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NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group PracticeAt the NYU Medical School Faculty Group Practice the resident had the opportunity to be involved in various projects including assisting senior management and practice managers in achieving operational and financial goals. The resident provided research …
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J. Renay LoperJ. Renay Loper centers people as an impact strategist driven by catalyzing change and leveraging the power of strategic partnerships across sectors to shift systems that address complex social problems and injustice in communities, globally. Currently, …
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Integrating Favelas into the Urban and Social Fabric in Rio de JaneiroThe Favela-Bairro program is a $600 million program funded by two contracts signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and sponsored by the Municipalidade de Habitao. The main objective of the program is to integrate favelas into the city, …
Capstone Projects
Integrating Favelas into the Urban and Social Fabric in Rio de JaneiroThe Favela-Bairro program is a $600 million program funded by two contracts signed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and sponsored by the Municipalidade de Habitao. The main objective of the program is to integrate favelas into the city, …
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Neighborhood EffectsSocial scientists have long been concerned with the role of space in systems of stratification. While scholars in the field of ‘neighborhood effects’ have typically focused on how a community affects the life chances of its residents, we argue for a …
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International Policy and Planning Association Mission The International Policy and Planning Association (IPPA) at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is a student-led organization dedicated to enriching the Wagner experience by engaging students on international …
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Street Vendors, Television Extras, Walmart Stockers, and More: Worker Subjectivity and Labor Processes in Atypical WorkThis essay reviews Enrique de la Garza Toledo’s anthology on atypical work, titled Trabajo no clásico, organización y acción colectiva (Vols. 1 & 2) and situates it within the larger tradition of Latin American sociology of work. It argues that the …
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Revitalizing Woodside, QueensThe Capstone team was asked to study the transit corridor of Woodside, Queens to help prepare the area around the Long Island Railroad station for its increased importance in the regions transit network, due to the MTAs East Side Transit project. The …
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City and State Names Four NYU Wagner Alumni to The 2024 Bronx Power 100City and State recently released The 2024 Bronx Power 100 , recognizing the borough’s top "movers and shakers" in business, transportation, public policy, and more. This year’s list notably included four NYU Wagner alumni: Thomas Brown (MPA 2000), vice …
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FPWA Member Agency Survey and EvaluationThe Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies promotes the social and economic well-being of greater New Yorks most vulnerable by strengthening human service organizations and advocating for just policies. The Federation works with more than 200 member …
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Community Participation in Urban Integration of Rio de Janeiro FavelasFunded by the Inter-American Development Bank and sponsored by the Municipalidadede Habitação of Brazil, the Favela-Bairro program aims to integrate informal shantytowns (favelas) into the city by transforming them into functioning neighborhoods. …
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Community Participation in Urban Integration of Rio de Janeiro FavelasFunded by the Inter-American Development Bank and sponsored by the Municipalidadede Habitação of Brazil, the Favela-Bairro program aims to integrate informal shantytowns (favelas) into the city by transforming them into functioning neighborhoods. …
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Judy Pryor-Ramirez Named NYU Assessment Seed Grant AwardeeNYU Wagner Clinical Associate Professor and Executive MPA (EMPA) Program Director Judy Pryor-Ramirez has been awarded a 2024 Assessment Seed Grant from the NYU Office of Academic Program Review and Assessment. The $1,500 grant will support her innovative …
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Tax Expenditures as Tools for State-Level Climate Action in the U.S.… up more than half of the incentives in dollar terms, and (3) both climate and fossil fuel subsidies exhibit substantial …
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Microfinance as a credit card?Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, the most prestigious of a string of awards celebrating his role in creating banks for the poor. If there was a Nobel for marketing, he could have won that, too. That’s not meant as a jab but as recognition …
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Garrett LucienGarrett Lucien is the Vice President of Programs and Training at Coro New York Leadership Center and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU Wagner. Garrett joined the Coro team in 2013. Since then he has been the lead Leadership …
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Setting an Agenda for Local Action: The Limits of Expert Opinion and Community VoiceMany social programs, funded by government or philanthropy, begin with efforts to improve local conditions with strategic planning. Mandated by funders, these processes aim to include the views of community residents and those with technical expertise. …
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Sinéad IngersollSinéad Ingersoll holds the position of Vice President of Ambulatory Operations at St. Lawrence Health, an affiliate of Rochester Regional Health. St. Lawrence is the largest regional healthcare system in Northern New York with a mission to improve health …
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Student Spotlight: Mahima Sharda (MPA 2022)What motivated you to attend the Wagner School of Public Service? There are, of course, so many reasons – being able to live in New York, the incredible faculty, and the unique classes on offer – but I think that one “eureka” moment came sometime while I …
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Margaret EganMargaret Egan is an accomplished leader with expertise in strategy, systems-level change, and operational reform across the criminal justice, social justice, and education sectors. She currently serves as chief operating officer at Fountain House, a …
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Etre Vieux a New York, Paris, Londres et TokyoC'etait prevu et nous y ~om mes: nos societes vieillissent. Les progres de la medecine et l'amelioration du niveau de vie ont permis de remarquables gains d'esperance de vie. Quatrieme age, supercentenaires, societe de la longevite ... : les mots pour …
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SUMMER 2024 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWSArianna Afsar (she/hers) believes deeply in the intersection of arts and policy. Art changes culture and culture changes policy. As a theater/film performer and composer, Afsar is excited to be finishing up her last year at Wagner to understand the …
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Converging Evidence for Neighborhood Effects on Children’s Test Scores: An Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Observational Comparison… MTO demonstration sites, we believe that the available - 3 - evidence allows us to reject the null hypothesis that …
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Housing Partnerships: A New Approach to a Market at a CrossroadsA revolutionary housing finance concept can help many more Americans buy the homes of their dreams, while simultaneously furnishing vast, new investment opportunities for financial institutions and investors. The idea: enable consumers to purchase part of …