Press Room

Join Professor Bruce Bachenheimer, Pace’s Director of Entrepreneurship, and fellow panelists:

* Caryn McBride – Executive Editor, Westchester County Business Journal
* David Merel – Founder and CEO of Thinkbright LLC and mTouch – Merel Technologies
* Franklin Madison – Director, Technology Program, Industrial & Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC)

Moderator: Lou Kirven, Commissioner – Department of Planning and Development, City of Yonkers.

Pace Law grad Peter Cambs will lecture on hydro-fracking, the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victims Protection Act. Hydro-fracking is the controversial gas drilling process exposed as a public health threat by this year’s award-winning documentary “Gasland.”

With health care emerging as a major issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, on Friday morning, April 25, Pace University’s Center for Health Policy Education and Research will present a half-day conference on “Rebalancing the Competitive Forces in Health Care” and the impact of consolidation in the health insurance industry on New York State and the Hudson Valley.

From the recent report of the national 9/11 commission to the McKinsey and Co. examination of New York City’s response, the 9/11 disaster has spotlighted the importance of police, fire and EMS coordination for homeland security and emergencies — and the difficulties of achieving it.

Robert J. Freeman, Esq., Executive Director of New York State’s Committee on Open Government will conduct a seminar for local government officials and attorneys on compliance with the Freedom of Information and the Open Meetings Law. Members of the media and the general public are also invited to attend.

A conference for local officials, municipal attorneys, public safety, public works, school and other professionals and citizens responsible for or concerned with the state of emergency preparedness of their communities will be held at Pace University’s Lubin Graduate Center on Wed., Nov. 6 from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Pace University Alumni to host Technology & Business Panel Discussion: Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment on Apr. 23.

Pace University’s The Edwin G. Michaelian Institute For Public Policy and Management and The Center for Community Outreach together with The United Way of Westchester and Putnam will host a technology conference for not-for-profit organizations, Use Technology… Instead of it Using You on Wednesday, March 20 from 8:00 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. The conference will be held in Room 200 at Pace University’s Evelyn and Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center at 1 Martine Avenue in White Plains.

Pace University’s Michaelian Institute for Public Policy and Management invites the public to attend the County Candidates Debate at the University’s Evelyn and Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center, 1 Martine Avenue, White Plains on Thursday, Nov. 1 beginning at 2:00 p. m., room 206.

The United Way/ Not-For-Profit Management Center of the Michaelian Institute and The Center for Community Outreach of Pace University invite the public to attend a technology conference for not-for-profit organizations, Use Technology… Instead of it Using You, Thursday, Nov. 8, at Pace University’s Evelyn and Joseph I. Lubin Graduate Center, 1 Martine Avenue, White Plains, from 8:00 a. m. to 2:00 p. m.