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Golub Capital Establishes Fund to Support NYU Impact Investment FundOn December 3, 2024, Golub Capital announced the launch of the Golub Capital Social Impact Investment Education Fund, a three-year partnership to support the NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF). NIIF is operated by students from NYU Wagner, NYU’s Stern …
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Case Findings for Patients at Risk of Re-Hospitalisation Development of an Algorithm to Identify High Risk PatientsOBJECTIVE: To develop a method of identifying patients at high risk of readmission to hospital in the next 12 months for practical use by primary care trusts and general practices in the NHS in England. DATA SOURCES: Data from hospital episode statistics …
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Optimal Resource Allocation for Defense of Targets Based on Differing Measures of AttractivenessThis article describes the results of applying a rigorous computational model to the problem of the optimal defensive resource allocation among potential terrorist targets. In particular, our study explores how the optimal budget allocation depends on the …
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Assessments of Residential and GPS Activity Space for Food Environments, Body Mass Index, and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York CityK Tamura, B Elbel, JK Athens, P Rummo, B Chaix, SD Regan, Y Al-Ajlouni, DT Duncan …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and State Futures Release Joint Issue Brief on Strengthening Workers' Rights Through Interstate CooperationAs Federal Labor Protections Diminish, New Report Charts Collaborative State Response State Futures and NYU Wagner Labor Initiative release roadmap for interstate action on workers’ rights A new report released by State Futures and the NYU Wagner …
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FELLOWSHIP FOR EMERGING LEADERS IN PUBLIC SERVICEOffice of Student and Program Services The credit cards accepted for program payment are: VISA, MasterCard, and American Express. All fields marked with are required. Fellowship Participant Information Fellow First Name Fellow Last Name Fellow Work …
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FALL 2021 DEMOCRACY FELLOWSAaron Posner is an MPA-PNP candidate specializing in Advocacy and Political Action. He is a passionate advocate in issues around incarceration and immigration, and is a strong proponent of the power of organizing. Among other community organizing efforts, …
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Leadership (Re)constructed: How Lens MattersThis paper develops a view of leadership as a social construct, as something that is created through dialogue among groups of people in a particular context. Different contexts allow us to see how leadership emerges in action. We further develop the idea …
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Promotion of Healthy Eating through Public Policy: A Controlled ExperimentBackground To induce consumers to purchase healthier foods and beverages, some policymakers have suggested special taxes or labels on unhealthy products. The potential of such policies is unknown. Purpose In a controlled field experiment, researchers …
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Quantifying spatial misclassification in exposure to noise complaints among low-income housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) studyKosuke Tamura, Seann D. Regan, Jessica K. Athens, Brian D. Elbel, Julie Mline, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Basile Chaix …
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Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York CityKosuke Tamura, Brian D. Elbel, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Jessica K. Athens, Julie Mline …
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Has falling crime invited gentrification?Since the early 1990s, central city crime has fallen dramatically in the United States. We explore the extent to which this trend may have contributed to gentrification. Using confidential census microdata, we show that reductions in central city violent …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative Welcomes New Senior Fellow to Support State and Local Labor EnforcementThe NYU Wagner Labor Initiative is proud to announce that Jessica Looman has joined the Initiative as a senior fellow. Looman has served in both state and federal government roles, including most recently as the Administrator of the U.S. Department of …
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WORLD CITIES PROJECTThe largest cities in the developed world all face an unprecedented challenge: how to meet the needs of a population that lives longer, has a declining birthrate, is generally healthier and – with an average life expectancy approaching 80 years – is …
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DonateSUPPORT THE WORLD'S FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS Your support of NYU Wagner helps us prepare innovative, passionate public service leaders to make a lasting impact on the world. Our students, alumni, and faculty address a variety of pressing social …
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The Introduction of a Supermarket via Tax-Credits in a Low-Income Area: The Influence of Purchasing and ConsumptionB. Elbel, T. Mijanovich, K. Kiszko, C. Abrams, L.B. Dixon …
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The Introduction of a Supermarket via Tax-Credits in a Low-Income Area: The Influence of Purchasing and Consumption. Elbel B, Mijanovich T, Kiszko K, Abrams C, Dixon LB. …
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Development and Evaluation of the US Healthy Food Diversity Index. Varied diets are diverse with respect to diet quality, and existing dietary variety indices do not capture this heterogeneity. We developed and evaluated the multidimensional US Healthy Food Diversity (HFD) index, which measures dietary variety, dietary …
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NYU Wagner's Impact: Alumni Featured in Power Women 100Multiple NYU Wagner alumnae have been honored in City & State ’s 2023 Power Women 100 , along with friends and affiliates of our school. The Power Women 100 list recognizes the invaluable contributions of women working in and around New York City and …
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Calorie Labeling And Food Choices: A First Look At The Effects On Low-Income People In New York CityWe examined the influence of menu calorie labels on fast food choices in the wake of New York City's labeling mandate. Receipts and survey responses were collected from 1,156 adults at fast-food restaurants in low-income, minority New York communities. …
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Consumer Purchasing Patterns in Response to Calorie Labeling Legislation in NYCMaya Vadiveloo, L. Beth Dixon and Brian Elbel. …
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Minimum Parking Requirements, Transit Proximity and Development in New York CityNew York City policymakers are planning for a city of over 9 million residents by 2030, a large increase from today. A central goal of City officials is to accommodate this increase while simultaneously improving the City’s overall environmental …
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Meet the OCS Staff Rachel DuBois, Director As Director of Career Services, Rachel is committed to connecting NYU Wagner students and alumni with the networks, resources, and opportunities they need to make significant and sustainable impact. This dynamic role allows her to …
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The centre cannot hold: Arrival, margins, and the politics of ambivalence introduction to ‘arrival at the margins’, a special issue of migration studiesThis special issue calls on scholars to simultaneously centre and unsettle the margin: to recognise the multiplicity of margins as politically generative spaces, frequently contoured by sustained and varied forms of mobility. Taken together, the studies …