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Race, Class and Social Control in the StreetsJane Jacobs has recently become the most popular, pop sociologist around. There has been a spiked resurgence of media interest in her 1961 urban studies classic, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. This may be due partly to the recent release of …
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Alumni Spotlight: Handaa Enkh-Amgalan (MPA-PNP 2019)… a significant portion of the world’s population—the World Health Organization estimates that 1.8 billion people are …
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Disparities in Service Quality Among Insured Adult Patients Seen in Physicians’ Offices… Objective To examine racial disparities in health care service quality. Design Secondary data analyses …
Alumni In Action
Joi J. Rae… of education cuts and talk to City Council members about health and safety in their schools. They give me so much hope …
Alumni In Action
Malik Dent… Focusing his MPA studies on health policy and management, Malik Dent (MPA 2018) is … Previously, he supported city government in essential health and safety initiatives including efforts to prevent …
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Public Health and Economic Consequences of Environmental Methylmercury Toxicity to the Developing Brain… power plants. This significant toll threatens the economic health and security of the United States and should be … Public Health and Economic Consequences of Environmental …
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Mass Transit Infrastructure and Urban Health… common modes of transportation that contribute to human health and safety. However, mass transit is vulnerable to … Mass Transit Infrastructure and Urban Health …
Capstone Projects
Improving "Last Mile" Supply Chains for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic FoodsAction Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Through a system known as integrated community case management (iCCM) and nutrition, the organization seeks to expand the treatment of severe acute …
Capstone Projects
Assessing the Adequacy of the Federal Employee Compensation Act: A Study of Federal Civilian Employees Deployed to Iraq and AfghanistanIncreasing numbers of federal civilian employees (FCEs) are being deployed to help aid reconstruction and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Working side by side with troops, FCEs engage in work that can put them at similar risk for injury …
Faculty Profile
Allen Zerkin… primary care physicians, urologists, insurance and health systems leaders and senior executives from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The process produced a set of consensus …
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A Message from Dean Sherry GliedA Message from Dean Sherry Glied Dear NYU Wagner Community, The unrelenting chain of episodes of police violence against people of color—the names George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery add to an unconscionably long list—and the tragic and …
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Child Passenger Safety Laws in the United States, 1978–2010: Policy Diffusion in the Absence of Strong Federal Intervention… for improved communication among state legislators, public health researchers, advocates and concerned citizen groups to …
Alumni In Action
Sharad Aggarwal, Ellen O’Connell … Sam Dixon, who was in Haiti to promote partnerships for health care improvement but died as a result of injuries …
Capstone Projects
ADDRESSING FOOD WASTE AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETSThe goal of Veggie Fruitful is to minimize the amount of leafy greens and tomatoes that farmers harvest and take to local markets but cannot sell due to their short life span. To understand the market, the Capstone team identified farmers in New York who …
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Electricity Case: Main Report: Risk, Consequences, and Economic AccountingAs a critical infrastructure sector, electricity enables numerous other critical infrastructures to function, and in many cases is the critical path for their operation. This is underscored by the fact that historically, electric power outages have played …
Capstone Projects
Understandings of Malaria Diagnosis and Implications for Rapid Diagnostic Test Use in the Centre Region of CameroonMalaria No More (MNM) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to ending malaria deaths through communications and prevention campaigns throughout malaria-endemic Africa. MNM is working on an initiative to introduce Rapid Diagnostic …
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Social Entrepreneurship MinorThe heart of entrepreneurship is learning not merely to survive but to flourish in a world of change. The joint Stern/Wagner minor in Social Entrepreneurship gives you the preparation you need to flourish in our rapidly changing world while focusing your …
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Seasonal variations of park visitor volume and park service area in Tokyo: A mixed-method approach combining big data and field observations… the goal of planning sustainable cities, by offering health benefits to urban dwellers and providing …
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Event Recap: ChatGPT for Job Seekers: The Right Way to Use AI to Accelerate Your SearchWritten by Monica Martinez (MUP 2026) On February 4, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosted Jeremy Schifeling for a student-focused informational session on using AI and ChatGPT in the job search process. Schifeling is a former hiring …
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NYU Wagner alumnus Quemuel Arroyo is recognized by NY State Senate and US Presidential Volunteer Service Award for his leadership and advocacy for the disabledNYU Wagner graduate Quemuel Arroyo (MPA 2020) has been recognized with a New York State legislative resolution for contributions to New Yorkers as a Dominican-American advocate for the disability community. The honor was bestowed by State Senator Luis R. …
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Publications - ICIS… R. Zimmerman (2005) “Mass Transit Infrastructure and Urban Health,” Journal of Urban Health , Vol. 82 (1), pp. 21-32. R. Zimmerman, C.E. Restrepo, … R. Zimmerman (2011) Chapter 7 “Climate Change and Human Health in Cities,” in Climate Change and Cities First …
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Trust, Money, and Power: Lifecycle Dynamics in Alliances between Management Partners and Accountable Care Organizations… model. Though ACOs are often described as groups of health care providers, nearly 4 in 10 ACOs partner with a …
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Should Capstone Activities Be Subject to the Human Subjects Review Process?Like many schools of public policy and management, New York University's Wagner School offers a capstone course in which teams of MPA students provide consultation to client organizations, This year, as the they began to assign students to teams, some …
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Social Change LeadershipJennifer Dodge, Amparo Hofmann-Pinilla, Angela Beard and Caitlin Murphy, February 2013. Beyond Foundation Funding: Revenue-Generating Strategies for Sustainable Social Change. Ospina, Sonia. Leadership for Social Change: Contributions for a Contemporary …