January 7, 2022 | In the News
By 2050, there is a 50% confidence level of sea levels rising 1.4 feet above the 2010 average, regardless of emissions outcome, according to the most recent Rutgers Science and Technical Advisory Panel. Robert Noland, a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of...
January 6, 2022 | In the News
The pandemic has changed where we work, how we work and when we work. And because the labor market is so tight right now, managers are trying to figure out how to keep the employees they already have. But it’s not just restaurants and other low-wage employers...
January 4, 2022 | Graduate Public Policy Student Spotlights
Tracy P. Glova Master of Public Policy, Class of 2022 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow Hometown: Philadelphia, PAPersonal interests: Cat-mom to Fig Newton, enjoys cozy coffee shops, yoga, backpacking, and long road trips with her partner Tracy...
December 28, 2021 | Graduate Public Policy Student Spotlights
Madison Menkevich EJB/SEBS (Public Health) ’21, (MPP/MPH) ’24 was the recipient of the NJ Society for Public Health Education (NJSOPHE) Karen Denard Goldman academic scholarship in 2021. The award recognizes exemplary student achievement and is awarded to...
December 24, 2021 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Rutgers scholars Jeanne Herb and Ashley Koning have released “Enhancing Local Public Health Capacity in New Jersey: Opportunities for Modernization,” a new report that assesses challenges and opportunities of local public health in New Jersey. Herb led a review of...
December 22, 2021 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Rutgers New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center and the NJAES Office of Research Analytics are among 10 global climate action organizations named by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to its 2022 Accelerator Grant Program to advance their...
December 21, 2021 | Research, Publications, and Reports
by Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, and Wenwen Zhang for New Jersey Policy Lab The pandemic altered the way we shop for food. People in the U.S. started to shop for more groceries while decreasing their consumption of take-out food. For the first time since the great...
December 20, 2021 | In the News
Artificial Intelligence (colloquially referred to as “AI”) presents a powerful opportunity to human society. While past scientific and technological revolutions replaced human muscle power, the dawn of the information age saw the invention of computers that helped...
December 20, 2021 | In the News
The shoe campaign was dismissed on legal and ethical grounds by Prof. T. Patrick Hill of Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, where he teaches public health law and ethics. Hill said there was more than a century of legal precedent...
December 15, 2021 | EJB Talks
To close out this season’s podcasts, Amy Cobb returns to pose questions to Stuart Shapiro about the year in politics. They discuss President Biden’s achievements, including the Build Back Better framework, the administration’s more competent COVID...
December 14, 2021 | In the News
Last week, the Senate voted 52-48 to use the Congressional Review Act to repeal the regulations issued by OSHA to mandate vaccines or COVID-19 testing in workplaces with more than 100 employees. The vote generated headlines but the impact of the vote...
December 9, 2021 | In the News
On the topic of divestment of the University’s endowment, Rithikha Rajamohan, a graduate student at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a member of the school’s Social Justice Committee, said Rutgers’ divestment strategy needs to be paired...
December 8, 2021 | In the News
“For our residents, this means our focus on improving our parks, roads, attracting new businesses, building new housing inventory and being fiscally prudent has proven to be the right course of action,” said Carstarphen, pledging to build on this progress. “The city...
