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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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NYU Wagner alumnus Quemuel Arroyo is recognized by NY State Senate and US Presidential Volunteer Service Award for his leadership and advocacy for the disabledNYU Wagner graduate Quemuel Arroyo (MPA 2020) has been recognized with a New York State legislative resolution for contributions to New Yorkers as a Dominican-American advocate for the disability community. The honor was bestowed by State Senator Luis R. …
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Data Analytics Training Program Draws 60 Enrollees in its Inaugural YearThe inaugural cohort of the Executive Program in Applied Data Analytics includes 60 enrollees from three countries and 11 states—a diverse array of skilled professionals working for local, state, and federal agencies, according to its New York University …
Capstone Projects
Improving Grantmaking in New York City: Philanthropy and the Health Care Safety NetThe New York Community Trust is a public, not-for-profit organization that administers over 1,500 individual, family or business charitable funds totaling almost $2 billion in assets. The Capstone team was tasked with developing specific recommendations …
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Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Work Environments and Hospitalizations and ED Use among Chronically Ill Medicare BeneficiariesBackground : Nurse practitioners (NPs) play a critical role in delivering primary care, particularly to chronically ill elderly. Yet, many NPs practice in poor work environments which may affect patient outcomes. Objective : We investigated the …
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Event Recap: Careers in Labor Rights PanelOn February 12, 2025, NYU Wagner’s Office of Career Services and the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative hosted a Careers in Labor Rights panel for a thought-provoking discussion on grassroots labor organizing and initiatives for workers’ rights in the city. The …
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Annual Culture Day Features Diverse Student BodyThe Wagner International Student Society (WISS) hosted its annual Culture Day on November 20 to celebrate the rich cultural diversity within the NYU Wagner student body. The event was co-sponsored by fellow student groups WSA, PASA, WSAFA, ALAS, IPSA, …
Capstone Projects
Commercially-Zoned Vacant Lot Temporary ActivationThe New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) is a neighborhood revitalization organization focused on housing and commercial development efforts to rebuild the City of New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, NORA acquired nearly 5,000 vacant lots from the …
Capstone Projects
Turnover Cost ModelCenter for Employment Opportunities (CEO) is a nonprofit organization that provides immediate, comprehensive, and effective employment services for men and women returning from incarceration. Like many nonprofits, CEO manages a double bottom line: aiming …
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Brooklyn is the New ManhattanMitchell L. Moss, Professor of Urban Planning & Policy at NYU Wagner and Director of the school's Rudin Center for Transportation, has written a new op-ed describing Downtown Brooklyn's dramatic emergence as "the new model of urban redevelopment." "In …
Capstone Projects
Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility in the PhilippinesThe Philippines has a history of philanthropic giving, particularly from large privately owned Filipino organizations. Today, many organizations have evolved from simple philanthropy to embedding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into their business …
Capstone Projects
Program Evaluation for Planned Parenthood Global's Youth Peer Provider ModelSince the early 1990s, Planned Parenthood Global (PP Global) has developed the Youth Peer Provider (YPP) model to train young people to provide contraceptives as well as sexual and reproductive health information to their peers. PP Global requested the …
Capstone Projects
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM EVALUATIONThe New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC) oversees persons in custody (PICs) awaiting trial or serving sentences of one year or less. NYCDOC engaged the Capstone team to recommend optimal systems for the assessment and classification of PICs. …
Faculty Profile
Michael LaskawyMichael Laskawy is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Michael has served as a senior policy advisor to Democrats at all levels of government, including serving as the Executive …
Faculty Profile
Errol PierreErrol Pierre is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Administration of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Errol Pierre is the Senior Vice President of State Programs at Healthfirst, Inc, the largest non-profit health plan in New …
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A critical Review of Race and Ethnicity in the Leadership Literature: Surfacing Context, Power and the Collective Dimensions of Leadership.Leadership studies focusing on race–ethnicity provide particularly rich contexts to illuminate the human condition as it pertains to leadership. Yet insights about the leadership experience of people of color from context-rich research within education, …
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The Acute Effect of Local Homicides on Children's Cognitive PerformanceThis study estimates the acute effect of exposure to a local homicide on the cognitive performance of children across a community. Data are from a sample of children age 5–17 y in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. The effect of …
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Recent Trends in the Availability and Affordability of Housing in New York CityA broad range of interests - from affordable housing advocates to businesses worried about their workforce - are increasingly concerned that housing affordability in the City is declining rapidly, and that at least one of the causes of that decline is a …
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Unraveling Geographic Interdependencies in Electric Power InfrastructureProceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06): "Interdependencies among infrastructure systems are now becoming commonplace, and present both opportunities and vulnerabilities. Initial attention was paid to …
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Five papers by NYU Wagner's Laura Wherry cited in White House economic reportNo fewer than five research papers coauthored by Laura Wherry, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Service at NYU Wagner, are included in the 2024 Economic Report of the President . The newly published report presents an overview of the nation’s …
Alumni In Action
Robert EspinozaWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Wagner had an impressive reputation as a top-tier school that equipped students with the right mix of skills in policy analysis, nonprofit management, and related disciplines such as economics. I also liked …
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Student Spotlight: Jiayi Liu (MPA-PNP 2025)Jiayi Liu (MPA-PNP 2025), co-chair, Pan Asian Student Alliance Can you share a bit about yourself and tell us why you chose to attend a school of public service? I have always been fascinated by the way public systems shape our daily lives. Before Wagner, …
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Network Systems Revisited: The Confounding Nature of Universal SystemsTaking sustainability in its triple economic, environmental and social dimensions, the contributors take stock of previous research on large technical systems and discuss their sustainability from three main perspectives: uses, cities, …
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Electricity Case: Statistical Analysis of Electric Power OutagesThis report analyses electricity outages over the period January 1990-August 2004. A database was constructed using U.S. data from the DAWG database, which is maintained by the North American Electric Reliability Council …