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The Furman Center For Real Estate & Urban PolicyThe NYU Furman Center advances research and debate on housing, neighborhoods, and urban policy. Established in 1995, it is a joint center of the New York University School of Law and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Its mission is …
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Evaluating the Feasibility of Expansion for the Harlem Educational Activities Fund"The Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is a college preparatory and youth development organization whose goal is to assist students from educationally and/or economically disadvantaged communities to develop the intellectual and life skills …
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Urban Local Governance Reform Project in IndonesiaThe Capstone team was responsible for researching a broad range of issues pertaining to decentralization as background for the preparation of a new World Bank loan to support decentralization in urban areas of Indonesia. The Capstone team produced two …
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Evaluation and Certification of MiddleSkilled Mexican Workers in the USIn 2005 the Mexican Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IME) worked in conjunction with public and private partners in the United States to develop four pilot programs to evaluate and certify middleskilled migrant workers. The …
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The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program: A School-Based Social and Emotional Learning ProgramThe Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) is one of the oldest and largest school-based conflict resolution programs in the United States. Beginning in 1994, we planned and implemented a rigorous scientific evaluation of the RCCP, involving over …
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Shanghai rising: health improvements as measured by avoidable mortality since 2000Over the past two decades, Shanghai, the largest megacity in China, has been coping with unprecedented growth of its economy and population while overcoming previous underinvestment in the health system by the central and local governments. We study the …
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NYU Wagner Represented at the 2019 CBCF Annual Legislative ConferenceBy: Javon Robinson (MPA-PNP) Each year, NYU Wagner graduate students are eligible to apply for financial assistance to attend a degree-relevant or career-related conference or case competition. In the Fall of 2019, students took advantage of the NYU …
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Electricity Case: Statistical Analysis of Electric Power OutagesThis report analyses electricity outages over the period January 1990-August 2004. A database was constructed using U.S. data from the DAWG database, which is maintained by the North American Electric Reliability Council …
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New York University School of MedicineThe residents responsibilities and projects included: interviewing and shadowing key executives for broader exposure and a better understanding of communications pertinent to the functionality of academic medical centers; coordinating data for metrics …
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Introduction to the IssuesOverview The IRB system, and the accompanying regulatory framework, were designed primarily with biomedical research as the model. Yet IRB review also applies to social science. There is a sense in the social science world that this the framework (as …
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Avian Influenza Pandemic Preparedness at an International Nonprofit Organization"Helen Keller International (HKI) is a nonprofit organization devoted to fighting and treating preventable blindness and malnutrition, with programs in 22 countries. HKI sought the assistance of the Capstone team to develop a business continuity plan for …
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Diego RiañoHow did being in New York City impact your professional journey? Being in NYC grants you access to many kinds of networks. In addition to meeting practitioners in the international development field—my main interest—I also had the opportunity to interact …
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Julianne BozzoWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I chose NYU Wagner because I really liked how the school offered a large variety of courses and specializations. I wanted to learn more about broad management and policy topics and theories, while also …
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Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States?Health care has emerged as perhaps the most urgent issue in America, and health care reform as the most ambitious initiative in domestic policy since the New Deal. Japan, on the other hand, already boasts the world's lowest infant mortality rate and …
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Shruti PunjabiHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? It was exceptional. NYU being located in the heart of New York provided me with not just professional development opportunities but many arenas for personal growth. NYU Wagner is home to a …
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Augmented Reality and Urban ExplorationAugmented Reality is beginning to shift the landscape of urban exploration, making the experience ever-more informative, from language translation applications to cultural enrichment tools. It will lead people to be more informed, advertised to, and …
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NYU's Coleridge Initiative hosted the 2019 Rich Context CompetitionOn February 15, 2019, New York University’s Coleridge Initiative hosted the 2019 Rich Context Competition, inviting computer scientists and machine learning researchers around the world to find better ways of automating the discovery of research datasets, …
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Program ComponentsThe GWSLP participants benefit from the following components: Leadership Institute in Ghana — At the beginning of the program, participants meet in Ghana for a weeklong intensive leadership learning institute. Instructors from NYU collaborate with local …
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Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & ManagementThe Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management at NYU Wagner explores challenges in transportation and infrastructure. The Rudin Center draws upon faculty and graduate students to conduct research on cities and mobility, information technology …
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Factors that distinguish high-performing accountable care organizations in the medicare shared savings programOBJECTIVE: To identify factors that promote the effective performance of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: Data come from a convenience sample of 16 Medicare Shared Savings ACOs that …
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Improving Nonprofit Operations Through a Fiscal Policies and Procedures Manual"Inwood House is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people become healthy and selfreliant adults through pregnancy prevention, youth development, and teen family support programs. Following a recent expansion, Inwood House requested that …
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Buprenorphine Treatment Services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Lessons for New York CityIn October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drugs approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
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Buprenorphine Treatment Services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Lessons for New York CityIn October 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drugs approval created a path to dramatically change the way opiate addicts are able to manage their addiction. …
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Cropsey Avenue - Gateway to Coney IslandNew York City's Economic Development Corporation (EDC) was charged by Mayor Bloomberg with designing and implementing an economic revitalization for Coney Island, Brooklyn. A Coney Island Strategic Plan was created which calls for enhanced entertainment …