Capstones from 2023
Erasing Race, Emily Swanson
Capstones from 2022
The Dangers of NYC Non-Union Construction Work, Laura T. Bratton
Marginalized communities are facing the brunt of student homelessness, Alicia Gajraj S. Gajraj
Black cosplayers push for proper dark-skinned character representation in media, Taylor K. Johnson
A Lifetime of Heroin Addiction: Jose Hernandez's Story, Pumla Kalipa
Wage Theft in Construction is the Greatest Form of Theft and We Do Nothing About it, Alexandra B. O'Connor
New York City’s Wage Theft Crisis, Amanda Rozon
Capstones from 2021
Unbuilding: How Deconstruction is Saving the Planet by Giving Building Materials a Second Life, Diana M. DuCroz
Piled Up, Sophia Lebowitz
Working in New York City With a Disability: Nowhere Near Easy, Milette S. U. Millington
Chosen Family: One Woman’s Fight to Become Her Best Friend’s Next of Kin, Yessenia M. Moreno
America's Homeschool Lobby, Harrison Parker
The Trial of Anthony Sims, Jeff Winter
Capstones from 2020
Federation Divided, Max M. Balton
NYC’s Boom: More Jobs and Housing, No Affordability, LaCandis Brown
Repealed: Indigenous fight for an independent press, Bryce A. Buyakie
Diana: Unapologetic and Unafraid, Kirkpatrick B. Cohall
Journalism Through Learning Design, Geoff Decker
NYPD disproportionately restrains students of color during crises in City schools, agency data shows, Christine DeRosa
On paper, off the records, Valen Iricibar
A Crisis within a Crisis: NYC Landlords Ramp Up Harassment of Vulnerable Tenants in Wake of Pandemic, Joseph A. Jungermann III
Left in Limbo: Willets Point Businesses Face An Uncertain Future, Jacob Kaye
Will unions get out the vote for mayor in 2021?, Caroline Leddy
George Hill’s Fight for Freedom, Maria Robins-Somerville
When The City Sells Some Landlords’ Tax Debt Year After Year, It’s The Tenants Who Suffer., Peter Senzamici and Allison Dikanovic
Mayoral candidates Scott Stringer, Eric Adams travel different roads on police reform, Ryan Songalia
He’s ‘Like a Math Magician’: One Man’s Path Towards Clemency, Steven Vago
Capstones from 2019
Super, Brown and Queer, Carolyn Adams
The Barriers of Reporting Wage Theft, Jose Cardoso
Despite Overcrowding, School Siting Process Stalls New Buildings, Megan Conn
Among America’s Oldest, Opioid Overdoses Are On the Rise, Emma Davis
A Shot At Freedom: The Story Of Lance Sessoms, Trone L. Dowd and Rosemary Misdary
After 31 years in prison, Lee Chalk asks for forgiveness., Jeffery Harrell and Brenda Leon
A little-known law moves money into America’s low-income neighborhoods — but for whose benefit?, Emily S. Lever
NY State Marijuana Law Clears the Records of Thousands, But Will It Help Immigrants?, Jaime Longoria and Harsha Nahata
Undocumented Survivors of Domestic Violence Struggle to get Resources in New York City, Florence Mafomemeh
Aging Intimately, Niamh McDonnell and Giulia Hjort
Feminism: Arrested Development in the #MeToo era, Síle Anne E. Moloney
The Price of Regulating the Self-storage Industry in New York City, Modou Nyang
The MTA Tried To Improve Outer Borough Bus Service, But They've Only Made It Worse, Adwait Patil
As the hourly minimum wage moves toward $15 across New York State, some say the fight for a decent living is far from over., Barbara Prempeh
Dangerous drivers still on city streets despite thousands of speeding tickets, Liam Quigley
GETTING OUT: BRUCE BRYANT’S CLIMB TO REDEMPTION INSIDE PRISON, Rachel M. Rippetoe and Sean Sanders-Mills
Woodhouse, Bianca M. Rosembert, Mankaprr Conteh, and Netsanet Negussie
Beyond the Elevators: How the New York City subway system can better serve blind, deaf and cognitively disabled people, Ethan B. Stark-Miller
A New Breed of Cop: Keeping Kids on the Straight and Narrow, Michael Tashji
Clemency gives a renewed sense of hope to a man incarcerated for 39 years, Annie Todd and Stephanie Chukwuma
Capstones from 2018
Island of Harm Reduction, Trevor T. Boyer
Democracy Later, Dave A. Gentile Mr
Public Charge Proposal Spawns “Chilling Effect” Within Immigrant HIV Community, Say Service Providers, Karina Hernandez
This Land Is Ours Land, Richard J. Loria
A MODERN-DAY AFFLICTION: DID WIFI MAKE JOEL DEAN SICK?, Dominic McKenzie
New York's Fight for $15: Who Wins, Who Loses?, Piter Ortega
The Invisible Brain Injury Crisis, Michael E. Rosenthal
Beneath Brooklyn’s Darkened Skies, Court Continues Long Into the Night, Emilie Ruscoe
Heal Thyself, Teranderose Russell
Urbanely Chained: Issues Within A City, Esther Shittu
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Pick Up the Pieces After Defunding Scare, Camille Danielle Smith
Black Hair in Local Television: When Will Hair Just be Hair?, Shari Straker
The Cult of Names, Shaydanay A. Urbani
The Art of Fortune-Taking, Allison Weintraub
Staying Afloat in a Dying Industry, Naomi Yane
Capstones from 2017
From Tenement To Trendy, John Friia
A Closer Look at Water Quality, Illegal Dumping and Community Engagement in the Coney Island Creek, Molly Nugent
The Other Side of the Gate, Tabia Robinson
The Dangers of Dairies: How immigrant laborers fight for the right to organize in New York's agricultural industry., Matthew Shortall
Spotlight on Superfund: How Are New York’s Most Toxic Waste Sites Doing Under Trump’s E.P.A?, Sarah Stein Kerr
Capstones from 2016
Migrant Surveillance: How the Federal Government Monitors Asylum Seekers, Roshan Abraham
How Drugs and Incarceration Tore One Family Apart, Deonna Anderson
A Long and Pricey Road to Freedom for New York's Aging Prisoners, Khorri Atkinson
Life coaching -- rising in popularity should it be regulated? A look into the life and work of emerging life coaching star Gina DeVee, Victoria R. Edwards
American Milk: The Raw Deal, Dan Heching
Closing The Teacher Diversity Gap, Emily Holzknecht
The 11 Percent: Black Conservatives in America, Janae M. Hunter
WOOF, Joseph D. Jaafari
Little Data on Whether Charters Make a Difference When College is the Goal, Erica Jackson
The Pop Behind Pop-Ups, Lauren Klose
Homeowners in East New York: Hanging on to Community and Property After Rezoning, Angely Mercado
The Children of the Angel Guardian Home, Maria Elena Perez
Different Names for Bullying, Marco Poggio
The Rise and Fall of Airbnb in New York, Nomin J. Ujiyediin
Overmedicated: Foster Kids in Crisis, Mary E. Wilson
Capstones from 2015
The War At Home, Joseph A. Altobelli Mr.
Naturally Intense: America's Body Builders, Pilar M. Belendez-Desha
Super Bronx Boys, Andrew Caringi
Wasted New York, Aliza D. Chasan
Brooklyn Trash Problems, Christina Diaz
Bike-geist NYC, Jack D'Isidoro
Stepsisters, Patrick Donachie
Inmates guide inmates through peaceful deaths, and find peace with themselves, Maura Ewing
Leaving Home, Keeping the Faith, Damian J. Geminder
Sound Affects, Catherine Roberts, Cole Rosengren, Jessica Bal, Samuel Lieberman, Dave Gershgorn, and Gabriela Sierra Alonso
Special Muscles, Annamaria C. Scaccia
The Fate of $15, John S. Spina
The Long Road Back, Brooke Williams
Capstones from 2014
Counterfeit Ed, Meral Agish, Sarah Barrett, Mark Fahey, Audrey McGlinchy, Jacob Naughton, and Oresti Tsonopoulos
Iron Tower, Laura Bult
The Diary of an Ex-Con, Erica Edwards
Obscure Certificates Could Cut Down Recidivism, Frank Green