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"Love it or hate it, Americans and global audiences alike love to witness celebrity scandals, epic failures and potential resurgences in the media," says Melvin Williams, associate professor of communication and media studies at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ. "McFarlandÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s attempt to revive the Fyre Festival entices enduring public fascination with watching cringeworthy moments unfold for entertainment."
After studying acting during her undergrad years, Katie Schwab ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™23 switched tracks during the height of the pandemic, allowing her to pursue a future in an industry she hadnÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™t thought much about previously: publishing.
MardirossianÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s thoughtful scholarship fund for the ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ MCVA course will further studentsÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™ experiences within the program. The Producing the Documentary class grants students an unforgettable opportunity to work on a realistic film crew and travel to incredible locations abroad.
Three Dyson students have been selected for the prestigious Jeanette K. Watson Fellowship, a three-year cohort experience that connects students from 12 New York City partner institutions to funded internship opportunities across the country and abroad.
For students in Sarah BlackwoodÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s How to Read Moby-Dick class at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ, learning about Herman MelvilleÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s work isnÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. BlackwoodÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s syllabus includes a tour of Lower Manhattan locations featured in the authorÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s novels and stories: the Wall Street law offices where Bartleby, the titular scrivener of one of MelvilleÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s best-known stories, worked, as well as the streets that Ishmael walked in the opening chapter of Moby-Dick.
Dr. Darrin Porcher, a retired NYPD lieutenant and professor of criminal justice at ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ, breaks down the logistics behind Trump's court appearance and travel throughout New York City.
At the English department I chair, our major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years. We are being driven to the edge of extinction anyway. I write to you with news about the state of the English major at one nonelite, midsize, regional comprehensive private university in New York City. At ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ, where I am currently chair of the English department, the major has grown by more than 40 percent in the last two years, to around 150 students. Every year we teach some 1,600 studentsÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ”majors and non-majorsÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ”in seminars and workshops on literature, creative writing, and linguistics, in addition to the five thousand we teach in composition. ThatÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s, give or take, $30 million of credit hour revenue per year.
"Sometimes women were unable to feed their children with their own bodies and therefore were turning to the cow's milk," said ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s Dyson Professor E. Melanie DuPuis, author of "Nature's Perfect Food."
The Animal Advocacy Clinic is one of the most unique courses Pace has to offer; enabling undergraduates the incredibly rare experience to lobby in Albany for bills aimed at animal protection.
Retired special investigative agent Damian M. SalvatiÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ™s ethos of ethics and teamwork in his government career grew out of his days as a Dyson journalism major.