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Contracting for Ticketing Services… enough to build a system that offers some prospect of working. Wrapping these systems in long term, inflexible …
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Evaluating Project Effectiveness of the Healthy Villages InitiativeThe Uganda Village Project (UVP) works with communities to promote public health and sustainable development in rural communities of the Iganga district in southeast Uganda, through their Healthy Villages Initiative, which aims to improve healthcare. UVP …
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Melissa CarterMelissa Carter is the Senior Director for Global Spiritual Life and the Head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for at New York University, as well as an Adjunct Professor for the Silver School of Social Work and Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of …
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A Critical Evaluation of Enterprises Investments in the Northwest BronxFor eighteen years, Enterprise has worked to provide low-income people in New York with affordable housing, safer streets and access to jobs and child care through substantial, community investments in the form of loans, grants and technical assistance to …
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A Critical Evaluation of Enterprises Investments in the Northwest BronxFor eighteen years, Enterprise has worked to provide low-income people in New York with affordable housing, safer streets and access to jobs and child care through substantial, community investments in the form of loans, grants and technical assistance to …
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Student Spotlight: Lina Dieudonné (MPA-PNP 2025)… joined two years ago, we’ve hosted two panels with alumni working in philanthropy, two book clubs (one on Decolonizing …
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The Emergence of the "Super-Commuter"The twenty-first century is emerging as the century of the "super-commuter," a person who works in the central county of a given metropolitan area, but lives beyond the boundaries of that metropolitan area, commuting long distance by air, rail, car, bus, …
Capstone Projects
DEVELOPING IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND PROCESSES… on Experiential Peacebuilding (PEP) program, designed for working professionals and students to develop their conflict …
Capstone Projects
CONNECTING RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRANT WORKERS TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES … to improve efficiency and transparency, and promote a safe working environment for the women-dominated home cleaning …
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Decentralization and Local Development Support Program in YemenThe Capstone team was asked by United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to look at the current arrangements of basic public service provision in Yemen, focusing on primary education, health and rural water services, and the relationship between the …
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Decentralization and Local Development Support Program in YemenThe Capstone team was asked by United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to look at the current arrangements of basic public service provision in Yemen, focusing on primary education, health and rural water services, and the relationship between the …
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Master of Urban PlanningMASTER OF URBAN PLANNING Study urban planning in NYC, where ideas meet urban realities. "I hope I can improve the quality of life of people in cities by creating vibrant and sustainable environments where everyone can thrive." -Alejandro Martinez (MUP …
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My Summer Internship Experience: Frank Stiefel (MPA-PNP)… Frank Stiefel (MPA-PNP) the chance to spend his summer working for the Philadelphia Reentry Coalition and to …
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ReportsIssue Brief: 2025 State Workers’ Rights Roundup , NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, October 30, 2025. Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions , NYU Wagner Labor Initative, April 22, 2025. Quick Fixes to …
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A world without prisons: Improving prisoners' lives and transforming the justice system… at every level. They also assist women who are already working as activists within the prisons. Push the Prison …
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Children Facing Economic Hardship in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990's… than it did a decade earlier. This paper shows that working families� children in many disadvantaged social … odds of falling below low income lines among children in working families facing multiple disadvantaged … proportion of these children in various subgroups of working families in the 1990s can help explain the increased …
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Zoë McLarenDr. Zoë McLaren is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and an Affiliate of the Health Econometrics and Data Group at York University. Dr. McLaren is a health …
Capstone Projects
EVALUATING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY PRACTICES TO REDUCE VETERAN HOMELESSNESS… communities, organizations, and government agencies-often working together-to achieve improbable results. RRI enlisted … within communities and organizations are sustainable in working to reduce veteran homelessness. The team conducted an …
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The impact of state and federal minimum wage increases on employment outcomes for tanf participantsIn July 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) into law, satisfying his vow to “end welfare as we know it.” The resulting program—Temporary Assistance for Needy Families …
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Open NYU: Crowdsourcing Employees of New York University's Department of Public Safety The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …
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Building Job Quality from the Inside-Out: Immigrants, Skill, and Jobs in the Construction Industry… immigrant workers gain more latitude to alter their working conditions and their prospects for advancement. …
Capstone Projects
Analysis of Proposed Downtown Hicksville Rezoning… responsible growth. The organization has been working closely with local stakeholders in Hicksville, NY for …
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How to Show Success: Developing Performance Measures for Anti-Poverty Programs… measure the long-term benefits to Met Council’s clients. Working with Met Council staff, the team examined academic …
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MPA in Health Policy & Management-MDYour MD coursework will reduce the total number of credits you will need for the MPA to 36, from the standard 45. These 36 MPA credits will be comprised of: 12 Core course credits The core courses are: CORE-GP 1018 Microeconomics CORE-GP 1020 Management …