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Creative CourageBetween mid-2010 and early 2013, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) and Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) at NYU Wagner partnered to develop the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) with support from the National …
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NYU Wagner Recognizes Hundreds of Graduating Students at 2017 ConvocationNYU Wagner ushered hundreds of graduating students across the finish line at the 2017 Convocation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), marking what Dean Sherry Glied heralded as a “momentous achievement” in their public service careers. During their …
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Rudin Center report eyes 2019 L train closure and mitigationThe L train tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn will close fully to trains for 18 months in 2019 to repair extensive damage from Superstorm Sandy. The L has become synonymous with the Brooklyn brand; ridership at Brooklyn’s Bedford Avenue station has …
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Evaluation of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (Asist) ProgramGracie Square Hospital (GSH), a psychiatric inpatient facility located in Manhattan, provides advanced, patient-centered behavioral health services. GSH implemented the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program in 2017 to provide staff …
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Program ComponentsThe GWSLP participants benefit from the following components: Leadership Institute in Ghana — At the beginning of the program, participants meet in Ghana for a weeklong intensive leadership learning institute. Instructors from NYU collaborate with local …
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Expanding programs and organizational growthAt 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park in Staten Island will be nearly three times the size of Central Park and the largest park developed in the city in over 100 years. What was once the world’s largest landfill is transforming into a stunning landscape that …
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Your Alumni News for September 2018Dear Alumni, Happy first week of fall! I’m excited to introduce myself as the new Director of Alumni Relations at NYU Wagner. For the past four years, I’ve been a proud member of the Wagner community as Assistant Director with the Office of Career …
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Association of caesarean delivery with child adiposity from age 6 weeks to 15 YearsOBJECTIVES: To assess associations of caesarean section with body mass from birth through adolescence. DESIGN: Longitudinal birth cohort study, following subjects up to 15 years of age. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Children born in 1991-1992 in Avon, UK who …
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Martha E. StarkMartha Stark joined the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as a Clinical Professor in Fall 2017. Ms. Stark served as a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. In addition to teaching, …
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Program Requirement ChecksheetMUP: ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRANSPORTATION I. DEGREE CORE COURSES [21 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core …
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Co-Lead LabThe first Collective Leadership Laboratory (Co-Lead Lab), a semester-long leadership laboratory, launched in Fall 2017. It offered Wagner students the frameworks and tools to become more impactful and collaborative leaders. The program included an …
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Program Requirement ChecksheetMUP: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING I. DEGREE CORE COURSES [21 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core courses …
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The Port Authority Region and Foreign Exports: Prepared for the Centennial Symposium of The Port Authority of New York and New JerseyDuring the past hundred years, the Port Authority region has undergone a dramatic transformation, from an economy based on manufacturing to one tied to advanced business services. This report highlights the way in which services have emerged as the …
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Short and Intermediate Economic Impacts of a Terrorist-Initiated Loss of Electric Power: Case Study of New JerseyThe economic impacts of potential terrorist attacks on the New Jersey electric power system are examined using a regional econometric model. The magnitude and duration of the effects vary by type of business and income measure. We assume damage is done …
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About Walter StaffordA rigorous researcher; a man impassioned to strive for justice; a generous mentor and friend; and a gentle, modest, complex, and intellectual man—this was Walter W. Stafford. From academia to organizing to government to activism, and back again, Professor …
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Ambulatory Patient Groups Behavioral Health Revenue Projection ModelSafe Space is a nonprofit organization with a 70 percent Medicaid population. They offer a wide range of integrated family support and youth focused programs, including mental health services, designed to help families build a more hopeful future for …
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Student Veteran Alexander Marte Shares His Story and Goals for the Future"How can we change our systems to focus on specific veterans issues, like homelessness and mental health?" – Alexander Marte (MUP 2017), U.S. Marine Corps …
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MUP - City and Community Planningoverview Cities and communities are becoming more innovative: they are using data to optimize services and local decision-making, even as they are being forced to reexamine complex historical and contemporary realities in ways that may generate new …
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Borrowing for the Public Good: The Growing Importance of Tax-Exempt Bonds for Public CharitiesThe importance of tax-exempt borrowing as a capital source to the nonprofit sector has significantly grown over time. Tax-exempt bonds issued by nonprofits has risen from an inflation-adjusted $106.3 billion in 1993 to $388.5 billion in 2010 representing …
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Migration and development, global South / Mexico-MoroccoIn recent years, the relationship between migration and development has received renewed attention, and analysts, policy-makers, and development experts have returned to the question of how to use emigration to foster economic growth in countries and …
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Writing SupportTHE WAGNER WRITING CENTER All the best intentions and brilliant ideas in the world are for naught if they aren’t communicated clearly. In fact, in an era when think tanks have become content creators, public services use texts and tweets to help their …