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Implementing Performance Measurement Tools at an NYC After-School Performing Arts ProgramOpening Act is a free, after-school theater program operating in 33 underserved New York City public high schools. Opening Act requested assistance from a Capstone team to refine and implement a newly developed performance measurement system. After …
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Availability of risky geoengineering can make an ambitious climate mitigation agreement more likelySome countries prefer high to low mitigation (H ≻ L). Some prefer low to high (L ≻ H). That fundamental disagreement is at the heart of the seeming intractability of negotiating a climate mitigation agreement. Modelling global climate negotiations as a …
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State and City Government Ethics Are the Focus of One-Day Conference at NYU WagnerNumerous states and cities have experienced a cascade of criminal and ethical violations by public servants in recent years. What can policy makers and professionals who interact with city and state government agencies and legislatures do to limit …
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Andrew TsuiDrawing on more than a decade of experience litigating on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the General Counsel for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Division, Andrew Tsui represents healthcare …
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MPA in Health Policy & ManagementStudents can fulfill this requirement in one of two ways: Enter NYU Wagner with at least two years of full-time, degree-relevant, professional experience; or Complete the Professional Experience Requirement (PER), which means working in a degree-relevant …
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Work Requirements and Child Tax BenefitsMany U.S. safety-net programs condition benefit eligibility on work. Eliminating work requirements would better target benefits to the neediest families but would also attenuate pro-work incentives. We study how expanding child tax credits to non-workers …
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Energy Transformations in CitiesRae Zimmerman, C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, T. Bowman, and S. Ali Ibrahim … Energy Transformations in …
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Federal funding of doctoral recipients: What can be learned from linked dataWan Ying Chang, Wei Cheng, Julia Lane, Bruce A. Weinberg … Federal funding of doctoral recipients: What can be learned from linked …
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The NYU Rudin Center for TransportationOffice of Student and Program Services The credit cards accepted for program payment are: VISA, MasterCard, and American Express. All fields marked with are required. Participant Information First Name Last Name Work Email Work Organization Contact …
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The Voice Cultivation Process: How Team Members Can Help Upward Voice Live on to ImplementationThe upward voicing of ideas is vital to organizational performance. Yet power differences between voicers and those with authority may result in valuable ideas being overlooked. In this ethnographic, 31-month longitudinal study of a multi-disciplinary …
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Federal Funding of Doctoral Recipients: What can be learned from linked dataJulia Ingrid Lane … Federal Funding of Doctoral Recipients: What can be learned from linked data …
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Using behavioral economics to improve dietary intake: Alternatives to regulation, bans, and taxationMarie Bragg, Brian D. Elbel … Using behavioral economics to improve dietary intake: Alternatives to regulation, bans, and taxation …
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Speaking up is not enough: A multi-level model of how frontline voice can reach implementation. Satterstrom, P., Vogus, T., Jung, O., DiBenigno, J., and Kerrissey, M. … Speaking up is not enough: A multi-level model of how frontline voice can reach …
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Sugar-sweetened beverage purchases and intake at event arenas with and without a portion size capSheri Volger, James Scott Parrott, Brian D. Elbel, Leslie John, Jason P. Block, Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Christina A. Roberto … Sugar-sweetened beverage purchases and intake at event arenas with and without a portion size …
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Engaging Ethnic Restaurants to Improve Community Nutrition Environments: A Qualitative Study with Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York CityMelissa Fuster, Kevin Guerrero, Brian D. Elbel, Krishnendu Ray, Terry T.K. Huang … Engaging Ethnic Restaurants to Improve Community Nutrition Environments: A Qualitative Study with Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York …
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URPL-GP.2660
History and Theory of PlanningThis course examines key ideas in the history and theory of planning. We start with some challenges of 21st-century urbanism to activate our conversations about the history and theory of planning. Does the historical and theoretical apparatus of planning …Publication
Vieillir Dans Quatre Mégapoles: New-York, Londres, Paris et TokyoLes villes de New York, Londres, Paris et Tokyo concentrent une part majeure de l'activité et de la richesse de leurs nations. Elles connaissent une forte densité de population, et notamment de personnes âgées. Elles disposent en outre d'un potentiel en …
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Distinguishing Good Schools from Bad in Principle and Practice: A Comparison of Four MethodsFor over a decade, perhaps no other issue in education has generated the same level of debate and policy activity as school accountability. At their most basic, accountability policies tie school rewards and sanctions to measures of school performance, …
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The Twilight of Liberal Welfare ReformThirty years ago, welfare reform was a liberal issue. In the 1960s and 1970s, government planners proposed that cash welfare benefits be raised and extended to the entire low-income population. But those proposals were rejected, and since the 1970s, the …
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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 …
Capstone Projects
Improving HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy Development and Implementation at Indian BPO FirmsThe Global Business Coalition is a corporate membership organization helping corporations identify and implement programs within their businesses to address diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Many of these corporations utilize Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) …
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Courses AbroadThere are many opportunities to find additional funding for study abroad , but it requires advance planning and some work. Please note that the Office of International Programs does not administer these funding opportunities. Please contact each …
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Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered QuestionsFrancie Ostrower and Thad Calabrese … Audience Building and Financial Health in the Nonprofit Performing Arts: Current Literature and Unanswered …
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Ensuring Progress in Primary Care — What Can Health Care Reform Realistically Accomplish?Chokshi, D. … Ensuring Progress in Primary Care — What Can Health Care Reform Realistically Accomplish? …