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The Walter Stafford Project: On Racial Inequality in New York CityBringing together specialists from diverse disciplines and practices to address racial inequality in New York City. Economic, racial, and social inequalities have always existed in New York City, but they have especially worsened in recent years. The late …
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NYU Wagner Rises in U.S. News & World Report RankingsThe newly released U.S. News & World Report rankings of 271 public affairs and administration master’s programs in the nation offers welcome confirmation that NYU Wagner is on the rise. Ranked #9 among graduate schools of its type in the latest ordering, …
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Natasha Iskander is Honored for Book on Migrant Workers Behind the 2022 World Cup, and BeyondNatasha Iskander, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU Wagner, has been honored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning for her critically acclaimed book looking at the migrant workforce involved in preparations for the 2022 …
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NYU, With Two Other Universities, Is Accepting Applications for New Executive Program in Applied Data AnalyticsA new certificate program in applied data analytics will be offered starting January, 2017, through a collaboration of New York University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Maryland. Applications are now being accepted for the cutting-edge …
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Gram Vikas: An Alternative to Community-Led Total SanitationGram Vikas is a nonprofit organization located in rural east India with a mission to promote processes which are sustainable, socially inclusive and gender equitable to enable critical masses of poor and marginalized rural people or communities to achieve …
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Lilian LiuWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? My undergraduate degree was quite theoretical and I wanted a master’s degree that was more hands-on and could provide me with skills to bring to the job market. I was interested in the public-private space so …
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PADM-GP.4506
Python Coding for Public PolicyAlternate title: "How to Use a Bit of Code to Do Things That Would Be Really Hard in Spreadsheets." Students will learn data analysis through the Python programming language — exploring, manipulating, visualizing, and interpreting open data to answer …Publication
Predicting Cognitive Control From Preschool to Late Adolescence and Young AdulthoodIn this longitudinal study, the proportion of time preschoolers directed their attention away from rewarding stimuli during a delay-of-gratification task was positively associated with efficiency (greater speed without reduced accuracy) at responding to …
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The High Cost of Segregation: Exploring Racial Disparities in High Cost LendingEllen, Ingrid, Vicki Been and Josiah Madar. …
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Business Development for Social EnterpriseMade in Lower East Side (miLES) is an emerging social enterprise that seeks to connect New York City creatives to short-term rentals in the Lower East Side (LES) neighborhood of Manhattan. Taking advantage of the vast amount of empty storefront space in …
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A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in MexicoBACKGROUND: Since Mexico's joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1994, it has witnessed rapid industrialization. A byproduct of this industrialization is increasing …
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Jennifer Blum Named to City & State’s 2024 Responsible 100 for Leadership and Social ResponsibilityJennifer Blum (MPA 2010), senior vice president of operations and administration at Kasirer, has been recognized as one of City & State ’s 2024 Responsible 100 for her dedication to public service and social responsibility. This prestigious list honors …
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NYU Wagner's Anthony Bertelli delivers Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professorship LectureAnthony M. Bertelli, NYU Wagner's Professor of the Politics of Public Policy and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, delivered the Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professorship Lecture on May 4 entitled "Who Are The Policy Workers & What Are They Doing: …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative Launches, Driving Progress for Workers' RightsNYU Wagner students, staff, and community convened at the Puck Building to welcome Terri Gerstein and launch the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative , a pivotal program aimed at studying, supporting, and catalyzing government action to advance and protect …
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Online CoursesWhile you engage in online courses, the expectations for participation and conduct are the same as if you were taking the class in person. Attend all class meetings. Wagner's online courses meet in a live, synchronous format. They cannot be completed …
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Economics and the Social Meaning of MoneyEconomic analyses of household choices usually assume that money is fungible—that a dollar is a dollar, no matter how it was earned or by whom. But, in practice, families often earmark money earned by a particular family member or generated from a …
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NONCR-GP.111
Project Management WorkshopThis workshop provides participants with the fundamental steps of how to plan and implement transformation initiatives using the PMP methodology and best practices. Project Management forms the basis for effectively delivering improvements to business …Faculty Profile
Daniel B. NeillDaniel B. Neill, Ph.D., is Professor of Computer Science, Public Service, and Urban Analytics at New York University (NYU), jointly tenured at NYU's Courant Institute Department of Computer Science, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and …
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Understanding Pay Differentials Among Health Professionals, Nonprofessionals, And Their Counterparts In Other SectorsAbout half of the $2.1 trillion of US health services spending constitutes compensation to employees. We examined how the wages paid to health-sector employees compared to those paid to workers with similar qualifications in other sectors. Overall, we …
Alumni In Action
Eli Wilkins-MalloyHow did you find your first post-Wagner job? My first post-Wagner job was actually with my capstone client. The experience turned out to be mutually beneficial for both parties: the client had the opportunity to assess my organizational fit throughout the …
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Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and DissonanceAlthough power is often conceptualized as the capacity to influence others, the current research explores whether power psychologically protects people from influence. In contrast to classic social psychological research demonstrating the strength of the …
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Access to Health Care ServicesHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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Health Care Delivery in the United StatesHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and DissonanceAlthough power is often conceptualized as the capacity to influence others, the current research explores whether power psychologically protects people from influence. In contrast to classic social psychological research demonstrating the strength of the …