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Event Recap - First Things First: Tips for Managing Your Time and Energy in School, Work, and Beyond Written by Monica Martinez On February 21, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosted an online workshop on time management techniques and strategies for organizing daily calendar tasks. The session gave an informative and educational refresher …
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PADM-GP.4217
Accountability in Humanitarian AssistanceThis short course will explore the concept of accountability within humanitarian intervention. In particular it will look at the contemporary significance of accountability for humanitarian response – when and why it has become an important concept for …News
NYU Wagner’s Professor Vanessa Deane is Awarded AICP CertificationNYU Wagner is pleased to congratulate Vanessa L. Deane , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urban Planning & Public Service, for earning her American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification , a rigorous credential signaling her deep knowledge of …
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To Leave An Area After Disaster: How Evacuees from the WTC Buildings Left the WTC Area Following the Attacks.How people leave a devastated area after a disaster is critical to understanding their ability to cope with risks they face while evacuating. Knowledge of their needs for communications about these risks is particularly crucial in planning for emergency …
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Birth Weight and Income: Interactions Across GenerationsThis paper attempts to answer a series of questions regarding the interaction of income and birth weight across generations. First, does the effect of the income of a mother during her pregnancy on her infant's birth weight depend on the family's birth …
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Sing Sing Historic Prison MuseumThe Capstone team produced a report examining the planning context and feasibility of a Sing Sing Historic Prison Museum within the walls of the active Sing Sing Correctional Facility. The report is part of a comprehensive resource package for community …
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MUP CurriculumFocus Area Courses Public Policy and Planning in New York Climate Economics Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities Planning for Emergencies and Disasters Water Sourcing and Climate Change Climate Policy and Politics Topics in Urban …
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From Local to Global: External Validity in a Fertility Natural ExperimentExperimental evidence on a range of interventions in developing countries is accumulating rapidly. Is it possible to extrapolate from an experimental evidence base to other locations of policy interest (from “reference” to “target” sites)? And which …
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Is Biology Destiny: Birth Weight and Life ChancesTwo key questions are addressed regarding the intersection of socioeconomic status, biology, and low birth weight over the life course. First, do the income and other socioeconomic conditions of a mother during her pregnancy affect her chances of having 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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Ma Fides Talania, NYU Wagner, Named Global First Runner-Up of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation CompetitionThe Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy have announced the “All-Star”winners of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition …
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Crime and Urban Flight Revisited: The Effect of the 1990s Drop in Crime on CitiesThe ‘flight from blight' and related literatures on urban population changes and crime have primarily considered times of high or increasing crime rates. Perhaps the most cited recent work in this area, Cullen and Levitt (1999), does not extend through …
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Evaluation in multi-site programsThis paper discusses the problem of evaluating and predicting the treatment impact of a program that is implemented at multiple sites. Two issues arise: is information from other sites relevant in estimating the impact at a given site? and how can we …
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Global Comparisons of Immigration Policy and Electoral Politics JOIN ON ZOOM: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97733684095 How does the role that immigration plays in US elections compare to elections in other places around the world? Join us for a virtual roundtable discussing immigration and electoral politics in the UK, …
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Twitter Response to the United States Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations against Screening with Prostate Specific AntigenObjective : To examine public and media response to the United States Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) draft (October 2011) and finalized (May 2012) recommendations against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing using Twitter, a popular social …
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Mental retardation and prenatal methylmercury toxicityMethylmercury (MeHg) is a developmental neurotoxicant; exposure results principally from consumption of seafood contaminated by mercury (Hg). In this analysis, the burden of mental retardation (MR) associated with methylmercury exposure in the 2000 U.S. …
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Measuring the built environment for physical activity: State of the sciencePhysical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the U.S. and internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the physical—or built—environment and physical activity. To understand the impact …
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The Economics of MicrofinanceThe microfinance revolution, begun with independent initiatives in Latin America and South Asia starting in the 1970s, has so far allowed 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy …
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MPA-MBAMBA-MPA students can "double count" some coursework between degrees. Your MBA coursework will reduce the total number of credits you need for the MPA to 33 (from the standard 45), and your MPA coursework will reduce the total number of credits needed for …
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Qualitative ResearchPeople are fascinated by the stories of leaders, but not much has been written about the forces that shape them. This set brings together "what truly matters about leadership" to map an emerging discipline that draws from history, philosophy, sociology, …
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Logic with Polarized Parties, Changing Media, and Motivated ReasonersChapter 4, by Patrick Egan and Markus Prior, continues with the examination of electoral accountability and the psychology of citizen evaluation of incumbents by using R. Douglas Arnold’s The Logic of Congressional Action as a springboard. The authors …
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EXEC-GP.4154
Management Consulting for Public Service Organizations (EMPA)Management consultants work in all corners of the public and nonprofit sectors on every imaginable topic—from organizational strategy to technology implementation, education to migration. But what is management consulting? Why do so many public service …