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Capstone Projects 2017-2018Since 1995, NYU Wagner has been matching graduate students with client organizations around the world through our renowned Capstone Program. In 2017-18, 71 teams conducted research and identified opportunities to tackle pressing social challenges, both …
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How Neighborhoods Change: Entry, Exit, and Enhancement This paper examines whether the economic gains experienced by low-income neighborhoods in the 1990s followed patterns of classic gentrification (as frequently assumed) -- that is, through the in migration of higher income white, households, and out …
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Contextual Competence: Multiple Manifestations Among Urban AdolescentsThe authors develop and validate multidimensional and contextual profiles of competence among low-income, urban, middle adolescents (N = 560). The assessment of contextual competence was based on youth self-reports of involvement, performance, and …
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Low Response Rate Schools in Surveys of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors: Possible Biases, Possible SolutionObjectives. This investigation examined the effectiveness of intensive efforts to include frequently absent students in order to reduce bias in classroom-based studies. Methods. Grade 10 students in 13 New York City high schools (n = 2049) completed self …
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Perceived Family and Peer Transactions and Self-Esteem Among Urban Early AdolescentsThis research extends previous work that identified groups of youth characterized by profiles of perceived family and peer transactions. Predictions derived from self-enhancement and self-consistency theories concerning how such transactions might relate …
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Access to Care Among Vulnerable Populations Enrolled in Commercial HMOsThis cross-sectional study compares self-reported access to care among a representative sample of 13,952 HMO enrollees in New Jersey. Using multivariate logistic regression, this study found that compared with college graduates, those with less than a …
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Classroom Based Surveys of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior: Reducing the Bias of AbsenteeismObjectives. This investigation examined the effectiveness of intensive efforts to include frequently absent students in order to reduce bias in classroom-based studies. Methods. Grade 10 students in 13 New York City high schools (n = 2049) completed …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017Dear Alumni, I hope this finds you well. In May, we celebrated and welcomed 372 new graduates to the alumni community at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Delivering the convocation address, Patrick Gaspard, Vice President of the Open Society Foundations …
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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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Event Recap - First Things First: Tips for Managing Your Time and Energy in School, Work, and Beyond Written by Monica Martinez On February 21, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosted an online workshop on time management techniques and strategies for organizing daily calendar tasks. The session gave an informative and educational refresher …
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Alumni Spotlight: Claudia Espinosa (MPA 2013)Founding a nonprofit organization was not the direction Claudia Espinosa (MPA 2013) thought that her life would take when she moved to New York City from Colombia in 2000. Espinosa always wanted to have a career that would allow her to help others, and …
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An Examination of the Human Resources Practices for Select Employee Categories at the United Cerebral Palsy of New York City.United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to servicing individuals with developmental disabilities. Like many other service providers in this sector, UCP/ NYC is facing high employee turnover and is …
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World Trade Center Neighborhood Livability PlanCommunity Board 1 asked the Capstone team to create a neighborhood livability plan for the areas surrounding the World Trade Center site. Even before the tragic events of 9/11, the Community Board had been working to develop, grow, and improve Lower …
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Indonesia Local Government Tax AnalysisAs part of the United States Agency for International Development technical assistance to the Indonesia Ministry of Finance, the project studied new taxes and charges adopted by local governments under the countrys evolving decentralization process. This …
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Strengthening the Agency Partner Relationship: Liaison ManagementFree Arts NYC provides underserved children and families with educational arts and mentoring programs that help them realize its fullest potential. Many of its programs take place under the auspices of other organizations, and its relationship with their …
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Designing and Aligning Program Models and Organizational Outcomes: A Stakeholder EvaluationRush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, a Brooklyn-based arts outreach organization, offers programming to underserved youth. After determining the need for comprehensive program assessments, Rush staff partnered with a Capstone team to develop an evaluation …
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Making the Case for Environmental Sustainability Among Small BusinessesCorporate environmental sustainability has been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a key priority in recent years. Much of the research to date is on the growing success of sustainability measures that have been undertaken by large …
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Review of Current Hourly Rounding Nursing Processes at New York Presbyterian HospitalHourly nurse rounding is an eight-step, scripted, proactive approach to patient care. Studies have shown that the practice of hourly rounding can improve patient satisfaction and safety, particularly in the reduction of falls in hospitals. Increased job …
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Capstone Projects 2016-2017Since 1995, NYU Wagner has been matching graduate students with client organizations around the world through our renowned Capstone Program. In 2016-2017, 69 teams acted as consultants to a variety of public, nonprofit, and private sector organizations …
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Development and Evaluation of the US Healthy Food Diversity Index. Varied diets are diverse with respect to diet quality, and existing dietary variety indices do not capture this heterogeneity. We developed and evaluated the multidimensional US Healthy Food Diversity (HFD) index, which measures dietary variety, dietary …
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Significance of preoperative PSA velocity in men with low serum PSA and normal DREObjectives : A PSA velocity (PSAV) >0.35 ng/ml/year approximately 10–15 years prior to diagnosis is associated with a greater risk of lethal prostate cancer. Some have recommended that a PSAV >0.35 ng/ml/year should prompt a prostate biopsy in men with a …
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Problems and proposals summarySummary of problems and proposals from the International Working Group report Four problems facing the international PFM community Proposals by the International Working Group Problem 1: The pace of learning about how external assistance can better …
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Two NYU Wagner Alumni Named to City & State Power ListsIn City & State’s recent power lists, a pair of NYU Wagner alumni were recognized for their professional accomplishments. Neela Mukherjee Lockel (MPA-PNP 2007) was named to the Leaders of Long Island list and Jen Hensley (MPA-PNP 2008) was named to …
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Electronic Health Record Use, Intensity of Hospital Care, and Patient OutcomesObjective : Previous studies have suggested that weekend hospital care is inferior to weekday care and that this difference may be related to diminished care intensity. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a metric for measuring intensity of …