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Faculty Profile
Clayton GilletteClayton Gillette is the Director of NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management and the Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law at the NYU School of Law. Gillette teaches in the areas of local government law, commercial law, and contracts. As Director …
Stories
Alumni Spotlight: Gavin Silber (MUP 2015) Name: Gavin Silber Program: Master of Urban Planning, 2015 Current employment: Program Co-Director at the Bertha Foundation “There are few cities in the world like New York that provide exposure to people and organizations from …
Stories
First-gen MPA student brings passion for positive change back to her roots“It’s so important to develop a civic identity and feel a sense of responsibility for your neighbor, and to this world,” says Tracy Jo Ingram (MPA Candidate 2019). A native of Louisville, Tracy has embodied this motto through her early career and into her …
News
Six NYU Wagner Alumni Named to City & State’s 2024 Power of Diversity: Latino 100 In alignment with Hispanic Heritage Month, City & State released its 2024 Power of Diversity: Latino 100 , recognizing the “most influential Latino leaders in New York politics and government.” Notably, seven NYU Wagner alumni were selected for the …
Alumni In Action
Jason Leivenberg I always had an appreciation for New York. As an LA native, I was captivated by its cultural boldness and energetic bustle. I had spent 4-5 years working at Hillel on the West Coast and kept observing that New York was pioneering and setting the agenda …
Alumni In Action
James StratfordAs the Executive Director of the NYC Young Men’s Initiative, can you share insights into your role and your key responsibilities in day-to-day operations? I am a product of the Bronx, New York. I grew up in and out of poverty and received assistance …
Publication
Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in Bangladesh [Revised October 2019]Jean N. Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, Abu S. Shonchoy, and Hassan Zaman …
Publication
Neighborhood Selection and the Social Reproduction of Concentrated Racial InequalityIn this paper, we consider neighborhood selection as a social process central to the reproduction of racial inequality in neighborhood attainment. We formulate a multilevel model that decomposes multiple sources of stability and change in longitudinal …
Capstone Projects
INCREASING PERIOD PROTECTION FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN ZAMBIA Menstrual Health Management (MHM) is a key aspect of safeguarding the health, dignity, and overall life opportunities of girls and women. A study by Zambia’s Ministry of Education shows that girls miss an average of 36 school days per year due to …
News
Professor Julia Lane Honored for Service to the Social SciencesProfessor Julia Lane has been selected to receive the 2017 Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences , an honor initiated in 1993 by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) to recognize …
Publication
Environment and obesity in the National Children's StudyOBJECTIVE: In this review we describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study (NCS), a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children, to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development of obesity. DATA SOURCES AND …
Publication
Public Opinion toward Legislating for the Future: An UpdateThe past two years have been unsettled at best for Congress. Public approval toward Congress remains low, legislative debates have been contentious, polarization remains high, and Congress has a mixed record in dealing with major long-term issues such as …
Publication
In Knickman and Kovner (eds.) 2015. Health Care Delivery in the United States,Windows can sometimes be mirrors. A look at health systems abroad can enable us to develop a better understanding of our health system in the United States. An international perspective suggests that the United States has the most expensive health care …
Capstone Projects
World Trade Center Neighborhood Livability Plan Prepared for Manhattan Community Board 1Community Board 1 asked the Capstone team to create a livability plan for the neighborhoods surrounding the World Trade Center site. Even before the tragic events of 9/11, the Community Board has worked to develop, grow and improve Lower Manhattan. The …
Capstone Projects
Analysis of the Current Print Media Coverage of Domestic Violence in the New York State AreaMedia coverage of domestic violence cases has long been a source of concern for those who work to end domestic violence. In order to make stories attractive to readers, it is not unusual for cases to be sensationalized by reporters who have a limited …
Capstone Projects
Effectiveness of State Participation in Voluntary Programs for Pollution Control"Regulating pollution levels can be costly for governments and polluters. In hopes of a more costeffective manner for reducing pollution, the EPA launched its first voluntary programs for pollution control in 1991. Such programs form partnerships with …
Stories
NYU Wagner Alumni Launch New Public Policy Wiki – PolicyAtlasIn the US alone, there are 90,056 distinct governmental entities. But nowhere on the Internet can a policy maker find information on how a policy solution has worked for jurisdictions beyond his or her own. Enter Kevin Hansen , Matthew Lisiecki , and Neil …
Capstone Projects
Mount Sinai Hospital of QueensThe Resident completed a 12-month appointment working with the Chief Operating Officer of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. In this capacity, the Resident worked on numerous projects in support of major hospital initiatives. While serving as a valuable …
Capstone Projects
Mount Sinai Hospital of QueensThe Resident was involved in a number of projects originating from the office of the Chief Operating Officer. The Resident played a key role in the preparation and analysis of the annual budgets for various operations departments including Radiology, …
Capstone Projects
Mount Sinai Hospital of QueensThe Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, a 235-bed community hospital was purchased by Mount Sinai Hospital in June 1999. The resident had the opportunity to collaborate directly with the Chief Operating Officer of the hospital on a variety of projects. The …
News
U.S. Healthcare Policy "Roller Coaster" in Focus as Sherry Glied Delivers the Spring 2017 Jack & Lewis Rudin Lecture“It has truly been a policy roller coaster on so many fronts – and healthcare not least among them,” Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner , said as she began the recent Spring 2017 Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. …