Bloustein School to recognize 2019 distinguished alumni March 28

The Bloustein School is pleased to announce that five individuals have been selected as recipients of awards to be presented at the 2019 Alumni Awards Celebration on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at the Zimmerli Art Museum on the campus of Rutgers University. This year’s...

Bloustein School launches new Honors Research Program

The Bloustein School’s Honors Research Program provides students with an opportunity to conduct in-depth, honors level research in planning, public policy, public health, and health administration. The Program may replace the capstone experience required of all...

America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s

For local officials throughout the country, the shift from old-school servers to rented cloud storage has made it tougher than ever to fund upgrades. They can budget physical equipment as capital expenses, meaning they could issue bonds to pay for them. But cloud...

2019: 2/28 The LULU: A Wider Theory

2/28 The LULU: A Wider Theory click to play From the early 1980s through the early 1990s, Frank Popper wrote extensively on Locally Unwanted Land Uses or LULUs. These are developments society needs but no one wants nearby. Examples are nuclear power plants, hazardous...

As the Planet Warms, Who Should Get to Drive?

But for Americans in poverty—those for whom a car-free lifestyle is a matter of economic necessity—the costs of adopting or abandoning different modes of transportation may be a more complicated judgment. A new study in the Journal of Planning Education and...