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Lecture
– ET
160 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10010, United States
The enormous amount of information that is now available about cities and the people who live in them offers intriguing opportunities for better understanding human behavior. That understanding can be applied to optimize urban policy and operations. Steven Koonin will discuss examples of and prospects for gaining insight into human behavior within the context of work at New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress.
October 12–14, 2026
October 14, 2026
6–7 p.m. ET
Speaker
Shep Doeleman
October 21, 2026
6–7 p.m. ET
Speaker
Sonya Hanson