June 12, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
New Jersey’s Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan and Executive Order 315 set a goal to reduce fossil fuel usage to 100% clean energy by 2035. The Executive Order also...
June 6, 2024 | EJB Talks, News
Analyzing Trump’s Guilty Verdict and the 2024 Election Outlook Stuart Shapiro welcomes back Amy Cobb MPAP ’18 for a political update in the final EJB Talks episode of the spring 2024 season. They discuss the potential consequences of Trump’s guilty...
June 5, 2024 | In the News
Barclays bank is laying off 70 employees in Whippany, the latest job cuts in New Jersey’s financial services sector. According to a company spokesperson, the 70 roles in Whippany in Morris County have been “made redundant.” “We regularly review our operations to...
June 5, 2024 | In the News
The November election now gives New Jersey voters a chance to elect a new person to the U.S. Senate for the first time in more than a decade. And Tuesday’s primary vote gives New Jersey the first real chance to see what elections would look like without the “party...
May 29, 2024 | In the News
As the warehousing industry in Philadelphia expanded and development boomed, so, too, did warehouse employment. The most plentiful jobs, at the entry level, are often physically demanding. “It’s a wear and tear on your body. It’s a job that’s...
May 22, 2024 | In the News, News
A research study by Bloustein School researchers and faculty members Hannah Younes, Clinton Andrews, Robert Noland, Wenwen Zhang, and Leigh Ann Von Hagen, and others, was featured in Discerning Cyclist. The study, The Traffic Calming Effect of Delineated Bicycle...
May 20, 2024 | Public Policy Practicums, Student Projects
Larissa Garcia, Maia Hill, Stephen Keffer, Awn Rizvi, Raisa Rubin-Stankiewicz, Vee Yeo Read Report At the request of New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), Rutgers graduate student researchers from the School produced a report to analyze P.L. 2023, c.139 which doubles...
May 20, 2024 | Public Policy Practicums, Student Projects
Bauyrzhan Amanov, Belen Conde, Yanzhen Guan, Jessica Parineet, Cecilia Salazar Read Report New Jersey’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) system delivers valuable career-focused education and work-based learning to over 45,000 full-time secondary students. CTE...
May 8, 2024 | Alumni Spotlight, News
Emily Guskin, MPP ’09 and her colleagues at The Washington Post were recently recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their immersive series on the AR-15 rifle in American politics and culture. She is also a 2006 alumnus of the University of...
May 8, 2024 | EJB Talks, News
From Public Health to Pharma Professional: Alumus and Advisory Board Member Christopher Black EJB (PH) ’09 This week on EJB Talks Stuart Shapiro talks to public health alumnus Christopher Black, Ph.D. Also a member of the Bloustein School Advisory Board who now...
May 7, 2024 | News, Undergraduate Health Administration Student Spotlights
by Sharon Waters for Rutgers Today As a professional cricket player and coach, Rutgers senior Deep Joshi learned the importance of teamwork, which helped him succeed in the classroom, as well as on the field. “Cricket is a team game of 11 players where they need to...
May 6, 2024 | In the News
In observance of World Press Freedom Day, faculty fellow Linda Stamato underscores the critical importance of accessible, reliable information for a functioning democracy. She highlights the rising costs of newspapers, making quality news unaffordable for many. This...
April 25, 2024 | Event Recap
Caring for Me is Caring for You: A Win-Win Strategy to Thrive Personally and Professionally Presented by Dr. Catherine Florio Pipas Professor, Community & Family Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) and Department of...
April 25, 2024 | News
The New Jersey Statewide Data System has released the New Jersey Unemployment Insurance Claims Dashboard. This dashboard uses linked, longitudinal administrative data from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the New Jersey Office of the...
April 24, 2024 | Graduate Urban Planning Student Profiles
Arnav Prakash Master of City and Regional Planning, Class of 2024 Kolkata, India Concentration: Transportation Planning and Policy Activities at Rutgers: President, Bloustein Graduate Student Association, 2023-2024; Student Assistant, Bloustein School Graduate Career...
April 24, 2024 | Event Recap, News
The words diversity, equity, and inclusion have been at the forefront of many conversations during the past few years. In late March, the Bloustein School hosted an event focusing on the disability community, and disability justice in particular. “Some of the...
April 19, 2024 | News
A new report from the New Jersey Statewide Data System (NJSDS), Review of Dual-Enrollment Participation and Outcomes in New Jersey, is the first in a two-part series on New Jersey’s dual-enrollment programs, which allow high school students to enroll in college-level...
April 19, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Local Landscapes of Assisted Housing: Reconciling Layered and Imprecise Administrative Data for Research Purposes The New Jersey State of Affordable Housing (NJSOARH) project seeks to understand the state of rental housing affordable to low-income and very low-income...
April 17, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Prof. Eric Seymour co-authors Judged by Their Deeds: Outcomes for Properties Acquired by Contract Sellers Following the Foreclosure Crisis in Detroit Abstract Prior research has documented the reemergence of predatory land contracts in majority-Black neighborhoods in...
April 16, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey is widely considered one of the most diverse states in the nation — but even after an election last year that brought big changes, the state Legislature once again falls short in reflecting the population. Though figures have improved over the last few...
