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The Institute for Urban Family HealthThe Institute for Urban Family Health is a not-for-profit health care organization whose mission is to improve the quality and availability of family practice services in response to the needs of medically underserved populations. The resident was …
Capstone Projects
Assessing Homeless Outreach at the Bowery Residents CommitteeThe Bowery Residents Committee (BRC) is a voluntary nonprofit that works to address the needs of persons with limited resources in the metropolitan New York City area. The BRC is seeking to improve the effectiveness and policy influence of its street …
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The Financial Consequences of Being Denied Benefit AccessWe examine the causal impact of being denied benefit access on the financial well-being of marginally-excluded households. Using experimental and quasi-random variation in the flexibility of mandatory intake interviews and a unique linkage between …
Faculty Profile
Melissa BeckMelissa M. Beck is the inaugural executive director of the Sozosei Foundation. She has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, having managed and grown large-scale nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Before she joined the Sozosei …
Faculty Profile
Polly Trottenberg… dollars in road, bridge, tunnel, rail, airport, and port projects. She also served for several months during this …
News
Over 200 Participate in 4th Annual Day of Service… hours of service throughout all five boroughs. Service projects included tutoring middle school students at The East …
Publication
Wrapping it up in a person: Examining employment and earnings outcomes for Ph.D. recipients… the expertise gained by researchers in conducting their projects propagates into the broader economy. For eight …
Capstone Projects
Enhancing Holistic Road Safety in TanzaniaThe World Bank is a global financial institution that issues loans to countries for development programs. The Tanzania Strategic Cities Project (TSCP) of the World Bank aims to improve the access and quality of basic urban services by financing …
Capstone Projects
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY INITIATIVES ON SMALL BUSINESSES… how new NYC Department of Transportation bike and bus lane projects might affect small businesses in commercial … during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team analyzed how other projects have impacted commercial corridors, identified …
Faculty Profile
Vanessa L. DeaneDr. Vanessa L. Deane is Associate Clinical Professor of Public Service at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Director of the Urban Planning program. Her research praxis is rooted in the political economy of …
Capstone Projects
North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health SystemCompleting a project under the direction of senior leadership of the North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System Quality Management Department, the administrative residents had the opportunity to determine why the compliance rate for smoking cessation …
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John Billings: Preventing Costly Re-HospitalizationsProfessor John Billings researches the issues facing the healthcare delivery system. His successful project for the National Health Service (NHS) in England set up programs to prevent expensive …
Capstone Projects
Impact evaluation for digital campaigningDigital campaigning organizations represent a new, potentially transformative, arena of political advocacy. Australia-based SumOfUs is a largely, but not exclusively, digital advocacy movement of consumers, workers, and shareholders working globally to …
Capstone Projects
Open NYU: Crowdsourcing Employees of New York University's Department of Public Safety The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …
Capstone Projects
Open NYU: Crowdsourcing… The GovLab requested a Capstone team to undertake pilot projects in units across New York University to explore how … research fueled the experimental models in the pilot projects. The team also used the research to write a series …
Capstone Projects
Defining and Identifying Expertise: A Model for Better Governance Using ExpertNet… at NYU in the spring, drawing from sources and comparable projects across the country that redefined expertise as more …
Faculty Profile
Christopher Whong… developer and open data enthusiast, he works on technology projects to help understand urban systems from budgets and …
Stories
Advancing Social and Economic Development in Health and Public Service InternationallyStudent Name: Eddie Rosenbaum Program/Specialty: MPA-PNP, International Policy & Management Anticipated Graduation Year: 2019 By Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) “I have committed the last 10 years of my career to public service, and I …
Alumni In Action
Alicia LuiHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? I enjoyed my cohort and felt we formed a close bond. I appreciated that we were diverse in background and perspectives and could come together to learn from and support each other. Can you …
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Internship and Conference FundingNYU Wagner is committed to developing your skills and networks beyond the classroom. Funding for Unpaid Internships The Ellen Schall Experience Fund provides students with professional development and a $7,500 stipend for degree-relevant unpaid summer …
Capstone Projects
Local Economic Development in Nicaragua… and the process employed by INIFOM to generate investment projects and ensure sustainable projects that address community needs. …
Capstone Projects
Workforce Health Programs in Africa: Lessons from the Corporate Council on Africa NetworkThe Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is a membership organization for U.S.-based companies and organizations with commercial interests in Africa. The Capstone project involved a review of CCA corporate members' health programs for African workforces, and …
Faculty Profile
Paula LuffPaula is the Director of Sustainability Research and Engagement at DSC Meridian Capital, where she is responsible for integrating sustainability within the investment process and leading DSC Meridian’s engagement with portfolio companies on sustainability …