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“Work Trends RU” Podcast with Jimmy Green and Jackie Burke
Listen to the latest episode of the Heldrich Center’s Work Trends RU podcast, featuring featuring Aaron Fichtner, Ph.D., President of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges. Dr. Fichtner discusses the role New Jersey’s 18 community colleges play in expanding access to higher education, developing a skilled workforce, and meeting the evolving needs of students, employers, and local communities.
Grad Students Study AI’s Role in UNDP Work Processes
Rutgers graduate students presented their findings on “Effectiveness of AI-assisted report assessments: A case study of the United Nations Development Program,” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting’s poster competition in Phoenix, AZ in mid-February.
Chen et al. Examine Alcohol, Cannabis, and HIV Risk
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
Route 66 Studies Authored by David Listokin Highlighted in New Report
“The Byways Report” highlights an array of technical resources that can help states, regions and towns leverage route-based tourism as part of their efforts to build rural prosperity. David Listokin’s Route 66 studies are referenced in the report.
Christiana Foglio, DC’84, BSPPP’86 Named RAA Loyal Daughter
The Rutgers Alumni Association’s Loyal Sons & Daughters Award is its highest recognition of service. Bloustein alumnus Christiana Foglio, DC’84, BSPPP’86 is one of six individuals selected this year.
Lindenfeld Investigates LFO Impacts on Health Outcomes
This article describes what is known in the literature around LFOs, presents a framework outlining hypothesized pathways linking LFOs to health outcomes, discusses gaps in research related to public health costs and outcomes, and highlights critical areas for future research.
George Street Playhouse 2026 Gala Benefit to Honor Roberto Muñiz
George Street Playhouse’s 2026 Gala Benefit will honor Roberto Muñiz, President and CEO of Parker Health Group, with the prestigious Thomas H. Kean Arts Advocacy Award. Tickets for the 2026 Gala Benefit, including dinner and cabaret performance, begin at $600.
Why this political deal between 2 governors matters for millions of New Jersey and New York commuters
“I think the governor is doing the right thing by having a deputy executive director who should be at the table,” Hughes said of Sherrill.
EJB Talks: Beyond “Does It Work?”
EJB Talks returns for Season 14 with Dean Stuart Shapiro speaking with new Public Policy professor Laura Peck. Laura discusses her journey from undergraduate activism to policy analysis, a PhD, tenure at Arizona State, and more than a decade at Abt Associates. She shares how that work shaped her focus on careful, policy-relevant research, specifically taking about her evaluation of the federal Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program.
Heldrich Center: Motivational Texts and Unemployment
“This is a group that’s experiencing real life hardship — this period of unemployment, of having to receive unemployment insurance benefits, not knowing what their future looks like. I would love to see that qualitative component … Maybe it did make a little bit of difference in how they felt about their experience knowing that they had a little more motivation,” Walsh said.
Princeton Democrats Take a Close Look at 17 Candidates Hoping to Succeed Bonnie Watson Coleman – and the Winner Is . . .
Elections and ballet reform advocate Julia Sass Rubin, associate dean of Academic Programs at the Bloustein School, Rutgers University, noted that “tonight’s forum in terms of the health of democracy was very exciting. It is incredible that we have 17 candidates. We do not know yet if each candidate will get the number of petition signers to qualify for a position on the ballot, but still the interest is awesome,”
