2018 NYU Wagner Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum

On October 2, 2018, Cecile Richards, Former President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and author of "Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead," discusses the role of activism in urban politics.

Convocation 2018: Keynote Speaker Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder and CEO of Acumen Jacqueline Novogratz addresses the NYU Wagner graduating class of 2018.

At forum, mayors depict city government as locus of action

Mayors of four US cities say cities such as their own are making inroads against problems that Washington has often fumbled or ignored—from opiates to crime, and from assimilating immigrants to fixing roads, reducing energy consumption, and building back economic resiliency with the help of new technologies.