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Living Untouchable: Identity, Activism & the Human Rights of Dalit Women - Panel & Exhibit | April 25, 2018Living Untouchable: Identity, Activism & the Human Rights of Dalit Women - Panel & Exhibit | April 25, 2018 …
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Black families, regardless of wealth, face disproportionate risks in childbirthProfessor Laura Wherry , along with Professor Rossin-Slater and Petra Persson of Stanford University, Kate Kennedy-Moulton of Columbia University, and Gloria Aldana of the Census Bureau, authored and published a new study highlighting how health …
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Analysis of Lice Policies in Indiana Elementary SchoolsThe presence of lice is a public nuisance, the impact of which extends beyond the scalp. Not only can treating lice be costly with treatments ranging from $10 to $100, but also students may miss multiple days of school as a result of strict lice policies, …
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Student Spotlight: Robyn James (MPA-PNP 2026)Robyn James (MPA-PNP 2026), Chair, NYU Wagner Black Student Association (BSA) Robyn James is a Master of Public Administration student in NYU Wagner’s Public & Nonprofit Management (PNP) program with a specialization in Advocacy & Political Action, and …
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Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative DataWe use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative death records to investigate the relationship between Medicaid enrollment and mortality. Our analysis compares changes in mortality for near-elderly adults in states with and without …
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Where have all the reinventors gone? How government reform will shape the 2016 electionThe 2016 presidential election will likely feature two tough questions about government reform, writes Paul C. Light. First, should the next president cut federal programs to reduce the power of government, or maintain existing programs to deal with …
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Curricular ResourcesBringing salmon back to the Columbia river: How Native American tribes are implementing a wa- tershed-wide plan. Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission. The Electronic Hallway and Research Center for Leadership in Action . By Jennifer Dodge and …
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PHD Application ChecklistFill out your online application. Entry Term Only offered for the Fall semester. Application Deadline Online applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on the day of the deadline. Any mailed application material must be postmarked by …
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Are people happier in locations of high property value? Spatial temporal analytics of activity frequency, public sentiment and housing price using Twitter data.The rise of social networking platforms provides opportunities to examine the relationship between public emotion and housing price. This study investigates frequency and places of visits, population sentiment, and housing price using 8.7 million tweets …
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Event Recap: ChatGPT for Job Seekers: The Right Way to Use AI to Accelerate Your SearchWritten by Monica Martinez (MUP 2026) On February 4, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services hosted Jeremy Schifeling for a student-focused informational session on using AI and ChatGPT in the job search process. Schifeling is a former hiring …
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Do Federally Assisted Households Have Access to High Performing Public Schools?A family’s housing unit provides more than simply shelter. It also provides a set of neighborhood amenities and a package of local public services, including, most critically, a local school. Yet housing and education policymakers rarely coordinate their …
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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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The global cancer divide: relationships between national healthcare resources and cancer outcomes in high-income vs. middle- and low-income countriesBackground : Cancer continues to rise as a contributor to premature death in the developing world. Despite this, little is known about whether cancer outcomes are related to a country’s income level, and what aspects of national healthcare systems are …
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Assessment of a government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and children's dietary intakes.Objective: To assess the impact of a new government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and dietary habits in children. Design: A difference-in-difference study design was utilized. Setting: Two neighbourhoods in the …
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NYU Wagner ranks high in U.S. News & World ReportWe are proud to announce that the just-released U.S. News & World Report rankings of 282 public affairs and administration master’s programs across the country place NYU Wagner at #9 overall in the nation—well ahead of all of its New York City peer …
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Master of Science in Public Policy (STEM-Designated)Evaluating policy challenges and developing well-reasoned solutions. …
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NYU Wagner ranks high in U.S. News & World ReportWe are pleased to announce that the newly released U.S. News & World Report rankings of 275 public affairs and administration master’s programs across the country place NYU Wagner once again in the Top 10 overall—and far ahead of all of its New York City …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a DayAbout forty percent of the world's people live on incomes of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? How would …
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NYU Wagner ranks high in U.S. News & World ReportWe are proud to announce that the just-released US News & World Report rankings of 285 public affairs and administration master’s programs across the country place NYU Wagner at #7 overall in the nation—well ahead of all of its New York City peer …
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High-Speed Rail Projects in the U.S.: Identifying the Elements for Success, Interim Report” Preliminary Review of Cases and Recommendations for Phase 2The goal of this study, funded by the Mineta Transportation Institute is to identify lessons learned for successfully developing and implementing HSR in the United States. There are very few broad statements that can be made of HSGT in the United States. …
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Participants and ProjectsCynthia is a passionate women’s rights advocate dedicated to the promotion of women’s rights, gender equality and social justice for all. She has more than ten years of experience undertaking research, project design, coordination, monitoring and …
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Credit is Not a RightMuhammad Yunus, the microcredit pioneer, has proposed that access to credit should be a human right. We approach the question by drawing on fieldwork and empirical scholarship in political science and economics. Evidence shows that access to credit may be …
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Reinventing the Central City as a Place to Live and WorkPublic policies for urban development have traditionally emphasized investment in physical infrastructure, the development of large-scale commercial facilities, the construction of new housing, and the renewal of existing neighborhoods. Most efforts to …
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Do Perceptions of School Climate Improve in High School for Students with Disabilities?Spenser Gwozkzik and Leanna Stiefel …