Press Room

A young teacher is murdered by a couple pretending to need help. Her 2-year-old child is left in the car unharmed. Amy Ash Nixon, a reporter from the local St. Johnsbury, Vt newspaper, The Caledonian-Record, turns to Pace’s Dr. Richard Shadick to ask how their community can recover from a horrifying violent crime like this.

A look at the terrorists’ attacks on New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, PA, through the memories of young Lubin sophomore Jarid Raftery, who was 10 years old at the time.

Think back to the evening of Sept. 10, 2001: It’s been 10 years, and in some ways, it’s as if nothing has changed. That Monday night, the United States was coming off a recession stemming from a bursting bubble, consumer confidence was declining, and predatory lending was in the headlines.

But as we all know, everything did change the next morning, in ways that we are still working to understand.

Professor Darren Hayes comments in a CNBC story on safety and security in America since 9/11.

Pace’s Multipurpose Room will be transformed into a newsroom for reporters worldwide covering the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Donald Winslow of News Photographer magazine writes an article, which is featured on the National Press Photographers (NPPA) website, that announces the upcoming collaboration between Pace University and the NPPA. Pace and the NPPA will be sponsoring a symposium and photography exhibit this Fall to mark the anniversary of 9/11. The event is free.

As the ninth anniversary of 9/11 approaches this Saturday, Dr. Shadick reflects on the anger and anxiety over the proposed mosque near the site of the former Twin Towers and the need for a physical memorial in a sacred where people can honor their losses. The Reuters article has been picked up by hundreds of websites worldwide including FoxBusiness.com, ABCNews.com and Yahoo.com.

Starting this fall, Pace University will offer a 50 percent tuition scholarship to U.S. military veterans who have served in Afghanistan and/or Iraq from 2001 to the present.

Pace University holds “The First 24 Hours” Remembrance Vigil” on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Pace University is holding a collection of 9/11 activities from September 6-12 this year.