Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

D Y S O N Y E A R I N R E V I E W 2 0 2 3 – 2 0 2 4 4 Inside Dyson DYSON ALUMNI Media Moguls Paul Ryan '86 Named Executive Producer of Dateline In January 2024, Paul Ryan, Literature and Communications, and Dyson College of A s and Sciences Advisory Board Member, was named the executive producer of NBC's long-running news show, Dateline. Ryan will manage the broadcast, streaming, and podcast entities associated with the brand. Ryan joined Dateline in 2011, most recently serving as senior producer, overseeing investigations such as the Alex Murdaugh trial and the University of Idaho murders. He has received multiple News & Documentary Emmy Awards and a pair of Edward R. Murrow Awards, a recognition that honors "outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism." Juliana Ma ins '19 Named to Forbes 's "30 Under 30" List Juliana Ma ins, Communication and Media Studies, made Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30" No h America list for media as the founder of Eleven11 Media Relations, a media relations company launched in 2020 in New York City to suppo brands that could not afford to sign with large agencies a er the COVID-19 pandemic. Her company has brought in six figures of revenue in 2022 alone, working on past projects with names such as Shaquille O'Neal and Grammy- nominated singer Kesha. Yomara Lopez '12 Emmy Award–Winning Journalist Yomara Lopez, Communications, is a bilingual and investigative repo er, most recently for NBC Universal Telemundo in California, and three-time Emmy Award–winning journalist. She won her first Emmy with Univision Sacramento in 2019 for coverage of the Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in the history of California. As pa of that experience, she spent months in Paradise, a city that was wiped out by the fire, speaking to survivors and those who lost everything. In 2023, she won two Emmys with Telemundo in the Bay Area: one for best daily news repo story for coverage on a rat infestation problem in one of the largest unhoused encampments in Santa Clara County, and another for an educational piece on inmates ge ing a second chance in education through a college credit program at Elmwood Correctional Complex in Milpitas. Kelly Whritenour '18 Emmy Award–Winning Spo s Broadcaster As a media management technical specialist at the Major League Baseball (MLB)/National Hockey League (NHL) Network, Kelly Whritenour, Digital Cinema and Filmmaking, was pa of a 2019 Emmy Award–winning broadcast team. She was responsible for processing, archiving, restoring, and delivering all content at the MLB Network/NHL Network for live-air and digital use. As a specialist, she led new-hire training, collaborated with major streaming pa ners, and worked at large events such as the World Series, MLB All-Star Game, and MLB London Series. The team was the gatekeeper to all the media, with a significant po ion of consumer- facing content running through her depa ment. Record Number of Pace Students Named UN Millennium Fellows For the second consecutive year, a record- number of 30 Pace University students were accepted into the 2023 class of the United Nations Academic Impact and the Millennium Campus Network Fellowship Program. In this semester-long leadership program focused on making a social impact, students convene with the coho of Fellows from their institution to lead projects that advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals—a list of 17 objectives, focusing on areas such as social justice, sustainability, pove y, equity, education, economic growth, and all 10 UNAI Principles. While leading projects on their own campuses and in their own communities, students in the program also collaborate with Fellows at peer institutions around the world, creating a global network of students working toward a be er world by addressing problems facing societies around the globe. The 22 Dyson students selected include: Aidann Gia Bacolodan '25, Political Science, Harrison Bakst '24, Psychology; Pamela-Rayëlle Barais '25, Political Science; Isabella Yasmeen Birjandi '26, Behavioral Neuroscience; Jackson Blackburn '25, Digital Media and Communications; Austin Chappelle '26, Environmental Science; Layne Davis '25, Peace and Justice Studies and Political Science; Anastasia Khanukov '24, Economics; Ryan Kwon '26, Film and Screen Studies; Ellisa Lecointe '25, Biology; Lily Lockwood '23, Peace and Justice Studies, Women's and Gender Studies; Lilah McCormack '24, Digital Journalism; Louisa (Lulu) Moquete '24, Mathematics; Kelly Li Wei Ng '26, Biology; Margaret Pereira '25, Peace and Justice Studies; Noah Petruccelli '26, Psychology; Alexis Pickering '26, Political Science; Gianna Rotunno '26, Undecided; Saloni Shah '24, Economics; Laila Shakir '26, Psychology; Marianna Visbal '26, Political Science; Emily Whitehill '24, Communication and Media Studies.

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