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My Summer Internship Experience: Jiayi Liu, Program Assistant, UA3… concerns. I’m grateful for the opportunity to learn about how nonprofit organizations operate, build connections …
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The utility of social capital in studies on health determinants… or empirical justification for their use, conclusions about the likely role of "social capital" on population …
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Using GIS to Examine Environmental Injustice in the South Bronx. The Case of Waste Transfer Stations… the analysis of demographic and socioeconomic data about people living in close proximity to waste transfer …
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Teaching Future Healthcare Financial Managers to Use Evidence… provide more education regarding the goals of research and about the different types of research methods, then …
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Decentralization in Africa: Goals, Dimensions, Myths and Challenges… linked. Next, a few popular myths and misconceptions about decentralisation are explored. Finally, a number of …
Alumni In Action
Mery Arcila… respond to press inquiries and speak to local journalists about the topics that most align with our bilateral … media, and public affairs. So, when a friend told me about the public diplomacy track of the U.S. foreign service, … United States. Additionally, I am incredibly passionate about engaging with young people on the topics that interest …
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Preserving History or Hindering Progress: Effect of Historic Districts on Local Housing Markets … than in New York City, debates have raged for decades about its relative merits. Ingrid Gould Ellen , Paulette …
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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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Childhood lead exposure after the phaseout of leaded gasoline: an ecological study of school-age children in Kampala, Uganda.… lead poisoning in this country. Ongoing concerns persist about exposure from the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the …
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Ngina ChitejiProf. Chiteji is an economist whose areas of interest include monetary economics, macroeconomic policy, family economics, the distribution of household wealth, retirement saving and pensions, and household debt. Her policy experience includes work at the …
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Strengthening Interjurisdictional Coordination on Transportation and Related Land Use ”“ A Guidebook for PractitionersThe publication "Strengthening Interjurisdictional Coordination on Transportation and Related LandUse - A Guidebook for Practitioners" is intended to facilitate better integration of land use andtransportation planning. The guidebook is drawn from …
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International students build connection and community with the new WISS Buddy Program… student specializing in public finance. “What I am excited about is that my buddy, Junyi, is also an international … new friends.” Volunteer Buddies have expressed excitement about meeting with their first-year students. Pairs have been able to learn about each other's backgrounds, and Buddies are able to …
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Student Spotlight: My Nguyen (MPA 2024)… for a brighter, more equitable future. Can you share a bit about yourself and what motivated you to attend a school of … of who I am advocating for and why. What do you enjoy most about your role as co-chair of the First-Generation Student … has it shaped your student experience? What I enjoy most about my role as co-chair of the First-Generation Student …
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Understanding Your Audience… The team used current audience data and information about peer organizations to craft recommendations for Snug …
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Real Estate Economics Journal Recognizes Professors Sewin Chan and Ingrid Gould Ellen for "Best Paper" of 2016A study by NYU Wagner professors Sewin Chan and Ingrid Gould Ellen, and NYU Furman Center post-doctorate research fellow Samuel Dastrop, has been named Best Paper of 2016 by the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association , publisher of the …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jake Peña (MPA-PNP 2025)… What does your role entail and what motivates you most about the work you do? My role is primarily to support …
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The Merit and Reputation of an Administration: Presidential Appointees on the Appointments Process… leaders would enact. “There is nothing I am so anxious about as good nominations,” Thomas Jefferson wrote at the …
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Understanding the Unintended Effects of Youth-Targeted Alcohol Control PoliciesAfter many studies conducted during the 1970s found that a lower drinking age had an effect upon the number of motor vehicle crashes involving teens, many stakeholders began to call for an increase in the minimum legal drinking age. While many states …
Alumni In Action
Andrew Chi… had interests outside of healthcare. Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As a director at PwC, I …
Alumni In Action
Judita EisenbergerWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Wagner’s combination of world-class faculty and prime location were a winner for me. As a native New Yorker who had been out of the city for several years, studying urban planning in New York helped me get …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017… Valley Health Care System, recently co-authored a book about empowering students. Oliver Wise (MPA 2008), Director … Thad Calabrese (PhD 2009) was quoted in Marketplace about the effect on towns when shopping malls run into … Ingrid Gould Ellen spoke on the Us & Them podcast about gentrification and the evolution of a neighborhood. …
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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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Professor Domingo Morel recognized by NYU Wagner with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) research award… in NYU's Wilf Family Department of Politics . He teaches about and studies racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, …