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UNGUARANTEED LOAN SECURITIES: A COMPARATIVE MARKET ANALYSISThe Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning cultivates a global community of empowered adult learners by making Jewish texts and ideas accessible through in-person and online classes. The school enlisted the Capstone team to strengthen its …
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Bundling Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Testing to Increase Receipt of Test Results: A Randomized TrialJemima A. Frimpong, Karen Shiu-Yee, Susan Tross, Thomas D'Aunno, David Perlman, Shiela M. Strauss, Bruce R. Schackman, Daniel J. Feaster, Lisa …
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Child Passenger Safety Laws in the United States, 1978–2010: Policy Diffusion in the Absence of Strong Federal InterventionThis article examines the diffusion of U.S. state child passenger safety laws, analyzing over-time changes and inter-state differences in all identifiable features of laws that plausibly influence crash-related morbidity and mortality. The observed trend …
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Chamada AbertaEstudos de Caso sobre Empreendimentos Sociais que Produzem Comidas da Amazônia A Universidade de Nova York (NYU), a Universidade Federal do Para (UFPA), a Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA) e o INSPER-SP estão buscando até cinco negócios …
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Neighborhood Poverty I: Context and Consequences for ChildrenDrawing from national and city-based sources, Volume I reports the empirical evidence concerning the relationship between children and community. As the essays demonstrate, poverty entails a host of problems that affects the quality of educational, …
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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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Welcome to the NYU Migration Network October DigestHere are some updates and upcoming migration and mobility events for this month. Follow Us on Twitter Please see our Twitter feed for more information and additional updates: @NYUMigrationNet Suggest a Topic for our Upcoming Public Conversation Series …
Alumni In Action
Joi J. RaeWe'd love to learn more about your journey in civic engagement and political action. What drew you to this field? I come from a family of immigrants who mostly work in the healthcare professions. They are people who supported each other in order for it to …
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Strategic Collaboration with NYU-Universidad del Rosario Fellowship WinnersThe Colombian Studies Initiative is pleased to announce the recipients of the first round of Strategic Collaboration Fellowships between New York University (NYU) and Universidad del Rosario (UR), offered to members of both universities. This fellowship, …
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L'Affaire du Coeur in the United States and France: The Prevalence and Treatment of Ischemic Heart Disease in Two Nations and their World CitiesWe examine, for residents in two nations (U.S. and France) and the hearts of two world cities (New York, and Paris), differences in rates of mortality and hospital discharge, by area of residence, for ischemic heart disease (IHD), acute myocardial …
Capstone Projects
Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens Health NetworkThe Resident was involved in many ongoing and new projects within the Business Development and Strategic Planning Department. The Resident participated in existing and new disease management teams and assisted them by analyzing data to segment the patient …
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Gender Disparities in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease For Older Persons: A Comparative Analysis of National and City-Level DataBackground: Gender disparities in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been extensively documented in studies from the United States. However, they have been less well studied in other countries and, to our knowledge, have not been …
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ADDRESSING BOTTLENECKING IN PATIENT CLINICSCommunity Healthcare Network (CHN) is a nonprofit organization that provides care to more than 85,000 predominantly low-income or uninsured New Yorkers of all ages throughout New York City. CHN engaged a Capstone team in identifying the causes of …
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LEVERAGING TAXI AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLE NETWORKS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FOR SENIORS The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) licenses and regulates taxis, for-hire vehicles (FHV), paratransit, and commuter vans in NYC. TLC engaged a team to explore how the taxi and FHV industry can equitably improve access to transportation …
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A behavioral blueprint for improving health care policyBehavioral policy to improve health and health care often relies on interventions, such as nudges, which target individual behaviors. But the most promising applications of behavioral insights in this area involve more far-reaching and systemic …
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Growing Older in World Cities: New York, Paris, London and TokyoPopulation aging often provokes fears of impending social security deficits, uncontrollable medical expenditures, and transformations in living arrangements, but public policy could also stimulate social innovations. These issues are typically studied at …
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How much should we invest in preventing childhood obesity?Policy makers generally agree that childhood obesity is a national problem. However, it is not always clear whether enough is being spent to combat it. This paper presents nine scenarios that assume three different degrees of reduction in …
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Enacting Labor Management Cooperation: New Competencies for the New TimesThe public sector currently employs around 40 percent of all union members in the United States. Pressures for cost-effective and quality government services have placed new demands on the labor-management relationship. A fluctuating set of expectations …
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NAVIGATING THE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE IN THE US HEALTHCARE SYSTEMHow should healthcare systems in the US navigate physician shortage? The COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to this shortage, but other long-term challenges, such as an aging baby-boomer population and climate change, may further stress physician supply. …
Alumni In Action
Elenie MartinezHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? Throughout Wagner, I had experiences that made my time at Wagner truly valuable and eye-opening. Two professors stuck with me, Vanessa Leon and Jamila Brown who were extremely impactful in …
Capstone Projects
Preventive Health and Education Needs for the Elderly of New York CityThe Capstone team was asked by the Medical and Health Research Association (MHRA), in collaboration with the Council for Senior Centers and Services (CSCS), to conduct research about the New York City aging population, with a particular focus on three …
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Preventive Health and Education Needs for the Elderly of New York CityThe Capstone team was asked by the Medical and Health Research Association (MHRA), in collaboration with the Council for Senior Centers and Services (CSCS), to conduct research about the New York City aging population, with a particular focus on three …
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Preventing Cervical Cancer: Easy as 1, 2, 3?Young people ages 15-24 comprise almost half of the six million Americans who will become infected with human papilloma virus (HPV) this year. In addition, because of racial and economic disparities in health care, women of color and women in poverty are …
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Using cross-curricular, problem-based learning to promote understanding of poverty in urban communitiesThis article describes the use of problem-based learning to teach students about the scope and consequences of urban poverty through an innovative cross-curricular project. We illustrate the process, goals, and tasks of the Community Assessment Project, …