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Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling
WASHINGTON — In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help poor countries fight climate change and prepared what could be the first limits on greenhouse gas...
Graduate Students Tour Port Newark/Elizabeth
In early April students from the Freights and Ports class visited Port Newark/Elizabeth, the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York metropolitan area and northeastern North America operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Jeanne Herb is recipient of NJPHA President’s Award
Jeanne’s work intersects health equity with social determinants of health, environmental sustainability, state, and local public policy, and inclusive, participatory decision-making.
Research by Kocakusak, Senick and Andrews “Implementing the energy transition: lessons from New Jersey’s residential solar industry”
This paper investigates the effects of two countervailing forces – policy incentives and implementation disincentives – on residential solar adoption in New Jersey. The New Jersey case study includes two complementary analyses designed to illuminate policy incentives and implementation disincentives, respectively.
Stamato Commentary for National Library Week: Books should be celebrated, not banned
By Linda Stamato Across the nation, folks are using the power of the state to limit access to books, pressuring libraries to take books out of circulation. Indeed, removing books from libraries has nearly doubled since 2021! And school boards continue to face demands...
NJSPL – Citizens’ Trust in the New Jersey Government: What Can Data Tell Us?
Utilizing survey responses from a recent poll conducted with the Eagleton Institute, Seulki Lee (Global Affairs PhD ’23) & Abigail Alcala (MPP ’24) analyzed the demographics of respondents who were asked the question, “How much trust do you have in the New Jersey government to improve the quality of life for its citizens?”
Thursday, April 20, 2023: Graduate Program in Public Policy Virtual Information Session
Stuart Shapiro, Ph.D. Named Permanent Dean of Bloustein School
A scholar of U.S. regulatory policy,Dean Shapiro has served as the school’s Interim Dean since January 2022.
Research by Jim Samuel et al. “Pandemic vulnerability index of US cities: A hybrid knowledge-based and data-driven approach”
This study develops an index dubbed the pandemic vulnerability index at city level (PVI-CI) for classifying the pandemic vulnerability levels of cities, grouping them into five vulnerability classes, from very high to very low. It provides critical wisdom needed for urban healthcare policy and resource management.
Barchi’s Foundations of Medical Ethics and Policy course is “a fantastic interdisciplinary learning experience.”
We find ourselves again amid course registration season — some already have their classes picked out, while others are still scrambling on Course Schedule Planner. Whether you're registering for your first or final semester, Rutgers offers an endless selection of...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023: Graduate Program in Urban Planning Virtual Information Session
New Research: Neighborhood inequalities & infant mortality in São Paulo
This paper documents changes in infant mortality (IM) rates in São Paulo, Brazil, between 2003 and 2013 and examines the association among neighborhood characteristics and IM.