Towards the Future for Mental Health in the Western Pacific: Examples from a participatory research agenda to address the burden of common mental disorders. The Department of Global & Environmental Health Featured Guest Speaker: Dr. Brian Hall Wednesday, February 14th @ 3:30 PM 708 Broadway, Room 801 Hybrid In 2023 the Western Pacific Regional Office of […]

The Ethicist Speaks of Identity WHEN-- February 27, 2024 4:30‐6pm WHERE--19 Washington Square North WHO-- NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in New York OPEN TO THE PUBLIC This talk navigates the complex waters of ethical understanding, guided by insights from the author of The New York Times Sunday Magazine's The Ethicist column. Professor Appiah examines how social identities, including […]

Curls, Coils, and Waves: The Afro-Latina Experience Wednesday, February 28, 2024 6:30 PM  8:00 PM Hosted by the NYU Latinx Alumni Network, join this panel conversation on Afro-Latinindad and an exclusive sizzle reel preview screening of I’m Not My Hair, a documentary by Cynthia Bastidas chronicling the natural hair journey of an Afro-Latina woman, Cristina Garcia […]

Co-Opting AI: Campaigning 02/29 Thursday | 5pm NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. This event will discuss the role data-driven systems and AI play in political campaigning and […]

Women's Property Rights Under CEDAW Date: Friday, March 1, 2024 Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m. (Eastern) Furman Hall 326 and via Zoom Register This event is co-sponsored by the APEC Study Center at Columbia University About the event: Ensuring women’s property rights has long been seen as essential to ensuring their enjoyment of other human rights, from […]

Oneness and Ecology 03/01 Friday | 3pm NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, the Center on Modernity in Transition, and the Rock Ethics Institute invite you to a discussion in the series “The New Discourse on Oneness.” This will be a completely virtual event. Please register for the event here. Mary Evelyn Tucker is co-director of the Yale […]

Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence   8 March 2024 4.00 – 6.00 PM EST New York University 708 Broadway (Global Public Health School).   The event is co-hosted by The GovLab, The Center for Urban Science + Progress, The Center for Responsible AI and the NYU Center for Bioethics Speaker: Urs Gasser, Professor of Public Policy, Governance, and […]

The Need for First-Person Anti-Racism Mental Health Wellness Programs in Higher Education Dr. Naomi Zack March 12th, 2024 Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 906  1:45 PM-2:45 PM   One in five Americans has mental health problems, and racial minorities are underserved. Racist beliefs and speech, and discriminatory action, as well as structural racism, injure […]