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More than Just Exercise: Walking in Today's Cities… to encourage walking. Amongst all of this excitement about walking, there has so far been little exploration of …
Capstone Projects
Alternative Financing Model for New Childcare Site… alternative financing methods and interviewing experts about various potential financing models. In addition, the …
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The Fiscal Consequences of Special District Consolidation: Evidence from CaliforniaThe number of governments in the United States has increased steadily since the 1970s, driven by the proliferation of special districts. This growth has fueled concerns over the efficiency of public service provision, as many metropolitan areas rely on a …
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Student Spotlight: Sai Srihas Borra (MPA-HPAM 2026)… push toward healthcare policy, understanding how decisions about pricing, access, and safety shape real outcomes. What … and Management & Leadership have helped me think about healthcare not just as a system of care, but as an … a grounding experience. It’s helped me slow down and think about why I want to work in healthcare in the first place. …
Capstone Projects
Minimizing and Diverting a Soup Kitchen’s Food Waste… visit to a public school enrolled in the program to learn about the service. By joining the Organics Collection, HASK …
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Gentrification and the Health of Low-Income Children in New York City… has accelerated in cities across the US, little is known about the health consequences of growing up in gentrifying …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Sai Vichare (MPA 2023)… Capstone just started this semester, can you tell us a bit about your client and what excites you about this project? My capstone client is the United Nations Capital Development Fund and the project is about developing a municipal finance strategy for two …
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Climate Week at NYU Wagner: Six Events Exploring Timely, Global Issues … policy experts from across the globe for conversations about critical issues in climate policy and the latest … small acts can go a long way, urging attendees to think about ways they can make an impact in their own worlds. … now more than ever. Panelists tackled questions about the challenges of leveraging the role of director, …
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MUP - City and Community Planningoverview Cities and communities are becoming more innovative: they are using data to optimize services and local decision-making, even as they are being forced to reexamine complex historical and contemporary realities in ways that may generate new …
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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 …
Alumni In Action
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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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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Climate Change: U.S. Public Opinion… A review of research findings and polling data about Americans’ attitudes on climate change reveals a lack … toward belief in climate change’s existence, concern about its consequences, and demand for policy response is …
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Student Spotlight: Annie Nelson… Can you share a bit about yourself and what motivated you to attend a school of … equitable learning environments, I sought to learn more about how public schools are funded and managed. This … whom Wagner has an ongoing partnership) to learn more about theories of change in public school systems. At a more …
Alumni In Action
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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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 …
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Alumni Spotlight: Nikhel Taurani (MPA 2022)… with the NYU Impact Investment Fund, can you tell us about your responsibilities, projects, and goals as it … From a technical standpoint it allowed me to learn about how investments can assist in bridging gaps in our …
Alumni In Action
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 …
Alumni In Action
Stephanie Mavronicolas… tangible impact on the economic recovery of our city. What about your work is most fulfilling to you? I have always …
Alumni In Action
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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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 …
Alumni In Action
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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Banking The World… About 2.5 billion adults, just over half the world’s adult … consider such topics as the complexity of surveying people about their use of financial services; evidence of the impact …
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The Effect of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Revenue Volatility: Evidence from Colorado… reducing government spending, they do not have much to say about the impact of TELs on government budgeting or financial …