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CAPSTONE: LEARNING IN ACTION

NYU Wagner’s Capstone program pairs small teams of students with clients in the public and private sectors who are tackling a public service issue—whether in health, education, international development, urban planning, or any other programmatic field—to tackle a project.

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Partnering with NYU Wagner’s Capstone program gives your organization access to top-tier, passionate public service students who bring fresh perspectives, innovative solutions, and skills to address complex issues and create meaningful change for your organization.

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Our talented public service students provide in-depth analysis and actionable insights to help your organization optimize funding opportunities and strengthen financial sustainability.

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Why Projects?

A Capstone team may conduct a literature review, perform an environmental scan, develop an operational framework to streamline workflow, create a financial model, or put forth policy recommendations, among other things, culminating in a final report and presentation.

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"The project was originally intended to help us overhaul a financial literacy program, but actually ended up being the catalyst to overhauling our entire foundation giving strategy."

-Braeden Mayrisch, Director of Social Impact, Voya Financial

"The Capstone team was a powerful and effective resource for our process improvement project."

-Monica Marquez, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

2018-19 Capstone Team - World Bank Kenya Transit-Oriented Study

EXPLORE PAST CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Since 1995, more than 6,800 Capstone students have completed over 1,500 projects for more than 1,000 organizations, among them City Harvest, Mount Sinai Health System, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the World Bank. Browse through the projects our student teams have successfully tackled in the past.

Download our 2023-24 Project Summaries Booklet

Download our 2022-23 Project Summaries Booklet

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CAPSTONE CLIENT FAQS

Read our Capstone Client FAQs prior to writing your application. We answer essential questions, such as:

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Capstone client logos: United Nations, NYC Health and Hospitals, NYC Brooklyn 7 Community Board, Citi Ventures, Guidehouse, New York City DOT, ICL People Get Better with Us, Day One, Opening Act, Goodwill NY NJ, One Fair Wage, Station MD, The Center for Popular Democracy, NYC Planning, IMPACCT Brooklyn, Medecins du Monde.

The Beginning of a Lifelong Journey From Fieldwork in Mozambique to a Career in Social Entrepreneurship

Alicia Polak (MPA 2001), in one of the first Capstone teams to work abroad, partnered with the Freeplay Foundation in Mozambique to perform an impact evaluation on the use of radios as humanitarian aid tools in the flood-affected areas of the country.

Alicia Polak holding a radio standing next to a group of people

NYU Wagner Urban Planning Capstone Team Develops Interactive Geospatial Tool for Better Buses

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) enlisted the help of a NYU Wagner Capstone team in 2020-21 to evaluate its project selection methodology through an equity lens. The project’s objective was to determine if its Better Buses projects are equitably distributed and assess whether DOT could do more to reach equity populations