Capstone Projects

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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 …
World Bank Institute
On September 11, 2001, business in Lower Manhattan changed in a way that no one ever expected. The attacks destroyed and damaged approximately 40 percent of Lower Manhattan's commercial space and immediately cost downtown the temporary loss of 114,000 …
Independent Research
"For the past 160 years, the New York Academy of Medicine has been engaged in research and education to enhance the health of people living in cities, particularly disadvantaged populations. The Academy relies primarily on grants to support its activities …
New York Academy of Medicine
This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
The 1199 National Benefit Fund for Hospital and Health Care Employees (NBF) asked the Capstone team to evaluate its Member Choice Program (MCP). The MCP is one of two main health care plans offered to 1199 SEIU members. The primary objective was to …
1199 National Benefit Fund
The 1199 National Benefit Fund for Hospital and Health Care Employees (NBF) asked the Capstone team to evaluate its Member Choice Program (MCP). The MCP is one of two main health care plans offered to 1199 SEIU members. The primary objective was to …
1199 National Benefit Fund
As urbanization and population continue to increase in Latin America, the capacity of existing transportation systems to provide safe, clean, and effective transportation will be surpassed. In turn, those functions dependent on transportation— economic …
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
As urbanization and population continue to increase in Latin America, the capacity of existing transportation systems to provide safe, clean, and effective transportation will be surpassed. In turn, those functions dependent on transportation— economic …
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
The Bowery Resident’s Committee (BRC) is a voluntary nonprofit that works to address the needs of persons with limited resources in the metropolitan New York City area. The BRC is seeking to improve the effectiveness and policy influence of its street …
The Bowery Resident’s Committee
"The Capstone team was engaged to further the Low Income Investment Fund's (LIIF) goals to provide capacity building services to community based childcare providers serving low­income children in New York City. The team's work was per­formed in the …
Low Income Investment Fund
In response to the changing demographics of its community, Grand Street Settlement asked the Capstone team to create a business plan for an early child development center to serve students and families across socioeconomic boundaries. While Grand Street …
Grand Street Settlement
In response to the changing demographics of its community, Grand Street Settlement asked the Capstone team to create a business plan for an early child development center to serve students and families across socioeconomic boundaries. While Grand Street …
Grand Street Settlement
Research has proven that pre-release planning for incarcerated adults leads to lower recidivism rates. The Capstone team designed the Bronx Outreach Program, a pre-release program that utilizes a family case management model as a method of transitioning …
New York City Department of Correction
Bushwick, Brooklyn is one of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in New York City. Over 30 percent of the 105,000 residents receive income assistance and 37 percent live below the poverty level. Given the pressing need for affordable housing …
Bushwick Cooperative Federal Credit Union
In October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drug’s approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
In October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drug’s approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Care management is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy to meet a patient's health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes. At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, …
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) is a child advocacy organization that works to ensure that every child in New York City is healthy, housed, educated, and safe. In celebration of its 60th anniversary and in recognition of the pressing …
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) is a child advocacy organization that works to ensure that every child in New York City is healthy, housed, educated, and safe. In celebration of its 60th anniversary and in recognition of the pressing …
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York
Family Justice sought for the Capstone team to add to its knowledge about its changing organizational culture in its pursuit to provide strength­based trainings to people who work in prisons. The Capstone team provided a literature review highlighting its …
Family Justice
Isabella Geriatric Center is located in upper Manhattan and has been providing long-term care services to the surrounding neighborhood since 1875. Isabella engaged the Capstone team to identify resident data that is pertinent to specific departments and …
Isabella Geriatric Center
Isabella Geriatric Center is located in upper Manhattan and has been providing long-term care services to the surrounding neighborhood since 1875. Isabella engaged the Capstone team to identify resident data that is pertinent to specific departments and …
Isabella Geriatric Center
The Capstone team was asked by United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to look at the current arrangements of basic public service provision in Yemen, focusing on primary education, health and rural water services, and the relationship between the …
United Nations Capital Development Fund