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Dyson Notes
ACCOLADES
Pace Academic Teams Triumph
Three student teams continued a tradition of excellence at national events.
Model UN
Students from the Pleasantville Model
United Nations (MUN) team returned
from the national MUN conference
with a number of awards, including
Distinguished Delegation, for their
representation of Rwanda. Pace's New
York City students won 11 awards,
placing fifth in number of awards
received out of more than 100 higher
education institutions.
Debating for Democracy
For the second consecutive year, a Pace University student team
was one of five national winners in the Debating for Democracy
(D4D) Letters to an Elected Official Competition. Sponsored by
Project Pericles, a national consortium of colleges and universi-
ties, the D4D award went to team members Laurianne Gutierrez '21,
Philosophy and Religious
Studies, and David Lê '19,
Advertising and Integrated
Marketing Communications,
Lubin School of Business,
for their letter to Senator
Charles Schumer (D-NY),
urging him to repeal the
Dickey Amendment, which
effectively prohibits the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention from funding
research on gun control.
The Federal Reserve Challenge
Team, all Dyson economics majors,
claimed victory at the 14th annual
national College Fed Challenge
in Washington, D.C. The students
bested competition from institutions
such as Harvard University and
Princeton University in their
understanding of the US economy,
monetary policy-making, and the
role of the Federal Reserve System.
Team leaders were co-captains
Salil Ahuja '19, Klejdja Qosja '18, and
Marina Testani '18, and participants
included Carly Aznavorian '19,
Scarlett Bekus '20, and alternates
Alexandra Bruno '20 and Argenys
Morban '19. This was Pace's third
win in four years at the prestigious
competition. Contrary to a Financial
Times report, which noted the low
representation of women in the
field, five of the seven Pace team
members identify as female, making
this the most female-dominated
team since the University entered
the national competition in 2012.
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