Capstone Projects
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Client: Rebuild by Design
Team: Yewen Sun; Sirui Wang; Qirui Wu; Qinan Zhang
New York State faces increasing climate risks while lacking stable and dedicated funding sources to support long-term infrastructure resiliency investments, and the situation has become more serious given the unreliability of federal financial support. …
Client: Her Justice
Team: Katherine McMahon, Emily Pérez, Matthew Sooknanan, and Katelyn Villatoro
Her Justice is a nonprofit organization providing legal aid to women living in poverty, assisting them with family law matters. We worked to identify target states for the potential expansion of their Report From Court initiative to improve access to …
Client: The Action Lab
Team: Yunpeng Chen James Ji Jibreel Jalloh Nicholas Lopez Meggy Mei
The Action Lab is a social justice strategy center that convenes organizers, artists, and community leaders to advance civic engagement and cultural work. As it prepares to launch a new community center in Ridgewood, Queens, ensuring the space is …
Client: Drama Club
Team: Christian Daru, Kadiatu Lublin, Erica Mace, Lindsey Menichella
Drama Club is a New York City–based nonprofit that provides improvisational theater programming to court-involved youth in juvenile detention centers and community settings. Utilizing the 5 Rules of Improv, DC helps young people build confidence, …
Client: Special Education in the United States: History, Challenges, Impacts,Innovation
Team: Shuo Lei
The United States special education system evolved from an exclusionary model into a rights-based framework. Focusing on New York State, this project examined how early intervention and inclusive models expanded educational opportunities. This issue was …
Client: Broadway Advocacy Coalition
Team: Yujia Cheng, Yinuo Chi, Junyue Du, Longyu Zhang, Qimai Zhang, Tianyu Zhang
Broadway Advocacy Coalition (BAC) is an arts-based advocacy organization that unites artists and directly impacted advocates to advance justice and systemic change. As BAC continues to expand its programming and impact, strengthening financial …
Client: Healthcare Hero Simulation
Team: Maribel Fernandez, Peter Joyce, Rom Meneses, Renee Storey, Timothy Zhu
In Healthcare Hero, round one involved Capstone students competing against each other, representing two hospitals in an 800,000-resident community over six years. This simulation mattered because sustainably delivering high-quality care to the largest …
Client: Southern West Virginia Health System
Team: Emily Carbajal, Liyang Lai, Chengze Li, Madina Shabazz
Southern West Virginia Health System (SWVHS) is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) serving seven rural counties in one of the most under-resourced maternity deserts in the nation. SWVHS is committed to providing local access to quality-driven …
Client: Urban League of Greater Philadelphia
Team: Hairston, Maya; Hossain, Mahbuba; Hughes, Sophia; Kittrell, Allie
The Urban League of Greater Philadelphia (ULGP) engaged the Capstone Team to develop an operational blueprint for its new transitional housing facility for 9 to 18 justice-involved men annually, each up to 12 months. ULGP sought an evidence-based model to …
Client: The Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC)
Team: Jody Chen, Tianle Fang, Sherry Wei, Annisa Zahra
The Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) is a regional agency focused on economic development and planning in Strafford County, New Hampshire, addressing critical infrastructure and community needs. This work matters because accessible and …
Client: Town+Gown NYC: Maternal Health
Team: Sai Srihas Borra, Ralitza Dimitrova, Yisroel Goldberg
Town+Gown@DDC, a NYC-wide action research program, partnered with NYU Wagner Capstone students to analyze how community-based maternal care infrastructure can be strengthened in New York City. Successful maternal outcomes depend on full continuity across …
Client: Guidehouse Consulting
Team: Peixin Lin; Yulin Mao; Shuhao Jin; Jiaxing Li
Guidehouse is a consulting firm working with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support the Made in America Manufacturing Initiative, which aims to strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium-sized manufacturers across the United …
Client: Student Loan Debt for Nonprofit and Public Service Workers
Team: Arina Qian, Emily Patton, Semina Kosti-Stavri, Stephanie Intal
Public service careers should not come with a financial penalty. Yet for the millions of Americans who choose government and nonprofit work, federal student loan debt, accruing interest faster than modest public sector salaries can repay it, too often …
Client: MASS Design Group - Material Futures
Team: Lauren Gilonske, Erin Abell, Jacob Olander
The construction sector accounts for 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet solutions targeting embodied carbon in building materials have lagged behind other climate interventions. MASS Design Group’s Abundant Futures Design Lab partnered with NYU …
Client: Front Porch
Team: Sharon Li, Anna Nuler, Jaime Perez, Christian Terry-Taylor
Front Porch and the UC Berkeley Center for Advanced Study of Aging Services partnered with the Capstone team to examine systems that could improve outcomes for aging populations and to analyze existing data to identify housing interventions that …
Client: Ek Kadam Aur Foundation
Team: Sydney Bertinetti, Yi-Ting ‘Tiffany’ Lan, Tara Moslehi, Vicky Zhang
Ek Kadam Aur Foundation (EKA) is an Indian nonprofit focused on health and education for children and young people, with its Arunodaya program making inclusive education accessible for children with visual impairments. The Capstone team explored how to …
Client: National Community Stabilization Trust
Team: Lucy Hager, Jilly Pu, Yucheng Shen, Zhiyuan Shen, Huixuan Yang, & Daniel Zaydman
The Neighborhood Community Stabilization Trust is a non-profit focusing on the rehabilitation of distressed, vacant, and abandoned homes to create affordable homeownership opportunities. Expanding affordable homeownership is essential to stabilizing …
Client: Vermont Municipal Bond Bank
Team: Boyuan Li, Haitao Lin, Ming Liu, Yufei Lu
The Vermont Bond Bank (VTBB) is a public financing institution that helps Vermont municipalities and other governmental units access long-term capital for infrastructure and other public projects. This work is important in a small, largely rural state …
Client: The New York Community Trust –Westchester
Team: Sarah Eddy, Gurbir Parmar, Ragone, Ziang Wang
The New York Community Trust –Westchester presents local data through an equity lens, featuring 62 indicators across six core areas and narrative data stories highlighting systemic issues and trends. The Capstone team was tasked with expanding the Index …
Client: The City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Policy and Partnerships
Team: Simone A. Francis, Komal Kamdar, Elijah A. Turner, Aisha Waggeh
The City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Policy and Partnerships is tasked with addressing Atlanta’s historical inequities through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative. To support this mandate, the Mayor’s Office engaged a Capstone team from NYU Wagner …
Client: TRANSFORM FINANCE
Team: Ruoyu Cai, Rachel Fleischer, Joe Liberatore, Yiming Shan
Transform Finance (TF) is a research, education, and implementation partner that supports its stakeholders to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power. Traditional business operations enrich …
Client: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Team: Christopher Fredericks, Shinichiro Okamoto, Sharon Ng, Rachel Werner, Harvey Yuen
With the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the department's commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
Client: New York City Office of Management and Budget
Team: Ana Castro- Mendoza, Ana Jerolamon, Zheng Wang, Lauren Williams, Ke Zhang
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is NYC’s chief financial agency, and its Citywide Savings Unit is the unit responsible for city agency programming aimed at reducing city spending. It is estimated that nearly 10 percent of …
Client: NYC Office of the Public Advocate
Team: Anabel Perez, Kate Reese, Frank Stiefel
The New York City Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) is responsible for addressing numerous challenges faced by New Yorkers, including working to build a progressive agenda centered on pressing issues—particularly the feminization of poverty, creating …
Client: New York City Campaign Finance Board
Team: Dana H.C. Lee, Michael F.Rogers, Mildred M. Yi
This Capstone project is structured around New York City Campaign Finance Board’s (NYCCFB) official proposal for an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the program’s enforcement mechanisms. NYCCFB requested an analysis of the violations …
Client: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Team: Christopher Fredericks, Shinichiro Okamoto, Sharon Ng, Rachel Werner, Harvey Yuen
With the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the department's commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
Client: New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Team: Sarah Hench, Vanessa Kubach, Steve Malmberg, Tanya Mújica,Devika Murray-Bacchus, David Sheehan
New York City’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) annually purchases over $500 million in electricity, steam, and natural gas on behalf of city agencies and public institutions. In an effort to reduce energy consumption and lower the …
Client: UNIVERSAL PRE-K PROGRAM IN NYC
Team: Anuska Corbin, Jiarun Liu, Lynn Miao, Eva Phillips, Ziyue Zhou
In 2014, New York City (NYC) adopted its first Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program, which promises to offer publicly funded pre-kindergarten to all New Yorkers. The Capstone team investigated the impact of NYC’s UPK on housing stability. Studies have …
Client: EVICTION MORATORIUMS AND LABOR MARKETOUTCOMES
Team: Emily Finkelstein, Ziyi Gu, Michelle Henderson, Tara Merigan
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted unprecedented measures to curb community spread of the virus and socioeconomic instability, including eviction moratoriums at both the state and federal levels. The Capstone team explored the connection between housing …
Client: RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND ILLEGAL EVICTION
Team: Tony Bodulovic, Jiayi Chai, Sarah Ligon, Reba Yohannan
In 2017, the City of New York began a five-year, staggered rollout of its landmark Right to Counsel (RTC) legislation, providing free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. While previous studies suggest that RTC lowers eviction rates, …
Client: NATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION
Team: Ryan Carney, Katherine Halicki, Zongpu Li, Charlotte Liang, Martina Nadeau
The National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) is an advocacy group supporting individuals with hereditary blood and bleeding disorders. NBDF has worked on a rebranding initiative to extend its reach within the blood and bleeding disorder community. …
Client: NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
Team: Ezra Affoumado, Ashna Gupta, Jeremy Hoaxing Zhu
NYU Langone's Department of Orthopedic Surgery has three hospital sites: NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, NYU Brooklyn, and NYU Long Island. The Department seeks to maximize operating room utilization for total joint and spine cases as more procedures are …
Client: INSTITUT PASTEUR
Team: Steven Lucero, Amanda Maurer, Brian Phan
Institut Pasteur is a nonprofit foundation and international leader in biomedical research, focusing on the research advancement of human health and medical progress. Institut Pasteur has an existing network of 33 centers across the globe and is opening …
Client: INCLUSIVE+
Team: Gabrielle Battino, Will Harris, Muriel Lavallee, Honey Patel, Norkila Sherpa
Inclusive+ aims to improve health equity outcomes for LGBTQIA+ patients through clinical and cultural competency physician education and comprehensive provider directories. Lacking evidence to demonstrate that there is an opportunity to improve patient …
Client: NEW YORK CITY MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION COUNCIL
Team: Clayton Elder, Zehong Huang, Xueyi Liu, Thaachharawadei Prak, Tiantian Wu, Xiaoru Zhan
The New York City Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Council (MaiiC) is a program within the Mayor’s Office of Talent & Workforce Development that partners with the City’s trade sectors. As the City’s real estate landscape shifts away from industrial …
Client: TOWNSPEOPLE
Team: James Hargens, Zhixin Lei, Yuzi Li, Setsuna Wu, Han Zhou
Townspeople is a San Diego-based supportive housing developer and service provider that works with community members experiencing homelessness and living with HIV/AIDS. The organization has been able to provide housing and programming to its clients …
Client: NYU LANGONE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Team: Kelly Dougherty, Stefanie Gopaul, Nerissa Santa Cruz, Jessica Unterlack
NYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine has operated as an independent academic department at NYU for over 30 years, treating over 500,000 patients annually. The Department’s Prevention Education Partnership (PEP) is a program …
Client: SURDNA FOUNDATION
Team: Elena Gan, Jordana Grunfeld, Ugochi Obidiegwu, Will Rothschild, Jiangfan Shi
The Surdna Foundation is a 100 year-old charitable organization with an endowment of over $1 billion, roughly $170 million of which is allocated to impact investing in racial equity, climate justice, and narrative change. In order to measure the …
Client: SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS TUCSON
Team: Sophie Dornevil, Shiyuan Liu, Jintong Que, Qianqian Zheng
Social Venture Partners (SVP) Tucson is a nonprofit fostering community well-being since 2006. SVP Tucson engaged the Capstone team to evaluate and enhance its corporate partnership model, uncovering its value proposition and impact on social …
Client: LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS
Team: Lee-Anne Andanje, Randi Gu, Shiyao Li, Danlei Shu, Liya Wang
Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is an organization that brings knowledge and information to people in under-resourced communities by providing them with access to books and digital materials, expanding the reach of libraries, training facilitators in …
Client: OLIVIA TECHNOLOGIES
Team: JD Mazuera Arias, Cataydra Brown, Kadeem Robinson, Haoyu Wu
Olivia Technologies is an ed-tech company working to eliminate the need for internet connectivity and ensure that no child bears the burden of lacking internet access for their learning. The client engaged a Capstone team to understand the landscape of …
Client: FJC
Team: Kendra GibbsNicole JagernauthNirav ShahDevashish TaknetBrian Ward
FJC is a foundation of donor-advised funds for philanthropists operating an innovative nonprofit called the Agency Loan Fund (ALF). The ALF allows donor-advised funds to maximize their charitable capital by investing their accounts in loans to nonprofits. …
Client: CAUSE STRATEGY PARTNERS
Team: Nina AristyIvan FangAndrew GarrettAshif Hassan
Cause Strategy Partners (CSP) is a certified B-Corporation that connects diverse networks of talented professionals to nonprofit board service opportunities. One of CSP’s key initiatives is BoardLead, an online platform that introduces employees from …
Client: CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
Team: Zane LiEmely PaulinoAutumn QiuBonnie TangKazybek Zhuman
Children's Institute is a policy, advocacy, and research organization committed to strengthening early childhood education systems and improving outcomes for children in Oregon. In 2022, the organization launched a three-year strategic plan that included …
Client: UNITED WE DREAM
Team: Melissa Melo
Chantal Serrano
Sehej Sethi
Nick Stella
Tiffany Wang
Chantal Serrano
Sehej Sethi
Nick Stella
Tiffany Wang
United We Dream is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of immigrants and underrepresented citizens. The organization has been a champion for non-citizens, whose lack of voting rights excludes them from the democratic processes that …
Client: ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION
Team: Leigh Conner
Dimiana
Habtemariam
Isaiah Mendoza
Lareina Wang
Alex Yurcaba
Dimiana
Habtemariam
Isaiah Mendoza
Lareina Wang
Alex Yurcaba
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition works to end mass incarceration in California and ensure that communities are safe, healthy, and whole. The Coalition engaged the Capstone team to determine the impact of legislation it helped pass: California Senate Bills …
Client: WOMEN'S MARCH
Team: Gabriel Flores
Natasjah Holtz
Connor Lillis
Frederica Solomon
Paul Wennberg
Natasjah Holtz
Connor Lillis
Frederica Solomon
Paul Wennberg
Women's March is a national, intergenerational organization that builds its base through annual marches, election activism, and combating misinformation. The organization is committed to building a base of feminists to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and …
Client: OHIO ALLIANCE TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Team: Amelia Cecchetto
Nora Howe
Teresa Shyr
Lauren Souza
Libby Wellington
Nora Howe
Teresa Shyr
Lauren Souza
Libby Wellington
As the federally-designated sexual violence coalition for the state of Ohio, the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV) advocates for comprehensive responses and rape crisis services for survivors and empowers communities to prevent sexual violence. …
Client: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AND HOSPITALS
Team: Elizabeth Doyle
Joseph Mikhaeil
Matthew Moore
Sean Pomory
Kim Stagg
Joseph Mikhaeil
Matthew Moore
Sean Pomory
Kim Stagg
The Capstone team investigated how non-federal American hospitals have adapted to the increasing prevalence of Medicare Advantage (MA) in healthcare delivery. The team also reviewed the distinct responses to MA from community and tertiary hospitals and …
Client: CENTER FOR SURVIVOR AGENCY AND JUSTICE
Team: Miranda Alfano-Smith
Carolyn Cabrera
Tavana Farzaneh
Ana Rita Matias
Ramos
Mickayla McCann
Carolyn Cabrera
Tavana Farzaneh
Ana Rita Matias
Ramos
Mickayla McCann
The Center for Survivor Agency and Justice (CSAJ) is a nationwide organization dedicated to addressing the intersection of poverty and gender-based violence. In 2012, CSAJ launched a National Needs Assessment to understand the landscape of consumer rights …