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Admissions Events RecordingsPAST EVENTS View recordings of past events and webinars to know more about NYU Wagner. Executive MPA (EMPA) Information Session November 10, 2025 5:30pm-6:30pm Virtual Event Are you an experienced professional ready to elevate your career in public …
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BA-MPA and BA-MUP with Gallatin School of Individualized StudyStudents at the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study are already steeped in multi-disciplinary study and thinking big. If you’re a Gallatin student, then NYU Wagner has a challenge for you: join us for our BA-MPA or BA-MUP program in collaboration …
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Climate Policy and PoliticsClimate change is one of the defining public policy challenges of the 21st century. This course begins by reviewing the essential climate science most relevant to policymakers before turning to policy responses and the political challenges of …
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NYU Wagner Welcomes Michael A. Blake as Distinguished Visiting UrbanistNYU Wagner is delighted to announce that third term New York State Assemblyman, DNC Vice-Chair, and Congressional Candidate in New York’s 15th District, Michael A. Blake, will be our Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Fall 2019 semester—bringing a …
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Fundamentals of Social EntrepreneurshipUsing “business as a force for good”, social entrepreneurs implement innovative private sector approaches to solve social, cultural and/or environmental problems. Surviving start-up and scaling to maximize impact is both an art and a science, especially …Capstone Projects
National Expansion of Online Programming… students and recent graduates studying abroad through video conferencing and an online platform. Given the growing …
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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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2021 RecipientThe NYU Migration Network is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Faculty Colloquium for Research Development Award . The project awarded is featured here. Congratulations to Cristina-Ioana Dragomir! 2021 …
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NYU Wagner External Scholarships DirectoryScholarships/Grants The Sarawak Foundation - The Tunku Abdul Rahman Scholarship Description: To assist students studying in either local or overseas institutions. Priorities are given to students doing their first degree, masters, doctorate or …
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Paul LightDr. Paul C. Light is Professor Emeritus of Public Service, previously NYU Wagner's Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, and founding principal investigator of the Global Center for Public Service. Before joining NYU, Dr. Light served as the …
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Admitted PhD Students… a capital N. For help, contact the NYU ITS Help Desk at 212.998.3333 or email askITS@nyu.edu . … with any questions. You may also reach them by phone at 212.998.4720 . Instructions on how to start your I-20 …
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Gary FreilichMost recently, Gary was the Head of Content Development and Brand Strategy for the Film, TV and Commercial Production Studio, Alkemy-X where he ran the Branded Entertainment Group. He is still an active consultant for several clients with his partnership …
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A Wagner alum’s journey to redefine the healthcare system in Nairobi’s slumsIn Kenya, more than two-thirds of the urban population lives in slums, and there are only 0.2 physicians and 1.3 beds per 1,000 people. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average ratio is 3 physicians and 4.9 beds to 1,000 …
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NYU Wagner Celebrates New Home with Official Ribbon Cutting, Remarks from NYC Mayors and Former Wagner DeansOn Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service officially celebrated its new home at 105 E. 17th Street with a ribbon cutting ceremony, which featured remarks from current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, former Mayor …
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Validation of the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen (BPAS)Study objectives: The purpose of this study was to confirm the validity of a brief screen for pediatric asthma in schools. Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, yet the frequency with which this condition is recognized among …
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Tuberculosis: History and Its DiscontentsBy Kayla M. Foster (MPA 2025) “Underfunded, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.” These are the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) highlighted by Dr. Carole Mitnick as she primed the standing-room only crowd …
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NYU Wagner’s Sonia Ospina and UK Collaborators come out with SAGE Handbook of Participatory Research and InquiryNYU Wagner’s Professor Sonia Ospina, along with Danny Burns and Jo Howard from the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) in the United Kingdom, are the coeditors of the just-published SAGE Handbook of Participatory Inquiry . The Handbook arises from …
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Three NYU Wagner Alumni Recognized as Notable Leaders in MWBEs New York’s state and local governments have made uplifting minority-and women-owned business enterprises, or MWBEs, a priority. The City & State 2025 Who’s Who in MWBEs power list recognizes the business owners, public officials, and advocates working to …
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Congressional Decisionmaking Project… Conference Video December Conference Video This C-SPAN site provides complete coverage of the …
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MUP News & EventsThe Wagner Planner The Wagner Planner is an independent student newsletter of the Urban Planning Students Association (UPSA) at NYU Wagner. It is published and circulated via Adobe PDF format in the Fall and Spring semesters. Current students interested …
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Two NYU Wagner Alumni Recognized Among City & State’s 2024 Trailblazers in Economic DevelopmentCity & State ’s 2024 Trailblazers in Economic Development list recognizes outstanding leaders who are driving transformative economic growth and job creation across New York State. Among the 2024 honorees are two NYU Wagner alumni—Rosalie Drago and …
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Older New Yorkers and Access-A-Ride ForecastsMore than 993,000 people, or 12 percent of the New York City population, are adults over the age of 65. As the “baby boomer” cohort begins to age past 65, adults over the age of 65 are projected to reach 20% of the nation’s population by 2030. New …