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Social Change Leadership PracticesErica Gabrielle Foldy, Laurie Goldman and Sonia Ospina. The Leadership Task of Prompting Cognitive Shifts: Shaping Perceptions of Issues and Constituencies to Achieve Public Service Goals. A practical five-page guide for nonprofit leaders. 2009. Dodge, J. …
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HPAM-GP.1830
Introduction to Health Policy and ManagementRequired for MPA Health students. This introductory course is designed to familiarize students with basic concepts and ideas concerning the distribution of health and illness in society, the organization of the health care system, and the relationship of …Alumni In Action
Kimberly WorshamHave you found any advantages to being a part of the NYU Wagner alumni network? The network is strong in the city, making it easy to network. I also think the good brand name has been really helpful in opening doors for me in positions I may not have …
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Armand BiroonakArmand Biroonak has a decade of CSR experience and is currently the Head of Employee Engagement, Community Impact for UBS Americas where he leads the firm’s employee engagement programs, including strategic grantmaking, employee giving, volunteering, …
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Nursing Satisfaction and Health Information TechnologyNew York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) is New York’s premiere health care organization, governed by a mission to provide state-ofthe- art, secure information technology tools to its internal employees. Driven by best practices, NYP strives to optimize the …
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Leda BloomfieldWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I wanted to find an urban planning school that connected planning to policy and to real people. I received traditional urban planning training, as well as non-traditional hands-on training in financial …
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Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a US National Longitudinal StudyAbstract Background: Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular approach to improving health care quality, and the US government will soon implement pay-for-performance in hospitals nationwide. Yet hospital capacity to perform (and improve …
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Saurabh BhargavaDr. Saurabh Bhargava is a behavioral economist and Visiting Scholar at NYU Wagner, and an academic affiliate of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He was previously an Associate Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University, …
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Full Steam Ahead Retreat Reflections 2022Designed for students with one year remaining at NYU Wagner, the "Full Steam Ahead" retreat offers time for reflection, forecasting, and skill building in an inclusive and collaborative environment. Read some comments below from students who took part in …
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Student Spotlight: Shannon Flores (MPA 2024)As a second-year Master of Public Administration student and Bloomberg Public Service Fellow, Shannon is drawing from her personal experience with California State Legislature and the NYC Mayor's Office of City Legislative Affairs as well as her desire to …
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Brooklyn is the New ManhattanMitchell L. Moss, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy at NYU Wagner and Director of the school's Rudin Center for Transportation, has written a new op-ed describing Downtown Brooklyn's dramatic emergence as "the new model of urban redevelopment." "In …
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Lily BatchelderLily Batchelder, the Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, is one of the nation’s leading voices on tax law and policy. She is an affiliated professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service, faculty director of the Furman …
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New Report - 'Hidden in Plain Sight' - Examines California's Most Economically Challenged CitiesAlmost 12 million Californians live in an economically challenged city, and a quarter of all challenged cities in the country are in California. A new report written by NYU Wagner’s Neil Kleiman highlights the critical role these cities play in the …
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Disparities in Access to Revascularization: Evidence from New YorkPurpose: To quantify and compare citywide disparities in the performance of coronary revascularization procedures in New York residents diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (IHD) by the characteristics of the patients and their neighborhood of residence …
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Race and the Housing Cycle: Differences in Home Equity Trends Among Long-Term HomeownersDuring the past decade, housing markets across the United States experienced dramatic upheaval. Housing prices rose rapidly throughout much of the country from 2000 until the start of 2007 and then fell sharply during the next two years. Many households …
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Larissa TrinderWhat led you to your current organization/role? After completing my EMPA from Wagner I wanted to coordinate my passions, skills and education together in a way that would create the greatest impact on communities. The position I am currently in brought …
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Sixteen Wagner Community Members Named to Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Transition TeamIn late November, New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani announced the local leaders selected to join his transition team. Sixteen Wagner community members were named to the over 400-person transition team , holding seats on 11 of the 17 transition …
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Not so Fast: The Realities of Impact InvestingAt the beginning of 2010, the Indian microfinance sector was a hotspot for impact investors. The promise of impact investing could be seen in the number of investors lining up to participate in the IPO of SKS Microfinance. SKS had ballooned from 603,000 …
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Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of Pará, Brazil, Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingAs part of Climate Week NYC 2025, NYU Wagner Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of the State of Pará, Brazil, signed a memorandum of understanding, on September 24, signifying continued partnership between Wagner and Pará. Barbalho has …
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Alumni Spotlight: Nikhel Taurani (MPA 2022)With his passion for healthcare investment, Nikhel reflects on his experience with Wagner’s MPA, Health Policy and Management program as well as his new role as an omni channel marketing consultant with Indegene. What motivated you to attend the Wagner …
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Kate ReynoldsHow did you find your first post-Wagner job? I came to Wagner with the goal to work in local government but the experiences and coursework opened my eyes to other opportunities. Through a career services event, I learned about the Presidential Management …
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Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessmentSafety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures contains the plenary lectures and papers presented at the 11th International Conference on STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY (ICOSSAR2013, New York, NY, USA, 16-20 June …