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Arundathi Amirapu… choose Wagner for graduate school? I am deeply passionate about building equitable and sustainable urban environments … like-minded individuals where you can get together to talk about politics or anything else you might be interested in. …
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MUP - International Development Planning SpecializationWhen “the greater good” has global proportions, how do you balance the needs and values of all the people involved? We’ll help you answer that. Whether you’re interested in planning for the multinational cities of tomorrow or the developing economies of …
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SPRING 2022 LEAD & PARKE Fellows … statewide elected official in Texas. Rachel is passionate about voting rights and previously interned with the Voting … and Political Action Association. She is passionate about electing progressive women. As a LEAD Fellow, Daisy … … Kartika Fuentes is a Bronx native and is passionate about replacing oppressive institutions with life-affirming …
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Bryan Brown… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I ensure the timely movement … items I've been involved with include performance reports about our COVID-response shelters, dashboards for assorted … prepare you for your career? I feel like what I learned about Excel-based and other analytical work at Wagner has …
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Conference & Competition Funding… Wagner’s External Scholarship resources . Learn more about previous events that awardees attended on our …
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Rochelle Brahalla… school gardens at public schools. I’d always been curious about how the built environment impacts social processes, … a graduate student at Wagner, I started out thinking more about complex policy challenges as they relate to city … ideas, then quickly faced information overload, thinking about all these different ways of applying what I learned in …
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Stephanie Mavronicolas… tangible impact on the economic recovery of our city. What about your work is most fulfilling to you? I have always …
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Marian Lee… My professional experience immediately after Wagner for about 10 years (during my 20's) was in New York. New York has … Development, Human Resources, Finance and IT. Our staff is about 500+. I direct special projects that are high priority, …
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Kevin Sajdak… to do – and great universities. At that point it was about going to the best program I could get into. I … prepare you professionally? I was offered my current job about halfway through my time at Wagner. Many of the courses …
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How a Wagner Associate Dean Helped Bring the AIDS Crisis to the Big Screen… Schachter Reflects on Starring in the First Feature Film About the Disease After he filmed Buddies in 1985, David … by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr., was the first feature film about AIDS , and was named for the volunteers who supported … shared his experiences working on the film and thoughts about its enduring impact. Read the full Q&A … David …
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Tuberculosis: History and Its Discontents… community members, John Green fans, and those learning about TB for the first time—ended as an ignited front of … in Staten Island), Virginia Allen, who would often talk about the children who were abandoned at the hospital due to … that, “Despair is a luxury…There is something to be said about persisting.” In countries like India, where there is a …
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Tricia Dietz… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As Assistant Commissioner of … and underlines how important it is to think holistically about problems. In another sense, as a graduate student and …
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NYU Wagner alum bridges divide between vulnerable communities and police… from communities—especially vulnerable populations—about the various issues and challenges they face can be complicated. “Talking about policing issues isn’t something some communities are … understanding and empathy makes people comfortable talking about tough issues.” Recently, Naveed’s team produced a …
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Student Spotlight: Brian Charles (MHA 2023)… me envision why this is so important. Everyone talks about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), which has … workplace. Another area I had very little knowledge about was the impact of government policy on the industry. I … with Montefiore Health System. Can you share a bit about your responsibilities, any exciting and/or challenging …
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The Equity Effects of State School Finance Reforms: A Methodological Critique and New Evidence… have been undertaken, there remains much disagreement about how to assess the reforms' impacts. In this article, we … are presented. The article concludes with observations about the importance of the choice of a methodology with … complex policy changes that involve value judgments about what is fair, just, and equitable. … Berne, Robert and …
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From minimum to maximum: The impact of parking standard reform on residential parking supply in LondonThis research examines residential parking supply in London before and after the minimum off-street parking standard was replaced by a maximum one in 2004. Based on 11 428 residential developments after and 216 developments before the reform, it is found …
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Making the Case for Environmental Sustainability Among Small Businesses… mind, the Capstone team interviewed a range of businesses about their motivations and influences, where they obtain information about sustainability, and how decisions are made. The team … to suggest how the EPA can help disseminate information about sustainable business practices among SMEs. … United …
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NYU Wagner Hosts Health Equity Today: The Place Principle Panel Discussion… come together in person at Wagner for timely discussions about the field, honing skills to succeed in the program, and …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jessica González-Rojas (MPA 2003) … gaining an advocacy manager position, she began thinking about next steps in her career, which ultimately led her to … progressive—I would argue perhaps radical—but it's really about centering communities that have never had a voice and … and why are you qualified to take on this role? Think about the whole ecosystem of roles you can play to create …
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How Microfinance Really Works… About half of the world’s adults lack bank accounts. Most of …
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David Bergman… Victor Rodin were most valuable in terms of thinking about the way different health care systems around world are … the work I did at Wagner was an introduction to thinking about things in a quantitative way, which was very different … has been very helpful to me. What’s the best thing about working in Health IT? What’s so exciting about working …
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Kate Horner… engaging in graduate-level study of the issues I care about, while obtaining the skills I needed to be a more … encouraged me to think more deeply or expansively about public problems and policy/program responses. I … first post-Wagner job? Idealist — they even made a video about it! — and by staying very organized and leveraging what …
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Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Maguire (MPA 2018)… his personal and professional experiences, Maguire learned about the hidden curriculum firsthand growing up as a … His hope is that the book will start a larger conversation about the various stakeholders within the education sector … by my Wagner experience. The last half of the book is all about what to actually do about the problem and that's very …
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A Deficit Model of Collaborative Governance: Government-Nonprofit Fiscal Relations in the Provision of Child Welfare Services… to assume that there is something highly problematic about this relationship. Although rarely articulated in these studies, the concern about the negative effects of government funding turns on a … how public funds constrain private action, we inquire about how government deploys private organizations, via the …