Press Room

In the second article in two months in the LA Times, Professor Jean Coppola’s technology program for seniors is featured.
(Photo: Rosemary Nickola works on her computer with her dog, Delilah, on her lap in her New York apartment in February. At that time, Nickola was struggling with technology, but this week she earned a certificate after completing a computer course. Credit – Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times / April 30, 2012.)

A blog piece on the Alzheimer’s photography symposium and exhibit at Pace appeared on the “Well” blog of the New York Times with 14 pages of photos.

Pace Interim Provost Harriet Feldman recently spent a day with Michelle Obama and Jill Biden with other nursing school heads who are collaborating to provide better care for veterans.

A symposium at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts on April 25 at 7pm will present a cross-section of viewpoints challenging the commonly held perception that people with Alzheimer’s are “empty shells” who are “no longer with us” and must be humored, medicated, and parked in front of TV sets.

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.

Jane Dolan RN, MSN, did her part to dispel the myth that there isn’t much money available for graduate nursing students in a national cover story in Nursing Spectrum. “There is money out there and students should take advantage of it,” said Dolan, graduate clinical and recruitment coordinator at Pace University’s Lienhard School of Nursing in Pleasantville, N.Y.

The Tribeca Trib ran an article on sociologist and photographer Cathy Greenblat who has been taking pictures of people with dementia for a decade. Eighty of these moving images, taken around the world, are on display through April 28 at Pace University’s Schim­mel Center for the Arts. A symposium on Alzheimer’s will take place at Pace on April 25.

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.

Alma Mesquita who earned a master’s degree from Pace’s College of Health Professions and became a family nurse practitioner, was featured in the Huffington Post. She has been seeing patients at Quality NP Family Health, her solo office, since August.

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