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Your Alumni News for July 2017Dear Alumni, I hope this finds you well. In May, we celebrated and welcomed 372 new graduates to the alumni community at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Delivering the convocation address, Patrick Gaspard, Vice President of the Open Society Foundations …
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ANALYZING FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO PERMANENT HOUSINGThe Fortune Society has been a leader in rehabilitating incarcerated individuals and reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals into society. The Fortune Society facilitates reintegration by providing housing, including emergency housing for homeless …
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Noelle DamicoThe Rev. Noelle Damico is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Service at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She is also a Senior Fellow at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, in New York City. She has worked …
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Why RCTs failed to answer the biggest questions about microcredit impactIf there was ever an economic debate that randomized controlled trials could help resolve, it seemed to be the debate over the average economic and social impact of microcredit. When the first RCTs were published in 2015, they undermined beliefs in the …
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IMPROVING ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOMédecins du Monde (MdM), an international humanitarian organization serving vulnerable populations, has been working on improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for over 10 years. Having launched a …
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SOLVING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY THROUGH PERSONAL LOAN ACCESSBlack and indigenous people of color in the US have less access to low-interest loans, pay high interest on government-backed loans, and pay an average of twice as much as their white counterparts in bank fees. The Lentils team has designed an initiative …
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NYU Wagner Professor Robertson Work Facilitates UN Task Team WorkshopNYU Wagner Adjunct Professor Robertson Work recently facilitated a two-day participatory workshop for the UN Task Team of Habitat III , the UN’s upcoming global conference on sustainable urban development. On April 14-15 , Professor Work led the …
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How States Stand to Gain or Lose Federal Funds by Opting In or Out of the Medicaid ExpansionFollowing the Supreme Court's decision in 2012, state officials are now deciding whether to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act. While the states' costs of participating in the Medicaid expansion have been at the forefront of this …
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Hematology Oncology Palliative Care Delivery ModelsNYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) is a top-tier academic medical center located in New York City, and the hospital has been a member of the U.S. News and World Report hospital honor roll since 2012. NYU Langone Cancer Center is looking to improve its …
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Strategies for Expanding Geographic Reach via TechnologyFederal data indicates that almost 20% of the U.S. adult population is living with a mental or emotional disability. People With Disabilities Foundation (PWDF), a San Francisco-based nonprofit, has been providing public education and advocacy services …
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Developing Cases to Support EU Assistance for Decentralization, Local Governance, and Local DevelopmentBegun in 2013, the European Union (EU) Thematic Program on Civil Society Organizations and Local Authorities (CSO & LA) fosters current and future EU development cooperation. Recognizing the need for, and the value of, multiple stakeholders’ …
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Leadership Development for Global HealthWritten by an international panel of distinguished global health experts, this book distills valuable lessons from a wide variety of successful health programs that have been implemented around the world. "Global Health Leadership and Management gives …
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Predicting Cognitive Control From Preschool to Late Adolescence and Young AdulthoodIn this longitudinal study, the proportion of time preschoolers directed their attention away from rewarding stimuli during a delay-of-gratification task was positively associated with efficiency (greater speed without reduced accuracy) at responding to …
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How New York City Won the OlympicsThis report demonstrates that New York City has successfully achieved almost all of the key elements in the NYC2012 Olympic Plan, despite the fact that it was not chosen to host the 2012 Games. For New York City, planning for the 2012 Olympics provided …
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Using GIS to Examine Environmental Injustice in the South Bronx. The Case of Waste Transfer StationsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as "...the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and …
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Power and the objectification of social targetsObjectification has been defined historically as a process of subjugation whereby people, like objects, are treated as means to an end. The authors hypothesized that objectification is a response to social power that involves approaching useful social …
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Universal FreckleBringing together new articles and essays from the controversial Berkeley conference of the same name, "The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness" presents a fascinating range of inquiry into the nature of whiteness. Representing academics, independent …
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Toward a More Public Discussion of the Ethics of Federal Social Program EvaluationFederal social program evaluation has blossomed over the past quarter century. Despite this growth, there has been little accompanying public debate on research ethics. This essay explores the origins and the implications of this relative silence on …
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From districts to schools: The distribution of resources across schools in big city school districtsWhile the distribution of resources across school districts is well studied, relatively little attention has been paid to how resources are allocated to individual schools inside those districts. This paper explores the determinants of resource allocation …
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Decentralization in Africa: Goals, Dimensions, Myths and ChallengesDecentralisation is a complex and often somewhat elusive phenomenon. Many countries around the world have been attempting- for several reasons and with varying degrees of intention and success-to create or strengthen sub-national governments in recent …
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The Case for the Use of Evidence-Based Management Research for the Control of Hospital CostsThis article explores the current state of the creation and use of evidence by managers for cost containment in hospitals. We assert that hospitals do not know enough about what things cost, and until they get evidence on costs, it is not likely that much …
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Teaching Future Healthcare Financial Managers to Use EvidenceThere is a growing movement toward evidence-based management in healthcare. This movement extends to healthcare financial management. However, there are barriers to the use of evidence by healthcare financial managers. These barriers are largely the …
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Professor Rae Zimmerman Appointed to Third NYC Panel on Climate ChangeRae Zimmerman, Professor of Planning and Public Administration at NYU Wagner, has been appointed to the third New York City Panel on Climate Change, an independent entity advising the city that ensures that the city's resiliency efforts are informed by …
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Shruti PunjabiHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? It was exceptional. NYU being located in the heart of New York provided me with not just professional development opportunities but many arenas for personal growth. NYU Wagner is home to a …