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Capstone Projects | 2009-2010

The following is an overview of the core Capstone workshop for the MIA and MPA. For past workshop projects in the MPA in Economic and Political Development Concentration (EPD), click here. For more information regarding past workshop projects in the Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science (ESP), click here.

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Past Projects | 2009-2010

SPRING 2010
Course Number	Client	Project Syllabus	Advisor
SIPAU9000.001	Booz Allen Hamilton	Implementing Global Food Security Priorities	Rustom Masalawala
SIPAU9000.002	Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs	Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs: Media Strategy	Michael Cervieri
SIPAU9000.003	Center for American Progress	Workshop syllabus is undisclosed.	Thanassis Cambanis
SIPAU9000.004	Clinton Global Initiative	SROI V2.0 A Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action	John Williams
SIPAU9000.005	Common Ground	Investing in the Future of Supportive Housing: Measuring the Return on Investment at Common Ground	Chip Raymond
SIPAU9000.006	The Conference Board	The Conference Board Journal of Corporate Governance and Risk Oversight	Mike Silverman
SIPAU9000.007	Congressional Research Services	Bank Stress Testing and its Role in Risk Management	Alicia Ogawa
SIPAU9000.009	Grace Institute	Improving Outreach Efforts to Increase Enrollment and Graduation Figures for Target Populations	Tanya L. Domi
SIPAU9000.010	Grameen America	Assisting Grameen America with Research on Potential Markets in the United States	Milena Gomez
SIPAU9000.011	Innocence Project	Crafting Meaningful Units for Reporting Progress Toward Stated Policy Goals, Beyond Standard Indexes	Sarah Holloway
SIPAU9000.012	Inter-American Development Bank	Assessing the impact of the "Poverty Penalty" in Latin America and the Caribbean.	Tom Trebat
SIPAU9000.013	Inter-American Development Bank	Creating a Latin American Off shoring Scorecard-- Integration and Trade Sector	Merit Janow
SIPAU9000.014	International Labour Organization	Making a Greater Impact with Opinion-makers in the USA and Enhancing Awareness of the Importance of Work for US Opinion-makers	Jessica Morris
SIPAU9000.015	International Rescue Committee	Analyzing U.S. Resettlement Practices and Benchmarking Current U.S. Statistics with other Developed Countries	Howard R. Williams
SIPAU9000.016	Mexican Consulate of New York	Documenting Best Practices and Creating Recommendations for Consulate Management	Jason Schachter
SIPAU9000.018	City of Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development/ Office of Reentry	Neighborhood Stabilization Workforce Development Project	Ivan Gonzalez
SIPAU9000.019	New York City Buildings Department	A Benchmarking Study of Several Jurisdictions to Assess the Challenges and Benefits of Green Building Practices	Howard Apsan
SIPAU9000.032	New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination	What is the Right Time Horizon for Investment Decision Analysis?	Michael Silverman
SIPAU9000.020	New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget	NYC Capital Budgeting: Debt Service, Building Programs and the Impact on the Operating/Expense Budgets	Donna Keren
SIPAU9000.021	New York City Economic Development Corporation/ Department of Design and Construction	What are the Impacts of Mandated Environmental Reviews on Construction Practices within New York City?	Kevin Kelly
SIPAU9000.022	New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services Management	Bridging Gaps: Energy-efficiency Studies in NYC-area Engineering and Policy Schools	Kathy Callahan
SIPAU9000.024	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Working with the Poverty Reduction Practice Network to Produce/Present Recommendations on Network Effectiveness	John Lawrence
SIPAU9000.025	United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)	Research Project on New Methods for Data Collection and Analysis and Use -Case Studies: Iraq and Uganda (A joint UNICEF-SIPA initiative)	Elisabeth Lindenmayer
SIPAU9000.026	United Nations Mine Action Services	Mine Action’s Role in Humanitarian Responses and Peace Operations	Mary-Lea Cox
SIPAU9000.027	United States Department. of Defense - Health Affairs	Managing the Costs of Military Healthcare without Reducing Services: an Assessment of 12 Pilot Sites	Paul Goebel
SIPAU9000.029	United States Mission to the United Nations	Climate Change and Development: Generating UN Initiatives	Shane Christensen
SIPAU9000.030	Women's Refugee Commission	Identify and Analyze Current Metrics Addressing Conflict-Affected Populations	Howard R. Williams
SIPAU9000.031	The World Bank	Economic Development and Trade in a Post-Crisis World	Sara Calvo
SIPAU9000.028	Undisclosed	A Study Examining the Efficacy of the State Sponsor of Terrorism List	Stuart Gottlieb

FALL 2009
Course Number	Client	Project Syllabus	Advisor
SIPAU9004.003	Bank of New York Mellon	Exploring New Strategies for Enhancing Organizational/Operational Effectiveness and Market Opportunities	Michael Silverman
SIPAU9004.002	Booz Allen Hamilton	Implementing Global Food Security Priorities	David Winder
SIPAU9004.001	Congressional Research Service	Risk Management and Stress Testing in Financial Institutions	Alicia Ogawa
SIPAU9005.001	United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)	Engagement of Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in the context of the current "New Horizon" Initiative	Elisabeth Lindenmayer

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Capstone Projects | 2009-2010