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Infrastructure Impacts and Adaptation ChallengesCreating an overall climate change adaptation strategy for urban infrastructure poses considerable conceptual and operational challenges. An understanding of the characteristics of a city's infrastructure that make it particularly vulnerable to the …
News
Reflections from the 2023 Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum: A Dynamic Policy Dialogue… Public Service. This connection underscored the enduring impact of our institution on the lives of its alumni and …
Capstone Projects
Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap Through Impact Investing… opportunity. The Financial Empowerment Fund is a social impact fund created by the Capstone team to tackle the racial … decision making and a first-of-its-kind racial wealth gap impact metrics and measurement tool, the team seeks to remove … Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap Through Impact Investing …
Alumni In Action
Alejandro Martinez… that were implementing projects to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic in the city and had the opportunity to … support small businesses. How did being in New York City impact your professional journey? The city is a lab itself. … I hope I can improve the quality of life of people in cities by creating vibrant and sustainable environments where …
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Problems and proposals summary… approach and for the planned dissemination of data about impact Proposals that build on the existing “closed” paradigm … among policy objectives and to consider the socioeconomic impact of fiscal and budgetary policy choices … approach and for the planned dissemination of data about impact The report proposes the use of a standardized …
Alumni In Action
Joanna Simon… public policy coursework. This experience and freedom to explore a wide range of topics and technical skills was … job). The job involved mapping bike share stations in cities for launch and drawing plans in Computer Aided Design … a lot in a short amount of time. Please describe what impact you hope to make through your career and/or …
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Childhood Obesity: public health impact and policy responses… future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual … Childhood Obesity: public health impact and policy responses …
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Executive Master of Public Administration Application Checklist… Essay 1 Tell us about your professional background, impact, and future goals. Why is now the right time to pursue … you consider the applicant's outstanding talents? In which areas could the applicant exhibit growth or improvement? What …
Alumni In Action
Suhaly Bautista-Carolina… is a major advantage to being a young museum. We get to explore what our audiences desire and lean into that as we … during my undergraduate studies for wanting to make an impact in the world and my desire to travel carried over into … Wagner into roles at institutions I trust to be making an impact on the world in a positive way, then going into this …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Glenda Kee (MPA-PNP)… , a nonprofit based in the US and India, to evaluate the impact of their virtual classroom program. This program … underlying assumptions and ways to properly measure the impact of an intervention. Together with quantitative classes … representation through a different lens. I’ve been able to explore what it means to be a minority and the complex …
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Social and Environmental Dimensions of Cutting-Edge Infrastructures… way people, goods, and information move through and about cities. To remain, or become, economically and environmentally sustainable, cities and their regions must adapt to these changes by … cutting-edge infrastructures, details their importance to cities and their regions, and addresses the obstacles - …
Publication
New York Transportation JournalIn the lead article for this Journal, Rachel Weinberger interviews Chris Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority and the New York Metropolitan Region. In this interview , Mr. Ward describes his vision for the agency and the challenges for the …
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Nonprofits as “Schools of Democracy”: A Comparative Case Study of Two Environmental OrganizationsThis article presents a comparative case study of two nonprofit organizations that do community organizing in the environmental field and asks how do nonprofits school citizens in democracy? Although the literature suggests the importance of social …
Faculty Profile
Kris MordecaiKris Mordecai (he/they) is the Interim Chief Operating and Financial Officer at SAGE where they lead the Finance, HR, IT, and Facilities teams for the organization. They bring two decades of experience in nonprofit management, administration, and …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Judy Huynh (MUP 2024)… justice and developing leaders who can make a positive impact in their communities. This corresponds with my … numerous opportunities to learn about urban policy and its impact on people's lives. As a student at Wagner, I will have … to collaborate with Jeremy Zhu, the Chair of PASA, to explore synergies between urban planning and AAPI social and …
Stories
Richard Buery Chosen as Public Service Fellow at NYU Wagner… Jeffries , and NYC Councilperson Brad Lander . Richard’s impact on the NYU Wagner community has been impressive: he …
Publication
The Port Authority Region and Foreign Exports: Prepared for the Centennial Symposium of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey… 2017 a comparison of the Port Authority region to major US cities by number of departing international flights The …
News
Alumni Spotlight: Arden Levine (MPA-PNP 2006)… have or can gather, what strategies will create the most impact for those whose lives we hope to improve, given the … of implementing them? Choosing strategies that are high impact but low feasibility means the work may never get … and the persecution and resurrection of poems and cities. My next poetry collection, Spoke (a finalist for the …
Alumni In Action
Maria Ponce Sevilla… and occasionally their partners on their day off. What impact do you hope to make through your career and/or … them to go out in spite of their limitations and have an impact in their communities. I grew up undocumented in New … in me and was supportive when I needed it. The biggest impact I could have on someone and on the organization itself …
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FALL 2022 LEAD AND PARKE FELLOWS… the Vote Georgia. His primary initiative is to make an impact in areas of environmental justice, housing inequality, voting …
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What Have We Learned from HUDs Moving to Opportunity Program?… projects in deeply impoverished neighborhoods in five cities-Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. … the effects of MTO on lives of the families involved, and explore lessons learned from this important piece of U.S. …
Alumni In Action
Rochelle Brahalla… deeper into that work. I explored how to measure equitable impact and how that impact translates into an equitable process of engagement and … time between undergraduate and graduate school to really explore, live, and understand exactly what we wanted to focus …
Alumni In Action
Marian Lee… How did being in New York impact your professional journey? My professional experience …