DYSON DIGITAL DIGEST
Winter 2020

Sustainability 2020
Dyson College experts share seven simple strategies that you can adopt now to make a big difference.

Dyson Through the Decade
A lot has happened in the last 10 years; here’s a look back.

A Historic Federal Reserve Challenge Win
Pace University students have made history as a Four-time, First-Place Winner in Federal Reserve’s Annual College Fed Challenge.

Playwrights at Pace
These Dyson playwrights are showcasing their talent onstage and off.
Dean's Message
As we begin the new decade, it is both a time of reflection on the past, as well as eager anticipation of what the new decade will bring. In this issue, we look back upon recent Dyson student and alumni achievements and share with you what we are looking forward to this spring.
Dean's Message
As we begin the new decade, it is both a time of reflection on the past, as well as eager anticipation of what the new decade will bring. In this issue, we look back upon recent Dyson student and alumni achievements and share with you what we are looking forward to this spring.
Dean's Message
As we begin the new decade, it is both a time of reflection on the past, as well as eager anticipation of what the new decade will bring. In this issue, we look back upon recent Dyson student and alumni achievements and share with you what we are looking forward to this spring.
Dyson Notes
Dyson Notes
Gloria Heffernan ’81, English, has had her book, What the Gratitude List Told the Bucket List, published by New York Quarterly Books.
Thomas Duffy ’99, English, has completed Social Work, his seventh book.
Professor of English Robert Mundy coauthored Gender, Sexuality, and the Cultural Politics of Men’s Identity: Literacies of Masculinity and coedited Out in the Center: Public Controversies and Private Struggles, which won Outstanding Book from the International Writing Centers Association.
Shirley Acevedo Buontempo ’10, MPA, was awarded an AARP Purpose Prize, which honors individuals who use their life experience to make a better future for all.
Actors Studio Drama School alumnus Danny Gorman ’15, MFA Directing, assistant directed the new musical SCOTLAND, PA at Roundabout Theatre Company, directed by Emmy Award-winning director Lonny Price.
As reported in The Pulse: Kamari Stewart ’20, Digital Journalism, landed a coveted internship at NBCUniversal working on the TODAY show.

On March 6, 2020, you’re invited to join the conversation about how meat and its production affects our diets, climate, land practices, and policy making.
Associate Professor of Chemistry Elmer-Rico E. Mojica has coauthored an entry in the Encyclopedia of Environmental Health Second Edition entitled “Antibiotics Pollution in Soil and Water: Potential Ecological and Human Health Issues” with Hillary Jufer ’19, MS Environmental Science, and Lauren Reilly ’19, ’20, MS in Forensic Science. Mojica also wrote a chapter entitled “CHEMTERTAINMENT: Use of Video Clips from Movies, Television Series and YouTube in Enhancing the Teaching and Learning Experience of an Introductory Chemistry Lecture Class” in Videos in Chemistry Education: Applications of Interactive Tools published by the American Chemical Society.