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Airbnb Usage Across New York City Neighborhoods: Geographic Patterns and Regulatory Implications… rent data from Zillow and administrative, census, and social media data on neighborhoods. We find that as usage has …
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Public transportation and transmission of viral respiratory disease: Evidence from influenza deaths in 121 cities in the United StatesOne important concern around the spread of respiratory infectious diseases has been the contribution of public transportation, a space where people are in close contact with one another and with high-use surfaces. While disease clearly spreads along …
News
Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of Pará, Brazil, Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingAs part of Climate Week NYC 2025, NYU Wagner Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of the State of Pará, Brazil, signed a memorandum of understanding, on September 24, signifying continued partnership between Wagner and Pará. Barbalho has …
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Contextualism and Developmental Psychopathology… Cicchetti, 1993; Susman, 1993). Moreover, we now know that social contexts exert effects not only on psychological …
Faculty Profile
Danil MakarovDr. Makarov specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), as well as bladder and kidney cancer. He has first-hand experience in the surgical and medical treatment of prostate cancer. In addition to his clinical …
News
Scottish Parliamentary Leader Talks About the 2014 Independence Referendum… the University of Edinburgh, and Michael Laver , Dean for Social Sciences at NYU's Faculty of Arts and Science. The …
Alumni In Action
Jared Pruzan… How did being in New York impact your professional journey? I work for C40 Cities …
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Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for PracticeHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …
Alumni In Action
Jen Lau… a contextual framework which helped me understand the impact of health research and analysis. Simultaneously, work …
Faculty Profile
Paul Light… Light is the author of 25 books, including works on social entrepreneurship, the nonprofit sector, federal …
Capstone Projects
Recommendations for Quality-driven Dashboard TransformationNYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (NYULOH) has a distinguished tradition of medical innovation, providing specialized care for people with orthopedic, musculoskeletal, and neurological conditions. The quality movement in medicine is redefining the delivery …
Stories
MPA Student's Encounter with the Former President of Planned Parenthood… Cecile spoke with encyclopedic knowledge about hot-button social issues like the gender wage gap (spoiler: women get … students, alumni, and faculty dedicating their careers to social justice. She emphasized doing the kind of job that … doing it. Even more impressive than her broad knowledge of social issues, however, was her emotional intelligence. She …
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Classroom… aims. For instance, this PowerPoint presentation from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Working Group on Human …
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Admitted Student EventsWe invite you to join our admitted student events to gain valuable insights into our extensive resources, career support services, vibrant Wagner community, important dates, and to have all your questions answered. Past Admitted Student Event …
Alumni In Action
Alda Chan… How did being in New York impact your professional journey? There's nowhere quite like …
Publication
Lessons Learned from the Buffalo Blizzard: Recommendations for Strengthening Preparedness and Recovery Efforts… page 2) focused on and investigated four primary areas of impact: Roads : How disastrous road conditions and …
Capstone Projects
Beyond Classroom Diversity: How Community Context Conditions Student Achievement in New York StateOver the past 30 years, an interesting phenomenon has taken shape in education systems in the United States: despite rising levels of national diversity, public schools have become increasingly racially segregated. While previous studies link greater …
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Wagner Climate ActionMission The Wagner Climate Action (WCA) group insists that climate literacy and fluency in the emerging challenges of environmental sustainability and climate change are critically important to the development of public service professionals at NYU …
Capstone Projects
Evaluating the New York State Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program… team used geospatial analysis to evaluate the program’s impact on land values. Additionally, the team tracked program …
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Is Biology Destiny: Birth Weight and Life Chances… that maternal income does not appear to have a significant impact on birth weight. However, low birth weight results in …
News
NYU Recognizes Professor Jacob Faber with Make A Difference Award… be joined by other Make A Difference honorees when the impact and distinctiveness of their work is highlighted at …
Capstone Projects
Effective Food Security Interventions: Reducing Household Hunger and Increasing Year-Round Access to Food… The Capstone team synthesized the data to identify the impact of various food security interventions on household …
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Alec Schierenbeck Discusses Affordable Housing in NYC at 2025 Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy ForumOn October 16, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum featuring guest speaker Alec Schierenbeck, executive director of the Charter Revision Commission and general counsel for the Department of City Planning. Wagner’s Main …
Capstone Projects
Building Public Art into Business Improvement Districts? Menu of Services… interviews and surveys on public art programming, economic impact studies, and existing public art programs within New …