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Client: Cannabis Legalization and the Opioid Epidemic
Team: Bennett Allen, Claudia Babcock, Zhen Luo, Ryan Moroz
In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose. An emerging body of research suggests that medical cannabis (MC) legalization policies can serve as a response to the opioid epidemic and are associated with decreases in overdose death, opioid …
Client: Day One
Team: Anna Sammons, Cristina da Silva, Edin Thornton, Michelle Winowatan
Day One is a youth-focused nonprofit organization working to end dating abuse and domestic violence in New York State (NYS) through community education, supportive services, legal advocacy, and leadership development. NYS ranks highest in the US for high …
Client: Women's March
Team: Katie Hayden, Cameron King, Lucas Fernando Lopes, Becca Miller, Renee van Amburgh
The Women’s March is a movement-based organization that seeks to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. The Women’s March enlisted a Capstone team to build an infrastructure for the …
Client: Center for Popular Democracy
Team: Meagan Beckmeyer, Rachel Flaherty, Adria Orr, Julio Rivera, Clara Wheatley-Schaller
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) is a national organization that promotes equity, opportunity, and a robust democracy by partnering with grassroots organizations to build community power and transform the state and local policy landscape. The Voting …
Client: Hospital for Special Surgery
Team: Tamar Bernard, Maricel S. Calagui, Veronica C. Pasha, Oana Randolph
The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is a healthcare industry leader world-renowned for its orthopedic and rheumatologic care. A four-time awardee of the Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence, HSS is committed to providing the highest quality of …
Client: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Team: Georgia Conley, Tiffany Flemming, Erica Goldstein, Anita Malhotra
The Department of Family and Social Medicine (DFSM) at Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, serves a diverse patient population in the Bronx with complex socioeconomic needs. The department places a …
Client: Opening Act
Team: Joanna Bould, Arielle Conti, Karla Floris, Meirah Shedlo, Tracy Similien
Opening Act is a nonprofit organization that provides theater programs for students in New York City’s most underserved public schools with the goal of providing students with the confidence and skills to succeed in life and become leaders in their …
Client: The Effect of Public Support Programs on Income Volatility
Team: Rebecca Augustin, Nichole Huff, Jaimie Vernon
Income volatility—substantial variation in household income—impacts roughly a quarter of American families and disproportionately harms the disabled because they are more likely to have low income. A Capstone team undertook a research plan to assess …
Client: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Team: Charmaine Barreto, Elizabeth Gianella, Barbara Janiszewska, Shawna Robilio, Mark Tagwalan
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is one of the nation’s most comprehensive and integrated academic healthcare delivery systems. The Division of Nursing Education and Continuing Education is involved in multiple campus-specific and ero ss-campus …
Client: Hospital for Special Surgery
Team: Steffanii Farrior, Erich Goodman, Patrick Lallier, Lauren Raichle
The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is the most recognized orthopedic hospital in the United States and is at the forefront of musculoskeletal medicine. A fundamental component of HSS is the exemplary care its nurses provide—as evidenced by their …
Client: Returns on Investment in Transportation Infrastructure
Team: Bryant Feng, Timothy Hambidge, Miranda von Salis
Better public transportation is widely considered to have economic and social benefits. With federal transportation infrastructure spending in decline, local governments are forced to weigh the potential benefits of investment in transportation against …
Client: The Changing Role of State Attorneys General
Team: Dahlia Darwiche, Christopher Echeverría, Rachel Wise
As partisanship and political gridlock have increased in America, many state attorneys general (AGs) have become engaged with the national political landscape. This is a shift from the traditional AG role of chief law enforcement officer. A Capstone team …
Client: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Team: Luis Jimenez, Christine Palazzo, Linnette Swann
New York-Presbyterian Queens (NYP Queens) is a community teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine. NYP Queens opened a discharge lounge to accommodate discharged patients and expedite bed turnover and new patient admission. NYP Queens …
Client: Gender Gap Analysis
Team: Weikun Dang, Kyung-duk Park, Diana Rañola
Despite a surge in international policy efforts to empower women economically, the socioeconomic gender gap persists. While most studies debate the effectiveness of formal policies, a Capstone team explored an informal barrier: unpaid care work—the care …
Client: World Resources Institute Mexico and Mejor Ciudad
Team: Jordan Cosby, Natalia Garcia, Mariano Mórán
WRI Mexico is a country arm of World Resources Institute (WRI), a global research organization that works closely with leaders to sustain natural resources and human well-being. In collaboration with Mejor Ciudad, a Mexican NGO, WRI Mexico engaged a …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund
Team: Ying Huang, Shayan Malik, Meredith McNair
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency, aimed at promoting investment in the public and private sectors through banks and local governments, to scale up innovative financing mechanisms for the world’s …
Client: United Nations Department of Political Affairs
Team: Saif Awadh, Yanran Lyu, Jessica Sederquist, Ivy Shen
The United Nations Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA) plays an integral role in the United Nations’ efforts to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world. UNDPA monitors and assesses global political developments to detect potential crises …
Client: World Bank - Africa Region Urban and Risk Management
Team: Rachel Gichinga, Elizabeth James, Lisanne Pueschel
The World Bank is a global financial institution that issues loans to countries for development programs. The Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP) of the World Bank aims to improve the access and quality of basic urban services by financing …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund
Team: Youngbin Kim, Zenani Orengo, Siddharth Shah
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) provides technical assistance to the world’s 47 least developed countries to promote financial inclusivity and improve local development finance. As identified in Agenda 2030, developing countries …
Client: World Bank Independent Evaluation Group
Team: Thomas Kalogeropoulos, Fatima Kamran, Fatima Khan, Luiz Felipe Queiroz
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is an arm of the World Bank that evaluates the organization’s project portfolio. The IEG is currently evaluating the World Bank’s Urban Resilience Operations, focusing on how the World Bank is helping its clients …
Client: Watts of Love
Team: Xingtong Cao, Shelley Hoy, Jiwon Kim, Itamar Wigoder
Watts of Love (WOL) is an international nonprofit that distributes mobile solar lights to people without access to grid electricity in low-income countries. WOL enlisted a Capstone team to conduct competitive market research and support strategic efforts …
Client: United Nations Development Programme
Team: Xinchong Cao, Robert Chislett, Sheng Cui
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered with Swaziland to launch Partnerships for Affordable Renewable Energy in Swaziland (PARES), aiming to support Swaziland’s transformational shift towards a sustainable development path by …
Client: United Nations Development Programme
Team: Hillary Dale, Alex Ducett, Andrew Maguire, Lois Taylor- Kamara
As a global knowledge network, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) advocates for sustainable human development and connects countries to experiences and resources to build better lives. In Swaziland, the UNDP provides policy support for the …
Client: World Bank
Team: Sasha Massey, Whitley Richards, Melissa Serrano, Jingyi Wu
The World Bank, an international financial institution, aims to end extreme poverty and foster income growth by providing financial assistance and support to various countries. The World Bank’s New Delhi office engaged a Capstone team to investigate the …
Client: Freedom Forward
Team: Pooja Banerjee, Hannah Egerton, James Macdonald, Julia McDaniel- Bouley
Freedom Forward is an advocacy organization based in Washington, DC that seeks to end US alliances with dictatorships and other non- democratic governments around the world and to organize solidarity activists to challenge the practices of repressive …
Client: Project Alianza
Team: Mery Arcila, Julia Einhorn, Carlos Sosa Lombardo
Project Alianza (Alianza) is a development project that forms community alliances to build schools and provide educational opportunities for children on private coffee plantations. In Nicaragua, almost a half million school-aged children are not enrolled …
Client: Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World)
Team: Hannah Byford, Kimberly Paiz, Judith Reissmann, Jean Chris Romulus
Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international movement of France- based activists who are campaigning to promote social change by providing access to healthcare and social services in crisis and conflict settings. MdM enlisted a Capstone team to evaluate …
Client: The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Team: Karen Martirosyan, Caroline Nguyen, John Russell, Daniel Silk
The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) is a Geneva-based nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating development, evaluation, and use of high-quality, affordable diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases. FIND is developing a …
Client: Office of the Bronx Borough President
Team: Chuxiong Zhong, Niki Kokkinos, John McNally, Cassandra O’Hearn, Paolo Turchioe
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. occupies an independently elected countywide office that monitors the administration of City services in the Bronx and engages in strategic planning for economic development of the borough. The Office of the Bronx …
Client: Mississippi Center for Justice
Team: Shengdi Chen, Joanna Farley, Xin Ge, Emily Riquelme
The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm that collaborates with communities to promote justice in the areas of housing, health, education, economic security, and disaster recovery. MCJ engaged a Capstone team in …
Client: United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Center for Innovation)
Team: John Amory, Kevin Frodell, Raul Gomez, Helena Hernandez, Shevon McCalman, Josephine Porco, Joanna Wexler, Max Zeiger
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and is currently seeking to improve the patient experience and utilization of its mental health facilities. The VA’s Center for Innovation, an arm …
Client: All Out Action Fund
Team: Tawanda Mitchell, Ezra Moses, Frank Pettis, Jacob Priley
All Out is a digital advocacy nonprofit that works with in-country LG ВТ groups around the world to support movements toward equality. All Out provides emergency financial, logistical, and organizational support to affected communities by utilizing …
Client: Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation
Team: Kim Brisse, Xiang Li, Alexander Lin
The Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation (CHDST) is a Nigerian-based organization aimed at achieving peace in the Rivers and Delta states through training and engaging youth, teachers, and community leaders on peaceful conflict …
Client: St. Christopher's
Team: Ginny Calderon, Anne Dickerson, Sana Kayani, Opeyemi Osuntuyi
St. Christopher’s is a residential treatment center for at-risk and devel-opmentally disabled youth. St. Christopher’s enlisted a Capstone team to evaluate its current employee performance management program relative to industry best practices, recommend …
Client: Office of the Brooklyn Borough President
Team: Sebastian Coss, Brent Ginsberg, Caroline Peri, Eftihia Thomopoulos
The Prospect Expressway was originally constructed to link central Brooklyn with the Gowanus Expressway and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Despite its aim of enhancing connectivity, the expressway cut through a formerly cohesive community, isolating …
Client: NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Team: Chhavi Arora, Adair Littell, Miriam Merkin, Christine Zhang
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing houses the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program, a nursing education and consultation program designed to improve geriatric care in healthcare organizations. The NICHE program provides resources …
Client: TransitCenter
Team: Michelle Forrest, Daniel Francis, Jennifer Kim, Makenna Olson, Firnalia Putri
TransitCenter is a New York-based national transit advocacy foundation. TransitCenter is at the forefront of bus advocacy across American cities, publishing bus report cards in New York and identifying key public transit deficiencies experienced by …
Client: New York State Homes and Community Renewal and Enterprise Community Partners
Team: Cristian Ariza, Sabina Braverman, Nadia Chait, Olga Deschenko, Mary Nadolny
New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is dedicated to building and protecting affordable housing and increasing home ownership statewide. Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with partners …
Client: United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA Center for innovation)
Team: Elissa Mojtahedi, Andrea Pratt-Anglin, James Sternheim, Stephanie York, Falis Yusuf
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and their dependents. The VA faces the daily challenge of providing transportation for patients to access healthcare. The current transportation …
Client: We Stay/Nos Quedamos
Team: Monica Flores, Joyce Li, Yixin Li, Karlo Ludwig, Stephan Petryczka
We Stay/Nos Quedamos (NQ), a New York-based nonprofit community development corporation, is committed to promoting healthy and sustainable growth. NQ is pursuing the establishment of a community land trust to address the lack of affordable housing in the …
Client: Agile and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions
Team: Pooja Banerjee, Hannah Egerton, James Macdonald, Julia McDaniel- Bouley
Agile and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a USAID-funded project housed at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany designed to support the implementation of devolution in Kenya. SUNY enlisted a Capstone team to support …
Client: Dash Labs
Team: Muhammad Daud, Rigel Jarabo, Ariel Kaputkin, Joanna Simon
Dash Labs, an NYC-based startup, publishes the Dash app, which connects to cars and makes driving smarter, safer, greener, and more affordable. With nearly 400,000 downloads since the app launched in 2014, the platform collects real-world data from …
Client: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Team: Chhavi Gupta, Brittany Kaufman, Meredyth Lacombe, Kyung Hoon Lee, Eitan Sufian
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is one of the world’s premier hospital facilities serving primarily the poor and underserved. NYEE has over 170,000 patients annually, and with high case volumes, patients often encounter long wait …
Client: HeartShare St. Vincent's Services
Team: Juan Ospina, Alexandra Paans, Rogers Pali, Arti Trehan
HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS) is a nonprofit organization that empowers over 6,000 youth, individuals, and families to overcome challenges of family crises, addiction, mental illness, and poverty. The Integrated Health Services division of HSVS …
Client: Grant Thornton
Team: Malik Dent, Supreet Kalsi, Bethlehem Kebret, Alex Lengle, Amanda Mohabir, Hetal Patel, Ethan Roaldi, Yingxuan Wang
Grant Thornton is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the world’s leading audit, tax, and advisory services firms. The firm’s Business Risk Advisory Services department developed a new risk assessment approach that aligns risk …
Client: Tactical Mentor
Team: Michael Вrocker, Harriet Flavel, Jeffrey Jiménez, Jasiel Martin-Odoom, Jasmin Matos
Women earn 54 to 87 cents for every dollar earned by their Caucasian male counterparts. Most of this wage gap is "explained" by characteristics such as experience, education, and occupation. However, over 20 percent of the wage gap is "unexplained" and …
Client: The Alliance for Positive Change
Team: Junior Burgos, Jean Youn Lee, Rachel Nelson, Lela Sabashvili, Adi Yeheskiel
The Alliance for Positive Change (Alliance) is a multiservice organization that focuses on helping New Yorkers who live with HIV and other chronic health conditions. The Alliance connects clients to housing assistance, medical care, and peer support to …
Client: Motivote
Team: Emily Graham, Rachel Konowitz, Jessica Riegel, Adam Steinberg
In the US, people between the ages of 18-29 consistently vote at lower rates than any other demographic. In response, a Capstone team created Motivote, a digital platform strategically designed to encourage voting accountability among young Americans. The …
Client: CAMBA
Team: Michelle Charles, Danielle Ladd, Therese Russo, Kaitlin Zielaznicki
CAMBA is a nonprofit agency that connects 45,000 people annually to opportunities and support services that enhance their quality of life. Through its Brooklyn-based Health Home program, CAMBA provides care management services to high-need, high-cost …
Client: Institute for Community Living
Team: Kelly Feldman, Wagma Habibi, Tingyan Huang, Alexandra Smith, Aditi Wajpe
The Institute for Community Living (ICL) is a nonprofit human services agency that provides support services to individuals who are affected by or at risk of developing mental illness in New York City. In efforts to better support its aging clients, ICL …