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Goat Hope Social Venture Goat FarmThe Capstone team provided a market analysis and business plan for a dairy goat farm in Kenya for Medical Relief Alliance (MRA). MRA is a small NGO with a goat-gifting program (Goat Hope) for women affected by HIV/AIDS. MRA’s objective is to start a …
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Office of Career ServicesWHAT WE DO The NYU Wagner Office of Career Services (OCS) empowers and facilitates career development for all Wagner students and alumni by supporting the individualized preparation, exploration, and connections to industry resources and networks in order …
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Jonathan McGrath Why did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I had been considering a number of graduate programs that focused on sustainability, but when I learned that NYU Wagner offered a Master of Urban Planning, I knew that I would be able to leverage the vast …
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Master of Public Administration - Public & Nonprofit Management & PolicyMPA in Public & Nonprofit Management & Policy Learn how to effectively address the most pressing issues of our time. “My time at Wagner supported my work in city government. Having previously worked at the federal and state government, it was an …
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New York Building Congress and NYU Wagner Launch New Fellowship to Expand Research and Advocacy ProgramsThe New York Building Congress and NYU Wagner have partnered to launch a new Fellowship in Urban Policy and Planning. The Fellowship Program places Wagner graduate students into part-time employment with the Building Congress. The program offers graduate …
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The Effect of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Revenue Volatility: Evidence from ColoradoMuch of the research on tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) focuses on the impact that limits have on the size of the public sector or the distribution of expenditures at the state and local levels. While these results shed light on the extent to which …
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Dean Sherry Glied delivers testimony at House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearingOn June 6, Sherry Glied, Dean and Professor of Public Service , provided expert testimony before the US House Ways and Means subcommittee on health about the challenges facing America's healthcare system, and whether Consumer-Directed Health Plans …
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Evaluating the New York State Brownfield Opportunity Areas ProgramBrownfield sites occur where soil contaminants exceed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cleanup objectives. Clusters of Brownfields present a challenge to redevelopment, particularly in lower income communities where extrinsic …
Faculty Profile
Ashley ThurowAshley Thurow is a Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She currently serves as Vice President, Payer Contracting and High Performing Network Officer for Providence Health & Services. Providence …
Alumni In Action
Sekou SheriffHow did you find your first post-Wagner job? I found my post-Wagner job through a Wagner alumna on the Career Services website. The alumna was leaving her role and submitted my resume along with a recommendation to her boss. How would you describe your …
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Urban development of Lingang, ShanghaiThe China Center for Urban Development (CCUD) is a public institution of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Since 1998, CCUD has provided guidance for 711 pilot cities under NDRC’s program to address major issues such as urbanization …
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Travel-Time Savings Resulting from Investments in the NYC Transit SystemThe Move NY campaign has developed a plan to relieve traffic congestion and improve roads, bridges, and public transit in New York City. The plan calls for an overhaul of the City’s current tolling regime by implementing congestion pricing, which would …
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Valuation of Physician and Ambulatory Care PracticesExplains several accounting approaches for healthcare organizations planning to acquire physician and ambulatory care practices. Acquisition arrangements; Historical cost; Constant dollar value; Replacement/economic cost; Opportunity-cost approach; Income …
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WagTalks: Presidential Policy — Migration and Immigration with Natasha IskanderHere at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, we are fortunate to have an esteemed faculty of experts whose knowledge spans timely and relevant topics across public service focus areas. As we all seek to navigate the policies of the …
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The New World of Economics: A Review ArticleIn this article, the authors present their comments on the book "The New World of Economics," by Richard B. McKenzie and Gordon Tullock. McKenzie and Tullock differ from the other authors in three respects. First, they abandon any reference at all to …
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Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention: Using an Integrated Design to Evaluate a Comprehensive Citywide Health InitiativeThis article uses the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Urban Health Initiative (UHI), a 10-year effort to improve health and safety outcomes in distressed cities, to demonstrate the strength of an evaluation design that integrates …
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Judy Pryor-Ramirez Named Senior Fellow for Bonner Center for Civic EngagementJudy Pryor-Ramirez has been named a senior fellow at the University of Richmond’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE). Pryor-Ramirez, a clinical associate professor of public service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, brings …
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Why Wagner Online?For more than 80 years, NYU Wagner has been leading positive change. By producing effective leaders, we make an impact that reverberates into the future. The Online Master of Health Administration degree was built upon that solid foundation and …
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Leadership, Spirituality, and Social Innovation MinorThe minor in Leadership, Spirituality, and Social Innovation is built around a commitment to social justice, the practice of relational change, and an ethic of religious literacy. Religious literacy is an understanding of the historic and contemporary …
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PNP - Advocacy - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: ADVOCACY & POLITICAL ACTION I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following courses: …
Capstone Projects
New York University School of Medicine, Faculty Group PracticeThe Resident was involved in day-to-day operations and many special projects for the Faculty Group Practice (FGP). A payer-mix analysis was developed and is used by practice managers to forecast payment and collection statistics for physician practices. …
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Institute for Urban Family HealthThe Resident divided her residency between the Administration Department and Bronx Health REACH, a CDC funded initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Southwest Bronx. In Administration, the Resident was responsible for …
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Local Economic Development in Nicaragua: Experiences from PRODELSA"The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) requested this project for the purpose of learning lessons from the implementation of the EUfunded, Nicaraguanexecuted, PRODELSA program. PRODELSA is based on the premise that Nicaraguan Municipal …
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New York-Presbyterian Hospital Ambulatory Care NetworkThe resident had the opportunity to work with several managers at the Ambulatory Care Network (ACN) , which is clustered around Weill Cornell Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The residents projects spanned across the areas of …