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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 …
Stories
Beyond a leader-centered approach: Practicing leadership capabilities for collaboration… practice and build their collective leadership toolkit. Urban Bush Women led “Entering, Exiting, and Building …
Alumni In Action
Nick Molinari… from Cornell University and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from NYU Wagner. In addition to having worked … Gardens, Partnership for Parks, Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, New Yorkers for Parks, and the Center for … Architecture. What led you to pursue a master’s degree in Urban Planning? Why did you decide to study at Wagner? In …
News
How Immigrants—and Their Kids—Have Remade New York City… As part of the annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum on May 9, NYU Wagner hosted a lecture and …
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NYC Mayoral Candidate Forum - March 20, 2025… Student Association (BSA), Wagner City Government, the Urban Planning Student Association, and Jones Strategy & …
Publication
Reversal of Fortunes: Low Income Neighborhoods in the 1990s… empirical evidence about the prospects of lower-income, US urban neighbourhoods during the 1990s. Using the Neighborhood … of a significant shift in the fortunes of lower-income, urban neighbourhoods during the 1990s. There was a notable … is found that the determinants of changes in lower-income, urban neighbourhoods shifted during the 1990s. In contrast to …
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Convocation 2025… including the Master of Public Administration, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Health Administration, Master of …
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Six NYU Wagner Alumni Named 2025 Trailblazers in Building & Real Estate… President, The Berman Group Berman blends her expertise in urban planning with communications strategy as the leader of …
Capstone Projects
Organizational Capacity of Recycling Cooperatives in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe Capstone team worked on the first phase of an international initiative, sponsored by United Towns Organization (UTO), to promote recycling activities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Small cooperatives organize unskilled scavengers who collect recyclable …
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FALL 2021 DEMOCRACY FELLOWS… Communities Together as a Gallatin Global Fellow in Urban Practice. As a LEAD Fellow, Ama is working with …
Publication
Passeggiata Nuova: Social Travel in the Era of the Smartphone… longer distances, and to neighborhoods on the edge of urban core. Further, the use of cellphones appears to have a … more complex and flexible patterns of activity through the urban milieu. Expanded social travel presents planners with …
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Undergraduate Offerings Our world is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected—as are the challenges we’re facing. Issues such as urbanization, healthcare, social justice, and inequality call for a new generation of public service leaders who can develop smart solutions …
News
Announcing the 2021 Herbert Roback Scholarship Winners… to Memphis, TN to create productive landscapes through urban agriculture. While collaborating with local communities …
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Advocacy & Political Action SpecializationMobilize communities and coalitions to advocate for social change. …
Alumni In Action
Judita Eisenberger… who had been out of the city for several years, studying urban planning in New York helped me get closer to the city I … ways that I wouldn’t have imagined. The small size of the urban planning program is also a major draw; we were a … to working with faculty involved in an incredible range of urban planning issues, to studying with fellow students who …
News
Impressed to Inspired: A Conversation with the NYU Wagner Alum Behind New York’s Grassroots Housing Movement … I spoke with Cea ‘Celia’ Weaver (MUP 2015), an NYU Wagner urban planning alum and activist integral to the city’s …
Capstone Projects
Feasibility Study, Demand Assessment, and Multi-Tier Recommendations for the Implementation of an Alumni Networking Program… integration of technology in teaching and learning in urban public schools, empowering students and schools to …
Publication
The Path Not Taken: How Does School Organization Affect 8th Grade Achievement?Although rearranging school organizational features is a popular school reform, little research exists to inform policymakers about how grade spans affect achievement. This article examines how grade spans and the school transitions that students make …
Publication
Context Sensitive Solutions in Large Central Cities… to context sensitive solutions, and to identify specific urban examples that could be used as benchmarks for lessons …
Capstone Projects
Mount Vernon east station area downtown revitalization plan… 13 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. Like many urban areas across the country, Mount Vernon is confronting a … to its economy and quality of life. At the same time, its urban fabric—concentrated around the Mount Vernon East Metro … that have proven successful in revitalizing similar urban areas also informed the team’s plan. …
Capstone Projects
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND FLOOD
DISCLOSURE LEGISLATION… and underscores the importance of such policies in future urban planning and resilience efforts. …
Capstone Projects
BUILDING A PROGRAM EVALUATION FRAMEWORK… New York City as a classroom to engage young adults on urban issues. One of LCP’s core program offerings, CityGAP, …
Capstone Projects
DECODING GOVERNANCE SCHEMES FOR HISTORIC CENTERS: AN
EVALUATION OF PAST STRATEGIES AND CREATION OF FUTURE
PATHWAYS… Santo Domingo’s government schemes that directly impact urban renewal and historic preservation projects. The … synthesis of Santo Domingo’s past-to-present state of urban development and preservation initiatives. It closes …
News
Professor Mitchell Moss named to MTA advisory board… Action Plan. Moss is the Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning and the Director of the Rudin …