 2012, The Helene & Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University and Hitachi America, Ltd. are teaming up to offer a free program to encourage educators to “leap” into the technological future and explore innovations such as the use of avatars in the classroom.

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