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SHAPING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN NEW YORK CITY’S FOOD SYSTEMThink Food is a social enterprise that aims to create a circular economy in the food system of NYC by providing an affordable and convenient waste collection service for small and mid-sized Chinese restaurant owners. The Capstone team identified three …
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Building blocks of bias: Gender composition predicts male and female group members’ evaluations of each other and the group… group as a whole following a shared task. As predicted, no performance differences were found as a function of gender …
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Long-Term Associations of Homelessness with Children's Well-Being… health, mental health, community involvement, cognitive performance, and educational records. Both groups scored …
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Recommending Strategies for Increased School CapacityThe Shefa School (Shefa) is the only Jewish school for students with language-based learning disabilities in the United States. Founded four years ago with just 24 students, Shefa has grown organically and consistently, now serving 110 students. However, …
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Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers–St. Vincent’s Hospital, ManhattanThe administrative residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan, is a project-based experience designed to expose the resident to key areas in hospital operations and administration. The projects ultimately involve identifying and implementing …
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Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) System Impact AnalysisAugust 1, 2000 marked the implementation of the Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Outpatient Prospective Payment System. The Capstone team was asked by New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) to research the new regulations to assist NYPH in …
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Strategies for West Farms Technology and Career CenterThe Phipps Community Development Corporation West Farms Technology and Career Center’s mission is to create clear pathways to opportunity, help people dream and set goals, and provide support and encouragement as people work toward their future. The …
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE ARUNODAYA PROGRAM… the program generally has a positive impact on academic performance, with early elementary school interventions …
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DEVELOPING A 10-YEAR ROADMAP TO ADAPT TO CHANGING NEEDSNYC311 is the non-emergency call center for quick, easy access to all New York City government services and information. NYC311 engaged the Capstone team to gather insights regarding the City's future in order to help the call center adapt to the changing …
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NAVIGATING NYC LOCAL LAW 97: INSIGHTS FROM CO-OPERATIVE
BUILDING OWNERSEnacted in 2019, New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97) requires buildings containing over 25,000 square feet to reduce emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The New York League of Conservation Voters enlisted the Capstone team to examine building owners’ …
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Long-term associations of homelessness with children’s well-being… health, mental health, community involvement, cognitive performance, and educational records. Both groups scored …
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University admission quotas and high-school academic incentives: a case study of Brazil… and Bahia, in 2003. The team examined its effects on test performance among favored students, especially blacks and …
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Impacting youth empowerment… to become leaders in the fight against poverty. Although performance measurement and management plays an increasingly …
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Does Small High School Reform Lift Urban Districts? Evidence From New York City… An important outstanding question is whether this better performance is gained at the expense of losses elsewhere: …
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Identifying Quality Assurance Best Practices in New York City Foster Care Provider Agencies… that appeared to have the greatest effectiveness on performance improvement. Ultimately, the team made …
Faculty Profile
Amy Ellen Schwartz… K-12 education examines the relationship between student performance and housing and neighborhood change; the role of …
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Race and neighborhoods in the 21st century: What does segregation mean today?Noting the decline in segregation between blacks and whites over the past several decades, some recent work argues that racial segregation is no longer a concern in the 21st century. In response, this paper revisits some of the concerns that John Quigley …
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Minimum Parking Requirements, Transit Proximity and Development in New York City… simultaneously improving the City’s overall environmental performance, addressing externalities arising from traffic …
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Emotional ties that bind: The roles of valence and consistency of group emotion in inferences of cohesiveness and common fate… to which the group as a whole was responsible for group performance. Finally, it is demonstrated that …
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Measuring the Impact of Streetscape Changes on Bus Service… and speed reduction treatments. The team analyzed bus performance and safety data, researched best practices in …
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Diversifying Revenue Streams in the Arts Impact SpaceSing for Hope is a nonprofit organization dedicated to harnessing the performing arts to transform lives. Each year, the Pianos Festival acts as a throughline for their programming in public spaces, schools, and hospitals, placing artist-designed pianos …
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Examining Crime Resilience in Southeast AsiaThe Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (the Global Initiative) is a network of over 500 experts dedicated to strategizing against transnational organized crime in the areas of human rights, democracy, governance, and development. The …
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Agriculture Development in Uganda: Resource Allocation for Local Economic Development Related ExpendituresThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) requested a Capstone team to assist in improving the way it allocates basket funds for local economic develop­ment projects. The Capstone team trav­eled to Uganda to perform an institutional assessment …
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Implementing Youth Development Outcomes within Not-for-Profit Agencies in New York CityThe Capstone Team has worked with the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to identify strategies, challenges and benefits of developing and implementing a youth development outcomes tracking system. The Capstone team …
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