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Strategies to Engage a Wider ConstituencyTake Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation encourages young people to learn more about the workplace and potential future careers—working with schools, companies, and community organizations to make its signature programming a success. The Foundation …
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Roundup: Sarah Kaufman's Media Appearances on Congestion Pricing Rollout… , explaining the basics of congestion pricing. Watch the video Vox : Comparing to London and Stockholm Kaufman was …
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MUP CurriculumFocus Area Courses Public Policy and Planning in New York Climate Economics Environmental Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities Planning for Emergencies and Disasters Water Sourcing and Climate Change Climate Policy and Politics Topics in Urban …
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Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities in Federally Qualified Health CentersBackground Engaging frontline clinicians and staff in quality improvement is a promising bottom-up approach to transforming primary care practices. This may be especially true in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and similar safety-net settings …
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NYU Wagner alumna Jennifer Jones Austin Receives 2016 MLK Humanitarian Award… said in a beautiful speech (go to 26:40 on the livestream video to watch it) as she accepted the award. Ms. Jones …
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School-wide Focus AreasCities—how they function, what they mean for people’s lives, and the systems and policy areas—fundamentally shape the urban environment. This Focus Area explores the broad sets of analytical, policy, and management skills to inform infrastructure, design, …
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Three Wagner Alum Named to Political Consulting & Communications Power ListPolicymakers rely on effective messaging and strategic campaigning to put their ideas into action. City & State’s inaugural Who’s Who in Political Consulting & Communications power list recognizes the leaders helping policymakers in New York win policy …
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Bachelor's-Master's Track Application Checklist… the following question. Complete the required 1-minute video essay. …
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Tuberculosis: History and Its DiscontentsBy Kayla M. Foster (MPA 2025) “Underfunded, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.” These are the characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) highlighted by Dr. Carole Mitnick as she primed the standing-room only crowd …
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Kate Horner… your first post-Wagner job? Idealist — they even made a video about it! — and by staying very organized and …
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Immersion Brings Inaugural MHA Program Cohort to Campus… most of the students had interacted with one another via video conferencing, including weekly live class sessions and …
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Lisa Ellen Goldberg Fellowship… applicants must also submit the one-minute video essay in the application in order to be considered. …
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Student Spotlight: Maya Koehn-Wu (MUP 2026)… economic empowerment. In the United States, a photo or a video can convey what words sometimes cannot, the feelings of …
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Residential Segregation by Race—and Widening Inequality Professor Jacob William Faber discusses his research on racial inequality and how he hopes it will change the public conversation about race and public …
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Upper East Side and East Harlem Community Engagement StudyCIVITAS is a memberbased nonprofit organization serving the Upper East Side and East Harlem communities for the last 30 years on a variety of initiatives in the areas of zoning, transportation, streetscape, and environmental quality. With the assistance …
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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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The Emergence of the "Super-Commuter"… clients anywhere and communicating via email, phone and video conference. Furthermore, the global economy has …
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The Tides of Reform: Making Government Work, 1945-1994The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity …
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The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and Human CapitalIn 1961, Nicholas Kaldor highlighted six "stylized" facts to summarize the patterns that economists had discovered in national income accounts and to shape the growth models being developed to explain them. Redoing this exercise today shows just how much …
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The Use of SchoolWide Bonus Incentives on Educational OutcomesIn most public school systems, teacher pay is based solely on level of education and years of teaching experience. Unlike professionals in other fields where performance is a factor in determining compensation, teachers have little economic incentive to …
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Student Spotlight: Glenda Kee (MPA-PNP)… high school students in India and Nepal with the help of video conferencing technology. My Capstone team traveled to …
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To become a better writer, it’s the thought that countsFor NYU Wagner’s Thom Blaylock , good writing comes in many guises, even splattered by misplaced commas and misspelled words. A Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Policy, he has taught communications at Columbia University and worked as an editor, …
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Vice Dean and Professor Anthony Bertelli Elected as NAPA FellowAnthony M. Bertelli, NYU Wagner's Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of the Politics of Public Policy, has been elected to serve as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). NAPA was established under a Congressional …