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Kimberly LyonsKimberly Lyons is currently Vice President in the Product Management and Strategy group at Moody’s Ratings focusing on the development and enhancement of our Digital Ratings & Assessment product suite. Prior to her current role Kimberly was a public …
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MS in Public Policy Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Only offered for the Fall semester. Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by …
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Undergraduate Major in Public PolicyWhether it is climate change, inequality, urban congestion, privacy, affordable healthcare, terrorism or nonproliferation, the public challenges we face are more complicated than ever before, and addressing them effectively requires several sophisticated …
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ProjectsThe Collective Leadership Laboratory (Co-Lead Lab) offered Wagner students the frameworks and tools to become more impactful and collaborative leaders. The Fall 2017 program included an academic course , complemented by four one-day trainings available …
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Opening Doors and Building Capacity: Employing a Community-Based Approach to SurveyingAlthough many community-based initiatives employ community residents to undertake door-to-door surveys as a form of community mobilization or for purposes of needs assessment or evaluation, very little has been published on the strengths and weaknesses of …
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Student Spotlight: Ishani Shah (MHA 2025)Ishani Shah (MHA 2025), chair of the Wagner Health Network (WHN), aims to make an impact in healthcare equity and accessibility. She has accepted an administrative fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Women’s and Children’s …
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Ellen SchallDEAN AND MARTIN CHERKASKY PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service 295 Lafayette Street, Room 2100A New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 998 - 7438 Email: ellen.schall@nyu.edu B.A., Swarthmore College J.D., …
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Management and LeadershipManagement and Leadership is designed to empower you with the skills you will need to make meaningful change in the world—whether you care about bike lanes, criminal justice, prenatal care, community development, urban planning, social investment, or …Webpage
Capstone Client FAQCapstone is learning in action. Part of the core curriculum of the Master's program at NYU Wagner, it provides students with both a critical learning experience and an opportunity to perform a public service. Over the course of an academic year, students …
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Data Inventories for the Modern Age? Using Data Science to Open Government DataThis article describes how data science techniques—machine learning and natural language processing—can be used to open the black box of government data. It then describes how an incentive structure can be established—using human–computer interaction …
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Collective Leadership NetworkNYU Wagner’s Collective Leadership Network (Co-Lead Net) is an international network of academics, practitioners and graduate students interested in better understanding collective leadership and to helping it gain traction as a force for positive change. …
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Writing SupportTHE WAGNER WRITING CENTER All the best intentions and brilliant ideas in the world are for naught if they aren’t communicated clearly. In fact, in an era when think tanks have become content creators, public services use texts and tweets to help their …
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Carolyn HouCarolyn Hou is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As an applied anthropologist, she uses ethnographic research and design thinking methodologies to think creatively and …
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Master's Degree in Urban PlanningLearn to manage budgets and resources for large-scale urban projects. …
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Early Discharge and Home Care of Women Following Unplanned Cesarean Birth: A Report of Nurse Care TimeBrooten, D., Knapp, H., Borucki, L., Jacobsen, B., Finkler, S. et al. …
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Migration Choices of the Boomerang Generation: Does Returning Home Dampen Labor Market Adjustment? This paper documents a linkage between two empirical trends: the low levels of out-migration from weak labor markets, and the increasing rate at which young adults return to live with their parents (‘boomerang’). Using the American Community Survey, we …
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Fields of StudyStudents choose two fields of study and must pass a Comprehensive Exam for each field by the end of the second year of study. A core doctoral field ( Management or Public Policy ) Another established field or a customized field. For this field students …
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Undergraduate Offerings Our world is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected—as are the challenges we’re facing. Issues such as urbanization, healthcare, social justice, and inequality call for a new generation of public service leaders who can develop smart solutions …
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Stability and Change in Mothers' Representations of Their Relationship with Their ToddlersThis study examined several issues in the developmental dynamics of parents' representations of their relationship with their toddlers. The authors studied 125 mothers and their firstborn toddler sons over a 13-month period. Mothers took the Parent …
Capstone Projects
Open NYU: Crowdsourcing Employees of New York University's Department of Public Safety The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …
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NYU Wagner Capstone: The Beginning of a Lifelong Journey From Fieldwork in Mozambique to a Career in Social EntrepreneurshipFor many of us, the idea of making a difference in the world through public service can seem daunting. The problems we face are often complex, multifaceted, and seemingly intractable. Yet for NYU Wagner alumna Alicia Polak (MPA 2001), this challenge was …
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The NYU Democracy ProjectAbout the NYU Democracy Project The NYU Democracy Project began in 2019 with the VOTE2020 Initiative, a project aimed at increasing voter engagement in the 2020 election both on NYU's campus and nationwide. Since then, the Project has continued funding …
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In a new report, Prof. Paul Light Opens Path to Improved Government PerformanceAs the next administration takes shape under President-elect Donald Trump, the time could not be better for well-informed insights into “What Americans Want From Government Reform” – as the title of a new report from NYU Wagner’s Paul Light puts it. …
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A Cross-Country Panel StudyOver the past few years, various studies have alternately demonstrated and refuted the ability of foreign aid to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, following the conventional wisdom that identifies growth as the major factor of poverty …