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Student Spotlight: Mahima Sharda (MPA 2022)What motivated you to attend the Wagner School of Public Service? There are, of course, so many reasons – being able to live in New York, the incredible faculty, and the unique classes on offer – but I think that one “eureka” moment came sometime while I …
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Alumni Spotlight: Alyxandra Ruzevich (MPA 2022)Where do you work? I recently accepted a job as a Climate Mitigation and Agriculture Specialist with Environmental Incentives, working directly with USAID's Natural Climate Solutions Division in the Center for Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure. …
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Congresswoman Grace Meng is Named as NYU Wagner’s Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for Fall 2023U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng will join NYU Wagner as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Fall of 2023. During her time collaborating with students and faculty, the highly dynamic, skilled, and accomplished Representative will teach a course titled …
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NYU Wagner Team a Winner in National Invitational Public Policy Challenge… students has won a $5,000 award as a finalist at the 2015 National Invitational Public Policy Challenge hosted by … barbershops. NYU Wagner team members Alvin Irby (MPA 2015), James Leyba (MUP 2015), Tyeshia Smith (MPA 2015), and Sherese A. Ward (MPA …
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Urban Planning Student AssociationMission The Urban Planning Student Association's (UPSA) mission is to foster a supportive extracurricular environment for NYU Wagner's Urban Planning students that seeks to develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of various planning issues. UPSA …
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PNP - SI3 - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: SOCIAL IMPACT, INNOVATION, and INVESTMENT (SIII) I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following …
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‘I was reminded of the importance of representation.’Yasmine Ali (MPA-PNP 2018) Many cities around the United States—including New York—saw an increase in hate crimes and bias-related incidents during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Through the Islamic Center at NYU, I worked with the staff at the …
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About Leadership in Action at Wagner… Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) between 2003 and 2015. With funding from the Ford Foundation, the RCLA …
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Alumni in Action: Fighting for Immigrants' RightsJavier Valdés (MUP) serves as Co-Executive Director of Make The Road NY, the largest immigrant base-building group in New York. Since the 2016 election, Valdés has strengthened Make The Road's commitment to ensuring that immigrants’ rights and dignity are …
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PNP - Policy - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following courses: …
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Safety in the 21st Century City: What is the Relationship Between Fairness & Safety? | May 31, 2018Safety in the 21st Century City: What is the Relationship Between Fairness & Safety? | May 31, 2018 …
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Linsey EdwardsLinsey Edwards is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at New York University with an affiliate appointment in the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Her research focuses on uncovering factors that contribute to persisting racial inequality and …
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Living Untouchable: Identity, Activism & the Human Rights of Dalit Women - Panel & Exhibit | April 25, 2018Living Untouchable: Identity, Activism & the Human Rights of Dalit Women - Panel & Exhibit | April 25, 2018 …
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The Role of Design-Build ProcurementIn 2011, the New York State Legislature approved and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the New York State Infrastructure Investment Act. The new law authorized five state agencies – the Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental …
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Constructing National Development StrategiesIn this course, students examine the challenges and opportunities of national development. Following Lant Pritchett, we define national development as the lockstep improvement in (i) economic productivity, (ii) political representation, (iii) public …Publication
Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessmentSafety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures contains the plenary lectures and papers presented at the 11th International Conference on STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND RELIABILITY (ICOSSAR2013, New York, NY, USA, 16-20 June …
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PADM-GP.2213
Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and PresentThe politics of immigration and immigration policy seem more critical now than ever. Public debates about immigration have roiled nations around the world, and disagreements about how immigration should be regulated, who should have the right to migrate, …Webpage
Getting Started ChecklistNovember Activate NetID Submit deposit [Step 3 in Accepting Your Offer ] Follow instructions from Wagner Admissions for submitting your official undergraduate transcript with the date your bachelor's degree was awarded Complete Free Application for …
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Seven NYU Wagner Alumni Recognized for Nonprofit Leadership by City&State New YorkNYU Wagner congratulates seven of its graduates who have been recognized by City & State New York for outstanding leadership in the nonprofit sector. These MPA degree holders from Wagner make up a particularly large and impressive presence on the 2021 …
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The Microfinance Business Model: Enduring Subsidy and Modest ProfitRecent evidence suggests only modest social and economic impacts of microfinance. Favorable cost-benefit ratios then depend on low costs. We use proprietary data on 1335 microfinance institutions between 2005 and 2009, jointly serving 80.1 million …
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Mobility and the MetropolisIn a 2011 public opinion poll, The Pew Charitable Trusts asked Americans how important they thought a number of factors were in determining whether people in the United States get ahead or fall behind economically. More than 80 percent of respondents …
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Gentrification and the Health of Low-Income Children in New York CityAlthough the pace of gentrification has accelerated in cities across the US, little is known about the health consequences of growing up in gentrifying neighborhoods. We used New York State Medicaid claims data to track a cohort of low-income children …
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Mapping the Shifting Course of NYC's Gay Pride Parade… also shown. The map arrives just in time for the 2015 Pride Weekend events across the city and nation. What is …
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Food industry donations to academic programs: A cross-sectional examination of the extent of publicly available dataNo studies have documented the prevalence of the food industry’s funding of academic programs, which is problematic because such funding can create conflicts of interest in research and clinical practice. We aimed to quantify the publicly available …