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Youth in Transition: Ensuring a Future for Teens Leaving Foster CareTeens aging out of foster care often do not have the skills and support they need to become active, responsible citizens. Youth Advocacy Center has developed a curriculum for social-service agencies that seeks to ensure that every young person leaves …
Alumni In Action
Owen StoneWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I had a lot of experience in one facet of my career, but I was looking for a program that would help build my skill sets, establish me as a well-rounded professional, and differentiate me from other job …
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Teen Pregnancy and Urban Youth: Competing Truths, Complacency, and Perceptions of the ProblemPurpose: To compare and contrast perceptions of community leaders, adults, and youth about the extent of the teen pregnancy problem in five American cities: Baltimore, Detroit, Oakland, Philadelphia, and Richmond. Conclusions: Although few leaders see …
News
NYC Housing Commissioner Vicki Been Discusses Affordable Housing Initiative at Urban Policy ForumVicki Been returned to NYU Wagner to discuss her role at the helm the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the ambitious city program to build and preserve 200,000 affordable apartment units in a decade’s time. The …
Alumni In Action
Patrick OwensWhat were you doing before you came to NYU Wagner? What brought you to the EMPA Program, and how did your time at NYU Wagner help you further your career in public service? I had a 30-year career in banking and investment banking. I launched and managed …
Capstone Projects
Echoing Green Fellowship Program EvaluationSince its inception in 1987, Echoing Green has provided first-stage funding and support to nearly 400 visionary nonprofit leaders with bold ideas for social change. With this support, Echoing Green Fellows have created innovative organizations in urban …
Course
PADM-GP.4147
Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning I… The past decade has seen the increasing availability of very large scale data …Course
PADM-GP.4148
Large Scale Data Analysis with Machine Learning II… The past decade has seen the increasing availability of very large scale data …News
Dean Sherry Glied delivers testimony at House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearingOn June 6, Sherry Glied, Dean and Professor of Public Service , provided expert testimony before the US House Ways and Means subcommittee on health about the challenges facing America's healthcare system, and whether Consumer-Directed Health Plans …
Alumni In Action
Kalliope VourakisAs a Project Manager at Northwell Health, what are your key responsibilities, and how do they contribute to enhancing patient experience? In my role at Northwell Health, I oversee a mix of administrative and operational responsibilities within the …
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WagnerCares Week of Service 2021WagnerCares Week of Service: Fundraising Drive for Personal Care Items Help us reach our goal of donating 500 personal care items to the Food Bank for New York City! With your donations, we can provide our community with necessary items, not often …
Faculty Profile
Polly TrottenbergPolly Trottenberg was named dean of NYU Wagner on August 1, 2025. From April 2021 until January 2025, she was the Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), making her the chief operating officer of a federal agency with 57,000 …
Capstone Projects
Evaluating the Feasibility of Expansion for the Harlem Educational Activities Fund… colleges and universities. In recent years, HEAF has seen an increase in the number of applicants from outside the …
Capstone Projects
The Political and Fiscal Consequences of the Enumeration of Prisoners by the U.S. Census Bureau… where they regularly reside. The past several decades have seen dramatic growth in the U.S. prison population, with new …
Publication
The Fair Housing Act Today: Current Context and Challenges at 50… of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fair housing rules seen by many as critical fair housing tools. The commentary …
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The Value of Capstone Projects to Participating Client Agencies… program from the students’ perspective, and it has seen significant improvement. But we knew less about whether …
Capstone Projects
Asphalt Green Battery Park City ExpansionAsphalt Green is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting individuals of all ages and backgrounds to achieve health through a lifetime of sports and fitness. Asphalt Green was recently awarded a contract to operate a community center in Battery …
Publication
Green Moral HazardsMoral hazards are ubiquitous. Green ones typically involve technological fixes: Environmentalists often see ‘technofixes’ as morally fraught because they absolve actors from taking more difficult steps towards systemic solutions. Carbon removal and …
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Gender Disparities in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease For Older Persons: A Comparative Analysis of National and City-Level Data… disparity in the interventional treatment of CAD was seen across 3 national health systems with known differences …
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Psychological mediating factors in an intervention to promote adolescent health care-seekingSome of the highest rates of curable sexually transmitted diseases in the USA are found among adolescents. Routine, comprehensive health care that includes a sexual history may contribute to alleviating this problem. We designed and ran a three-session …
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Wage inequality, health care, and infant mortality in 19 industrialized countries… with poorer health outcomes. Ambiguous effects were seen for the consumer price index, unemployment rates, the …
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Professed impressions: What people say about others affects onlookers' perceptions of speakers' power and warmth… speakers saying positive things about third parties are seen as more agreeable than speakers saying negative things. …
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Factoring in the forgotten role of renewables in CO2 emission trends using decomposition analysis… U.S. CO2 emissions decreased by around 10%—a decline not seen since the oil crisis of 1979. Prior analyses have …