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Alumni In Action
Rochelle Brahalla… to NYU Wagner? After graduating from Cornell University in 2014 with an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture, …
Alumni In Action
Alice WongCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As Chief of Staff, I serve as a senior advisor to the President & Chief Executive Officer at the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC). Founded in 1965, CPC’s mission is to promote the social and …
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Online Consumption and Mobility Practices: Crossing Views From Paris and ManhattanThe NYU Rudin Center for Transportation and 6t-research office have published the results of a large-scale exploratory survey on the consumption and mobility practices of the population of Paris and Manhattan (NYC). The survey – which can be downloaded …
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Maria Ponce SevillaWhat were you doing before you came to NYU Wagner? I was working for a nonprofit in Mexico that was supporting Mexican deportees and returnees from the US, many of whom had left Mexico at a young age. We were helping them set up their lives in Mexico, for …
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NYU Wagner Dean Sherry Glied Named as One of New York's "Exceptional Women"City & State media company’s annual Above & Beyond Award recognizes exceptional women – including, at this year's ceremony, none other than NYU Wagner Dean and Professor Sherry Glied . The honorees were celebrated at the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom on …
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NYU Wagner joins academic partnership to develop U.S. infrastructure solutionsNYU Wagner is among four graduate schools that are partnering to work to develop solutions to infrastructure challenges in America, especially as they relate to finance and delivery. This new formal academic network was forged by The Bond Dealers of …
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Professor Julia Lane is Selected for US Labor Department Advisory CouncilNYU Wagner is pleased to shine a light on Professor Julia Lane 's newly announced appointment by Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to the U.S. Labor Department's Workforce Information Advisory Council. The council's purpose is to provide recommendations on …
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NYU Wagner Hosts Health Equity Today: The Place Principle Panel DiscussionOn Friday, February 7, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Health Equity Today event. The Health Equity Today event series—conceived by Dr. Richard Park, a physician, entrepreneur, and esteemed member of NYU Wagner's Health Advisory Board, alongside …
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Sonia Ospina honored for scholarship on collective leadership and collaborative governanceThe International Leadership Association (ILA), a worldwide community committed to leadership scholarship, development and practice has named NYU Wagner faculty member Sonia Ospina as the recipient of its 2023 ILA Lifetime Achievement Award. The award …
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NYU Wagner ranks high in U.S. News & World Report The newly released U.S. News & World Report rankings of 270 public affairs and administration master’s programs across the country places NYU Wagner as 12th in the nation, far ahead of all of its New York City peer schools. In specialty areas, Wagner is …
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Jenna Liut, NYU Wagner alumna, is 40-Under-40 Food Policy HonoreeNYU Wagner alumna Jenna Liut (MPA 2008) is currently in the spotlight as one of 40 people under the age of 40 to be honored for her work in food policy by the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. We wish her congratulations for this …
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Bloomberg to Help Reduce Financial Barriers for Top Talent to Begin Careers in Public ServiceFrom climate change to inequality, urban infrastructure to transportation systems, public health to public schools, now more than ever society’s extraordinary challenges require exceptional public leaders committed to fact-based governance. Bloomberg …
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An Insider’s View of the Affordable Care Act For many years, Americans were satisfied to say that they had the best healthcare in the world. But by 2006, a growing number of uninsured Americans and exploding healthcare costs proved the country needed immense healthcare reform. Presidents Truman, …
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Meera Joshi, former NYU Rudin Center Visiting Scholar, Named Deputy Mayor for OperationsCongratulations to Meera Joshi, former Visiting Scholar at the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, on being appointed New York City’s incoming Deputy Mayor for Operations. During her time at the NYU Rudin Center, Deputy Mayor Joshi led the study, “ …
Faculty Profile
Allen ZerkinAllen J. Zerkin has been an Adjunct Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service since 1988, teaching courses on negotiation and conflict management. He also teaches, annually, a course on negotiation and conflict …
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Association of caesarean delivery with child adiposity from age 6 weeks to 15 YearsOBJECTIVES: To assess associations of caesarean section with body mass from birth through adolescence. DESIGN: Longitudinal birth cohort study, following subjects up to 15 years of age. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Children born in 1991-1992 in Avon, UK who …
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NYU Recognizes Professor Jacob Faber with Make A Difference AwardNYU Wagner is thrilled to congratulate Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service Jacob W. Faber for his recognition by New York University and President Andrew Hamilton for outstanding research and teaching efforts : Professor Faber has been …
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NYU Wagner alumna Nupur Chaudhury pens two articles for public health journalThis month, recent NYU Wagner graduate Nupur Chaudhury (MUP, 2009) has co-authored two pieces for the American Journal of Public Health . The first , "Keep the Whole City in Mind," is an essay (written with Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove) exploring the …
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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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My Summer Internship Experience: Jiayi Liu, Program Assistant, UA3Jiayi Liu (MPA 2025) had always been called to work with a nonprofit organization. Through the Ellen Schall Experience Fund , a stipend awarded to a select group of students working in unpaid summer internships, Liu had the opportunity to serve as a …
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NYU Team Wins the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing ChallengeA team of NYU Wagner and NYU Stern students have won first place at the 2020 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge ! The team was among four finalist schools that presented, which were ultimately narrowed from 95 teams from over …
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Undergraduate Major in Public PolicyWhether it is climate change, inequality, urban congestion, privacy, affordable healthcare, terrorism or nonproliferation, the public challenges we face are more complicated than ever before, and addressing them effectively requires several sophisticated …
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NYU Wagner Courses Abroad: Housing AccommodationsNote: Payment must be made via credit card. Payments are non-refundable. All fields marked with are required. First Name Last Name SID Number University Name or Affiliation School Name Email Phone Address City State Non-US AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL …
Alumni In Action
Namon FreemanCAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES? I’m a manager at Bloomberg Associates (BA), a pro bono consulting firm that works with cities across the globe. I work as part of the sustainability team and lead all of our engagements related to …