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Alumni In Action
Namon Freeman… and a BA in Spanish. I worked as an architect in urban design firms for some time. While working in … that I could have the most impact in cities by shaping the urban policy and regulatory frameworks that govern the built … also had an advantage being located in NYC, the preeminent urban environment in the Western hemisphere. This location …
News
Student Spotlight: Maggie Huang (MUP 2025)… so I’ve spent my entire life being immersed in a built urban environment and experiencing all of the characteristics … of New Yorkers. I’m proud to be pursuing my Master’s of Urban Planning to re-imagine what environmental and social …
News
Wagner community welcomes Bill de Blasio as its 2023 Marnold Visiting Fellow… Wagner. In 1990, Mayor Edward I. Koch joined NYU Wagner’s Urban Research Center as a visiting fellow shortly after his …
News
Release of NYU Wagner Capstone report calls for change to Brooklyn transportation corridor… 2018), and supervised by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Michael Keane . The report entitled PX …
Publication
Weaving Color Lines: Race, Ethnicity, and the Work of Leadership in Social Change OrganizationsOspina, S. …
News
Professor Jacob William Faber Wins 40 For 40 Fellowship from APPAM… causes of segregation and its effects on the residents of urban ghettos, wealthy suburbs, and the diverse set of places …
Capstone Projects
State Gas Tax Revenues and Roadway Performance… roadway using three measures of performance: fatalities, urban congestion and pavement roughness. The Capstone team … tax revenues have a positive relationship with fatalities, urban congestion, and pavement roughness. However, other … revenue have an inverse relationship with fatalities and urban congestion and a positive relationship with pavement …
Alumni In Action
Christian Gonzalez-Rivera… I chose Wagner because it is one of the few schools of urban planning that is inside a policy school, and because it … of the prestigious Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. I was also attracted to Wagner because of …
Course
URPL-GP.4650
Advanced GIS: Interactive Web Mapping and Spatial Data Visualization… Final project will be an interactive web map around an Urban topic of your choosing. This course will involve …Publication
Social Implications of Infrastructure Network Interactions… and the increasing density and vertical integration of urban cores have increased reliance upon the connectivity …
Alumni In Action
Arundathi Amirapu… deeply passionate about building equitable and sustainable urban environments through the use of data-driven policy making. While I knew I wanted to pursue a degree in urban planning, it was important to me that the program be … as I felt it would help me better contextualize any new urban policies or solutions. How would you describe your …
Alumni In Action
Jianhao (Felix) Zhou… for graduate school? I was super excited about studying urban planning in New York City. Wagner has a great urban planning program with flexibility to take a variety of … courses at other schools that benefit knowledge buildup of urban studies. Curricular practical training offers …
Faculty Profile
Thomas Sugrue… of the Metropolitan Studies Program. A leading scholar of urban and suburban America, race, politics, and public policy, he is author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit … has served on many boards, including as President of the Urban History Association and the Social Science History …
News
NYU Wagner Gathering of Brazil Parliamentarians and Analysts Weighs Future of Amazon Rain Forest… economic incentives. Coslovsky, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service, conducts most of his …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Olsson (MPA-PNP 2011)Elizabeth Olsson (MPA-PNP 2011), director of community grants, Marguerite Casey Foundation Elizabeth is a philanthropic and nonprofit leader whose career has centered on advancing racial equity through systems change, community partnership, and public …
Alumni In Action
Tricia Dietz… to NYU Wagner was a big shift for me. While I studied urban planning in college, before starting at Wagner I was … opportunity to work in New York City and connect with urban planning professionals while shifting careers. What I … to students? One of the great things taught in Wagner’s Urban Planning program is that everything is related. In one …
Faculty Profile
Zhan Guo… from Tsinghua University, China, and a MCP and a Ph.D in Urban Planning from MIT. …
Publication
Three data blogs for Furman Center highlighting neighborhood and racial disparities in impact of the virus.Ingrid Gould Ellen …
Webpage
Bachelor's-Master's Track Application Checklist… the Master of Public Administration (MPA) or Master of Urban Planning (MUP) program for full-time or part-time … degree and a Master of Public Administration or Master of Urban Planning in less time than it would take to earn both …
Alumni In Action
Sarah Stefanski… choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I was interested in urban economics and city operations, and therefore, the … NYU Wagner classes—such as econometrics, public finance, urban economics, and policy evaluation—trained me with skills … assistant at NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, which gave me the opportunity to hone my skills …
Publication
Infrastructure Impacts and Adaptation Challenges… Creating an overall climate change adaptation strategy for urban infrastructure poses considerable conceptual and … the challenges to climate change adaptation in major urban infrastructure sectors with a focus on New York City, … regions, and discusses the role of the private sector in urban adaptation. …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Arden Levine (MPA-PNP 2006)… and promote resident empowerment, including the Center for Urban Community Services, YWCA of Brooklyn, WE ACT for … wrote a whole essay describing the similarities between urban planning and poetry-making, and the persecution and …
Alumni In Action
Seth Kerr… not working in cities. At the time, I didn't know about urban planning as a career. After doing some research, I … back to grad school and become a city planner to work on urban issues. I wanted to figure out what we can be doing … are changing careers. I looked at different programs in urban planning, and some didn't feel as welcoming to people …