C+M Center Virtual Inaugural Event
On November 22, 2021, NYU Silver’s Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity held its Virtual Inaugural Event. NYU Silver Dean Neil B. Guterman and Associate Dean for Research and Interim Center Director Marya Gwadz introduced the Center’s work and vision for data science, social work, and social equity. Keynote speaker Desmond Upton Patton, Associate Dean for Innovation and Academic Affairs, founding director of the SAFE Lab, and co-director of the Justice, Equity and Technology lab at Columbia School of Social Work, discussed ways to advance knowledge and transform practice at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, empathy, race, equity, and society.