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Alumni In Action
Yasaman Pishvazadeh MartinWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? First, I wanted a program that would mix practice and theory but where I could focus on the former based on my course selections. At Wagner, I was able to take courses that would directly apply to my current …
Alumni In Action
Melissa LeitmanLeitman joined PENCIL’s staff right after graduating from Wagner in 2006 as the Partnership Coordinator for Brooklyn and Staten Island. She works with close to two hundred schools, matching them with leaders from the business world according to their …
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The Other Danger...Scholasticism in Academic ResearchMost members of the National Association of Scholars worry about the politicization of the university. Academia gives undue preference to racial minorities in student admissions and faculty appointments. Teaching and research is often slanted toward …
Capstone Projects
Migration and the Politics of Making Skills VisibleWhen people migrate across national borders, they often encounter challenges in having their skill recognized and valued in the labor markets they enter. Migrants with skills that place them in-between the categories of highly skilled knowledge workers …
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Wagner Alumni are Celebrated as Black New York TrailblazersTwo NYU Wagner alumni, Farah Louis (MPA 2018) and Jennifer Jones Austin (EMPA 1996), have been named in City & State’s Power of Diversity: Black 100 which recognizes Black trailblazers in New York. The list of honorees represent every corner of New York’s …
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MISSION Framework: Market-Based Solutions for Social ImpactWhen the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation approached the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s Social Innovation & Investment Initiative (SII) to review its decade-long history with impact investing, there was a clear alignment on objectives of …
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Student Spotlight: Daria Guzzo (MPA 2025)Daria Guzzo (MPA 2025), chair, Women's Affordable Housing Network (WAHN) Could you share a bit about yourself and tell us why you wanted to attend NYU Wagner? I grew up in the Quad Cities on the Iowa-Illinois border and attended Grinnell College, …
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Vishaan Chakrabarti Discusses “The Architecture of Urbanity” at Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy ForumOn Thursday, October 10, 2024, NYU Wagner hosted the annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum, featuring guest speaker Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder and creative director of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). Henry Hart Rice Professor of …
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City Health Dashboard Expanding to 500 More CitiesThe City Health Dashboard—an innovative health data visualization tool created by the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU in partnership with the National Resource …
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MUP Links and ResourcesA Web of Information For more information about urban planning, consider these online resources: American Planning Association - The American Planning Association is a non-profit public interest and research organization representing 30,000 practicing …
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Public Policy Major PortalPublic Policy Major Requirements Semester Course Schedules Policies Grade Requirement Credit toward the major is not given for courses completed with a grade of less than C, or for courses taken on a pass/fail basis. Students are also expected to complete …
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Online MHA Program CurriculumThis course has two overall goals. The first is to increase participants’ effectiveness in managing and leading individuals and teams in healthcare organizations. This includes addressing issues of equity, diversity and inclusion within organizations and …
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Ma Fides Talania, NYU Wagner, Named Global First Runner-Up of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation CompetitionThe Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) and the University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy have announced the “All-Star”winners of the 2021 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition …
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Paul SmokePaul Smoke, Professor of Public Finance and Planning and Director of the PNP MPA, teaches courses on public finance, development planning, governance and development assistance in developing countries. His research and policy interests include urban and …
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ACA-Driven 11th Edition of "Jonas & Kovner's Health Care in America" Provides Readers with Guide for Changing MarketWith its recent affirmation by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare," has become a permanent feature of the nation’s health care system. Now, the just-published 11 th Edition of the highly acclaimed Jonas and Kovner's Health Care …
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Did case-based payment influence surgical readmission rates in France? A retrospective studyOBJECTIVES: To determine whether implementation of a case-based payment system changed all-cause readmission rates in the 30 days following discharge after surgery, we analysed all surgical procedures performed in all hospitals in France before …
Stories
Student Spotlight: Judy Huynh (MUP 2024)What motivated you to attend Wagner, a school of public service? NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers high-quality programs in public service and policy that have a strong emphasis on social justice and developing leaders who …
Alumni In Action
Tricia DietzCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As Assistant Commissioner of Housing Incentives at NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) in the Office of Development, I oversee Inclusionary Housing, HPD’s tax incentive programs …
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Alumni Spotlight: Jake Peña (MPA-PNP 2025)A former Bloomberg Fellow and co-chair of the Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service (ALAS) , Jake Peña’s motivation to make a difference through philanthropy brought him to The New York Community Trust . The Trust is New York’s …
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Learning in Place: Immigrant Spatial and Temporal Strategies for Occupational AdvancementStudies of low-wage workers have long recognized the role of space in mediating access to employment. Significantly less attention has been paid to the ways in which space informs workers' ability to develop the attributes that would make them more …
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Student Spotlight: Kartika Fuentes (MPA 2023)As a David Bohnett Public Service Fellow and member of Wagner's First-Generation Student Association, Kartika is strengthening her advocacy and political organizing skills to translate community-led efforts into legislative action. What motivated you to …
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Mental retardation and prenatal methylmercury toxicityMethylmercury (MeHg) is a developmental neurotoxicant; exposure results principally from consumption of seafood contaminated by mercury (Hg). In this analysis, the burden of mental retardation (MR) associated with methylmercury exposure in the 2000 U.S. …
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Enrolling Children in Public Insurance: SCHIP, Medicaid, and State ImplementationThe Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established federal grants to the states to create the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). This presented the states with a number of implementation choices concerning administrative models for the new …
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Resource Allocation, Emergency Response Capability and Infrastructure Concentration Around Vulnerable SitesPublic and private decision-makers continue to seek risk-based approaches to allocate funds to help communities respond to disasters, accidents, and terrorist attacks involving critical infrastructure facilities. The requirements for emergency response …