Search
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of a food justice and youth development programStudents for Service’s (SFS) Teens for Food Justice is a NYC-based program that brings together teen volunteers to build and manage hydroponic farms that grow food for families in underserved, food-desert communities. In 2013, SFS launched this program at …
Capstone Projects
Communicating the contribution: a plan to leverage social services dataSince 1986, Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) has helped Harlem residents rebuild and sustain their community by providing economic development and empowerment opportunities. Focusing on the Bradhurst neighborhood, HCCI develops …
Capstone Projects
Comparative analysis of tax and user charge burden for residents of the 50 largest U.S. citiesFitch Ratings is one of the three nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSRO) designated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1975. The Public Finance Division at Fitch Ratings plays an important role in assessing the …
Capstone Projects
Strategies to increase revenueBuilt in 1976, the Brooklyn Sports Club (BSC) is a membership-based fitness center and pool located on the property of Spring Creek Towers, the largest federally-assisted rental property in the United States. The combination of underutilization and a …
Publication
Convergence: News Production in a Digital AgeA paradox of contemporary sociology is that the discipline has largely abandoned the empirical study of journalistic organizations and news institutions at the moment when the media has gained visibility in political, economic, and cultural spheres; when …
Capstone Projects
Open NYU: Crowdsourcing Employees of New York University's Department of Public Safety The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …
Capstone Projects
Case Studies in Supplier Accountability Concerning Environmental Sustainability Efforts: Multinational Firms and Best PracticesAs multinational companies continue to expand their environmental agendas, questions arise concerning the effectiveness of these efforts and the firms' abilities to pass sustainability values onto their suppliers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
Capstone Projects
Sustainable Business Plan and Strategy for Live From the Edge TheaterTHE POINT is a community development organization focused on youth initiatives to revitalize the South Bronx. THE POINT relies heavily on grants, which fund more than 70 percent of its operations, and sought recommendations to reverse the ratio of grants …
Faculty Profile
MICHAEL DUFFYMichael Thomas Duffy is a manager with extensive experience in the public, private and non-profit sector; currently he is the President of the Great Oaks Foundation, whose mission is to give students access to a quality education through High Dosage …
Capstone Projects
Clinical Nurse LadderHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), a Magnet Designated and number one nationally ranked orthopedic hospital, sought to provide additional opportunities for nursing growth and advancement. The Capstone team was charged with incorporating evidenced-based …
Capstone Projects
Planning for a Resilient RockawaysThe Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RWA) partners with local residents and youth to revitalize and protect the Rockaway waterfront. The Capstone team worked with RWA to develop a comprehensive plan for the area between Beach 32nd Street and Beach 54th …
Capstone Projects
Developing a Human Resources ToolLatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) is a national civil rights organization, founded in 1972, that focuses on defending the civil and human rights of Latino communities. The organization was seeking a formal method to objectively capture the experiences and …
Capstone Projects
Assessment of Youth Development ProgramsSunnyside Community Services (SCS) is a nonprofit organization located in Western Queens that provides a continuum of services to members of all ages in its local community and the broader NYC metro area. SCS requested a Capstone team to evaluate the …
Alumni In Action
Omar DaairHow did your experiences at NYU Wagner prepare you for your career? Wagner helped turbocharge my transition into senior management. Previously I had found myself struggling to find the right way to take that step up, but Wagner helped me reflect on, and …
Publication
Home parking convenience, household car usage, and implications to residential parking policiesThis paper investigates the effect of home parking convenience on households' car usage, and the implications to residential parking policies. A random sample of 840 households is selected from a travel survey in the New York City region, and their home …
Publication
Enforcing food quality and safety standards in Brazil: The case of COBRACANAGlobalization of production has been complemented by increasingly stricter product quality and safety regulations. This trend is particularly acute in the food and beverage sectors, which puts enormous strain on producers from developing nations. This …
Capstone Projects
DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONThe Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET)-a nonprofit environmental education organization located in Namibia-aims to protect Namibia's natural environment by educating its citizens to practice a sustainable lifestyle. After successfully …
Alumni In Action
Anne MontesanoCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I work for Results For America (RFA), a national nonprofit that helps all levels of government use data and evidence to drive decisions and policymaking in order to advance economic mobility and …
News
NYU Wagner Professor Robertson Work Facilitates UN Task Team WorkshopNYU Wagner Adjunct Professor Robertson Work recently facilitated a two-day participatory workshop for the UN Task Team of Habitat III , the UN’s upcoming global conference on sustainable urban development. On April 14-15 , Professor Work led the …
Publication
Bolstering the Housing Safety Net: The Promise of Automatic StabilizersWhile social insurance programs help to buffer the effects of economic downturns, these programs have many gaps in coverage. In the face of income losses and unexpected expenses, households are not able to quickly adjust housing consumption. Homeowners …
Publication
Power Differences in the Construal of a Crisis: The Immediate Aftermath of September 11, 2001In this research, we examine the relationship between power and three characteristics of construal-abstraction, valence, and certainty-in individuals' verbatim reactions to the events of September 11, 2001 and during the immediate aftermath of the …
Publication
A pedagogical model for increasing race-related multicultural counseling competencyResearch suggests advances in students’ multicultural competence following multicultural counseling training. Increasingly, however, multicultural counseling courses have emphasized self awareness, which has increased the affective demands of these …
Publication
Risk and Insurance in Transition: Perspectives from Zouping County, ChinaThis book explores the role of community in facilitating the transition to market relationships in economic development, and in controlling and sustaining local public goods such as irrigation, forests, grazing land, and fishing grounds. Previously it was …
Publication
Institutional Decision-MakingThe international scientific community has begun to focus upon the reality of global climate change and sophisticated research techniques provide increasingly accurate models of the potential impacts of associated weather extremes, disease outbreaks, and …