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The Role of Partnerships and Participation in Local Economic Development in AfricaAs urban populations in developing countries continue to grow, cities are becoming an increasingly critical component to economic stabilization as well as to overall national development. Recognizing such urban migration patterns and the underlying …
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Student Spotlight: Daria Guzzo (MPA 2025)Daria Guzzo (MPA 2025), chair, Women's Affordable Housing Network (WAHN) Could you share a bit about yourself and tell us why you wanted to attend NYU Wagner? I grew up in the Quad Cities on the Iowa-Illinois border and attended Grinnell College, …
Capstone Projects
Process Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for a New York City After-School ProgramOpening Act is a free, year-long, after-school theater program that provides students attending New York’s most under-served public schools with weekly theater instruction from an experienced teaching artist. After eleven years of operation, Opening Act …
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International Applicants… 37 countries, international students bring an element of diversity that enriches the Wagner community and enhances the …
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Inclusion in Social FinanceNYU Wagner’s Social Innovation and Investment Initiative hosted the symposium on inclusion in social finance to discuss ways to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive agenda among social finance …
Faculty Profile
Laura Sabattini… is a practitioner, researcher, and educator on matters of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and an adjunct …
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Three NYU Wagner Alumni Recognized as Notable Leaders in MWBEs … of Contract Services. Lourdes Zapata (MPA 1992), chief diversity and inclusion officer, Metropolitan Transportation … Authority Zapata has spent her career championing diversity and inclusion, serving as the state’s chief diversity officer under then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo and as the …
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Jacob William Faber… NYU Wagner's Professor of the Year and won the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Research Prize . Dr. Faber earned …
Capstone Projects
Strategic Expansion PlanCause Effective is a nonprofit consulting firm that works with other nonprofits to develop fundraising strategies. It is currently considering ways to expand its client base to diversify and stabilize its own income streams. The Capstone team was engaged …
Faculty Profile
Ashley ZwickAshley Zwick is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is also the Executive Director of the Initiative on Workplace Inclusion at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. Prior to her …
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NYU Center on International Cooperation, at 30, to Join NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service The NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) is joining the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service after a long and constructive tenure at NYU Arts & Science. This strategic transition to a prominent graduate school of public service …
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UPADM-GP.262
Design Thinking: A Creative Approach to Problem Solving and Creating Impact (undergraduate)The word "design" has traditionally been used to describe the visual aesthetics of objects such as books, websites, products, interiors, architecture, and fashion. But increasingly, the definition of design has expanded to include not just artifacts but …Webpage
Elective CoursesJanuary 2026 EXEC-GP 2113 Building Effective Teams - Advanced Strategies Spring 2026 ( Grid View ) EXEC-GP 2170 Performance Measurement & Management EXEC-GP 2430 Cross-Sector Collaborations EXEC-GP 2413 Strategic Philanthropy Fall 2026 ( Grid View ) …
Capstone Projects
Local Economic Development Planning in Takeo, CambodiaUnited Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) supports development through microfinance, infrastructure investment, capacity building, and technical advisory skills. Recently, UNCDF and the Royal Government of Cambodia released a national “Local …
Alumni In Action
Bob Winthrop… people. Because it's so big there's a tremendous amount of diversity. I grew to appreciate diversity more (I grew up in Duluth, MN). Not just diversity in different races and religions, but also in where …
Publication
Developing a Regional Bus Rapid Transit Network in the New York Metropolitan AreaBus Rapid Transit (BRT) is an enhanced bus system designed to “combine the flexibility of buses with the efficiency of rail.” While applications are diverse, most BRT systems achieve higher speeds and greater reliability than conventional buses by …
Faculty Profile
Kristen DayKristen Day is an Affiliated faculty member in the Wagner School. She is also Vice Provost, and is Professor in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University. As Vice Provost, she oversees the …
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Online MHA - Master of Health Administration ProgramA Master's in Health Administration (MHA) is a graduate-level degree program designed to prepare individuals for leadership and management roles in the health industry. This program provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in …
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Household Asset Portfolios and the Reform of the Housing Finance MarketWhen individuals or families make retirement planning decisions, including asset allocation choices, it is important for them to consider how all of the assets they own fit together to form an overall portfolio of house-hold wealth. Surprisingly often, …
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Capstone: Learning In ActionRegardless of program/specialization, all students share the same learning goals for Capstone: How to design and execute an extended project for a client organization How to successfully work with a client and relevant stakeholders How to function as a …
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Dave Algoso… Since then, he’s also advised universities on faculty diversity efforts, co-designed a micro-grant fund serving …
Alumni In Action
Brittany Edghill… In your current role, you oversee diversity initiatives at the Grossman School of Medicine. … create pathways for success. As the program manager for diversity initiatives within the Office of Science and … School of Medicine, working together with the Office of Diversity Affairs and the Institute for Excellence in Health …
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Being A Wagner StudentWe're a diverse community united by passion. Converging from all over—and bound for—the world, we're part of the fabric of NYC. …
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NYU Wagner President's Service Award Recipients for 2016… its 2016 President’s Service Awards recipients: Wagner Diversity Council - For creating sustained dialogue among … students, faculty, and staff around issues of inclusion, diversity, equity, and equality. Wagner Philanthropy - For … as well as her work with the NYU Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. London Reyes - For his continued …