Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Language

04/27 Thursday | 5pm

RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the 370 Jay Project, the NYU Center for Responsible AI, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This event will explore the critical intersection of algorithmic technologies, human speech and…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times

04/24 Monday | 5pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times, with the author Eszter Hargittai in conversation with Paul DiMaggio and Eric Klinenberg. What life during lockdown reveals about digital inequality. The vast majority of people in wealthy, highly connected, or digitally privileged societies may have…

Discussion

Can Tech Ever be Good? On Public Interest, ESG and Other “Distractions”

04/19 Wednesday | 12pm

Despite the common focus on Silicon Valley, New York has been a ‘tech hub’ for a long time. From IBM and Bell Labs to Squarespace and Hinge, New York has brought about many old and new tech companies. And with tech companies comes venture capital funding. In this panel conversation we will explore how today,…

Virtual Discussion

The Great Displacement

04/11 Tuesday | 6pm

RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. Join Rebuild by Design, the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Climigration Network for a conversation between Jake Bittle, author of “The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration,” and Christopher Flavelle, climate reporter for The New York Times. Climate…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Poverty, by America

04/03 Monday | 6pm

Registration for this event is full. We are currently seeking a larger event space to accommodate more guests and will reach out if this occurs. The recording of this event will be available on IPK’s YouTube channel following the event. Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Robin Hood Foundation for a book talk…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Left Is Not Woke

03/30 Thursday | 6pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Left Is Not Woke, with the author Susan Neiman in conversation with Stephen Holmes, moderated by Eric Klinenberg. If you’re woke, you’re left. If you’re left, you’re woke. We blur the terms, assuming that if you’re one you must be the other. That, Susan…

Discussion

From Crisis to Horizon: Fighting for Social Housing

03/30 Thursday | 5:30pm

Elected officials, organizers, scholars will discuss efforts toward social housing. Organized by the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study Thursday 3/30: Vanderbilt Hall Room 220, 40 Washington Square South (There will be an option to attend through Zoom, which you can select upon registration.) Friday 3/31: Jerry Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for…

Virtual Discussion

Reimagining the University Series Session 3: Post-Colonial Knowledge

03/30 Thursday | 3pm

This series explores the historical foundations, contemporary patterns, and possible transformations of the modern research university. Co-sponsored by the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, and the Center on Modernity in Transition. Session 3 on Post-Colonial Knowledge will take place Thursday, March 30 from 3:00-4:30pm…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture

03/22 Wednesday | 5pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture, with the author Neil Gross in conversation with Elizabeth Glazer and Patrick Sharkey, moderated by Jacob Faber. What should we do about the police? After the murder of George Floyd,…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Recruiting

02/22 Wednesday | 12pm

RSVP is required. Please RSVP here. NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the 370 Jay Project, the NYU Center for Responsible AI, and the NYU Tandon Department of Technology, Culture and Society invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This event will examine how AI intersects with the profession of recruiting and…

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