April 14, 2022 | EJB Talks, News
Stuart Shapiro welcomes Marc Pfeiffer, the Executive Director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center, to EJB Talks this week. Bloustein Local serves as an invaluable resource for New Jersey’s elected and appointed officials. They discuss the current...
April 8, 2022 | Informatics Event
The session consisted of brief presentations, with around 100 minutes of interactive work-along demo of data visualization with Jupyter Notebooks, and ended with Q&A. Participants learned to create data visualizations and can opt to either access Rutgers...
April 8, 2022 | In the News
The policy center’s advisory board, which Sweeney will chair, already includes a stellar roster of economics and fiscal policy talent, including Thomas J. Healey, senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and former assistant secretary of the U.S....
April 7, 2022 | In the News
In The Devil’s Disciple, General John Burgoyne, when pressed by Major Swindon’s earnest plea to know how history will record what is taking place, answers: “History, sir, will tell lies as usual.” George Bernard Shaw, that talented and prolific cynic,...
April 7, 2022 | In the News
A Phase II meeting of the township charter commission caused some residents to question whether the process of examining the community’s current form of government was truly for the benefit of the people. ********* The commission has met eight times this year,...
April 6, 2022 | In the News
For years, public health leaders have warned about underinvestment in New Jersey’s system — a patchwork of local, county and state programs designed to keep residents safe and blunt the impact of disasters — and academics have documented these concerns. Many...
April 4, 2022 | In the News
This year, more states are weighing measures to prohibit hair discrimination in work or school settings, joining 14 other states that have enacted similar laws over the past few years. For decades, Black Americans have been villainized and discriminated against...
April 4, 2022 | In the News
Essex County saw the second-largest population change, with about 7,000 residents leaving. James W. Hughes, a professor at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said Hudson County is going through a generational shift. He said...
April 1, 2022 | Event Recap
3/31 Breaking Intergenerational Barriers While Dismantling Systemic Racism in NJ click to play Dismantling NJ’s pervasive systemic racism is a fight that requires activists of all ages, skill sets, passions, vigor, and ideas. Yet even within the work of social...
April 1, 2022 | In the News
For decades, Black Americans have been villainized and discriminated against because of their natural hair, whether they’re showcasing their hair texture or wearing protective styles such as braids, twists or dreadlocks. In many cases, employers have demanded Black...
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...
