Dear Wagner Students,
I hope the semester is off to a smooth start and that you're getting settled into your courses! I’ve enjoyed feeling the energy of our community brightening our new space—hosting events, gathering for meetings, and lounging along the 17th Street windows.
Here are this month’s happenings and highlights:
Highlights
- Lauren Kunis (MPA 2007), CEO and executive director of VoteRiders, was named one of TIME’s Democracy Defenders, recognizing 11 individuals striving to bolster voter participation, advocate for voting rights, and educate against misinformation.
- NYU Alumni Changemakers awards recognize entrepreneurs whose accomplishments are helping to build a better world. Alvin Irby (MPA 2015) is among this year’s honorees for his work as founder and executive director of Barbershop Books, a nonprofit organization that provides children’s books to neighborhood barbershops to promote youth literacy.
- Ignacio Aravena (MUP 2020) was awarded a Chilean Congress Merit Medal for his work in assisting in the passage of a law that will streamline the building permit process in Chile, a significant step in reducing delays in creating new housing.
- Associate Professor Salo Coslovsky helped to bring Brazilian environmental leaders to campus for a pair of Climate Week events focused on the critical state of the Amazon rainforest.
Events
Join the NYU Wagner community for the annual
Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum on Thursday, October 10. This year, we are pleased to welcome Vishaan Chakrabarti as our speaker. Vishaan is one of the leading urban thinkers in the world today, and his talk will draw upon the ideas and issues explored in his new book.
Please join the waitlist here and note our location change this year!
National Voter Education Week is October 7–11! The Wagner cohort of NYU Votes Ambassadors is co-sponsoring an event as part of the Changemaker Civic Engagement Series, entitled
How to Engage in US Elections (Even if You Can’t Vote) on October 9, which will be co-facilitated by Wagner Professor John Gershman. The Wagner cohort has also created a
resource document detailing ways to get involved in the election process if you’ve already registered to vote or are not eligible to vote.
The NYU Migration Network is hosting a robust slate of events throughout October, with many centering around immigration and the U.S. Election:
- Virtual Explainers: Join for quick Zoom breakdowns of the immigration policies proposed by the Trump and Harris campaigns and an explanation of how they fit in with existing policies and practices.
- Join Karina Horsti for a talk drawing on her recent publication, Survival and Witness at Europe’s Border: The Afterlives of a Disaster, moderated by Professor Radha Hegde (NYU Steinhardt), on October 17 at 5:00 pm. Learn more and RSVP.
- Global Comparisons of Immigration Policy and Electoral Politics: How does the role that immigration plays in U.S. elections compare to elections in other places around the world? Join for a virtual roundtable discussing immigration and electoral politics in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, and Argentina on Monday, October 21, at 10:00 am. Learn more and RSVP.
Industry Spotlight Weeks, presented by the Office of Career Services, are in full swing! Each week this fall, OCS will focus on a specific career field. Career panels and WagChats will align with the week’s theme. See the full slate of events.
NYU Transportation Survey – Win a Prize!
Join the NYU community in taking the 2024 Transportation Survey to help us better understand how NYUers move around our campus and the city! This 7-minute confidential survey also has daily, weekly, and grand prize giveaways, including a Kindle Paperwhite, Bose headphones, and an Apple iPad.
We will continue to post these bulletins on
Wagner’s website. If you have any questions about anything in these monthly bulletins, please contact NYU Wagner Chief of Staff,
Christina Powell. I look forward to continuing to see you around the new building. I am also holding virtual and in-person office hours. You can also always reach out to me via email.
