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Improving Regional Advanced Traveler Information Systems Through InteroperabilityIn the era of Robert Moses, transportation planners tried to relieve traffic congestion by building new highways. After years of watching new roads fill up as soon as they were built, planners have largely abandoned this approach. Now, planners help …
Capstone Projects
Improving Regional Advanced Traveler Information Systems Through InteroperabilityIn the era of Robert Moses, transportation planners tried to relieve traffic congestion by building new highways. After years of watching new roads fill up as soon as they were built, planners have largely abandoned this approach. Now, planners help …
Capstone Projects
The Analysis of International Exchange Organizations and Review of Education Content AreasThe Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization representing Chief Education Officers from 49 states working to provide leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on key educational issues. CCSSO assists …
Capstone Projects
The Analysis of International Exchange Organizations and Review of Education Content AreasThe Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a non-partisan, nonprofit organization representing Chief Education Officers from 49 states working to provide leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on key educational issues. CCSSO assists …
News
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 …
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
Anu AshokHow would you describe your experience as a Wagner student? My experience at Wagner shaped me into the professional that I am today. Having gone straight from college into graduate school, I lacked certain skills such as memo writing, group project …
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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 …
Publication
The Price of Promises MadeNew York City’s municipal leaders have run up a tab of more than $95 billion and continue to charge about $5 billion more annually to this bill. The current debt equals about $30,000 for each household in New York City, and the burden will continue to …
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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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Black–White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the USA, 1980–2005Background : Avoidable Mortality (AM) describes causes of death that should not occur in the presence of highquality and timely medical treatment and from causes that can be influenced at least in part by public policy/ behaviour. This study analyses …
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Evaluation of Continuums of Care For Homeless PeopleThe purpose of this project was to examine Continuums of Care for homeless people throughout the United States, to understand their development, their current structure, and their likely future. A Continuum of Care (CoC) is, ideally, a system for helping …
News
NYU Wagner's John Gershman Recognized by NYU for Outstanding TeachingNYU Wagner’s own John Gershman has been selected to receive the 2017 University Distinguished Faculty Award from New York University, a notable recognition of the strong impact he makes in the classroom and beyond on future leaders in public service. …
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Judy Pryor-Ramirez Named Senior Fellow for Bonner Center for Civic EngagementJudy Pryor-Ramirez has been named a senior fellow at the University of Richmond’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE). Pryor-Ramirez, a clinical associate professor of public service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, brings …
Alumni In Action
Amy HolmesCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? At Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, we advise donors of all different kinds on their charitable giving. As Director of Advisory Services at our New York City location, I oversee a team of six …
News
Data Analysis Offers First Picture of the Impact of China’s Universal Two-Child PolicyWorking closely with faculty at Peking University and scientists at the National Health Commission in China, NYU Wagner’s Professor Jan Blustein and other researchers have developed the first nationwide estimate of the impact of China’s universal …
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Studies of physician-patient communication with older patients: How often is hearing loss considered? A systematic literature reviewHearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one-quarter of adults aged 60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about one in five adults with hearing loss wears a hearing aid, leaving many …
News
Linda Gibbs named as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist at NYU Wagner for Fall, 2022NYU Wagner is pleased to announce that Linda Gibbs will join NYU Wagner as Distinguished Visiting Urbanist for the Fall of 2022. During her time collaborating with students and faculty, the former New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services …
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Economic Development and FinanceAfter the primaries, what immediate actions should the incoming mayor take to bend federal funds for local priorities? As New York moves from relief to recovery, and from managing the Rescue Plan to infrastructure, innovation, and human capital funds, the …
Alumni In Action
Tallant BurleyHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? It was a great experience that allowed me to build relationships and build awareness about the complexity of the issues related to the built environment and urban policy, especially …
Publication
Calorie Labeling and Consumer Estimation of Calories Purchased. BACKGROUND: Studies rarely find fewer calories purchased following calorie labeling implementation. However, few studies consider whether estimates of the number of calories purchased improved following calorie labeling legislation. FINDINGS: Researchers …
Stories
NYU Wagner alumni selected as Excelsior Service FellowsTwo recent graduates of NYU Wagner have been chosen as Excelsior Service Fellows in New York State government. The Excelsior Service Fellowship Program brings alumni of graduates school of public service and law into state government service. Participants …
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Digital Infrastructures: Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information TechnologyAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …