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Baton Rouge Neighborhood Revitalization: Generating Community Value and Prioritizing Self-governanceThe NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management (Marron Institute) conducts innovative applied research, working with cities to take on critical challenges of urban living. The Marron Institute and LabGov Georgetown, an applied research center at the McCourt …
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Perceived Family and Peer Transactions and Self-Esteem Among Urban Early AdolescentsThis research extends previous work that identified groups of youth characterized by profiles of perceived family and peer transactions. Predictions derived from self-enhancement and self-consistency theories concerning how such transactions might relate …
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A Community PlaySpace: Nurturing East Harlem's Babies, Toddlers, Caregivers, and Families through Collaboration and PlayThe overcrowded conditions and lack of interior spaces in urban areas can limit infant and toddler learning opportunities and promote family isolation. In order to adequately address this growing concern in the East Harlem community, Project Return …
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NYU Wagner Students Deepen Capabilities for Collaborative ImpactThis spring, over forty students across NYU Wagner degree programs deepened their capacity for impactful leadership through the Co-Lead Lab Pilot. This new, four-part workshop series sponsored by Leadership in Action at Wagner offered experiential …
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Documentation and Analysis of the City of New Yorks Heat, Light, and PowerNew York City currently spends over $500 million on the energy required to run city government operations. The Capstone team evaluated the computer model the City uses to forecast those costs for budget purposes. The model estimates costs for …
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PROGRAM ANALYSIS: MEASURING ECONOMIC IMPACTSThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (BCC) fosters economic development in Brooklyn by supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs. BCC enlisted a Capstone team to develop statements to quantify the economic impacts of its loan assistance, job placement, …
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How WSA President David Aronov Plans to Build Community at NYU Wagnerby Gretha Suarez (MUP) Name: David Aronov (MPA-PNP) Hometown: Queens, NY Current Employment/Internship: Lead Organizer for NYC Census 2020 … Tell us a little bit about yourself. I was born in Queens in the most diverse county in the world. My …
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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 …
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UPADM-GP.267
Social Entrepreneurship Incubator & PracticumThis course is designed for upper-class undergraduates who have a social innovation project, entrepreneurial business, or CSR idea to develop or implement. Also welcome to the course are students who would like to learn and practice success skills and …Capstone Projects
Analysis of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention PlansThe New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) aims to protect and promote the health of all NYC residents. DOHMH supports Kings County Hospital, an NYC public hospital, in delivering a nationally-recognized hospital-based violence …
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Informing the Strategic Planning Process of a Childcare Center The Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (RFK CERC) is an Albert Einstein College of Medicine-operated clinical program that provides comprehensive care to children and adults with developmental disabilities. RFK CERC engaged a …
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Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
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Satisfaction and Care-Seeking: Children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance ProgramThis study, utilizing a nationally representative sample of children who receive healthcare services from Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), seeks to determine whether parents of children covered by Medicaid managed care …
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WAGTalk: Sonia Ospina, "Leading Collectively: Insights From Social Change Organizations"Professor Sonia Ospina discusses an important shift in society's understanding of leadership from a leader-centered approach to a connectivity-focused model. … WAGTalk: Sonia Ospina, "Leading Collectively: Insights From Social Change …
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The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and Human CapitalIn 1961, Nicholas Kaldor highlighted six "stylized" facts to summarize the patterns that economists had discovered in national income accounts and to shape the growth models being developed to explain them. Redoing this exercise today shows just how much …
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Capstone Client FAQCapstone is learning in action. Part of the core curriculum of the Master's program at NYU Wagner, it provides students with both a critical learning experience and an opportunity to perform a public service. Over the course of an academic year, students …
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Is newer always better? Re-evaluating the benefits of newer pharmaceuticalsWhether newer pharmaceuticals justify their higher costs by reducing other health expenditures has generated significant debate. We replicate a frequently cited paper by Lichtenberg on drug “offsets” and find the results disappear using a more appropriate …
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Urban Distribution Centers: Means to Reducing Freight Vehicle Miles TraveledThe present study examines the model of freight consolidation platforms, and urban distribution centers (UDCs) in particular, as a means to solve the last mile problem of urban freight while reducing vehicle miles traveled and associated environmental …
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Neil BrittoNeil Britto is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He has advised global companies, government agencies, civic organizations, professional associations and foundations on …
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PADM-GP.2173
Operations ManagementOperations management specifically involves the analysis, design, operation, and improvement of the systems and processes that deliver goods or services and ultimately outputs and outcomes. It is required to achieve the organization’s mission, provide …Capstone Projects
Viability and Sustainability Factors of a Professional Development ProgramFounded in 2005, Hidden Sparks aims to meet the needs of diverse learners within Jewish day schools both in and beyond New York City. Its pedagogy and model, informed by the work of educational researcher Mel Levine, provides educators and administrators …
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Best Practices for Business Capacity Building in the New York City Childcare Sector"The Capstone team was engaged to further the Low Income Investment Fund's (LIIF) goals to provide capacity building services to community based childcare providers serving lowincome children in New York City. The team's work was performed in the …
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Shared Services Platform for Education CentersThe Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is a community-focused lending institution that invests capital in low-income people and communities. LIIF partners with programs offering affordable housing, childcare, education services, healthcare, and …
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Is there an Intrinsic Duty to Vote? Comparative Evidence from East and West GermansThe duty to vote is a strong predictor of turnout, but little is known of its source, leaving much ambiguity around the nature of the motivation. This article shows that a powerful pathway lies in the ethical commitment many individuals feel to their …