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Transitioning to an Electric Bus FleetMTA New York City Transit (NYCT) is the largest public transportation agency in North America and one of the largest in the world. The bus system in NYC has the highest ridership in the US, moving 2.4 million people a day. Per NYCT’s Fast Forward Plan, …
Publication
Trust in Charitable Organizations… is low or falling. Unfortunately, according to new research by the Brookings Institution's Center for Public … large, particularly when juxtaposed with other research that has given the sector the benefit of the doubt …
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Henry Hart Rice Urban Studies Fellowship… Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, was a Research Assistant for the Furman Center, and worked as a … the NYC Mayor's Office for International Affairs and a research assistantship with NYU Furman Center. … In addition to quality courses, I got to work with NYU research institutes on projects directly relevant to pressing …
Capstone Projects
STANDARDIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CARE… public safety-net hospital system in the country, serving 1.4 million New Yorkers annually. In September 2014, H+H was … of the system's hospitals. The team conducted extensive research into care management best practices, staffing … personnel within H+H and similar organizations. The team's research resulted in the development of patient-facing health …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Reuben Forman (MPA 2024)… as an opportunity to gain hands-on expertise in policy research as well as build community amongst queer public … to being a MPA student, you previously worked as a research assistant at the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. How has your coursework and research expanded your understanding of housing policy and …
Faculty Profile
Victor G. Rodwin… and Health: New York, London, Paris and Tokyo." His research on this theme led to the establishment of the World … (with D. Tabuteau) was published in France: A La Santé de l'Oncle Sam: Regards croisés sur les systèmes de santé … health systems). Paris, Jacob-Duvernet, 2010. Also, a research monograph (with P. Chau, J. Woo, M. Gusmano, D. …
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A New White Flight? The Dynamics of Neighborhood Change in the 1980s… understand its impact on society has led to a burgeoning research literature. Predominantly non-European and of varied … wholly met by traditional immigration studies. Immigration Research for a New Century demonstrate show sociology, … backgrounds have altered the scope and emphases of the research literature,allowing scholars to ask new questions …
Capstone Projects
Communication Project… communication strategies and challenges. Based on this research, the team offered guidance on content and …
Capstone Projects
Benchmarking Transit Improvement Processes in Megacities of the Developing World… to those New York City is confronting. The Capstone team's research for the Rudin Center will provide practitioners from …
News
Wagner community welcomes Bill de Blasio as its 2023 Marnold Visiting Fellow… In 1990, Mayor Edward I. Koch joined NYU Wagner’s Urban Research Center as a visiting fellow shortly after his tenure …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Edghill (MPA-PNP 2022)… Manager for Diversity Initiatives, Office of Science and Research, NYU Grossman School of Medicine In your current … open doors, propel careers, and strengthen academic and research communities. My passion lies in building programs … for diversity initiatives within the Office of Science and Research, I am fortunate to lead two transformative programs …
Faculty Profile
Alexander Gleason… of New York City, working as the Director of Policy, Research & Legislation at the New York City Central Labor …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Breandan Ward (EMPA 2018)… practices into leadership development, policymaking, research and design, I aim to empower organizations to …
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WagnerCares Week of Service 2021… at bit.ly/nybcappointment . There are many blood centers throughout all 5 boroughs. Not in New York City? …
Publication
Measuring School Efficiency: What Have We Learned?… have taken center stage in much of the debate and research in education policy since at least the mid-1990s. … in which school performance can be measured, only limited research exists on alternative ways to measure how well … Stiefel, L., Schwartz, A.E., Rubenstein, R. & Zabel, J. …
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Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research… have taken center stage in much of the debate and research in education policy since at least the mid-1990s. … in which school performance can be measured, only limited research exists on alternative ways to measure how well … Stiefel, L., Rubenstein, R., Schwartz, A.E. & Zabel, J., eds. …
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Validation of the Revised CRISYS, a Contemporary Measure of Life StressorsThe objectives of this study were to establish the validity of the Crisis in Family Systems-Revised, a recently developed measure of contemporary life stressors, using the same validation technique as in the original validation and to provide further …
Publication
Claiming a Voice on Race… I identify specific choices and experiences in the research interviews that were influenced by my race, using … about how researcher identities reverberate through the research process. Second, my consideration of the change in …
Faculty Profile
Elizabeth Angeles… of Public Administration from New York University. Her research interests encompass cross-sector collaboration, …
Alumni In Action
Seth Kerr… I managed medical logistics for hospitals and medical research in Germany and Kenya. While in Kenya, I supported malaria and HIV research in partnership with the Center for Disease Control … know about urban planning as a career. After doing some research, I realized I could go back to grad school and …
News
Study Finds New York City's Small High School Reform "Lifted All Boats"… Education and Social Policy (IESP), a Wagner-Steinhardt research center. Matthew Wiswall, an assistant professor …
Alumni In Action
Rashi Kumar… health insurance company with almost 1.2 million members in NYC, Long Island, and Westchester. I … delivery system innovation. This entails conducting research, designing and conducting analyses, creating and …
Capstone Projects
Identifying Key Revenue Drivers in an Ambulatory Surgery Center… fee packages data from physician interviews, market research and the Hospital's main operating room (MOR) yearly … Excel model based on a number of assumptions, including: 1) projected physician case volume procedures; 2) …