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Season's Greetings from NYU Wagner (2017)

This season, we celebrate our differences and are united by our commitment to public service.

My Summer Internship Experience: Frank Stiefel (MPA-PNP)

The Ellen Schall Experience Fund gave Frank Stiefel (MPA-PNP) the chance to spend his summer working for the Philadelphia Reentry Coalition and to continue to pursue his passion for criminal justice reform in America.

Diversity and Inclusion in Social Finance

NYU Wagner’s Social Innovation and Investment Initiative hosted the symposium on diversity and inclusion in social finance to discuss ways to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive agenda among social finance practitioners.

Alumni in Action: Supporting and Empowering Nonprofits in New York City

Jennifer Geiling (EMPA) left her job as a corporate lawyer to start a nonprofit for adults with developmental disabilities. She wanted to make a greater impact on the nonprofit sector, so she decided to attend NYU Wagner.

The Ellen Schall Experience Fund: Supporting Summer Internships Around the World (2017 cohort)

NYU Wagner's unique fund provides a stipend to students who take on unpaid summer internships so they can enhance their career experience and make an impact.

Alumni in Action: Fighting for Immigrants' Rights

Javier Valdés (MUP) serves as Co-Executive Director of Make The Road NY, the largest immigrant base-building group in New York. Since the 2016 election, Valdés has strengthened Make The Road's commitment to ensuring that immigrants’ rights and dignity are respected.

Alumni in Action: Decreasing Tobacco Use Around the World

If left unchecked, the global tobacco epidemic could claim one billion lives this century. At Bloomberg Philanthropies, alumna Betsy Fuller (MPA-HPAM) is working to change that.

Mitchell Moss on NY1: Analyzing the Transit Crisis

Mitchell Moss, Professor and Director of the Rudin Center, comments on the recent NYC transit crisis during a panel discussion on NY1's Road to City Hall.

My Summer Internship Experience: Kim Paiz (MPA 2017)

Kim Paiz was thrilled to be offered an summer internship with the Citizens Committee for New York City, but she wouldn't have been able to take on the unpaid internship without the help of a stipend from NYU Wagner's Ellen Schall Experience Fund.

My Study Abroad Experience in Ghana: Exploring Hunger and Food Security Issues

Karina Yevgenyevna Loktionova (MPA-PNP) spent three weeks traveling across Ghana and interviewing locals to better understand commodity chains and food security in the country.

My Summer Internship Experience: Son Chau (MPA 2017)

Originally from Silicon Valley, Son Chau (MPA 2017) has seen the dual economic growth and social problems brought on by the rise of the region’s tech sector.

Convocation 2017: Keynote Speaker Patrick Gaspard

Vice President of Open Society Foundations and former US Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard addresses the graduating class of 2017.

Master of Public Administration: Health Policy and Management

Professor Thomas D'Aunno provides an overview of NYU Wagner's Master of Public Administration: Health Policy and Management degree program.

Sherry Glied: Trends in Data on Hospital-Acquired Infections

Dean Sherry Glied discusses trends in mortality, length of stay, and hospital charges associated with healthcare-associated infections from 2006-2012.

WAGTalk: Sonia Ospina, "Leading Collectively: Insights From Social Change Organizations"

Professor Sonia Ospina discusses an important shift in society's understanding of leadership from a leader-centered approach to a connectivity-focused model.

WAGTalk: Victor Rodwin, "What's the Best Health System & How Would We Know?"

Professor Victor Rodwin discusses the problems encountered when evaluating healthcare systems around the world at a time when the field of health policy is "drowning in data."

WAGTalk: Katherine O'Regan, "The Geography of Opportunity in America"

Drawing on her experience from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Professor Katherine O'Regan shares her research on what she calls one of the defining issues of our time: how location plays a role in upward mobility.

Master of Public Administration: Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy

Professor Erica Foldy provides an overview of NYU Wagner's Master of Public Administration: Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy degree program.

Debates of the Century: Should police be held more accountable?

Elizabeth Glazer, Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, moderates a debate on the value and methods of increasing police accountability in our nation’s cities.

How to Be An Effective Activist: A Training on Nonviolent Action

The history of democracy in the US and abroad is in large part a history of popular protest—from the Civil Rights Movement, LGBTQ activism, or the Tea Party movement in the US to the ousting of dictators around the world.

Capstone Projects 2016-2017

Since 1995, NYU Wagner has been matching graduate students with client organizations around the world through our renowned Capstone Program. In 2016-2017, 69 teams acted as consultants to a variety of public, nonprofit, and private sector organizations addressing a wide range of challenges.

#WhyWagner: Our Diverse and Connected Community

Students talk about the sense of community they have found at NYU Wagner.

John Billings: Preventing Costly Re-Hospitalizations

Professor John Billings researches the issues facing the healthcare delivery system. His successful project for the National Health Service (NHS) in England set up programs to prevent expensive re-hospitalizations.

#WhyWagner: Being in the Urban Epicenter of the World

The university, the city, the world: NYU Wagner is at the intersection.

Jacob Faber: Cashing in on Distress

Before and during the Great Recession, the affluent built wealth through branch banks and checking accounts, while the working poor were disproportionately reliant on "fringe" financial services like check cashing outlets.

The Wagner Experience: Shivani Parikh (MPA)

Shivani Parikh knew she wanted to get her Master of Public Administration in Health Policy and Management to move her career forward after working in DC and on the Hill.

"I want to figure out how you can create policies that in the long term will help communities."

The Wagner Experience: Michael Weston-Murphy (MPA)

After serving as the campaign manager for the restoration of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, Michael Weston-Murphy (MPA) came to NYU Wagner to strengthen his management skill set. Weston-Murphy shares experiences as a NYU Wagner student.

My Summer Internship Experience: Sohana Islam (MPA)

Sohana Islam, MPA student, talks about her summer internship experience with charity: water.

Dejian (Ken) Zeng Worked in an iPhone Factory in China to See How Workers Were Treated

NYU Wagner student Dejian (Ken) Zeng (MPA 2017) spent his summer working undercover at an iPhone factory. Now he vows to hold violators of human rights accountable and advocate for workers.

Debates of the Century: Should There Be More US Intervention in Syria?

NPR Correspondent Deborah Amos moderates a debate between former Ambassador to Syria Robert S. Ford and Derek Chollet on the different courses of action that the US can take with regard to the Syrian civil war.