Business & Economics Capstones
Capstones from 2023
The Backdoor Lobby: Israel Interest Groups and Middle East Policy, Andrew Ancheta
Gun Violence in the Deadly Mississippi Delta, Gerard L. Edic
The Rise of the Recap: How Recapping Changed the Game of Television Criticism, Caroline S. Handel
NYC Local Law 144: A Failed Attempt at Regulating AI in Hiring, Christopher Janaro
Data Journalism Portfolio, MRINALINI NAYAK
Capstones from 2022
Financial Institutions Continue to Adopt Crypto Despite Industry Turmoil, Andre Beganski
Cookies, pop-ups and commercials: How tech companies' privacy promises are preserving their data dominance, Cailley LaPara
NEW YORK CITY HOMELESS QUEER YOUTH FACE HARSH REALITIES; ADVOCATES FIGHT FOR CHANGE, Randi R. Love
New York set high sights on a progressive retail weed industry. But the state now stands to fall short., Trina Mannino
Some in Corporate America Have Followed Through on Their Commitments to the Black Lives Matter Movement, But The Black Community Has Yet To Be Convinced., Brianna M. Monsanto
Mad about late buses or broken trains? Blame your governor, Peter Tomao
Waiting for the Crash, David W. Westenhaver
Capstones from 2021
Examining the Recovery of the MTA in NYC, Angel Adegbesan
Space Opens Its Doors to Unexpected Players, One of Them Paraguay, Macarena Carrizosa
“The New Pinkertons”: Anti-union consultants and surveillance tech thwart organizing, Jo Constantz
New York is promising social equity in its legal cannabis market, but questions still loom, Brian D. Evans Jr
Maxed out: How the pandemic put the fitness industry’s fate in the hands of its consumers, Denny Jacob
Tucker Carlson, OANN and a White Nationalist: A Quantified Look at the Disinformation Pipeline Surrounding COVID-19, Juliet Jeske
Life Without Parole Is Replacing the Death Penalty -- But For Those Who Don’t Have the Possibility of Parole, Their Future Is Bleak., Jessica Lerner
Can You Really Build a Crypto Empire in the Empire State?, Cheyenne Ligon
OnlyFans is Booming. But For Whom?, Allison Smith
The pandemic Changed the Face of Retail. Here’s how Center City, Philadelphia — the state’s leading job market — is Faring on the Road to Recovery, Francisco O. Velasquez-Turcios
HOW THE DREAM PARALYZES HOLLYWOOD ASSISTANTS, Alexandra White
TikTok has influenced the way we buy beauty, Keira R. Wingate and Angela Palumbo
Capstones from 2020
‘The struggle is real’: NYC’s Black-owned businesses face grim 2021 outlook, Dalvin Brown
Fed up, desperate and daring enough to unionize, Suzannah C. Cavanaugh
Mum’s the Word: Are mothers choosing to give up their careers or being booted out of the labor force?, Harini Chakrapani
As Pandemic Endures, Impact on Households is Here to Stay, Amanda J. Glodowski
Retirement Readiness Under The Gig Economy, Laila Hmaidan
From Ballooning Rents to Skyrocketing Student Debt: College Educated Millennials’ Expenses Are Keeping Them From Saving Money, William Johnson
Fifty years ago, my grandfather won the NYC Marathon and changed New York history, Colin M. Kern
The Pandemic Is Ending, but Its Boost to the Online Farmer’s Market Will Last, Min Ji Koo
The business of the NBA could be changed forever because of the Coronavirus, Korey S. Matthews
My Face is Not the Problem, Malique I. Morris
How a Culture of Silence Is Threatening to Burn Down an Entire Community, Hafsa N. Quraishi
BIOSCIENCE: How one industry won the pandemic and will change us all, Sonya Swink
From close cooperation to potential ‘cold war’: What happened to the U.S.-China relationship?, Baidi Wang
A pandemic revolution for workout devotees, their instructors, and the gyms they used to frequent, Erika Wheless
Capstones from 2019
PROMESA, Puerto Rico’s Recipe for Disaster, Cristina M. Corujo Oruña
Black graduates confront another crisis amid protests and pandemic, Jazmin Goodwin
Rural America Faces Roadblocks in Joining the Internet Highway, Spencer C. Lee
South Bronx Waterfront, Noah Lewis
Credit disaster, Orla McCaffrey
Finding Justice, Hannah Miller
Making a Million, Mallika Mitra
Trump’s Trade Policies Deflate the American Beer Industry, Megan E. Myscofski
In the Midst of the Apocalypse, Artificial Intelligence can Save Brick and Mortar Retailers, Vrushank Nayak
Locked Out: Thanks to State Policies, Minorities Are Being Left Behind by the Cannabis Industry, Nikitha Sattiraju and Evelina Nedlund
Feeding the Future Meat Doesn’t Come Cheap, Lukas C. Southard
Not just yet: Despite grinding it out in Silicon Valley, Asians are least likely to lead big tech companies, Karishma Vanjani
Google has a labor problem, and it’s not just coming from its employees, Daniel Whateley
Getting it right: New York can make its ‘inevitable’ marijuana industry accessible before it’s too late, Kelly Zegers
Capstones from 2018
Trade Rout: As Trade Tensions Built Between U.S. And Canada, This American Border Town Felt The Freeze, Matt Cutler and Isaac Carey
Behind the student loan debt crisis, new benefits solutions, Sarah Min
Offset: How the government improperly takes money from the disabled, Carmen Reinicke
Canada’s tariffs on American consumer goods linger, despite appearance of trade truce, Willa Rubin
ADAPTING TO $15: As the Minimum Wage Approaches $15 in NYC, Business Owners Are Finding Ways to Make it Work, Alexandra Semenova and Sharif Paget
Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?, Violetta Torres-Baron
Kinder Carnage, Talib Visram
The Mental Health Toll of Amazon Warehouse Work, Max Zahn
Capstones from 2017
Breadcrumbs: Privacy as a Privilege, Prachi Bhardwaj
Do Rio, Barbara Brasil Marcolini
New York's Daily Foster Care Reimbursements, Mariah Brown
What Bitcoin Is, and How It Can Change Commerce, Jeffrey Bukhari
Tattoo for Life and Afterlife, Kimberly Chin
Riding Ladies: Female motorcycle riders try to bring down the patriarchy, Kellie Ell
Expecting the Inevitable: DACA and Mental Health, Jade Gardener
BOOMING LAUGHTER: The New Era of Experimental Comedy Shows, Oscar F. Gonzalez
Kushner Companies Questionable Business Practices are Another Dent for the Trump Administration, Teddy Grant
Personal Privacy And Data Security In The Age Of The Internet, Alexandra Langone
Utah's Black Hole of Tax Incentives, William Mathis, Claire Molloy, and Kevin Breuninger
The New Threat to Journalists: Robots, Annie Nova
Shoppers Aren't Buying What Ivanka Trump Has to Offer, Elizabeth Ramanand
The Murder of Innocence, Milana Vinn
Capstones from 2016
Homeless Hotels in New York: Who Benefits from the Industry’s Side Business?, Suman Bhattacharyya
US small arms to Syrian Rebels, Roberto Capocelli
Not on the Menu, Kathryn Casteel and Zameena Mejia
Broken: How New York Systems Fail Vulnerable Youth and Send Them to Sex Work, Megan Cerullo
Security Districts in New Orleans, Kara Chin and Emily Siegel
The Price Of Being A Trans-Atlantic Hero: Struggles of a Migrant Mother, Erica C. Davies
Broken PROMESA: Puerto Rico Sinks, But the Life Rafts Can’t Save Everyone, Nico A. Grant
Shepherds, wolves and lizards: Exploring the truck stop sex trade during the last days of the American trucker, Joshua Keefe
Long Odds: Inside The Process of Applying for Affordable Housing Through NYC’s Lottery System, Scott Klocksin
The Assault On Medicaid Could Endanger Millions Of Americans, Jeremy S. Smith
Capstones from 2015
Restaurant Owners Owing Millions of Dollars to Workers Close Down, Only to Open Again Under Related Owners, Rajashree Chakravarty
Startup Elsewhere, Michaela Ross
Daily Fantasy sites engage in a legal war for survival, Danni R. Santana
Unsettling: Syrian Refugees and the Struggle to Resettle, Marguerite Ward
Capstones from 2014
7 Million Americans Can’t Escape ‘Dead End’ Jobs, Patrick Gillespie