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NYU Wagner President's Service Award Recipients for 2017… their programming and mentorship at the Lower East Side Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law. Students for …
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"120 Under 40" Recognizes NYU Wagner Alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Julia Kohn… her MPA from NYU Wagner in 2005 and her PhD in Public and Urban Policy at the New School. She is now an adjunct …
Publication
An Intervention to Improve Care and Reduce Costs for High Risk Patients with Frequent Health Services Use… patients aged 18-64 who were admitted to an urban public hospital and identified as being at high risk …
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Alumni gather to discuss Affordable Housing Policy in the 21st Century… and Research at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama Administration. The dialogue … around housing policy, especially as it relates to urban centers," said Rasheida Alston (MPA-PNP …
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Microfinance Games… games played in an experimental economics laboratory in urban Peru. Risk-taking broadly conforms to theoretical …
Faculty Profile
Errol Pierre… serves as a board member of the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health, He is a member of the national 100 Black Men …
Publication
Factors associated with the adoption of evidence-based innovations by substance use disorder treatment organizations: A study of HIV testingIntroduction Though prior research shows that a range of important regulatory, market, community, and organizational factors influence the adoption of evidence-based practices (EBPs) among health care organizations, we have little understanding of how …
Alumni In Action
Stephanie Chrispin… specializations; I was able to learn beside folks pursuing urban studies, international development, or public policy. …
Publication
Child Development Services in Medicaid Managed care Organizations: What does it Take?Objective. We sought to understand why certain Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs) implemented child development services or programs and how they had done so. We also sought to identify barriers and facilitators to successful initiation and …
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NYU Wagner ranks high in U.S. News & World Report… City peer schools. In specialty areas, Wagner is #1 in Urban Policy, #2 in Health Policy & Management, #5 in Public …
Stories
New York: The Future Now… to Mitchell L. Moss , Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and Director of the Rudin Center … Compare the Pope’s visit to New York City to the other two urban centers he visited: Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. … in cities in the 21st century, thoughtful and careful urban policy will be more influential than ever before. …
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Revitalizing Human Service Organizations: An Action Research PerspectiveSchall, E. & Krantz, J. …
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A Forum on the Politics of Skills: “Reducing the “unskilled” to their bodies: Control, surveillance, and the new politics of skill.”… who work within the fields of sociology, history, and urban planning to share their perspective on the politics of …
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Survival and Death in New Orleans: An Empirical Look at the Human Impact of Katrina… a “metaphor” for the racial inequality that characterizes urban America and as a purely “natural” disaster that …
Capstone Projects
"Brooklyn Made" Certification Program… team produced the first in-depth, quantitative approach to urban manufacturing certification programs. …
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NYU Wagner Ranks in Top 10 Overall in U.S. News & World Report… year's ranking. In specialty areas, Wagner is #1 in Urban Policy, #2 in Health Policy & Management, #6 in Public …
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Natasha Iskander is Honored for Book on Migrant Workers Behind the 2022 World Cup, and Beyond… Natasha Iskander, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU Wagner, has been … planning scholar who contributed to the field of urban and regional planning through his writings on planning …
Capstone Projects
Securing Revenue and Managing Financial Operations in an Expanding OrganizationThe Pike County Public Library (PCPL) sought to address the competing challenges of increased usage and insufficient capacity at its main branch and two satellite branches. Unable to meet the needs of the county's 60,000 residents, the PCPL has begun the …
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Racial/Ethnic Identity, Congruence with the Social Context, and the Transition to High School… of this development was tested within samples of poor, urban, Black, White, and Latino students (n = 144). …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Gavin Silber (MUP 2015)… Name: Gavin Silber Program: Master of Urban Planning, 2015 Current employment: Program Co-Director … Gavin found that New York City served as an excellent urban policy laboratory where he learned a tremendous amount …
News
NYU Wagner Welcomes Distinguished Visiting Urbanist Iris Weinshall… insights from her extensive career in public service and urban management, enriching students’ learning experience, …
Alumni In Action
Paul Tainsh… was somewhat unplanned. He has a master’s degree in urban sociology from the University of Chicago and focused his studies for his MPA at NYU Wagner on urban public policy. He came out of grad school interested in … says. Moving in this direction Tainsh returns a bit to his urban planning roots. He believes there are “a lot of easily …
Capstone Projects
Managed Care Organizations and the Improper Denial of Claims to Healthcare Providers in the New York Metropolitan AreaThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate the validity of complaints that the client has received from health care providers regarding the improper administration of claims by managed care organizations (MCOs). Providers have alleged that claims are …