Capstone Projects
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Client: Freshkills Park, NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation
Team: Iris Ramirez, Elisabeth Weir, Elizabeth Casey, Lulu Xu
At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park in Staten Island will be nearly three times the size of Central Park and the largest park developed in the city in over 100 years. What was once the world’s largest landfill is transforming into a stunning landscape that …
Client: Enterprise Community Partners
Team: Austin Flint Turner, Madeleine S. Goico, Ellen Elizabeth McCartney, Jessica C. Soursourian, Yang Yang
Enterprise Community Partners (ECP) is a nonprofit organization that develops and preserves affordable housing at local and national levels through advocacy and strategic partnerships with financial institutions, governments, and community organizations. …
Client: City Harvest
Team: Cristian Carreno, Shevani Patel, Tyeshia Smith, Sarah Supcoff, Perry Wong
City Harvest, the world’s first food rescue organization, works to end hunger in New York City. In addition to food rescue and distribution, City Harvest’s Healthy Neighborhoods program increases availability of affordable produce, offers nutrition …
Client: Confluence Philanthropy
Team: Elizabeth Busch, Jason Leivenberg, Moses Magali, Jorge Luis Paniagua Valle, Laura Romanosky
Confluence Philanthropy is a network of foundations, individual donors, and investment advisors representing $123 billion of philanthropic assets slotted for mission-driven investments. As Confluence Philanthropy approaches its fifth-year anniversary, it …
Client: Hudson River Park Trust
Team: Da'shone A. Hughey, Jiayu Liu, Sitong Ren, Yifeng Zhang
Hudson River Park, the second longest waterfront park in the United States, has transformed four miles of decaying piers and parking lots along Manhattan’s West side into a beloved, urban recreational paradise, attracting 17 million visits each year. …
Client: Horace Mann School - Center for Community Values and Action
Team: Claudia Enriquez, Desmond R Jardine, Kyle McKinnish Bridges, Rosario Estefania Calatayud-Serna
Founded in 1887, Horace Mann School (HMS) is an independent, college-preparatory school located in the Bronx. HMS’ Service Learning Program is an after-school initiative that combines community service and action with education, and provides opportunities …
Client: Bowery Residents' Committee, Inc (BRC)
Team: Peter Arena, Monika Borzecka, Daniel Paul Rempe, Yuting Song
The Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC) is one of New York City’s largest homeless shelter providers, operating nine shelters and safe havens with 977 beds. Currently, New York City is expanding its shelter system by opening new shelters in privately-owned …
Client: Brooklyn Sports Club
Team: Michael Joseph Gusta, Deena Lauren Glucksman, Estee G. Gabel, Patrick David Warnock, Qin Zhang
Built in 1976, the Brooklyn Sports Club (BSC) is a membership-based fitness center and pool located on the property of Spring Creek Towers, the largest federally-assisted rental property in the United States. The combination of underutilization and a …
Client: Covenant House New York
Team: Wanzhu Deng, Noelle Francois, Ramneet Sachdev, Katharine Steger, Shuo Zhang
Covenant House New York (CHNY) is a supportive housing and human services provider dedicated to helping homeless youth transition back to independent living. The Capstone team undertook a series of activities to help CHNY improve its transitional living …
Client: Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership
Team: Nirmala Chilamkurti, Carmen Jiminez-Robbins, Oluwaseun Owolabi, Chabely Ramos, Margaret Walkup
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership (HLL) partners with middle schools to provide academic intervention, leadership training, high school admissions counseling, and lacrosse to at-risk youth. Founded in 2008, HLL has expanded from one to four middle schools, …
Client: Big Tent Judaism
Team: Aliza Beilin, Zaur Ibragimov, Jennifer Lieberman, Catherine Schwartz, Moe Kyaw Than
Big Tent Judaism (formerly Jewish Outreach Institute) seeks to engage, support, and advocate for “all those who would cast their lot with the Jewish people, regardless of prior knowledge or background.” The Capstone team partnered with Big Tent Judaism to …
Client: American Red Cross
Team: Lyndz Steeves, Douglas Lindner, Mariana de Santibanes
When a disaster hits, coordination of on-the-ground partners and volunteers for relief is a massive and complex undertaking. It involves dealing with thousands of small entities, as well as major institutions like the Federal Emergency Management Agency. …
Client: Land is Life
Team: Claudia Castellaños Cordero, Nora Mitnick, Dana Prostano, Diego Riagno, Eli Wilkins-Malloy
Land is Life works to support indigenous communities in their efforts to protect their lands, cultures, and livelihoods. Working in the Kuna Yala region of Panama, the Capstone team was invited by the island of Ustupo to analyze postconsumer waste. The …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital: RN Turnover
Team: Jihan Asante, Yvonne Francis-Heaven, Cynthia Gowan, Crystal Matthews, Robin Vellucci
Turnover of registered nurses is an increasing concern for hospitals because of its negative impact on patient care, patient satisfaction, and financial stability. New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) requested a Capstone team to examine past and current …
Client: International Labour Organization, Microinsurance Innovation Facility
Team: Ksenia Algunova, Mona Damdinjav, Rosemary D’Monte, Karen Jacobsen
The Microinsurance Innovation Facility (MIF), housed within the Social Finance Programme of the International Labour Organization, is a leader in investigating microinsurance as a solution to protecting low-income households against unexpected financial …
Client: Global Goods Partners
Team: Baaba Amoah, Gabrielle Goldman, Lizbeth Mckeever, Sarah Rahman, Jin (Valentina) Zhang
Global Goods Partners (GGP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating effective, income-generating opportunities for marginalized women and their communities through access to the consumer market for handmade and fair trade artisan crafts. …
Client: Immigration and Academic Performance
Team: Gloria L. Bernal, Maria C. Figueroa, Jie Zong
As a result of intensified globalization, immigrants have become an increasingly important component of economies and societies in countries across the world. The Capstone team sought to answer the following question: within the realm of education, how do …
Client: Myanmar Association for Public Policy, Food Safety
Team: Kinza Hasan, Christopher Kuales, Anna Müller, Sara Piersimoni
The Myanmar Association for Public Policy (MAPP) is an independent think tank in Myanmar founded by public policy graduates who systematically formulate and introduce relevant policy recommendations to policymakers based on research and evidence. The …
Client: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Team: David Margolis, Gayathri Muthukrishnan, Deepti Nagulapally
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) is currently in the process of developing a self-assessment questionnaire for government officials entitled the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for Engagement and e-Participation …
Client: Trickle Up
Team: Meave Murphy, Lindsay Ross, Regina Saavedra, Ameneé Siahpush, Giorgianna Venetis
Trickle Up is a New York-based international development nonprofit that supports people living in extreme poverty by providing livelihood training, savings group formation, and seed capital grants to launch or expand livelihood activities. Trickle Up …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Virtual Voice of the Patient
Team: Anabella Aspiras, John Barazzuol, Hugh McGowan, Rebbecca Rosen, Anushka Sahadeo
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) currently mails satisfaction surveys to patients in order to guide service-improvement efforts. Seeking to increase the number of patients surveyed and hear the voice of as many patients as possible, NYP had planned to …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital: Expedited Discharge
Team: Sasha Ali, Gary Camelo, Angelica Clark, Christina Jakosalem, Christine Rutigliano
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia (NYP Columbia) serves the tri-state area and is recognized as a world leader in health care. The Nursing Operations Department requested a Capstone team to evaluate the operations of five medical-surgical units in …
Client: Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia
Team: Ben Nemeth, Susie Phamornsuwana, Nicole Reyes, Anarrah Ross
Nearly 80 percent of Cambodia’s population lives in rural areas and is heavily involved in the agricultural sector. However, many rural farmers live in poverty, unable to provide means beyond subsistence living. Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia (BB2C) strives …
Client: East Meets West
Team: Joanna DuFour, Gina Fleurantin-Zeiss, Oseloka Idigbe, Ryan Norton, David Sangokoya, Haimeng Shi
The East Meets West Foundation (EMW) is an international development agency devoted to the creation of sustainable solutions for difficult development problems. Active primarily in Southeast Asia, EMW conducts programs in education, water, sanitation, and …
Client: United States Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
Team: Jonathan Bigelow, Benjamin Duchek, Justin Tyndall, Nick Vega
The United States government provides federal tax incentives to promote the construction of affordable housing through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. To date, LIHTC has subsidized the construction of over 2 million affordable …
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital: IT Deployment
Team: Allison Douglas, Rae Jean Hemway, Michelle Pego, Janett Pike, Bethany Sheppard
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is New York’s premiere health care organization, governed by a mission to provide state-ofthe- art, secure information technology tools to its internal employees. Driven by best practices, NYP strives to optimize the …
Client: Political Representation and Health Outcomes
Team: Kimberly Go, Harvir Kaur, Angel Wei Huang, Scarlett Zhou
In the United States, local, state, and federal governments are divided over how to address issues in the health care system. Over the years, Republican-controlled states have usually taken a conservative approach when addressing social policy issues …
Client: New York City School Closure Policy, Education
Team: Carina Garcia, Jigitsa Patel, Rachel Perera, Carrie Schindele, Amanda Warco
With more than 1.1 million students, the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) is the largest public school system in the country. Over the last decade, the NYC DOE has been at the center of one of the country’s most aggressive and controversial …
Client: Institute for Transporation and Development Policy
Team: Melinda Hanson, Ann Lee, Samer Saliba, Elliot Ward
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) works to promote sustainable and equitable transportation around the world. The ITDP enlisted the help of a Capstone team to assist in its effort to creatively advocate for sustainable …
Client: UNESCO, Foresight Section, Bureau of Strategic Planning
Team: Jean Hon, Vivian Long, Sarah Mirza, Yasmin Patel
Anticipation and Foresight is an emerging field within UNESCO, contributing to UNESCO’s mission of achieving sustainable development throughout the world in the form of Local Scoping Exercise (LSE) workshops. LSEs are workshops customized to fit local …
Client: Myanmar Association for Public Policy, Youth Employment
Team: Bernice Boateng, Aissata M.B. Camara, Caroline Delaney, Nizar Harake, Mohammed Hosain
The Myanmar Association of Public Policy (MAPP) is a policy think tank established in 2013 to support policy makers in proposing and implementing effective policies based on research and evidence. MAPP charged the Capstone team with conducting research on …
Client: Bronx Community Health Network, Inc.
Team: Gideon Ajewole, Xuemei Feng, Attiqa Mirza, Thea Katrina Rigor, Christopher Tennekoon, Amy Trucks
Bronx Community Health Network (BCHN) is a nonprofit organization and federally qualified health center that sponsors fifteen community and school-based health centers in the Bronx. Seeking to improve community health care in a cost effective manner, the …
Client: Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships and The Carbon War Room
Team: Deirdre Heiss, Danyal Syed, Sharlene Yang, Nahyun Yoo, Vittoria Zanuso
Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships (AMP), a nonprofit launched by the U.S. Secretary of State's Global Partnership Initiative, and The Carbon War Room, a partnering organization founded by Sir Richard Branson, commissioned a Capstone team to conduct …
Client: Sustainable Long Island and the City of Long Beach, NY
Team: Brandon Budelman, Staci Haber, Kevin Schmidt, Lyndsey Scofield, Bob Tuttle
Following Superstorm Sandy, the City of Long Beach began a comprehensive planning process to determine appropriate solutions for minimizing the impact of severe weather events. The Capstone team was tasked with creating a green stormwater mitigation plan …
Client: Mississippi Center for Justice
Team: Joanna Kandel, Lindsay Kerby, Stephanie Sosa, Vrunda Vaghela
The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice and assisting low-income Mississippians to break the cycle of poverty. In an effort to strengthen communities by …
Client: Montefiore Medical Center
Team: Joe Bigda-Peyton, Bijal Desai, Greta Guzman, Aiting Hou, Parth Patel, Kiran Sujanani
Montefiore Medical Center provides comprehensive maternity care for women. As Montefiore aims to improve its patient-centered care, maternity care services play an important role in setting strategic goals; it represents a large portion of Montefiore’s …
Client: New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
Team: Yiwen (Xavier) Kuai, Johanna Lovecchio, Conor Muldoon, Julien P. Schmitz, Max Weselcouch
The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) is a neighborhood revitalization organization focused on housing and commercial development efforts to rebuild the City of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, NORA acquired nearly 5,000 vacant lots from the …
Client: Wireless Access for Health
Team: Diana Sera
Paper-based data collection methods are still common in health clinics around the world. Implementing Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) has the potential to ensure more accurate data, reduce storage costs, and increase efficiency at these health clinics …
Client: Transparency International Secretariat
Team: Sarah Doolin, Lisa D'Oyen, Mari Haraldsson, Rosie Keegel, Curtis Outlaw, Katherine Wilkins
Transparency International (TI) is a global nonprofit organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption in international development. Having identified the security and defense sector as a blind spot in existing corruption …
Client: New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Team: Ye Jin Chun, Barrie CharneyGolden, Emily Thenhaus, Michelle Tulino, Allison Whaley
Universities face an ongoing struggle to keep alumni active and engaged in the academic and social community. Alumni are a strong source of support to universities through donations, job referrals, networking and mentorship. The Capstone team endeavored …
Client: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Team: Hal Jones, Lauren Jones, Ben Kaplan, Lauren Miani, Swapan Prajapati, Yamini Shah
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) strives to provide accessible, cost-effective, high-quality health care. Recently, JHMC has implemented three pilot care-transition programs: 1) The Intensive Multidisciplinary Primary Care Team (IMPACT), 2) the …
Client: Wireless Access for Health
Team: Safiya Arnaout, Naome Jeanty, Heather Keane, Grace Mkemwa
Wireless Access for Health (WAH) is a nonprofit e-health organization in the Philippines designed to improve local health governance and increase access to better quality health data, management, and provision. The task of the Capstone team was to …
Client: Purpose Foundation, Free & Equal, UN Free and Equal Campaign
Team: Marc Krokowski, Laura Manley, Ellen Nadeau, Kaitlin Stewart, Aayesha Vichare
The UN Free and Equal Campaign is the first global education initiative on LGBT equality, sponsored by the United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) and the Purpose Foundation. The campaign was launched in South Africa in …
Client: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
Team: Amanda Coron, Jennifer Johnston, Jessica Magnoli, Samantha Roy, Leila Shams
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Pediatric Endocrinology Division specializes in the treatment of all pediatric endocrine disorders including diabetes, disorders of the adrenal and ovarian glands, growth, puberty, bone, calcium, and vitamin D …
Client: William F. Ryan Community Health Network
Team: Aysa Abbyaeva, Amy Lepley-Flood, Christopher Monether, Everol Richards, Vickey Tsai
The William F. Ryan Community Health Network is a family of nonprofit, federallyqualified health centers that deliver care to diverse, underserved communities. With stricter documentation regulations and increased requirements to use electronic health …
Client: NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security
Team: Anne Kilby, Michelle Pomeroy, Heather Skolnick
The NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security (NGOWG) advocates for the equal and full participation of women in all efforts to create and maintain international peace and security. In order to bolster anecdotal reports of its success, the NGOWG …
Client: Legal Action Center
Team: Jane Dalugdugan, Grace Del Re, Rosemary Dodemaide, Jessie Hole
The Legal Action Center (LAC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for individuals who have experienced discrimination due to addiction, HIV/AIDS, or a criminal record. Working within federal and state health reforms, the LAC has made recent efforts …
Client: CorpsAfrica
Team: Morgan Hume, Caitlin Kelly, Andres Martinez, Roophy Roy, Ai Vuong
CorpsAfrica is a nonprofit organization, inspired by the Peace Corps, devoted to community participatory development throughout Africa. CorpsAfrica is in its first year of operations in Morocco. Ten Moroccan Fellows have committed one year of service, …
Client: Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Team: Tingyin Chee, Sonya Frankowski, Meghan Gerard, Sean McNerney
The Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) is a communitybased nonprofit organization in Brooklyn that provides services and implements neighborhood development projects to improve the surrounding community. Obesity, a serious problem that …
Client: New York University Department of Public Safety, Governance Lab
Team: Elizabeth Calmeyer, Sandra Kim, Theresa Langley, Hortensia Seldner Perez, Rachael Young
The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …