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Mounting Municipal Pension Liabilities: Do They Affect the Cost of Borrowing?… overburdened. These obligations will also negatively impact the credit worthiness of municipalities resulting in … or not unfunded pension liabilities have a significant impact on municipal costs of capital by determining whether …
Capstone Projects
Improving Process and Evaluation… team to help design a longitudinal study to assess the impact of the pump in villages where it was adopted. The team leveraged existing survey materials to provide impact measurement recommendations and worked collaboratively …
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Spotlight… student at NYU Abu Dhabi studying Film and New Media and Social Research and Public Policy. His academic interests are … and often merge his two majors, with themes of social justice and human rights appearing across both his … and immigration, critiques of global capitalism, and the social phenomena surrounding addictive substances. Roland: …
Capstone Projects
LOWERING DROPOUT RATES IN BUSINESS TRAINING FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS… de Emprendedores Sociales, A.C., (Crea) is a nonprofit social enterprise that implements customized programs to …
Publication
Decomposing the Black-White Wealth Gap: The Role of Parental Resources, Inheritance, and Investment Dynamics… for the gap. The current study tests the relative impact of multi-generational forces and contemporary property … and income levels and inheritance all have a significant impact on the wealth levels of the current generation net of …
Alumni In Action
Raul Gomez… How did being in New York City impact your professional journey? Specifically to emergency … with hospital leaders and community partners. What impact do you hope to make through your career and/or …
Faculty Profile
Jerrold H. Abrahams… at ORIX, he was a Board Member for the ORIX Foundation, an impact giving philanthropic organization. Professor Abrahams …
Alumni In Action
Charles Burton… we’ve been assisting the state in recovering from the impact of multiple hurricanes as well as COVID-19. We’ve been … of just assuming we know. How did being in New York City impact your professional journey? I’m from Los Angeles …
Capstone Projects
Comprehensive Community Based Public Health From Jamkhed to San Francisco Libre and Back… world-wide, the Capstone team was asked to look at the impact of this training in Nicaragua. In particular, the … the General Board of Global Ministries its analysis of the impact of off-site training in Nicaragua. …
Publication
Does Preservation Accelerate Neighborhood Change? Examining the Impact of Historic Preservation in New York City… Preservation Accelerate Neighborhood Change? Examining the Impact of Historic Preservation in New York City …
News
Alumni Spotlight: James Stratford (EMPA 2021)… be firsthand, I always knew I wanted my career to have an impact like that. We need to leave things better than we … and highlighting the difference between intention and impact. One thing I learned is that positive intent doesn't always lead to a positive impact. These are just some of the things I took away that …
Alumni In Action
Sally Greenspan… How did being in New York impact your professional journey? Virtually everything that … and system change efforts, and launch and operate direct impact programs, all aimed at connecting people with special …
News
Five Wagner Alumni Named in City & State's 2022 Nonprofit Power 100… a light on the links between race, poverty, law, and social policy in America. Michelle Yanche (MPA 2001) is the … health care. Rudin has over two decades of experience in social services, from managing nonprofits to serving as the …
News
Highlights from the Class of 2024 Convocation… public service, he told the Class of 2024, “Your greatest impact will be measured not by the height of your … ever-changing world and to continue to make a meaningful impact on their communities, locally and globally. …
Publication
“You fix my community, you have fixed my life”: The disruption and rebuilding of ontological security in New Orleans… Katrina. Participants describe a breakdown in their social fabric at the individual and structural/community … levels that contributes to a sense of community loss and social displacement, disrupting their ontological …
Stories
NYU Wagner alum bridges divide between vulnerable communities and police… police oversight field to focus on addressing issues that impact the most vulnerable. These include sexual assault … community outside Los Angeles, Naveed saw the impact of racial and economic inequity within his high …
Alumni In Action
Hailey Adler… public service mission which includes health as an area of impact. Wagner’s distinct perspective allowed me to study … implement initiatives to advance clinical operations. What impact do you hope to make through your career? The … and committing to the public sector, I hope to inspire, impact, and drive change. …
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Community ConversationsOct 17th & 18th The long-anticipated anthology, “Racial Inequality in New York City since 1965”, has been released! We invite you to attend and participate in one or more Community Conversations that will focus on the crucial issues covered by the chapter …
Publication
A Pilot Community Health Worker Program in Subsidized Housing: The Health + Housing Project… disease, mental health issues, and low satisfaction with social relationships. 226 residents (61.3 percent female, … housing buildings encountered high levels of medical and social needs among residents. Improvements in self-reported …
Publication
Does Municipally Subsidized Housing Improve School Quality? Evidence from New York City… urban neighborhoods, but little research studies the impact of such investments on community amenities. Purpose: We examine the impact of subsidized owner-occupied housing on the quality of …
Course
UPADM-GP.255
Spiritual and Ethical Approaches to IslamSpirituality & ethics is an integral segment of every religious tradition, along with sciences like that of theology and jurisprudence. In recent yearsIslamic spirituality has often been described as somehow separate from Islam itself. In this course we …Webpage
Apparent Mismatch… application of these biomedically-grounded regulations to social science research. But many social scientists feel that IRBs lack an understanding of social science methods and goals. For example, IRBs may …
Capstone Projects
IMPACTS ON HOUSING STABILITY… to all New Yorkers. The Capstone team investigated the impact of NYC’s UPK on housing stability. Studies have …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of a Local Economic Development Analysis Tool… is working to develop strategies to improve the economic impact of successful industries. In order for programs such …