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A Bold Vision for School Desegregation… Urbanist Richard Buery presented a series of conversations about public policy in New York City. The third and final forum featured Council Member Brad Lander , who talked about his efforts to promote integration in New York City …
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Student Dejian Zeng Worked in an iPhone Factory in China to See How Workers Were Treated… for room and board. Rather, he went there to find out about the working conditions first-hand. In the summer of … stayed for six weeks, subsequently giving an interview about the experience to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs . He conducted …
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NYU Wagner climate economist Gernot Wagner named to NYC Panel on Climate Change… economist (2014 – 2016) and member of its Leadership Council (2015 – 2016). He has taught at Columbia, Harvard, and NYU, and has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. …
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Student Spotlight: Maggie Huang (MUP 2025)… First Generation Student Association Can you share a bit about yourself and what inspired you to attend a school of … quality of life. I remember my family telling me stories about New York City in the 1980s when they first immigrated, … that contribute to my success at Wagner. Working for NYC Council Member Farah Louis a few years ago at her district …
Capstone Projects
ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF NYC’S RIGHT TO COUNSEL LAWS ON RATES OF ILLEGAL EVICTIONIn 2017, the City of New York began a five-year, staggered rollout of its landmark Right to Counsel (RTC) legislation, providing free legal representation to tenants facing eviction. While previous studies suggest that RTC lowers eviction rates, …
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Can a Little 'Nudge' Help Solve the Plastic Bag Crisis?… in the proportion of customers using disposable bags—or about 18 million fewer flimsy bags used in the county …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative Welcomes New Senior Fellow to Support State and Local Labor Enforcement… preventing retaliation against workers who speak out about wage theft, overseeing the development and … of the Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council. Her extensive experience will be invaluable in …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and State Futures Release Joint Issue Brief on Strengthening Workers' Rights Through Interstate Cooperation… About State Futures State Futures is a national nonprofit … action. For more, visit https://www.statefutures.org . About NYU Wagner Labor Initiative The NYU Wagner Labor …
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Depressive Symptoms in Blood Donors Notified of HIV Infection… Understanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human … to complete a questionnaire that included questions about drug use, sexual behavior, and psychological …
Capstone Projects
High Schools and the Development of First-Generation College Students… even less likely to reach college than their peers. Only about one quarter of first-generation students enroll in …
Capstone Projects
Forecasting the Financial Future of Jewish Cemeteries in the New York Area… The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) requested a Capstone team to review the … Jewish Community Relations Council …
Alumni In Action
Kris Mordecai… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I lead finance and … in an administrative support role, my passion has been about providing the operational support and services that … What advice would you give to someone considering or about to enter the EMPA Program? Come to Wagner open to …
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FALL 2022 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWS… programming, co-advises student clubs, and graduate council, as a teacher assistant for the Intro to Public … from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is very passionate about immigrant rights, gender justice, and civic engagement. … for the Wagner Student Association. He is passionate about advocating for and helping underrepresented populations …
News
Your Alumni News for September 2018… its new Online Master of Health Administration Program . Dean Glied describes the 28-month, part-time program as … David Schachter (MPA 1994), Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs starred in one of the … to tackle the AIDS crisis. The Guardian talks to him about what is was like to make "Buddies" at the height of the …
Faculty Profile
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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Passengers’ Travel Behavior before and after the adjustment of Regular Bus Collinear Sections: A Case study in the Incipient Phase of Metro Operation in XiamenIncreasing Chinese cities are constructing the metro transit system, which is considered an effective way to reduce urban traffic congestion and meet the rapid growth of travel demand. However, the operation of a new metro line typically coincides with …
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Policy Areas… academics, and current and former government officials about how consumer laws can be used to protect workers and … attorneys are cracking down on abusive employers. It's about time. Slate, March 21, 2023. America's Workplace … Are Bringing Back the Lochner Era and What We Can Do About It , (co-author Jane Flanagan), originally published in …
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NYU Tandon and Wagner project to look below the surface to make NYC more resilient… the need for comprehensive, quickly accessible data about the spatial relationships between utility conduits, … proximity to other systems, easily accessible, usable data about what they are likely to encounter could expedite … Borough President’s Office Stephen Levin, member, council district 33 Keith Powers, member, City council …
Alumni In Action
David Bergman… Victor Rodin were most valuable in terms of thinking about the way different health care systems around world are … the work I did at Wagner was an introduction to thinking about things in a quantitative way, which was very different … has been very helpful to me. What’s the best thing about working in Health IT? What’s so exciting about working …
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NYU Wagner’s 7th Annual Day of ServiceDuring the spring semester, NYU Wagner students across the country came together to participate in the annual WagnerCares Day of Service. In addition to service projects in New York City, alumni in the Bay Area, Washington DC, and Los Angeles …
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In Memoriam: Professor Richard BrodskyNYU Wagner has lost a highly valued member of our community—former New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, who died on April 8, 2020. A “champion of the state Legislature,” as Politico memorialized him, he had an outstanding career as a public …
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Quamid Francis… of Citywide Administrative Services, the New York City Council, and the New York State Senate. In his noteworthy …