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Ross Mudrick… and the practical was specifically attractive. Reading about professors who had been at the forefront on issues and challenges I cared deeply about, I realized that these were the people I needed to …
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Urban Planning Student Nonie Mathur a Finalist in Global Urbanization ChallengeThe Graduate Institute Geneva has chosen NYU Wagner's Nonie Mathur (MUP, 2017) and her team as a finalist in the Geneva Challenge 2016. The team will be flown to Switzerland in November to present and defend their submission in the culminating round of …
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More than Just Exercise: Walking in Today's Cities… to encourage walking. Amongst all of this excitement about walking, there has so far been little exploration of …
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Policy Areas… academics, and current and former government officials about how consumer laws can be used to protect workers and … attorneys are cracking down on abusive employers. It's about time. Slate, March 21, 2023. America's Workplace … Are Bringing Back the Lochner Era and What We Can Do About It , (co-author Jane Flanagan), originally published in …
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Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a US National Longitudinal StudyAbstract Background: Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular approach to improving health care quality, and the US government will soon implement pay-for-performance in hospitals nationwide. Yet hospital capacity to perform (and improve …
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Alumni Spotlight: Lilian Liu (MPA 2015)… that were most helpful? I loved that Wagner is both about theory and practice. In addition to the academic … that NYU offers was a great opportunity to learn about the potential jobs that I was interested in. What … a more responsible and sustainable company. I am excited about how fast companies are able to innovate and contribute …
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Social Entrepreneurship Minor… For more information about the curriculum, please see our Advising and Policies …
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Financial Access Initiative (FAI) Launches Research on Small Firms in the United States … challenges that small firms face. Researchers will learn about business owners’ aspirations for their business, their … contractors in Atlanta. “There are plenty of platitudes about entrepreneurship in the United States, but wrestling … manage uncertainty and volatility, how they make decisions about employing workers, and how those decisions affect the …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Alliance… indicators in order to identify remaining questions about the impact of the program, potentially scalable …
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Student Spotlight: Jacob Olander (MPA-PNP 2026)… chair, Wagner Philanthropy Can you share a bit about yourself and tell us why you chose to attend a school … principles. Lastly, I have appreciated learning more about program theory and evaluation, which is critical to …
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Public transportation and transmission of viral respiratory disease: Evidence from influenza deaths in 121 cities in the United States… along transportation routes, there is limited evidence about whether public transportation use itself is associated …
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School-wide Focus Areas… prepare for this work and develop frameworks for thinking about evaluation, as well as skills for collecting and …
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An Unconventional Path: Seung Hyun Moon’s (MPA-HPAM 2006) Journey from NYU Wagner to BioTech Executive… medical school, you don’t have to write anything. It’s all about passing the exam, getting the license, and then you’re … and confidence. “Still, in my current job, I’m very vocal about my opinion,” he said. “I’m not afraid; if I need to say … landed him in a career he’s truly passionate about. Now, he hopes to enlighten Wagner students and alumni …
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MSPP-GP.2100
Communication Skills for Policy AnalystsOpen only to students in the MSPP program. Communication Skills for Policy Analysts is a seminar course that simulates a fast-paced public policy environment where different stakeholders require a constant flow of written and oral communication work …Webpage
Cities… In courses that focus on cities, you will learn about broad sets of analytical, policy, and management skills …
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Student Spotlight: Alexander Yu (MUP 2025)… Pan Asian Student Alliance co-chair Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of … attracting customers/foot traffic. This got me thinking about what could help these small businesses draw more …
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Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in BangladeshRapid urbanization is reshaping economies and intensifying spatial inequalities. In Bangladesh, we experimentally introduced mobile banking to very poor rural households and family members who had migrated to the city, testing whether mobile technology …
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Migration, Externalities, and the Diffusion of COVID-19 in South AsiaThe initial spread of COVID-19 halted economic activity as countries around the world restricted the mobility of their citizens. As a result, many migrant workers returned home, spreading the virus across borders. We investigate the relationship between …
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Student Spotlight: Glenda Kee (MPA-PNP)… UPADM-GP 140 Economics for Public Policy 1. Tell us about yourself: I’m Glenda, a full-time, second-year MPA-PNP … I’ve also benefited from chatting with professors to learn about the industry that I’m interested in. 5. Can you … Wagner’s diversity in cultures. Students share fun facts about their country, bring traditional food from their …
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CAP-GP.3601
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Urban Planning ICouples with CAP-GP.3602. As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social …Alumni In Action
Traci SandersWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I had been out of school for five years before I decided to pursue a graduate degree, and a series of very fortunate events led me to Urban Planning. The two most important factors in my decision were 1) the …
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MS in Public Policy Application Checklist… introduce yourself and to inform the admissions committee about your goals, background, and career plans as they relate … Be yourself! This is your chance to share something unique about your story. If you choose not to submit a video essay, … an updated resume. We encourage you to include information about the following additional activities: Volunteer, public …
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Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in Bangladesh [Revised October 2019]Jean N. Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, Abu S. Shonchoy, and Hassan Zaman …