October 5, 2016 | In the News
“The lack of job opportunities combined with high student debt and housing costs are all main factors keeping kids living at home,” said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. In Hudson County,...
October 4, 2016 | In the News
New Jersey also has recovered a lot slower from the recession than other states, said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Many suburban economies in the country have fallen, causing New Jersey to recover more slowly and...
October 3, 2016 | In the News
It’s doubtful that many residents of New Jersey know or care about arbitration. But, they should. They’ve signed contracts that require them to use it when they have a dispute with their cellphone provider, bank, nursing home, credit card or car rental...
September 30, 2016 | News
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy will present a “Forum on New Jersey’s Energy Infrastructure and the Role of Utilities.” The keynote speaker will be Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President, and CEO, PSEG...
September 29, 2016 | News
If a new casino is built in northern New Jersey, the state might receive enough revenue to reduce its budget deficit “slightly,” according to a Rutgers study. Beyond that, however, no net substantial benefits are likely to be accrued by New Jerseyans; it would mostly...
September 29, 2016 | News
Transportation options and how to travel independently on New Jersey Transit buses and trains will be discussed at a “New Jersey Transit 101” program scheduled for October 6 at SAGE Eldercare in Summit. Louis Hoffman, training coordinator at NJTIP @...
September 28, 2016 | News
The deadline to submit is Friday, October 28. The American Planning Association – New Jersey Chapter is pleased to announce our Call for Session Proposals for the 2017 New Jersey Planning Conference which will be held on January 26-27 at the Hyatt Regency in New...
September 26, 2016 | News
Professor Clint Andrews will speak on “Decoupling Urban Density’s Benefits and Costs at the Fall 2016 Sustainable Healthy Cities Research Seminar Series Webinar on October 3, 2016 at 1pm Eastern Time / 12 noon US Central Time. Join via GoToMeeting...
September 26, 2016 | News
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) recently announced that Jennifer Whytlaw, GIS Manager in the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group at the Bloustein School and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at Rutgers...
September 20, 2016 | News
A Rutgers University-led initiative, “Advancing Integration of Health and Community Engagement in Pre-Disaster Recovery and Resilience Planning: Opportunities for Health Impact Assessment,” explored how the practice of health impact assessment (HIA) can be applied in...
September 19, 2016 | News
Bloustein professor Clint Andrews presented an IEEE IoT (Internet of Things) webinar, Social Impact of and on IoT, on August 24, 2016. View the webinar at http://iot.ieee.org/education/webinars.html Demographic, economic, and sociotechnical trends will influence the...
September 18, 2016 | In the News
TODAY marks the 229th anniversary of the approval of the Constitution of the United States. The work of the Constitutional Convention was not ratified until June 21, 1788, and the government became operational on March 4, 1789. Richard Keevey is a former budget...
September 16, 2016 | News
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker recently announced that a research team from Rutgers has been awarded $2,999,055 in federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop research into the risks of climate change on coastal communities and...
September 15, 2016 | In the News
“I think as a parent, it’s very disconcerting the governor is using our children in a war he’s having with the NJEA. I think the last thing parents want is their children to take tests so the teachers can be punished,” said Julia Sass Rubin, associate professor at the...
September 15, 2016 | News
From 2009 to 2016 the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, in cooperation with The Louis Berger Group, Inc., collaborated to create a graduate internship/fellowship program that enabled Bloustein School Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP)...
September 15, 2016 | In the News
The gap with the national figure was wider when compared with a 5.2 percent national gain found in a separate survey released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday that measures income by calendar year instead of over rolling 12-month periods. “If the numbers are for real,...
September 15, 2016 | In the News
Close to half of all New Jerseyans aged 18 to 34 were living with a parent or parents in 2015, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The more than 870,000 New Jersey young adults — about 47 percent of all...
