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ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE TO GUIDE ORGANIZATIONAL DECISIONSFor over a century, the Provident Loan Society has been providing access to cash to New Yorkers in need, with a special focus on immigrant and impoverished populations. The nonprofit client engaged a Capstone team to investigate the contributing factors …
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DEFORESTATION DATA VISUALIZATIONCDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is a nonprofit organization that manages the global disclosure system that companies and cities use to manage their environmental impacts. CDP tasked a Capstone team with transforming data from its …
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New York-Presbyterian/Weill CornellWorking closely with the Chief Operating Officer of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, the resident obtained broad-based exposure to hospital operations through a variety of experiences, including coordinating development of the annual operating budget, …
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Fathers Initiative ProjectPalladia, one of the largest nonprofit, multi-service agencies in New York City, recently adopted a family-focused approach to its work and was interested in enhancing its services specifically for fathers. The goal of the Palladia Capstone project was to …
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Employment Outcomes AnalysisPalladia empowers individuals to become active, productive members of the community through programs aimed at easing the struggle with addiction, homelessness, domestic violence, and trauma. Palladia wanted a more concrete understanding of the systemic …
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Student Spotlight: Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025)Santana Kavanaugh (MPA-PNP 2025), community service and outreach chair, NYU Wagner Black Student Association For Santana, Community Service & Outreach Chair for the Black Student Association (BSA) and Co-Chair of Students for Ending Mass Incarceration …
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Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in BangladeshRapid urbanization is reshaping economies and intensifying spatial inequalities. In Bangladesh, we experimentally introduced mobile banking to very poor rural households and family members who had migrated to the city, testing whether mobile technology …
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CREATING A FUND FOR THE “MISSING MIDDLE” OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN LATIN AMERICAPro Mujer is a nonprofit organization that provides access to finance and entrepreneurship support to empower low-income women in Latin America. The organization enlisted a Capstone team to research the creation of a fund that would target the “missing …
Alumni In Action
Ignacio AravenaWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner because of its comprehensive and policy driven focus, which is not very common for a Master of Urban Planning. Here, I got the chance of boosting my quantitative skills while I was also …
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Henry Hart Rice Urban Studies FellowshipThe Henry Hart Rice Urban Studies Fellowship, endowed by the Rice Family Foundation, is awarded to outstanding students who demonstrate a commitment to bringing their scholarship and expertise to bear upon significant urban issues. The fellowship provides …
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Janna GoacheeJanna Goachee is a healthcare executive, Registered Nurse, and educator who serves as Founder and CEO of JLG Health Solutions LLC , a boutique healthcare consulting firm. Through JLG Health Solutions, she provides executive leadership augmentation and …
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ClassroomResources on the Need for IRB Review of Class Assignments In schools of public policy and management, questions about the borderline between "research" and "non-research" arise as we instruct students in research methods and professional skills. …
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Playing for freedom: strengthening a sports for development program in BogotáWith chapters in Brazil, Colombia, Morocco, the U.K., and the U.S., the Nukanti Foundation focuses on identifying creative people working on social problems, and helping them work on a larger scale. In Colombia, one of Nukanti’s largest programs is …
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Social value and impact measurementFounded in New York City in 2001, NPower is a nonprofit organization aimed at mobilizing the tech community to provide individuals, nonprofits, and schools with access and opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential. One of NPower’s …
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Generating revenue for the center for the history of medicine and public healthThe Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health (CHM), part of the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), was established in 2012. With more than 550,000 volumes, CHM is one of the largest medical library collections in the United States. It holds …
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Anticipating and adapting to community changes in the East VillageThe East Village Community Coalition (EVCC) is a neighborhood alliance that works to recognize, support, and sustain the built and cultural character of the East Village. Since 2004, their efforts have helped preserve the vibrancy and diversity of this …
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Directors of outreach and engagement: assessing an emergent phenomenon in Jewish federations of North AmericaBig Tent Judaism (formerly Jewish Outreach Institute) seeks to engage, support, and advocate for “all those who would cast their lot with the Jewish people, regardless of prior knowledge or background.” The Capstone team partnered with Big Tent Judaism to …
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Unintended Negative Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results from a Field Experiment in Indian ClassroomsIn an experiment in non-formal schools in Indian slums, a reward scheme for attending a target number of school days increased average attendance when the scheme was in place, but had heterogeneous effects after it was removed. Among students with high …
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Policy Research: The Field DimensionField research, defined as an unstructured contact with public problems and programs, is essential to realistic policy research. Research linking governmental action to good outcomes is rare, because those who study government and those whose who analyze …
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DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR A UK-BASED FISCAL HOST FOLLOWING BREXITGlobal Dialogue is an independent, international platform for philanthropic partnership, enabling funders to work together to advance human rights and social change within countries in the European Union (EU). Fiscal host organizations offer incubation …
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ASSESSING AND DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT LAUNCHCholPori is a web-based, self-driven learning application that enables students in Bangladesh to enhance their literary learning both inside and outside the classroom. An estimated two-thirds of students in Bangladesh are currently reading below grade …
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DEVELOPING PROGRAM INITIATIVES FOR AN INNOVATIVE SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONThe Action Lab is a young organization that fosters interdisciplinary and cross-movement spaces for learning, gathering, and reflection. Its four anchor initiatives aim to find shared strategies for action, help change-makers build and sharpen social …
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DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMINGThe Jewish Emergent Network (JEN) is the umbrella organization connecting seven Jewish community organizations across the US. These seven member organizations are collectively committed to revitalizing the way Jewish Americans explore their religion and …
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The Effect of New Immigrant High Schools on Immigrant Students’ Academic and Social Performance: Causal Evidence from New York City Public High SchoolsOver the past fifteen years, English Language Learners (ELLs) have comprised between 12 and 17 percent of the New York City student population. Since these students face different educational challenges than their native-born and English proficient …