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Mentorship for Cuban EntrepreneursCubans seek to build better lives by launching private ventures; however, the resources available to them do not enable them to succeed. While intensive general business training programs exist, entrepreneurs do not receive the necessary, subsequent …
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Incoming International StudentsWelcome to Wagner! As you prepare for the upcoming academic year, we hope the curated information below will help you prepare for your arrival to New York City and NYU Wagner. Visa Requirements Review legal and academic requirements to maintain your …
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Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing FacilityThe residents first two months were spent working with the Associate Director of Quality Management preparing and planning for the 2002 JCAHO Survey, followed by the NYSDOH Article 28/CMS Title 18 Survey. The residents duties entailed updating manuals, …
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ANALYZING RISK FACTORS FOR ADVERSE OUTCOMES TO COVID-19 FAIR Health is a nonprofit organization committed to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and insurance. The organization engaged a team to uncover the most important risk factors for adverse outcomes to COVID-19 (such as hospitalization and …
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Urban Solutions to Reducing Carbon Emissions through Solid Waste DisposalThe Station Alliance is a nonprofit, privately funded organization established to improve the environment of New York City’s subway stations. The Station Alliance requested a Capstone team to identify ways to upgrade the condition of the stations and …
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Ignacio AravenaWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner because of its comprehensive and policy driven focus, which is not very common for a Master of Urban Planning. Here, I got the chance of boosting my quantitative skills while I was also …
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America's Arrival City: How Immigration Made New York and How Immigrant Exclusion Almost Destroyed ItNew York is America’s quintessential arrival city. The city’s defining institutions; its economy; its skyscrapers, parks and infrastructure; its schools, hospitals and social services and its cultural ecosystem have all been produced through the city’s …
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COASTAL STORM PREPAREDNESS FOR HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUALS AND THE STORM SHELTER SYSTEMNew York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) is the emergency coordination agency responsible for coastal storm preparedness, evacuation, and shelter in NYC. NYCEM tasked the Capstone team to support the agency with two coastal storm preparatory challenges: …
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BUILDING A BETTER FUNDRAISING STRATEGYHewnoaks Artist Residency is a small nonprofit located in Lovell, Maine that provides artists the gift of space and unstructured time to advance their work. Relying heavily on support from grants, Hewnoaks engaged the Capstone team to provide …
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A New Revenue Source for Mass Transit: Legalizing and Taxing CannabisNew York is a subway city. Despite the growth of bikes, scooters, for hire cars, and ferries, the city’s subway system is the principal way in which New Yorkers move. More than 5.5 million people ride the subway each weekday.[1] This number is larger than …
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DEMYSTIFYING FUND STRUCTURES FOR ALTERNATIVE OWNERSHIP ENTERPRISESTransform Finance (TF) is a research, education, and implementation partner that supports its stakeholders to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power. Traditional business operations enrich …
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STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE MODELChildren's Institute is a policy, advocacy, and research organization committed to strengthening early childhood education systems and improving outcomes for children in Oregon. In 2022, the organization launched a three-year strategic plan that included …
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UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE OF MODERN SURVIVOR-CENTERED
ECONOMIC ADVOCACYThe Center for Survivor Agency and Justice (CSAJ) is a nationwide organization dedicated to addressing the intersection of poverty and gender-based violence. In 2012, CSAJ launched a National Needs Assessment to understand the landscape of consumer rights …
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SMART CURBS INITIATIVEIn 2023, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) launched a Curb Management Action Plan in an effort to reimagine the city’s curb space. The goal of the “Smart Curbs” pilot is to address the evolving urban transportation landscape marked …
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U.S. Ratification of the CRC and Reducing Child Poverty: Can We Get There from Here?If the United States finally ratifies the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC), will it improve the country's to effectively combat child poverty and thereby improve child well-being? This article addresses this and related questions …
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Heterosexual couples confronting the challenges of HIV infectionCouples confronted with HIV infection face significant challenges. Little is known about the impact of HIV on heterosexual couples who account for the vast majority of cases worldwide and an increasing proportion of cases in the USA, especially among …
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What Does Government Spend on Children? Evidence from Five CitiesThis paper examines public spending on children between 1997 and 2000 in five localities: Baltimore, Detroit, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Richmond. These cities participate in the Urban Health Initiative (UHI), a ten-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation …
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CYC: The S.E.E. StrategiesWhat opportunities are there in my courses to use assignments as a way to further my career exploration? (e.g. is there an organization in my field of interest that I can use as a case study for a project?) How can I use an assignment to interview someone …
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Who’s Involved The members of the International Working Group included: Marco Cangiano served as Assistant Director of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department and Head of its Public Financial Management Division, as well as a member of the Public Expenditure and …
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Universal health coverage and NCD prevention and controlUniversal health coverage (UHC) is a central part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the WHO Global NCD Action Plan. Achieving UHC means that all people would have access to the health services they need, when and where they need them, without …
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The Utilization of Research in World Bank Health Sector ProjectsThe Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) is a Geneva-based NGO that works with countries to set health research priorities and assess capacity and capacity-building needs for health research. The Capstone team is working with COHRED to …
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Improving Quality and Utilization of Outpatient Rehabilitation Services"Lutheran HealthCare has embarked on a strategic plan to expand its rehabilitation services. A primary goal is to improve the referral rate from Lutheran Medical Center to Lutheran Family Health Centers' outpatient rehabilitation centers, promoting …