Academic Centers and Institutes

Babble Lab: center for digital humanities pedagogy and research that seeks to reimagine how we teach the humanities through the use of data, design, and code and through the study of the new media of the present and the past.

Center for Applied Ethics: A forum where advances in professional work and science confront the values mirrored in the humanities and described in social science.

The Center for Community Action & Research (CCAR): A program of the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences that supports the development of community-based learning courses for the University Core Curriculum and research on the pedagogy of community-based learning. The Center also sponsors educational forums and civic engagement opportunities on issues of social responsibility, democracy, and global citizenship.

Center for Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURES): Provides leadership, coordination and support to student-faculty research collaborations, grant-funded research projects and programs, and opportunities for service-based internships.

The Dyson Children's Institute: Sponsors projects that focus on improving the lives of children, particularly in Westchester County.

The Suburban Biodiversity Conservation Center

The Suburban Biodiversity Conservation Center (SBCC) provides teaching, training, and research to advance environmental knowledge, ecosystem protection, wildlife conservation, and smart decision-making in the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City regions, with an emphasis on the just development of healthy and diverse communities. The focus of the Conservation Center is primarily on Education, Research and Collaborations, and Advocacy.

Sitting within the Department of Environmental Studies and Science, the Conservation Center provides students with opportunities for training in environmental and wildlife conservation. Students may engage in field work on the Pleasantville campus through placement in community-based projects created with our many environmental partners throughout the region, or through traditional courses offered by the Department of Environmental Studies and Science.

The Conservation Center supports local conservation efforts through collaborative projects among our students, faculty, and the local community. Students gain critical experience, apply what they’ve learned in the classroom, and engage with the local community to provide essential information and research. 

The Conservation Center also provides training in professional policy and advocacy skills while stewarding wildlife health. Students learn to research an issue and to design or innovate policies to influence real change in local, state, or federal law.

The Haskins Laboratories: A scientific research center dedicated to exchanging ideas, fostering collaborations and forging partnerships across the sciences.  It produces ground-breaking research that enhances our understanding of parasitic disease and reveals new ways to improve human health across the world.

The Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services: Offers a broad range of psychological services to community residents and referred Pace students. 

Web 2.0 Interdisciplinary Informatics Institute (WEB III): A virtual research institute to examine evolving rules and norms guiding Web 2.0 technologies in professional and civic contexts.