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EJB Talks: Small Wins, Big Impact: On the Front Lines of Local Public Health
In this episode ofย EJB Talks,ย Peter Tabbot โ91 MPH โ97, longtime local health officer in Rockaway, NJ and a Bloustein School public health lecturer, shares his path into public health and what it means to lead at the community level. He explains the wide-ranging role of health officers, from managing essential services to working with governments and residents.
At Rutgers, Students Are Learning About Democracy in a Lab
Nicholas V. Longo, theย inaugural directorย of theย Rutgers Democracy Lab, insists democracy is something you learn by doing โ not just in a classroom or at the ballot box, but in the everyday work of navigating challenges, listening to others and finding common ground.
Sina-Marie Mayer: Intersection of data science, AI, and public policy.
Sina-Marie Mayer works at the intersection of data science, AI, and public policy. In a directed research project, she analyzes large-scale Reddit data using natural language processing and topic modeling to examine how fear and stress appear in public discourse around artificial intelligence.
Samuel, Thakuriah Lead Discussions at RAD Collaboratory
Professors Samuel and Thakuriah participated in the inaugural ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ (๐๐๐) ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ symposium on 3/24/26 – an amazing event that has sparked much interest in collaborative research with AI as a matchmaking catalyst.
Bulger et al. Examine Food Security, Sovereignty as Climate Adaptation
This review highlights substantial heterogeneity in how alcohol and cannabis co-use is conceptualized and mea-sured. Few studies examined simultaneous use specifically or disentangle co-use from broader polysubstance patterns
Advancing Women’s Equity Through Policymaking: An NJSPL Panel
In response to an invitation from the Douglass Residential College and the Institute for Women's Leadership to host programs focused on women's issues at Rutgers University in honor of Women's History Month, the New Jersey State Policy Lab convened a panel of recent...
NJ growth cools as immigration slows nationally, Census finds
The Trump administrationโs anti-immigrant rhetoric and crackdown clearly have had an impact, making it โmuch less attractive to come to the United States,โ said Rutgers University Professor James Hughes, who studies the stateโs demographic trends
Real-World Insights in Global Freight Movement
On Monday, March 23, supply chain leaders from Johnson & Johnson provided real-world insights to Anne Strauss-Wiederโs graduate Freights & Ports class to break down the realities ofย pharmaceutical production and global freight movement. Rutgers alumni Lisa...
Residents furious as N.J. town manager racks up $813K in comp time working โcrazy hours.โ Will he cash in?
โIt didnโt turn the tap off,โ Pfeiffer previously told NJ.com. โAnd so now weโre living with the decisions that were made years ago.โ
Fines weren’t enough to keep Jersey City hospital open, so lawmakers aim to get tougher
โThe idea was to monitor more closely,โ Cantor said. โI don’t recall that we had discussions of imposing penalties, but just to have the state poised to be better positioned to predict when hospitals were getting into trouble.โ
Trumpโs Actions to Slash Red Tape Fall Short of Early Promises
โIf it holds up in court, it will lead to specific deregulatory actions that will be very significant for the economy and the environment,โ said Stuart Shapiro, pointing to the ending of fuel economy standards for cars and emissions rules for power plants…
Pfeiffer Demystifies Property Taxes on IssuesWatch Podcast
New Jersey is famous for many things, but its nation-leading property tax rates usually top the list of resident grievances. In this episode, we sit down with Marc Pfeiffer, senior policy fellow, to demystify the complex machinery behind property taxes.