Capstone Projects
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Client: Montefiore Medical Center
Team: Nancy Ahn, John Bachman, Karen Ball, Surabhi Rawat, Shilpa Shukla
Past practice at Montefiore Medical Center clinics included the acceptance of financial loss as a part of doing business. Clinics represent a source of teaching for interns and residents, sources of healthcare to indigent members of the local population …
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Team: Marco Castillo, Raymond Janairo, Cesar Pereira, Ali Pivar, Beth Veasey
School choice is one of the most discussed, and most controversial, issues on today's school reform agenda. While most of the debate has focused on the public provision of education vouchers to cover tuition at private schools, many public school …
Client: New York City Department of Juvenile Justice
Team: Lisa Annetta, Janice Delphin, Juanita Erb, Daryl Finizio, Won Hah, Elisha Mayer
The Capstone team was asked by the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to develop an integrated discharge planning model, from intake to detention, for detained juveniles. To help develop this model, the Capstone team researched trends that affect …
Client: Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Team: Jennifer Carpenter, Lisa Guadagno, Jennifer Hawkins, Wendy Lacey, Anna Raksany, Lena Townsend
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (LHNH) is a settlement house founded in 1894 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is dedicated to helping those who live, work or attend school on Manhattans East Side to improve the quality of their lives by helping them …
Client: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Team: Parsha Hobson, Jennifer La Gamma, Esther Lopez, James McKissic Jeanique Pierre, and Tanisha Raiford
New York City Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal hospital system in the United States, is comprised of eleven acute care hospitals, five long term care facilities, six diagnostic and treatment centers, and more than fifty …
Client: New York Westchester Square Medical Center
Team: Judith Barber, Julia Fishman, Adam Lelonek, Quincy McLain, Rose Tirelli, Lynda Tsai
New York Westchester Square Medical Center (NYWSMC) is a 205-bed acute care hospital located in the eastern part of the Bronx, affiliated with the NYPresbyterian Healthcare System. They have been experiencing a large number of claims denials by the …
Client: Citizens Housing and Planning Council (CHPC)
Team: Cheryl Baum, Wendy Chang, Mara Cusker, Julia Goldschmidt, Debra Kustka, Elizabeth Leonard, Charles LoCascio, Tom McKnight, Joshua Rosenberg, Victoria Rowe, and Ian Salsberg
The Capstone team was asked to study the transit corridor of Woodside, Queens to help prepare the area around the Long Island Railroad station for its increased importance in the regions transit network, due to the MTAs East Side Transit project. The …
Client: Administration of Childrens Services (ACS)
Team: Kathy Bailey, Angela Barr, Alexandra Carreyrou, Ramona Guthrie, Elena Mojica, Lina Roitman, Ann Superville
In 1998, as part of an effort to reunite families safely and more expediently, NYC Administration of Childrens Services - Division for Child Protection began holding Family Team Conferences shortly after children were removed from their home. The …
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Team: Susan Fedroff, Mark Foggin, Casey Garrett, Meron Makonnen, Eric Richard
United States roadways are chiefly funded and maintained through gas tax and other revenues. Can one therefore assume that with higher revenues, better quality roads would result? The Capstone team analyzed the effect of gas tax revenue on a state's …
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Team: Vonda Johnson, Samuel Obeng and Dolorosa Osei-Tutu
The Capstone team evaluated the effectiveness of Rainy Day Funds on easing the fiscal stress experienced by state governments during a recession. As a result of the last recession which ended in 1992, states have created Rainy Day Funds as a mechanism to …
Client: Don't Laugh at Me (DLAM)
Team: Heidi Burbage, Christine Zaskey Cullen, Josh Keller, and Jennifer Maulsby
The Dont Laugh at Me (DLAM) Project was founded in 1999 to create and disseminate educational programs designed to promote respect, compassion, understanding and tolerance among school-age children. The Capstone team was asked to research existing …
Client: Leake and Watts Services, Inc
Team: Laura Deevey, Pawl Lawson, Jeehyun Lee, Garnet Lewis, Jamie Liu, S. Victoria Shire
Leake & Watts Services, Inc., a private, not-for-profit, child-care agency based in Yonkers requested a Capstone team review and make recommendations regarding their internal billing services. The annual budget for Leake and Watts has nearly doubled in …
Client: Applied Research
Team: Jaegyu Kang, Kimberly Liang, Dan Orgel, Timothy Park, Ben Seigel
With such a volatile economy, there exist few, if any, quick remedies to ensure that the country sustains high employment levels while progressing towards widespread living wage earnings. As the events in New York City spread throughout the rest of the …
Client: Applied Research
Team: Ava Alexandar, Carolyn Carnakie, Brett D. Robinson, Tess Sarmiento, Victoria VanCleef
Given the importance that education has on determining the future direction of our nation and that better quality teachers are more likely to shape that direction in a positive manner, the Capstone team investigated what factors influence teacher quality. …
Client: Urban Justice Center: Lesbian & Gay Youth Project
Team: Randi Feinstein, Andrea Greenblatt, Lauren Hass, Sally Kohn, Julianne Rana
The Urban Justice Center (UJC) was founded in 1984 when a recent law school graduate opened a legal services clinic in an abandoned building in East Harlem. Today, UJC is a dynamic, 50-person cooperative comprised of five interrelated projects. One of …
Client: Village Care of New York
Team: Lauren Ray, Ahad Hoskins, Jae Yup Chung, Llew Brown
Village Care of New York is a community-based, not-for-profit service organization serving the elderly, persons living with AIDS, and individuals in need of medical and rehabilitation services. Village Care plans to open an Information and Referral center …
Client: The New Jersey Rehabilitation Subcode: A Model for New York City?
Team: Jason Goldstein, Oyeshola Olatoye, Regina Syquia, Marlyn Torres, Patrick Wehle, Chris Winward
In 1998, New Jersey enacted the Rehabilitation Subcode, which simplified all construction codes pertaining to the rehabilitation of buildings and spurred a significant statewide increase in rehabilitation. The New York City Department of Housing …
Client: New York City Department of Health
Team: Chaquanna Cotten, Jennifer Hilaire, Keith Mitchell, Vela Pumpalova, Casey Ruck
The Capstone team was asked to create a comprehensive guide to worksite health promotion and worksite wellness that could be tailored to the needs of United Nations employees. To frame the project, the Capstone team was assigned two preliminary white …
Client: New York City Department of Health
Team: Carissa Escober, Jeanne Weber
The NYC Department of Health (DOH) is undertaking an expansion and redesign of its web site. The site is one of the Citys largest and most visited web sites, with new information being posted frequently. It is a vital communications tool for the DOH, …
Client: Applied Research
Team: Danielle Fletcher, Jorge Lee, Wayne Tang, Daniel Weisz
Managed care programs were originally formed to control rising healthcare costs. Their concept was to improve membership health status, and in effect, control healthcare costs. It is believed that provision of both preventive and screening services can …
Client: Village Nursing Home (a subsidiary of Village Care of New York)
Team: Ian Adler, Echo Bonner, John Miyata, Jim Nyberg, Joseph Schulman, and Jennifer Valentine
The Village Center for Care of New York has been using the computer-based workflow management software known as eWorks to monitor their falls prevention program. To remain on the cutting edge in a rapidly changing health care environment, the organization …
Client: New York University Center on Catastrophe Preparedness and Response
Team: Rassa Admadi, Daneen Carroll, Alex Mitchell, Carol Tam, Mimi Vu
It is generally assumed that the only way for the US to address the threat of terrorism is to defeat it by military means, and that the US should not and cannot negotiate with terrorists (either because there are no issues to negotiate or terrorists are …
Client: United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services
Team: Julien Boucault, Warren H. Chang, Eline Potoski, Grace Wang
The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services asked the Capstone team to assist in the development of a comprehensive organizational integrity framework at the United Nations. The Capstone team contributed research and analysis on how …
Client: World Bank Institute
Team: Steeves Guy, Yookyung Kwon, Kaori Nojiri, Daniel Parnetti
In order to provide support to the World Bank Institute (WBI) on fiscal decentralization issues in Africa and Latin America, the Capstone team evaluated intergovernmental fiscal transfer systems in the two regions. In analyzing the systems in Africas …
Client: The Markle Foundation and Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique
Team: (Wagner) Debora Brakarz, Patricia de la Garza, Lisa Dietrich, Jennifer Walford; (UEM) Jeckisson Alcolete, Ildio de Sagres, Natrcia Lichuge Toms Mabuiangue, Csar Varela, Mnica Xavier
Supported by The Markle Foundation, the Capstone team (along with six students from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Mozambique) embarked on an international and cross-cultural venture to study the potential role and benefits of Information and …
Client: Brennan Center for Justice
Team: Justin Eppley, Daniel Ferris, Annie Gleason, Mucio Godoy, Xavier Smith, Stephen Sumner
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a nonpartisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Recently, the organization has focused on public financing of political …
Client: World Bank Institute
Team: Diana Dezso, Tamara Jazbec, Chandi Kadirgamar, Matthew St. John
The Capstone team was asked to develop a comparative analysis of civic participation structures of fiscal decentralization in Brazil, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. With a counterpart Capstone team that analyzed financial flows, the team developed …
Client: Carbon Disclosure Project
Team: Alexis Confer, Oriana Seastone Stern, Joby Thoyalil
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a nonprofit organization which holds the world's largest database of corporate climate change information in the world. The data is obtained from responses to CDP's annual Information Requests, issued on behalf of …
Client: Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ
Team: Nick Prigo, Devang Panchal, Sindri McDonald, Jen Perrone, Judith Mun, Aaron Ampaw
SEIU Local 32BJ is the largest building service workers union in the country, representing more than 100,000 cleaners, doormen, porters, maintenance workers, window cleaners, security guards, superintendents, and theater/stadium workers. Now entering a …
Client: The General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church (UMC)
Team: (Wagner)Yewande Adebayo, Anya Nawrocky, Shannon Trilli, Susan Wuscher; (UEM) Fredson Bacar, Domingoes Furum, Paulo Da Garca, Teles Jemuce, Isabel Micas, Abelardo Velichane
The General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) Capstone project created and designed a fundraising package that can be used by the United Methodist Church in appealing to UMC congregants for donations on behalf of the Chicuque Rural Hospital (CRH) in …
Client: United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) Legal and Procurement Division
Team: Maribel Derjani-Bayeh, Carol Hui
The goal of the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS), the largest service provider in the United Nations system, is to enhance management of project resources in support of the UN Mission of peace and development. The UN's Global Compact …
Client: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Team: Eriko Katashiro
The Investment and Technology Branch of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is undertaking a project with the government of Ghana to improve the countrys investment climate and increase the flow of foreign investment. This …
Client: New York City Food and Fitness Partnership
Team: Pamela Corbett, Ivonne Garcia, May Hui, Jessica Schwartz
The NYC Food and Fitness Partnership is a taskforce comprised of members from several local organizations and city agencies dedicated to improving access to healthy food and increasing opportunities for physical activity and active living for all New …
Client: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indonesia Ministry of Finance
Team: Treena Wu
As part of the United States Agency for International Development technical assistance to the Indonesia Ministry of Finance, the project studied new taxes and charges adopted by local governments under the countrys evolving decentralization process. This …
Client: New York City Economic Development Corporation
Team: Katherine Denny, Anne Lu, Andrea Taylor
The Capstone team partnered with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the New York Biosciences Association to determine if New York City and the surrounding metropolitan region will benefit from uniting and marketing itself as a …
Client: World Bank, Jakarta Urban Development Office
Team: Hyun Lee, Derek Piper, Nobuhiro Okubo
In the wake of the 1997 Asian fiscal crises and the demise of the Suharto regime, the government of Indonesia has implemented a decentralization program that is considered the new hope for development and growth in the country. If local government …
Client: United Nations Capital Development Fund and World Bank
Team: Chi Chia, Pei-Wen Ho, Luis Bernardo Meja, Madeleine Masters
The Capstone team was sponsored by the United Nations Capital Development Fund and World Bank to evaluate a national decentralization program, recently established to develop grassroots democracy and alleviate poverty. Research focused on the emerging …
Client: South African Department of Provincial and Local Government
Team: Yukimi Konno, Maria Margarita Vega-Cimadevilla, Tamara Zgonjanin
In December 2000, the number of municipalities in South Africa was reduced from 843 to 284, as a result of demarcation to improve the efficiency of the public services provided by each municipality. Since then, the South African Department of Provincial …
Client: Interhemispheric Resource Center
Team: Samuel Ayache, Jessica Gould
The Capstone team developed a policy paper intended to inform key decision makers about the current debate surrounding the use of participatory techniques in establishing and managing Protected Areas in the developing world. The discussion includes an …
Client: New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Team: "Marina Alekseyenko, Michelle Beller, Meredith Moore"
"311 is New York City's phone number for government information and nonemergency services. The Capstone team effectively measured the public's experience with the services provided by 311 through an online survey on nyc.gov and a phone customer …
Client: Independent Research
Team: Henry Choi
In addition to the taking of lives and the destruction of the towers, the attacks on the World Trade Center, created a leadership vacuum. Fortunately, the Department of Design and Construction (DDC), a little known city agency, was able to quickly …
Client: Independent Research
Team: Ricarte Echevarria Jr.
This research paper compared the experiences of recipients and non-recipients of aid from the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001. It hypothesized that there are distinct patterns of aid and exclusion from aid that help to clearly …
Client: Education for Employment Foundation
Team: "Katherine Aaby, Stephanie Bosse Barksdale, Margaret Della, Farah Siddique "
"The Education For Employment Foundation (EFE) works in the Middle East and North Africa to provide disadvantaged youth with skills to improve the economic future of both themselves and their countries. EFE accomplishes this objective by providing …
Client: Governors Island
Team: Blaise Backer, Perry Chen, Lou Corti, Renee Ducker, Elan Drucker, Deanna Hare, Liz Kendzior, Mario Kilifarski, Rebecca Koepnick, Erika Ramirez, Ron Reitman, Allison Roselle, Erika Selke, Charles Shelhammer, Dave Velez
In the past, various plans have been proposed to develop Governors Island, however all have relied heavily on government support. This study intends to present a plan that will create a public space devoid of any outside financial support so that …
Client: UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services
Team: Hilary Cohen, Adina Dubin, Robyn Needleman, Rebecca Spilke, Aliza Weinstein, Amanda Wilson
The Capstone team prepared a multifaceted marketing plan for the Shira Ruskay Center (SRC) of the Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services. SRC provides endof- life care services for Jewish residents of New York City. Through interviews, focus …
Client: UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services
Team: Hilary Cohen, Adina Dubin, Robyn Needleman, Rebecca Spilke, Aliza Weinstein, Amanda Wilson
The Capstone team prepared a multifaceted marketing plan for the Shira Ruskay Center (SRC) of the Jewish Board of Family and Childrens Services. SRC provides endof- life care services for Jewish residents of New York City. Through interviews, focus …
Client: Citizen's Committee for Children of New York
Team: "Rachel Burton, Jessica Knevals, Laura Stein, Jean Sung"
"For this project, Capstone members conducted research and fieldwork that were used to develop a public policy and advocacy agenda to inform and improve the education and youth service system's response to the service needs of adolescent girls in New York …
Client: The Legal Aid Society
Team: Melissa Auerbach, Jennifer Leung, Jessica Rosenzweig, Sarah Sheffield
The Juvenile Offender Team (JO Team) at Legal Aid was created in 1996 to help address the needs of the 13-15 year-olds prosecuted in the adult court system in New York County. The Capstone team was brought on board to document the JO Teams ability to …
Client: The Legal Aid Society
Team: Melissa Auerbach, Jennifer Leung, Jessica Rosenzweig, Sarah Sheffield
The Juvenile Offender Team (JO Team) at Legal Aid was created in 1996 to help address the needs of the 13-15 year-olds prosecuted in the adult court system in New York County. The Capstone team was brought on board to document the JO Teams ability to …
Client: World Bank Institute
Team: Yolande S. Dempster, Eyerusalem Fasika, Jennifer Granse, Aysegul Mungen, Dongihn Park, Jennifer Rose
The Capstone team developed a satellite radio-training course, comprised of five modules, aimed at citizens and local government authorities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The modules will be broadcast in these countries with the intention of educating …