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197A Plan for the Waterside Area of Community Board 6The Capstone team was asked by Community Board 6 to develop a comprehensive 197A plan for the Waterside Area. The Waterside Area extends from 34th street to 42nd street and from 2nd Avenue to the East River. The Waterside Area represents one of the …
Alumni In Action
Jianhao (Felix) ZhouWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I was super excited about studying urban planning in New York City. Wagner has a great urban planning program with flexibility to take a variety of courses at other schools that benefit knowledge buildup of …
Alumni In Action
Heather Diaz-TranWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner because of its location. I wanted to learn, live, and breathe transportation both in my professional and personal day-to-day experiences. How did being in New York impact your professional …
Capstone Projects
NYC Initiative for Children With Incarcerated Parents: A Case for Counting and Tracking Children of Promise"Every day in New York City children face the loss of a parent due to incarceration. Existing research does not account for the numbers, ages, gender or locations of these children, thus impeding the development and implementation of programs and services …
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Performance Management for the Greyston Foundation"The Greyston Foundation supports lowincome individuals and families in Yonkers, NY, as they forge paths to selfsufficiency and community transformation. The Capstone team was charged with analyzing the performance measurement practices at Greyston in …
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Improving Supply Procurement on Nursing UnitsThe Capstone team worked with a leadership team at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to develop a process for improving the procurement of supplies on two adult inpatient oncology nursing units, one medical and one …
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10-Year Capital PlanWith the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the departments commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
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10-Year Capital PlanWith the assistance of a Capstone team, the Parks department has begun development of a 10-year capital plan. This plan is a reflection of the departments commitment to honor the needs of its constituents and ensure that it has the appropriate financial …
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9/11: The Response to the World Trade Center AttacksThis research paper compared the experiences of recipients and non-recipients of aid from the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks on September 11, 2001. It hypothesized that there are distinct patterns of aid and exclusion from aid that help to clearly …
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Youth House Sustainability in Bosnia, Georgia and TajikistanThe Capstone team conducted an evaluation of Youth Houses in Bosnia, Georgia, and Tajikistan, with specific interest in the programmatic and financial sustainability of the houses independent of United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) support. The …
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Urban Local Governance Reform Project in IndonesiaThe Capstone team was responsible for researching a broad range of issues pertaining to decentralization as background for the preparation of a new World Bank loan to support decentralization in urban areas of Indonesia. The Capstone team produced two …
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Making Volunteerism WorkDoctors of the World-USA (DOW) is a global health organization dedicated to mobilizing volunteer physicians to provide services where health has been hindered by human rights violations. The Capstone team has been asked to evaluate DOWs current volunteer …
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Making Volunteerism WorkDoctors of the World-USA (DOW) is a global health organization dedicated to mobilizing volunteer physicians to provide services where health has been hindered by human rights violations. The Capstone team has been asked to evaluate DOWs current volunteer …
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Determining Efficacy of Current Programs and Developing a Business Plan for Program Expansion OpportunitiesThe Rock School for Dance Education is one of the nation's premier schools for classical ballet training with a $4 million budget and an annual enrollment of more than 1,000 students at facilities in Philadelphia and West Chester, Pennsylvania. The School …
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Effective Water Management in Quito, Ecuador: Successes, Challenges, and ConstraintsLooking to scale-up its funding of water and sanitation in Latin America, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sought a case study of its work in the region to serve as an example from which to draw. The bank contracted the Capstone team to spend one …
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Cities Development Project in IndonesiaThe Capstone team worked with the World Bank on an urban project identification mission in four Indonesian cities (Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Balikpapan, and Makassar) with a particular focus on their planning departments. The new project is intended to help …
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Feasibility Analysis of Converting Nursing Home Beds into an Assisted Living ProgramBon Secours Schervier Nursing Care Center is a highly skilled nursing home with 364 beds. Located in Riverdale, Bronx, the facility cares for geriatric residents from the surrounding New York City area. The New York State Department of Health has …
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The Effect of State Support on Educational AttainmentPublic higher education in the United States is of particular interest as state governments are forced to cut spending in the face of lower revenues during this currently unstable economic period. Higher education funding is not immune to these cuts, and …
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Evaluation of Hesperian Foundation's Publication: Where There Is No Doctor"Hesperian Foundation is a nonprofit publisher of books that provide practical, lifesaving medical information. Hesperian's bestknown publication, “Where There Is No Doctor,” is used by medical missionaries, Peace Corp volunteers, and NGOs around the …
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Developing a Volunteer Management SystemThe Jordan River Foundation (JRF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Jordanian citizens by establishing sustainable social and economic programs based on community needs and priorities. JRF partnered with the Capstone team to develop a …
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A Cross-Country Panel StudyOver the past few years, various studies have alternately demonstrated and refuted the ability of foreign aid to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, following the conventional wisdom that identifies growth as the major factor of poverty …
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A Cross-Country Panel StudyOver the past few years, various studies have alternately demonstrated and refuted the ability of foreign aid to stimulate economic growth in developing countries, following the conventional wisdom that identifies growth as the major factor of poverty …
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UNDERSTANDING VIOLENCE IN MEXICO: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENTThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Carnegie) is one of the world's most highly regarded international affairs think tanks and the oldest in the United States. Carnegie's mission is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and …
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Local economic developmentThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) engaged a Capstone team to assist in the evaluation and development of a diagnostic toolbox capable of assessing local economic development (LED) in Least Developed Countries (LDC). The team developed a …