March 31, 2022 | In the News
These next few months could likely be the last chance for Democrats to partially or fully lift the cap, said Marc Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “People that pay higher taxes tend to...
March 31, 2022 | Informatics Event
This workshop instructed participants in how to get started with GitHub from scratch, including the basics of GitHub (account creation, organization use, permissions, and more); using GitHub to manage code and projects for academic research and teaching; best...
March 31, 2022 | Student Spotlight, Undergraduate Public Health Student Spotlights
Aashna Gheewalla Public Health, Class of 2022 Piscataway, NJInterests/Hobbies: cooking, baking, reading, writing Aashna Gheewalla transferred to Rutgers University in her freshman year of college, calling it “the best decision I had made.” She knew that there were not...
March 31, 2022 | In the News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Cities become mission-critical zones during pandemics and it is vital to develop a better understanding of the factors that are associated with infection levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many cities severely; however, there is significant variance in its...
March 31, 2022 | In the News
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first arose in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, before spreading rapidly across the rest of the world. In the first weeks following the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outside mainland...
March 31, 2022 | EJB Talks
On this episode of EJBTalks, Stuart Shapiro welcomes Jennifer Senick, Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building. Jennifer discusses many aspects of green buildings from the design of the physical space to all of the components of its total operation....
March 31, 2022 | In the News
A Georgia rural tax credit program that has cost the state more than $50 million is facing new resistance from critical lawmakers who say it is little more than a special interest boondoggle that enriches out-of-state venture capital funds. The Georgia Agribusiness...
March 31, 2022 | In the News
Republicans have shown little appetite to undo the changes they made in the 2017 tax bill. The Republican National Committee didn’t respond to questions about where the party stands on lifting the SALT cap. Neither did New Jersey’s two Republicans in...
March 29, 2022 | In the News
Of the approximately twelve million veterans in the United States, nearly 30 percent report having a disability and 13 percent report a service-connected disability. Both physical disabilities such as amputation, scars, and disfigurement, along with the stigma of...
March 28, 2022 | News, Undergraduate Health Administration Student Spotlights
Brandon Low Health Administration, Class of 2022 Princeton, NJInterests/Hobbies: mechanical crafting, homebrewing, spending time with family, hanging out with friends. Brandon worked at his parents’ restaurant growing up, and says the service industry is where he...
March 28, 2022 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Tele-mentoring for primary care providers was associated with a decrease in hospitalizations for Medicaid patients with diabetes. According to a new study, “Impact of a Provider Tele-mentoring Learning Model On the Care of Medicaid-enrolled Patients With...
March 28, 2022 | In the News
February’s jobs report was the strongest since last July and showed that New Jersey is making up ground. Through February, New Jersey recovered 89.9% of the jobs it lost in March and April of 2020, while the U.S. recovered 90.4%, according to Rutgers...
March 24, 2022 | In the News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Built environments can shape how active an individual is, while policy decisions made decades ago impact health disparities today. To address these critical social determinants of health, experts are calling for increased cooperation between urban planners and the...
March 23, 2022 | In the News, News
The safeguards for immigrant workers in America’s largest guest-worker program are clearly deficient. Joe Biden has a clear roadmap, the legal authority, and the duty to right this wrong by taking executive action. Every April 1, the government decides, via lottery of...
