Capstone Projects
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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 …
Wireless Access for Health
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 …
Purpose Foundation, Free & Equal, UN Free and Equal Campaign
Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing access to justice for children and families by providing legal information, community education, and guidance in the family court system. LIFT requested a …
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 …
Brooklyn Bridge to Cambodia
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 …
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pediatrics
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 …
William F. Ryan Community Health Network
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 …
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security
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 …
East Meets West
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 …
United States Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
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 …
Legal Action Center
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, …
CorpsAfrica
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 …
Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Governance Lab (GovLab) aims to improve people's lives by using technology to change the way we govern. The GovLab requested a Capstone team to undertake pilot projects in units across New York University to explore how crowdsourcing tools can help …
Governance Lab: Crowdsourcing
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 …
New York University Department of Public Safety, Governance Lab
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 …
Political Representation and Health Outcomes
Amidst the significant changes transforming the publishing industry, the NYU Bookstore faces the fundamental question of how to be financially sustainable in a new era of publishing. Through analyzing potential process and planning areas that could be …
New York University Bookstore, Governance Lab
The Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) is a nonprofit organization focused on bringing public and private investment to Staten Island to enhance the local economy. Staten Island’s West Shore has long been overlooked by the region’s …
Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center services 100,000 patients annually, providing expertise in hip, knee, foot, ankle, shoulder, hand, and spinal care, as well as sports medicine and oncology. However, fluctuations in the …
Montefiore Medical Center, The Center for Orthopaedic Specialties
Cicatelli Associates, Inc. is a New Yorkbased nonprofit committed to improving health care and social services for vulnerable populations around the globe. As a national training center for the Office of Adolescent Health and Center for Disease Control, …
Cicatelli Associates, Inc.
The NYU Student Health Center (NYUSHC) employed a Capstone team to assess the current health care delivery model and provide recommendations to implement a more student-centered service delivery system. The Capstone team reviewed the standards required …
New York University Student Health Center
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) has been active in a long-running campaign addressing the unequal delivery of outpatient specialty care at Academic Medical Centers (AMC) across New York City. NYLPI provided the Capstone team with …
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
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 …
New York City School Closure Policy, Education
NYU’s Future of Technology Enhanced Education Committee (FTEE) is charged with guiding the University’s use of technology to support its academic mission and further its commitment to innovation in teaching, learning, and research. Working with FTEE, …
New York University Future of Technology Enhanced Education Committee, Governance Lab
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 …
Institute for Transporation and Development Policy