NYU Launches Alliance for Public Interest Technology
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NYU has launched the Alliance for Public Interest Technology, a group of NYU faculty focused on the responsible and ethical creation, use, and governance of technology.
Takin' it to the Streets
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The recent wave of youthful protests worldwide may be the largest in history.
Can a Little 'Nudge' Help Solve the Plastic Bag Crisis?
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As more states and cities restrict throwaway grocery bags, NYU Wagner’s Tatiana Homonoff argues that a tax works better than a ban.
Mayors to Talk Through the Challenges and the Promise of Smart Technology – Nov. 13
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Sponsored by NYU Wagner, the US Conference of Mayors, and the David Bohnett Foundation.
New Public-Private Research Upends Traditional Carbon Pricing and Presents a More Effective Method for Pricing Emissions
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New public-private research proposes a new method for calculating carbon tax rates based on environmental, economic, and social factors, including the costs the public pays for carbon usage such as damage to agriculture, vulnerable coastal infrastructure, and risk to human health.
Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum: The Urban Climate Change Resilience Challenge – Oct. 2
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A leading expert in economics and business, Matthew Kahn, will discuss the looming threat of climate change to cities around the world.
Bolsonaro's Environmental Policies and the future of the Amazon Rainforest – Sept. 23
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Brazilian elected officials and experts will be gathering to discuss deforestation and how to turn it around.
NYU Wagner Study Finds Moderately More Anxiety and Depression Among Children in Gentrifying NYC Neighborhoods
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Diagnoses were up among children living in gentrifying low-income neighborhoods, according to the researchers.
NYU Receives $1.5 Million Mellon Foundation Grant to Launch Public Humanities in Doctoral Education
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NYU has received a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch a Public Humanities program in doctoral education in its Graduate School of Arts and Science.
Only 2% of Black Chicagoans’ Allegations of Police Misconduct Were Sustained: NYU Researchers
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The percentage for white Chicagoans, by comparison, was 20%, according to the new study on racial disparities in a highly segregated city.