Search
Conduct a general search, select a content type, or navigate to specialized search pages: Courses, Faculty, News, Publications, and Capstone Projects.
Publication
Sociodemographic and Behavioral Characteristics of HIV Antibody-Positive Blood DonorsThis paper describes the sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of 173 blood donors who were confirmed by Western blot tests to have antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome …
Publication
Emotional ties that bind: The roles of valence and consistency of group emotion in inferences of cohesiveness and common fateIn three studies, observers based inferences about the cohesiveness and common fate of groups on the emotions expressed by group members. The valence of expressions affected cohesiveness inferences, whereas the consistency of expressions affected …
Publication
Nonprofit and For Profit Partnerships: Rationale and Challenges of Cross-Sector ContractingIncreasingly, nonprofit, for-profits, and public organizations have been cooperating in producing and distributing a wide range of goods and services. In many cases, the partnerships have arisen from the recognition that different activities are best …
Publication
Creating and Implementing a Nurse Mentoring ProgramThis article describes a team approach to developing an evidence-based mentoring program for nurses at a major academic medical center. The center's nursing leadership empowered nurses to design and implement a program that supports staff engagement and …
Faculty Profile
Daniel B. NeillDaniel B. Neill, Ph.D., is Professor of Computer Science, Public Service, and Urban Analytics at New York University (NYU), jointly tenured at NYU's Courant Institute Department of Computer Science, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and …
Capstone Projects
Bridging the Racial Wealth Gap Through Impact InvestingBlack families and communities in New York City have been left behind due to systemic racism and exploitative economic policies that have created a vast and persistent racial wealth gap. Hiring and wage discrimination, segregation, redlining, and myriad …
Capstone Projects
Tracking Funding Flows in Baltimore City NeighborhoodsT. Rowe Price Foundation is the largest corporate philanthropic organization in Baltimore. Since its launch in 1981, the T. Rowe Price Foundation has given more than $125 million to nonprofit organizations focused on enhancing community life. Following …
Publication
"Rethinking Poverty, Household Finance, and Microfinance"High-frequency data show that the material condition of poverty is created by the interaction of insufficiency × instability × illiquidity. Reducing instability and/or illiquidity can thus reduce exposure to poverty even when average earning power …
Capstone Projects
Innovatix, LLCInnovatix, LLC is a dynamic, full-service group purchasing organization (GPO) that services more than 4,400 alternate site providers throughout the United States. In September of 2003, Innovatix started an initiative in response to members requests aptly …
Publication
Regional Variation in Total Cost per Radical Prostatectomy in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample DatabasePurpose : Surgical treatment for prostate cancer represents a large national health care expenditure. We determined whether state level variation in the cost of radical prostatectomy exists and whether we could explain this variation by adjusting for …
Alumni In Action
Azadeh FartacheWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I was looking for a graduate program that would give me solid skills to do the international development work I was interested in, and I found Wagner to be one of the only schools where there was strong focus …
Capstone Projects
Increasing Gender Diversity at the FDNYThe Fire Department of New York (FDNY) currently employs almost 12,000 firefighters, but fewer than 1% of them are women. The FDNY is seeking to increase these numbers so that its firefighter workforce will better reflect the diversity of the population …
Capstone Projects
Upper East Side and East Harlem Community Engagement StudyCIVITAS is a memberbased nonprofit organization serving the Upper East Side and East Harlem communities for the last 30 years on a variety of initiatives in the areas of zoning, transportation, streetscape, and environmental quality. With the assistance …
Capstone Projects
Integrating Graduation Strategies for Advanced Food SecurityThe World Food Programme (WFP) is the UN agency that addresses hunger and food security in humanitarian and development contexts. In Malawi, where 50.7 percent of people live in poverty, WFP provides a range of programming promoting resilience against …
Capstone Projects
Enhancing the Efficiency of Commuter Fleet Management The New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is NYC’s chief financial agency. The OMB’s Citywide Savings Unit is responsible for implementing the Citywide Savings Program, which improves the efficiency of city services. Currently, more …
Webpage
Introducing 105 East 17th Street105 East 17th Street will be NYU Wagner’s new home. In the bustling hub of New York City’s Union Square, the renovated building will house brand new state-of-the-art classrooms, a beautifully designed multi-purpose event space, dedicated student life …
Publication
Consumer Borrowing After Payday Loan BansHigh-interest payday loans have proliferated in recent years; so too have efforts to regulate them. Yet how borrowers respond to such regulations remains largely unknown. Drawing on both administrative and survey data, we exploit variation in …
Publication
Is severity of obesity associated with diagnosis or health education practices?OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of the severity of obesity with diagnosis and health education, and to identify any differences within demographic or other subgroups. DESIGN: Clinician visits for 2-18 year olds from the 2005-2008 National Ambulatory …
Webpage
Supporting the Ellen Schall Experience FundSupporting students in unpaid internships The Ellen Schall Experience Fund provides much-needed support to NYU Wagner students who undertake unpaid summer public service internships. The Experience Fund ensures that students can explore professional …
Capstone Projects
AN AUDIT OF GRANT MODIFICATION PROCESSESThe Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley Trust) is dedicated to improving people's lives and building healthier futures for individuals and communities worldwide. Helmsley Trust invests in innovative ideas and research in six key …
Capstone Projects
SCREENING FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHThe NYU Langone Brooklyn Emergency Department (ED) seeks to mitigate the social determinants of health for at-risk populations by connecting patients with appropriate social resources at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The client enlisted a …
Capstone Projects
STREAMLINING SHARED EQUITY FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTSGrounded Solutions Network is a nonprofit that works to cultivate equitable communities by advancing long-term affordable housing solutions, and it supports a national membership base of organizations actively engaged in furthering shared equity …
Publication
Credit is Not a RightMuhammad Yunus, the microcredit pioneer, has proposed that access to credit should be a human right. We approach the question by drawing on fieldwork and empirical scholarship in political science and economics. Evidence shows that access to credit may be …
Webpage
AcademicsAdvisement and Resources Degree Requirements: Navigate to your specific degree requirements. Quantitative Support: Wagner offers a range of quantitative support. Writing Center: Wagner offers an array of writing-specific activities in order to support …