CONGRATULATIONS, MILANO SCHOOL GRADUATES!

“We will be thinking of you, one among a storied network of learners who graduated before you, reaching back for more than a century and forward into the future.” —Mary Watson, Executive Dean, Schools of Public Engagement

The Recognition Ceremony for the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment was held on Thursday, May 14, 2020.

STUDENT SPEAKER
Andrea Torres, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management

STUDENT AWARDS

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
JOHN CLINTON OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Andrea Torres
BEST PROFESSIONAL DECISION REPORT (PDR)
Koorosh Behrang, “Insights From Behavioral Sciences for Moving Towards Sustainable Forest Management in New York”
BEST PAPER OF PUBLISHABLE QUALITY (PPQ)
Christian David Tandazo, “Climate Task Force & Resource Hub: Co-Design Model For Student Led Collaborations”

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Vanessa Jill Hershberger
BEST PAPER AWARD
Donny Repsher, “Woke Supremacy: A Critical Perspective on the American Theatre”

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT
OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Anthony Dwayne Meyers
BEST PAPER AWARD
Kathryn L. Fong, “Renewing the Interrogatory Imperative: Hope and Persistence from 20 Years of Interrogating Whiteness in OD”

PUBLIC AND URBAN POLICY (MS)
JACOB M. KAPLAN AWARD
Mariana Peinado
BEST PROFESSIONAL DECISION REPORT (PDR)
Elizabeth A. Herr, “Educational Enrichment for All: Addressing Inequities in New York City Gifted and Talented Programs Through Schoolwide Enrichment”

DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARD
Anastasia Standrik
Abigail Pagkanlungan Velasco

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Public and Urban Policy PhD
Lena Anna Margarete Simet
Intra-Urban Inequality in Argentina: Trends, Drivers, and Manifestation of Inequality in Argentinian Cities (1996-2018)
Anze Zadel
The Design of Community Participation: Decision-making and Control over Resource Provision in New York City and Lagos
Rachel Marie Brooks-Atkins
Black Entrepreneurship and the Business Cycle: Firm Entry and Outcomes During Economic Downturn and Expansion
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina
Right Of Way: Hasidim Vs. Hipsters In the Space of a Brooklyn Street

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