What We're Reading This Week
This week at the Rudin Center we're busy preparing for our upcoming Staten Island Bus Hackathon.
This week at the Rudin Center we're busy preparing for our upcoming Staten Island Bus Hackathon.
By Ashley Smith, NYU Rudin Center graduate research assistant
Of the many changes that have reshaped New York City during the past fifteen years, few have been as dramatic and as consequential as the emergence of Downtown Brooklyn as a major center of innovation, economic growth, and cultural development.
NYU Rudin Center hosted a panel discussing the decades of policies that enabled the success of Downtown Brooklyn. The panel featured:
In case you missed it, the Rudin Center released a new report this week, entitled “Downtown Rising: How Brooklyn became a model for urban development." For the full report, click here.<
Tomorrow the Rudin Center, in partnership with TransitCenter and the MTA, with support from Carto DB and Google, will host the Staten Island Bus Hackathon.
Tomorrow we're hosting the Staten Island Bus Hackathon in partnership with TransitCenter and the MTA.
The Staten Island Bus Hackathon, organized by the NYU Rudin Center, TransitCenter and the MTA was a resounding success and an unprecedented event. Held on Saturday, March 5th, It was highly attended and produced many implementable solutions.
Alex Wagner, political commentator, spoke at this morning's annual NYU Rudin Center Breakfast at The Modern.
Photos: Don Pollard
School is out for spring break this week, but we're busy preparing for NYU Wagner's Admitted Students Day on April 1st and reading up on this week's transportation news. Take a look:
We're excited to meet prospective students next Friday at NYU Wagner's Admitted Students Day! NYU Rudin Center Director Mitchell Moss will deliver a faculty WagTalk.
The Rudin Center has had a busy academic year so far producing events, original research, and engaging activities.
Events:
In the past year, the Rudin Center hosted a wide-variety of events, including speeches by: