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Jewell Jackson McCabe… civil rights organization. She has been featured on news and general interest programs, including the Charlie …
News
NYU Wagner Dean Sherry Glied Named as One of New York's "Exceptional Women"City & State media company’s annual Above & Beyond Award recognizes exceptional women – including, at this year's ceremony, none other than NYU Wagner Dean and Professor Sherry Glied . The honorees were celebrated at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom on …
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A Randomized Trial of Nurse Specialist Home Care for Women with High Risk Pregnancies: Outcomes and CostsOBJECTIVE: To examine prenatal, maternal, and infant outcomes and costs through 1 year after delivery using a model of prenatal care for women at high risk of delivering low-birthweight infants in which half of the prenatal care was provided in women’s …
Publication
A Randomized Trial of Early Discharge and Nurse Specialist Transitional Follow Up Care of High Risk Childbearing WomenIn a randomised clinical trial, quality of health care as reflected in patient outcomes and cost of health care was compared between two groups of high-risk childbearing women: women diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension in pregnancy. The control group …
Faculty Profile
Julia Watt-RosenfeldJulia Watt-Rosenfeld has been a community organizer in New York City for 20 years, working to preserve affordable housing, improve schools, prevent displacement of working class BIPOC New Yorkers and, most recently, pass climate legislation. She has …
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NYU Wagner Welcomes Laura Kavanagh as Distinguished Visiting UrbanistLaura Kavanagh , who served as the 34th New York City Fire Commissioner, has been named the NYU Wagner Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the 2025–26 academic year. Each year, Wagner appoints a renowned professional in urban policy to guest-teach a …
Stories
Women’s History in Chinatown: A Walking TourBy Emely Paulino On Saturday, March 30, 2024, a group of 20 Wagner students met outside of the Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office on Doyers Street in Chinatown, New York, for a special walking tour highlighting women’s history in Chinatown. The tour was …
Publication
Women are Credited Less in Science than Their Male CounterpartsJulia Lane, Britta Glennon, Raviv Murciano-Goroff, Bruce Weinberg, Enrico Berkes and Matt Ross …
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Travel Courses There are many opportunities to find additional funding for study abroad , but it requires advance planning and some work. Please note that the Office of International Programs does not administer these funding opportunities. Please contact each …
Faculty Profile
Laura KavanaghLaura served as the 34th New York City Fire Commissioner, overseeing the nation’s largest fire department—with 17,000 employees, a $2.3 billion budget, and 1.6 million annual 911 calls. She was the first woman to lead the historically male-dominated …
News
Student Spotlight: Julia Delgado (MPA-PNP 2026)Julia Delgado (MPA-PNP 2026), Wagner Womxn mentorship co-chair Could you share a bit about yourself and tell us what inspired you to attend NYU Wagner? From the beginning of my career, I knew I wanted to work in the social impact space, designing …
Capstone Projects
An Interim Assessment of the Sew for Sisterhood Women's CooperativeThe Global Opportunity (GO) Fund engaged the Capstone team to assess the structure and interim outcomes of its Sew for Sisterhood program that is designed to expand the economic and social opportunities of financially disadvantaged women in Asebu, Ghana. …
Capstone Projects
Helping Homeless Families Achieve Stability: A Process Evaluation of the Junius Street and Liberty Street Family ResidencesWomen in Need (WIN) is a New York City-based nonprofit organization that offers residential shelter in conjunction with support services to help homeless families achieve residential stability. Social support services include employment services, domestic …
Capstone Projects
Measuring Impact: A Blueprint for Building an Internal Evaluation ProgramThe New York Women's Foundation (NYWF) has awarded over $19 million in grants to hundreds of local grassroots organizations working toward the creation of an equal and just future for low income women and girls in New York City. The NYWF requested a …
Faculty Profile
Sarah KaufmanSarah M. Kaufman is the Director of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Service, where she researches, advocates for, and educates about innovative transportation policy, planning, and technologies. Her …
Publication
Health status and health care utilization among New York City home attendants: An illustration of the needs of working poor immigrant womenWeitzman, B.C. and Berry, C.A. …
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SUMMER 2025 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWSMakenzie Rodrigues will graduate from NYU in May with an MA in Politics (American Politics) from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. During her time at NYU, she served as a copy editor for the Journal of Political Inquiry and played on the Women's …
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Lateefah Simon Social Justice Leadership Fellowship Lateefah Simon is the US Representative for the 12th district of California. She has spent her career fighting for justice — fighting for folks without a voice. Lateefah began her career in advocacy at age 16 as an outreach coordinator for the Young …
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How New York City Won the OlympicsThis report demonstrates that New York City has successfully achieved almost all of the key elements in the NYC2012 Olympic Plan, despite the fact that it was not chosen to host the 2012 Games. For New York City, planning for the 2012 Olympics provided …
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SUMMER 2024 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWSArianna Afsar (she/hers) believes deeply in the intersection of arts and policy. Art changes culture and culture changes policy. As a theater/film performer and composer, Afsar is excited to be finishing up her last year at Wagner to understand the …
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Participants and Projects… and empower women, while producing high-quality local news coverage that elevates global awareness and ignites … has over six years of experience in radio and television news production as a news producer, assignment editor, research executive and …
Capstone Projects
QUANTIFYING INEQUITIES IN VOTER ACCESS TO ADVOCATE FOR EXPANDED ACCESSThe League of Women Voters of the City of New York (LWVNYC) is a nonpartisan organization that seeks to increase New Yorker participation in local communities and government through civics, voting, and issue advocacy. LWVNYC engaged a team to highlight …
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The Pink Tax on Mobility: Opportunities for InnovationTransportation Has a “Pink Tax”: Women Pay More Than Men to Travel The Pink Tax is a form of gender-based price discrimination concerning the upcharge womeni pay for specific products or services. Although the term is most frequently referenced in regard …