These factors may have affected Samsung’s choice to leave NJ for Texas
No state income taxes. No corporate business tax. Companies have continually eyed Texas as a better place to do business than a state like New Jersey. New Jersey, after all, has the highest corporate tax rate of all states, at 11.5%, reports the nonpartisan Tax...
Andrews, et.al assess heat and air quality in low-income housing
Personal exposures to heat and PM2.5 in urban environments Abstract Current methods for assessing exposure to extreme heat and air pollution depend mostly on readings from regulatory monitoring stations. We hypothesize that this does not accurately represent the...
The fastest way to ease the housing crisis? Rent control
Op-ed by Tram Hoang, a senior associate at PolicyLink, a national research and action institute and Mark Paul, associate professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Massachusetts is losing its working families. Not just to...
EJB Talks: From Campaigns to Classrooms: Teaching a New Generation About Advocacy
From Campaigns to Classrooms: Teaching a New Generation About Advocacy with Bob Sommer, GSNB ’84 As we wrap up our 14th season of EJB Talks Dean Stuart Shapiro talks to Bob Sommer GSNB ’84, a Bloustein School alumnus and former Eagleton fellow, lecturer, and...
NJSPL Blog: Overview of Literature for AI and Small Businesses
Authored by Sofia Cacchione, MPP candidate Researchers at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, with funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, are currently engaged in a project to examine how New Jersey’s public artificial intelligence (AI)...
Bloustein School announces faculty promotions
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the recent promotion of several school faculty. Juan Ayala and Jim Samuel have both been promoted to Professor of Professional Practice and approved by the Rutgers-New Brunswick Provost’s office as of May 7, 2026 “I am...
NJ State Financial Aid Outcomes Dashboard Released
The New Jersey Statewide Data System (NJSDS) is pleased to present the first release of the New Jersey State Financial Aid Outcomes Dashboard. This dashboard shows outcomes calculated by linking longitudinal higher education data from the Office of the Secretary of...
Anita Franzione, 2026 Rose Teaching Excellence Award Recipient
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce that Anita Franzione, Full Professor of Teaching, is the 2026 recipient of the Jerome G. Rose Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is presented annually to a full-time faculty member committed to quality teaching,...
Emeritus Professor John Pucher: A Blueprint for Better Biking
“Cycling is healthy.” This simple mantra guides the lifestyle and academic work of East Coast Greenway Alliance Advisory Board member, professor and author John Pucher, who — at age 75 — is a regular rider of the East Coast Greenway in Raleigh, North Carolina....
NJSPL: Detecting Change in NJ Historical Water Bodies Using ArcGIS Pro
As we finish creating digital representations, or features, of historical water bodies for our project to create a dataset of historical water bodies in New Jersey, we begin exploring how these water bodies have changed over time. In GIS, the process of quantifying...
Study finds exclusionary housing occurs under private entities, not HOLC
A recent study published by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy shows that although racially and economically exclusionary housing practices in El Paso, Texas, were widespread during the first half of the 20th century, the Home Owners’...
Design and Data: Transforming Urban Mobility
Shweta Udaysingh Rajput Master of City and Regional Planning, Class of 2026 Areas of Interest: Transportation, GISHometown: Alibag-Raigad, Maharashtra, IndiaActivities at Rutgers: Social Justice Chair, Bloustein Graduate Student Association; GIS Research Assistant,...
Bloustein School Joins National Effort to Advance Constructive Dialogue Across Campuses
The Bloustein School is proud to join the Constructive Dialogue Scaling Initiative, a national program bringing together leading schools of public service to embed constructive dialogue deeply and durably across their institutions. At a moment when open dialogue feels...
EJB Talks: Sea Level Rise, Community Engagement, and New Jersey’s Environmental Future
Understanding Climate Risk at Home: Sea Level Rise, Community Engagement, and New Jersey’s Environmental Future with Janine Barr Janine Barr, a researcher at the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis and Communication (EAC) Group, joins Dean Stuart...
What ‘Chicken-Gate 2026’ Tells Us About Modern Restaurant Economics and the Affordability Crisis in NYC
What began as a New York City councilman’s social media post about the cost of a half-chicken at a Greenpoint wine bar quickly turned into a broader discussion about restaurant economics and the state of dining in an era of rising costs. The article traces the...
Will Payne, Jermaine Toney promoted to associate professors with tenure
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce that at their recent meeting, the Rutgers Board of Governors approved Will Payne and Jermaine Toney as Associate Professors with tenure. In his research, Will uses quantitative and qualitative methods to study the...
Bloustein Alumni, Faculty Take Key Roles in NJ’s Future
Over the last few months several Bloustein School alumni and faculty have been elected, or appointed to, key positions in New Jersey and elsewhere, underscoring the school’s longstanding role in preparing leaders who shape public policy across the state. “These...
Beyond the Bedside: From Biology to Healthcare Leadership
Juliann Lopes Master of Health Administration, Class of 2026 Hometown: Berkeley Heights, NJActivities at Rutgers: Secretary, Graduate Society of Healthcare Leaders; DE&I Committee, American College of Healthcare Executives Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in...