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How We Consider ApplicantsWork Experience We value professional experience from all sectors and fields. We believe that professional experience helps students ground their studies in real experiences, enriching discourse and learning in the classroom. In addition to full-time …
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Health Policy - PhDThis field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017Dear Alumni, I hope this finds you well. In May, we celebrated and welcomed 372 new graduates to the alumni community at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Delivering the convocation address, Patrick Gaspard, Vice President of the Open Society Foundations …
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Student Spotlight: Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025)Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025), community service and outreach chair, NYU Wagner Black Student Association For Santana, Community Service & Outreach Chair for the Black Student Association (BSA) and Co-Chair of Students for Ending Mass Incarceration …
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE ARUNODAYA PROGRAMEk Kadam Aur (EKA) is a nonprofit organization transforming the lives of underprivileged children with visual impairments through inclusive education and digital technology. EKA’s Arunodaya (“Sunshine for the Blind”) program equips blind children in rural …
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Step 1: Degree RequirementsBelow are important degree requirements and milestones for the doctoral program. A more comprehensive explanation of the doctoral program can be found here . Milestone Time of Expected Completion Completion of Research Methods ( PHD-GP 5902 ) Year one …
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Emergency Department Use in New York City: A Survey of Bronx PatientsIn the absence of universal coverage and an effective primary care delivery system for vulnerable populations, hospital emergency departments (EDs) are the ultimate safety net for many patients. This is especially true in New York City, where nearly 75 …
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2025 AWARDEESThe NYU Migration Network is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Graduate Student Award for Summer Research on Migration . The five projects awarded and the five finalists recognized are featured here. Congratulations to all! …
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Retirement Contribution Rate Nudges and Plan Participation: Evidence from a Field ExperimentSimple interventions like changing the default or sending a short message can induce individuals to save more for retirement. However, messages that emphasize high savings rates may increase the amount that savings plan participants save while reducing …
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Student Spotlight: Robyn James (MPA-PNP 2026)Robyn James (MPA-PNP 2026), Chair, NYU Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Robyn James is a Master of Public Administration student in NYU Wagner’s Public & Nonprofit Management (PNP) program with a specialization in Advocacy & Political Action, and …
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Capitated Hospital Contracts: The Empty Beds Versus Filled Beds ControversyTalks about the significance of capitated arrangements in hospitals. Detail about the financial incentives under capitation. …
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Climate Week at NYU Wagner: Six Events Exploring Timely, Global Issues Copy by Graylin Lucas; photography by Claire Chen, Kimberly Gonzalez, Tori Herrera, and Cristianna Watson. NYU Wagner hosted six events in our event space as part of Climate Week NYC, bringing together leading policy experts from across the globe for …
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URPL-GP.2625
Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable CitiesThis class is about the infrastructure systems that make up the built environment of cities, and that can make cities more or less sustainable and equitable. As humans face concurrent crises of climate change and inequality, most of the earth’s population …Publication
Debt, Donors, and the Decision to Give… The digitized data cover all public charities required to file the Form 990. The final sample contains 460,577 …
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NYU Takes Center Stage at NYC Climate Week, Bridging Global Policy and ResearchAs world leaders converge for Climate Week NYC (Sept 22-29), NYU Wagner is helping to advance understanding of one of the planet's most pressing issues: the future of the Amazon rainforest. At the heart of Wagner's involvement is Associate Professor Salo …
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Impressed to Inspired: A Conversation with the NYU Wagner Alum Behind New York’s Grassroots Housing Movement by: Rhea Almeida (MPA-PNP) “I spent three weeks looking for a place in Brooklyn and almost died,” a friend and fellow Wagner student said about his experience house-hunting in New York City. As a first-year graduate student, I faced my own challenges …
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Career Resources for International StudentsON-CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT Got an on-campus job or want to learn more about if you can work at NYU? Review the information based on your F-1 or J-1 status for all the needed details. On-Campus Employment Information OFF-CAMPUS EMPLOYMENT If you want to work …
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Bachelor's-Master's Track Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Students must join the Bachelor’s-Master’s track while they are still matriculated in their undergraduate program. They must then formally apply to NYU Wagner during their senior year by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on …
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How Have ACA Insurance Expansions Affected Health Outcomes? Findings from the LiteratureA growing body of literature examining the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on nonelderly adults provides promising evidence of improvements in health outcomes through insurance expansions. Our review of forty-three studies that employed a …
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Samantha WhiteSamantha is a Managing Partner with HR Confidential, LLC an HR Consulting Company serving healthcare clients in the northeast region of the US. She is a healthcare industry professional with a 20 year foundation in Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, …
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UPADM-GP.275
Contemporary Global Crises and Humanitarian PoliticsIn the context of a growing number of intersecting local, national, and global crises, each warranting political strategy, operational responses, and humanitarian planning across a range of states, agencies, movements, technical and political actors, this …Publication
Assessing Qualitative Studies in Public Administration ResearchSystematic reviews of research methods in the public administration field have assessed the progress of research practice and offered relevant recommendations to further develop research quality. But most recent reviews examine quantitative studies, and …
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Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observationsUrban green and open space are important components of achieving the goal of planning sustainable cities, by offering health benefits to urban dwellers and providing socio-economic and environmental benefits to society. Recent literature studied the usage …
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NYU Wagner Welcomes NY1 Political Anchor Errol Louis as the Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for Fall 2021NYU Wagner is delighted to announce that Errol Louis, Spectrum News NY1 political anchor and host of “Inside City Hall,” will be the Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Fall, 2021, semester, and will teach a course in Urban Affairs. “We’re …