Capstone Projects
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Client: OONEE
Team: Jerrell Gray, Evan Mancini, J.R. Reed, Patrick Spauster
Oonee is a New York-based company that provides cities with a turnkey solution to the problem of bike theft by designing, financing, deploying, and managing modular bike parking facilities. To aid in its mission to build secure, affordable public bike …
Client: VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY
Team: Paulina Dawidowska, Pieter Fildes, Lia Hansen, Manya Johnston-Ramirez
The Village of Ardsley is a small municipality in Westchester County serving a population of just over 5,000 people. The Village seeks to reduce its environmental impact by lowering the emissions produced by its municipal transportation fleet without …
Client: CDP
Team: Boshan Chen, Jemma Giberson, Hannah Larson, Catherine Lopez
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is a nonprofit organization that manages the global disclosure system that companies and cities use to manage their environmental impacts. CDP tasked a Capstone team with transforming data from its …
Client: CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
Team: Tess Edwards, Hannah Gorman, Emma Saltzberg, Yuhan Zhang
Children’s Rights is a national advocacy organization that champions the legal rights of children impacted by government systems. In light of the implementation of the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988, the organization enlisted a Capstone team to …
Client: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME I
Team: Jeremy Bohmstein, Sahril Kasim, Ped Thanapoom Thongsamoot, Jing Zhang
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been in Nigeria since the country became independent in 1960, providing capacity building and policy development support to the federal government of Nigeria in areas of governance and peace building, …
Client: ODI
Team: Clara Ceravolo, Aditi Sharma
ODI, formerly known as the Overseas Development Institute, is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The ODI Development and Public Finance program covers research on public finance and financial …
Client: BRONX COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK
Team: Boris Ingberg, Yuhang Liu, Nikita Lotwala, Yiru Pan, Jessica Sharkey
Bronx Community Health Network (BCHN) is a nonprofit, community-based organization and federally qualified health center (FQHC) with a mission to improve the health of individuals and families in the Bronx. BCHN has implemented evidence-based blood …
Client: NURSING SHORTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES
Team: Selene Castrucci, Rebecca Gevertz, Nneka Moneme, Joe Wilhelm
The US continues to face a nursing shortage that was first recognized in 1998, and widely exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has driven nursing school graduates to shift careers and active nurses to retire earlier than expected. The team …
Client: BOARDSTRONG
Team: Andy Berry, Shirley Higerd-Rusli, Alex Resnick, Necholia Williams
BoardStrong’s mission is to help nonprofits achieve the highest standards of board leadership, governance, and oversight through board training, consultation, and the provision of educational resources. BoardStrong currently has an online matching …
Client: CITY OF JERSEY CITY
Team: Kyle Beyer, Benjamin Listman, Gav Mazurek, Dominic Sonkowsky, Jesika Tixi
The Jersey City Department of Infrastructure, Division of Transportation Planning (DTP) oversees the planning and development of a well-functioning and safe transportation system. Jersey City’s 2019 Let’s Ride JC Bicycle Master Plan called for more than …
Client: UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND II
Team: Bethelehem Araya, Alejandra Gonzalez-Ariza, Sophia Klein
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) innovates financial solutions to empower local governments in the least-developed countries to increase dedicated budgetary space and resources for programs that improve lives. UNCDF’s West Africa team …
Client: BJC HEALTHCARE
Team: Nareesa Dhalla, Andrew Spencer, Danny Tsoi, Aiden Wynia
BJC HealthCare (BJC) is one of the largest nonprofit healthcare organizations in the US, with 15 hospitals located across Missouri and Illinois. As per the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, each BJC hospital is required to complete a …
Client: EDUCATION REFORM NOW
Team: Lola Akinola, Lauren Clark, Kathleen Kemp, Julia Ohanyan
Education Reform Now (ERN) is a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank and advocacy organization that promotes increased resources and innovative reforms in K-16 public education, particularly for students of color and students from low-income families. ERN’s …
Client: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Team: Alex Bernabe, D'Shandi Coombs, Jed Higdon, Tubagus Ghifari Al Chusaeri Wardana
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) is responsible for installing and maintaining over 200 million linear feet of pavement markings, which are used on paved roadways to direct and inform drivers and pedestrians, and ensuring that the …
Client: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME II
Team: Melody Feo Sverko, Lauren Green, Jack Greenwood, Cristina Mejia Cancelado
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting the construction of a coastal protection border in the District of Cartagena, Colombia. The project aims to increase coastal protection by building maritime hydraulic infrastructure that will …
Client: BAN KI-MOON CENTRE FOR GLOBAL CITIZENS
Team: Francis Cáceres, Sueun Hong, Liana Schmidt, Camille Veneracion
The Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens (BKMC) is committed to promoting human dignity and protecting the planet. With support from corporate funding, BKMC highlights international issues in the areas of climate and sustainability, public health, and …
Client: WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION
Team: Aisha Balogun, Sunny Velez, Viviana Vizcaino, Jessa Wang
It has been 55 years since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, yet housing discrimination continues to impact people of color disproportionately. The Wells Fargo Foundation tasked the Capstone team with designing a grantmaking strategy to advance …
Client: UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND I
Team: Mark Gentile, Spandana Suddapalli, Sai Vichare
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) acts as a hybrid development organization and finance institution that works to invest in and catalyze capital for projects in developing countries. As part of its efforts to incorporate municipal …
Client: CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Team: Carolina Herrera, Agnes Kim, Kevin Marquez Arguera, Zoe Merriman
Church World Service (CWS) is a nonprofit organization serving underprivileged communities across the world. Its Refugee Housing Solutions (RHS) initiative provides housing support for refugee resettlement in the US, in response to the challenge of …
Client: CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON
Team: Lucia Marquez-Reagan, Douglas Pardella, Daniel Russo, Alexander Yamron, Karen Yao
Pasco is a small city in eastern Washington with a majority Hispanic population where housing production has lagged behind rapid population growth. Lower-income households in Pasco have been disproportionately affected by displacement, overcrowding, and …
Client: PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE
Team: Kirsten Schardt, Theresa Sheen, Kalliope Vourakis
There has been a consistent decline in the number of physicians pursuing the field of primary care. Because a wide variety of research highlights the importance of early intervention for health outcomes, a Capstone team investigated the relationship …
Client: MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 4
Team: Christina Curry, Michelle Geck, Shuangtu Jia, Camille MacLean
Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) commissioned a Capstone Team to explore strategies for improving connectivity and accessibility to the Far West Side (defined as 14th Street to 59th Street, West of 11th Avenue, Manhattan). The team joined MCB4 …
Client: CENTER FOR JUST JOURNALISM
Team: Cat Blake, Noah Brook, Helena Wippick
The Center for Just Journalism (CJJ) is a resource for journalists covering public safety issues that aims to support stories that are rooted in fact, lack sensationalism, and enhance public understanding of safety. CJJ engaged a Capstone team to …
Client: UPTOWN STORIES
Team: Maia Cattan, Haoyue Ju, Patrick Stein
Uptown Stories is a nonprofit organization that brings creative writing workshops to children and young adults ranging in age from eight to eighteen. The client engaged the Capstone team to develop strategies to broaden its audience to include more …
Client: JERSEY CARES
Team: Margot Besnard, Alejandro Galindo, Tarun George, Daryl Ocampo, Junyi Ouyang, Shiyulan Wang
Jersey Cares is a nonprofit organization that leads volunteerism in New Jersey by engaging volunteers in projects that address community-identified needs. Through its successful Corporate Service Program, the organization customizes projects for corporate …
Client: BRICKS AND MORTALS
Team: Sarah Benchimol, Jie Dong, Jane Lee, Sabrina Rivers, Yiqi Wang, Zipeng Yang
Bricks and Mortals is a membership-driven nonprofit organization that helps faith-based organizations (FBOs) maximize the use of their buildings and properties to serve their communities. In support of the launch of its new space-sharing platform, …
Client: EK KADAM AUR
Team: Devynn Barnes, Angelica Gualpa, Fatema Husain, Ahram Hwang
Ek Kadam Aur (EKA) is a nonprofit organization that works with blind children and their families and schools in the states of Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, India to remove barriers to their attainment of quality education. In 2020, the Government of India …
Client: NYU LANGONE BROOKLYN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Team: Brooke Cascella, Jamie Fridman, Ashraf Hussain, Poonam Thakur
The NYU Langone Brooklyn Emergency Department (ED) seeks to mitigate the social determinants of health for at-risk populations by connecting patients with appropriate social resources at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The client enlisted a …
Client: NYU LANGONE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
Team: Zaina Chaudhry, Tamara Kahan, Jennifer Oh, Kelsey Pendleton-Moreno, Astrid Pineda
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital conducts thousands of procedures annually, ranging from adult reconstructive surgery to surgical oncology. The Department enlisted a Capstone team to assist in its aim to provide …
Client: COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
Team: Bria Donohue, Elizabeth Gellman, Elines Marizan Antonio
The Community Service Society of New York (CSS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1843 to promote economic opportunity and equity through data-driven research, direct services, and people-driven advocacy. CSS engaged a Capstone team to do a trend …
Client: NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE
Team: Samantha Harpool, Domny Hernandez, Aashika Nagarajan
New York Peace Institute (NYPI) is a community dispute and resolution center (CDRC) that provides mediation, conflict coaching, group facilitation, and restorative justice services to promote peace in Manhattan and Brooklyn communities. Research around …
Client: GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK
Team: Jackie Bein, Sivan Bentt-Bruce, Winnie Shen
Grounded Solutions Network is a nonprofit that works to cultivate equitable communities by advancing long-term affordable housing solutions, and it supports a national membership base of organizations actively engaged in furthering shared equity …
Client: CENTER FOR SURVIVOR AGENCY AND JUSTICE
Team: Liz Einig, Rachel Genao, Nicole Kofman
The Center for Survivor Agency and Justice (CSAJ) is a national organization that seeks to advance economic equity for survivors of domestic violence. The organization is looking to answer this question: What policies and practices can be created, in …
Client: WORLD BANK III
Team: Andrea Guerrero, Kevin Irving, Cassidy McIntyre
The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) provides objective assessments on the Bank’s development projects and objectives. IEG enlisted a Capstone team to assess the impact of the Bank’s development projects on resilient spatial transformation …
Client: NEW YORK CITY MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION COUNCIL
Team: Mira Atherton, Renata Hegyi-Hoeger, Maisie Jarrell, Eliza Perkins, Jacqueline Sharry
The NYC Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Council (MaiiC) is a mayoral industry partnership that supports local manufacturing and industrial sectors. As federal, state, and local policies increasingly focus on mandating and incentivizing the …
Client: CALHOUN SCHOOL
Team: Marcin Branowski, Eilis Klein, Guerline Semexant, Aditi Varshneya
The Calhoun School is a private K-12 school on NYC’s Upper West Side, and its Alumni of Color Network (ACN) is an affinity group with the goals of providing a welcoming space for alumni and addressing DEI discrepancies in the school. The client engaged a …
Client: RACIAL EQUITY INVESTING COLLABORATIVE
Team: Madison Friedman, Eva Kim, Michael Low, Carol Ourivio
The Racial Equity Investing Collaborative (Collaborative) is a group of six organizations—Toniic, Confluence Philanthropy, The ImPact, Intentional Endowments Network, Impact Capital Managers, and American Sustainable Business Network—that aim to …
Client: GUIDEHOUSE
Team: Jiayu Chen, Yuying Li, Elizabeth Maysonet, Lamba Najib, Alan Shabatay, Chunyi Wang
Guidehouse is a public-sector advisory firm that provides loan servicing, technology modernization, and financial services for US Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs. Guidehouse tasked a Capstone team to explore the possibility of a …
Client: VEGGIE FRUITFUL
Team: Shirley Dang, Darren Jones, Hasan Khan
The goal of Veggie Fruitful is to minimize the amount of leafy greens and tomatoes that farmers harvest and take to local markets but cannot sell due to their short life span. To understand the market, the Capstone team identified farmers in New York who …
Client: DAY ONE
Team: Bianca Almedina, Rebecca D'Amico, Emily Moffa, Ivy Nuñez
Day One is a nonprofit organization that partners with youth to end dating abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV) through an empowerment model of community education, supportive services, legal advocacy, and leadership development. Day One’s clients …
Client: A BETTER JAMAICA
Team: Leah Adelson, Brittany Edghill, Katerina Patouri
A Better Jamaica (ABJ) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 that is dedicated to offering a broad range of programs, from arts and culture to educational support, to strengthen the community of Jamaica, Queens. ABJ engaged a Capstone team with the …
Client: PRO MUJER
Team: Nicole Briedis, Emily Farley Chang, Hilarina Casie Chitty, Nora Frank, Queenie Tam
Pro Mujer is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides access to financial and digital inclusion, healthcare services, and entrepreneurship support to empower low-income women and promote gender equality in Latin America. As part of its commitment to …
Client: WORLD BANK
Team: Rudina Breçani, Shannon Foley, Kaitlyn Holman, Maria Ponce Sevilla
The World Bank Group’s Governance Global Practice supports client countries by helping them build capable, efficient, transparent, inclusive, and accountable institutions with the aim of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. To …
Client: C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP
Team: Jenny Chen, Elizabeth Ogunsanya, Jason Ramel
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a global network of 97 mayors representing member cities that are engaged in low-carbon pathway development in order to confront the climate crisis. The member city of Freetown, Sierra Leone, has initiated the …
Client: OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Team: Daniel Brenner, Karen Milanya, Joselyn Molina, Mihika Shah
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The ODI Development and Public Finance group has been working with NYU to develop an analytical framework for …
Client: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF CORRECTION
Team: Reyna Bhandari, Julia Busto, Chandrasasi Darjatmoko, Nivedita Ramajayam, Jenna Werkman
The NYC Board of Correction (BOC) is a nine-person, non-judicial oversight board that regulates, monitors, and inspects NYC correctional facilities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the BOC modified its oversight model to document the public health crisis in …
Client: SERVICES FOR THE UNDERSERVED
Team: Sam Berzok, Tong Li, Baktiarman Ramadhan
Services for the UnderServed (S:US) is a NYC-based nonprofit organization that provides housing, employment, skill-building, and rehabilitation services to transform the lives of people with disabilities, people in poverty, and those experiencing …
Client: FLOOD INSURANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT
Team: Gioia Kennedy, Matthew Maury, Matt Minner, Maggie Moss, Madeline Zdeblick
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) of 1968 requires homes with federally-backed mortgages and located on land with the greatest risk of flooding to purchase flood insurance. When Hurricane Sandy struck New York in 2012, only 55% of one- to four- …
Client: SCHOOL CHOICE AND FUNDRAISING
Team: Charlotte Hsu, Julia Konrad, Jolly Luo, Xiangyu Ren
New York City implemented an open enrollment policy for high school admissions in 2004, allowing schools to set their own admissions policies and students to apply to schools outside their geographic zone—leading to an increase in admissions screenings …
Client: TAKEROOT JUSTICE
Team: Eliza McCurdy, Antara Nader, Aaron Posner
TakeRoot Justice (TRJ) leverages legal and policy expertise to help community-driven movements dismantle systems of racial, economic, and social oppression. TRJ engaged a Capstone team to evaluate its role in community campaign advancement and ensure that …