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Student Spotlight: Julian Mura-Kröger (MUP 2026)In honor of Universal Human Rights Month—and Human Rights Day on December 10, which marks the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—we’re spotlighting the Displaced Migrants Action Group (DMAG) , a student-led organization at NYU …
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Advocacy & Political Action Specialization… their capstone experience. CAP-GP.3401 & 3402 Capstone: Advanced Projects in Policy, Management, Finance, and Advocacy I & II -or- CAP-GP 3148 & 3149 Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative Analysis I & II … areas allows you to deepen your expertise and develop more advanced skills. To gain in-depth knowledge in a focus area, …
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Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of Pará, Brazil, Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingAs part of Climate Week NYC 2025, NYU Wagner Dean Polly Trottenberg and Governor Helder Barbalho of the State of Pará, Brazil, signed a memorandum of understanding, on September 24, signifying continued partnership between Wagner and Pará. Barbalho has …
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Anne MontesanoCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I work for Results For America (RFA), a national nonprofit that helps all levels of government use data and evidence to drive decisions and policymaking in order to advance economic mobility and …
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Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and StatusHierarchy is such a defining and pervasive feature of organizations that its forms and basic functions are often taken for granted in organizational research. In this review, we revisit some basic psychological and sociological elements of hierarchy and …
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Commerce Department Creating Nation's First One-Stop Economic Development Platform with the Help of NYU Wagner-led Consortium of ExpertsNYU Wagner’s Neil Kleiman is leading a consortium of experts who are working to develop recommendations for improvements in how the federal government develops and disseminates information about the various program resources it provides for economic …
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The Analysis of Planned Parenthood of New York Citys First Client Contact… City (PPNYC) has been in operation for 85 years, providing advanced services and education as well as powerful advocacy …
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New York City's Civil Service System in 2012: Analysis and RecommendationsThe New York City civil service system was developed to overcome patronage and corruption that threatened the ability of city governance to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of citizens. Over time, conflict has grown about the best way to execute …
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Increasing Volunteer Management EffectivenessWomen's World Banking (WWB) is a global network of 40 microfinance providers and banks working in 28 countries to bring financial services and information to lowincome entrepreneurs. As the organization expands its strategic agenda, the need for …
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Urban Reproductive Health Agenda"In America's urban centers, high concentrations of poverty, large immigrant populations, and overtaxed public health systems converge to make reproductive health policy an issue of critical need. To begin a dialogue on best practices in urban …
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Network attributes of critical infrastructure, vulnerability, and consequence assessment… of structures and infrastructures, with special focus on advanced technologies, analytical and computational methods …
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NYU Wagner student and alumna awarded fellowship by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and ManagementJustin Campos (MPA 2023) and Sih-Ting Cai (MPA 2017) have been honored as 2022 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Student Recipients by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). APPAM is a professional association dedicated to …
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Reimagining Parking for Future Economic DevelopmentThe Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) is Detroit’s leading economic development organization. Through public and private sector collaborations, DEGC designs and implements innovative solutions that create jobs and advance the city’s economy. DEGC …
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Financial Management and Public Finance… their capstone experience. CAP-GP.3401 & 3402 Capstone: Advanced Projects in Policy, Management, Finance, and Advocacy I & II or CAP-GP 3148 & 3149 Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative Analysis I & II … areas allows you to deepen your expertise and develop more advanced skills. To gain in-depth knowledge in a focus area, …
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Building Blocks for GrowthThe White House Project (TWHP) is a national nonprofit organization that uses multiplatform programs to advance women's leadership in all communities and across sectors—up to the U.S. presidency—by filling the leadership pipeline with a diverse, …
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Irfan Hasan (MPA 2000) Named to City & State’s 2025 Trailblazers in Health Care City & State ’s inaugural Trailblazers in Health Care honors exceptional individuals who are transforming the health landscape in New York and beyond. Among this year’s honorees is NYU Wagner alumnus Irfan Hasan, whose dedication to equitable health …
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David Bohnett Public Service Fellowship… Coordinator for World Education Services, where she advanced strategic partnerships and advocacy efforts to …
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Financial Access InitiativeThe Financial Access Initiative (FAI) is a research center working at the intersection of financial inclusion, development, and poverty. We focus on exploring how financial services can better meet the needs and improve the lives of poor households. FAI …
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Comparing tweet sentiments in megacities using machine learning techniques: In the midst of COVID-19… pandemic. By conducting sentiment analysis on Tweets using advanced machine learning techniques, this study aims to …
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Promoting Early Childhood Development through Comprehensive Community InitiativesRecent advances in developmental psychology, social services, and social policy have converged to highlight 3 issues: (a) the importance of early development; (b) the importance of the contexts, or "ecology," of early development, especially with respect …
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Affordable Housing Trust Funds for MississippiThe Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice and assisting low-income Mississippians to break the cycle of poverty. In an effort to strengthen communities by …
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Student Spotlight: Jeremy Haoqing Zhu (MPA 2024)With a passion for improving healthcare systems and policy, Jeremy Haoqing Zhu, an MPA Health Policy and Management student, is studying the healthcare delivery systems of the United States and China in order to analyze strengths, weaknesses, and identify …
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FINANCIAL AND POLICY ANALYSIS ON AVIATION BIOFUELCarbon War Room, a business unit of the nonprofit research and educational foundation Rocky Mountain Institute, works to intervene in markets to accelerate the adoption of business solutions that reduce carbon emissions at gigaton scale and advance the …
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Alumni Spotlight: Breandan Ward (EMPA 2018)Breandan Ward (MPA 2018), Leadership Coach, Consultant, and Adjunct Professor What initially led you to NYU Wagner, and what has inspired you to continue at NYU as an adjunct? After 15 years in investment banking, I wanted to refocus my work and studies …