$2.5M Gift Launches Gale Epstein Center at Pace

Pace President Marvin Krislov and Gale Epstein at the signing ceremony finalizing plans for the center named in her honor.

Pace University is pleased to announce the establishment of the Gale Epstein Center for Technology, Policy, and the Environment, made possible by a $2.5 million gift from Gale Epstein, a New York City-based philanthropist and business leader. The new center is housed in the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

The Gale Epstein Center is dedicated to advancing technologies and policies that ensure the public’s right to know the environmental conditions that can threaten their communities. Its primary focus includes creating real-time sensing, information and warning systems, as well as advocating for public policy reforms to implement these technologies effectively. A key priority is the development of a nationwide alert system to warn consumers of drinking water dangers before consumption— an initiative that will save millions of people from preventable illnesses, according to the center’s incoming executive director John Cronin. Read more . . .