September 10, 2021 | News
On September 11, 2001, Bloustein School alum Don Free ’82, MBA ’87, MCRP ‘93 was working for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at Newark Liberty Airport. “I had just dropped off my sister who was taking a flight from Terminal C. When I arrived in the...
September 10, 2021 | News
by Jessica Cruz As technology advances and COVID-19 continues to force activities to be virtual, there is an increasing divide between those who can and cannot go online. The people who are most affected by this divide are in low-income and rural areas, and without...
September 9, 2021 | EJB Talks
We’re back! As we open our fifth season of EJBTalks, our focus is on the 20th anniversary of September 11. Stuart Shapiro welcomes Jim Bach MCRP ’75, an alum of our nationally-ranked urban planning program who played a critical role in the World Trade...
September 3, 2021 | In the News
“This expansion provides reliable transportation for people who couldn’t afford airfare, who don’t have cars,” Billy Terry, director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, told CNN Business. “A low to moderate-income...
September 3, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan In “Developing the Future End-of-Life Health Care Workforce: Lessons Learned From a Survey of Advanced Health Professions Students,” American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Anita Franzione, DrPH and her colleagues explore...
August 20, 2021 | In the News
A bill signed into law earlier this summer by Gov. Phil Murphy creates a system of universal health care coverage for tens of thousands of New Jersey children, including unauthorized citizens. Now, the state and partner entities are working to get the word out, so...
August 12, 2021 | In the News
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
August 11, 2021 | In the News
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
August 10, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan In recognition of the decades-long career of Professor Emeritus Robert Lake, fellow Bloustein School Professors Kathe Newman, Ph.D. and James DeFilippis, explore Lake’s writing, especially his critical engagement, with the pragmatist tradition of...
August 6, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan In “Active commuting and the risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies,” (BMJ Global Health, June 2021), Bloustein School Assistant Professor Soumitra S. Bhuyan et. al discuss that...
August 5, 2021 | In the News
In a new report prepared for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, these microgrids — once touted as a way to increase the resiliency of the electrical network in the wake of extreme storms and widespread power outages — are finding it increasingly difficult to...
August 5, 2021 | In the News
Town center, or TC microgrid, projects in the Northeast have foundered in the face of regulatory, statutory and technical challenges, according to a report written for the New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities (NJBPU). “Town center microgrids are one conceptual...
August 4, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design announces the launch of microgrids.io, a web-based resource focused on planning and developing sustainable, resilient local government microgrids locally and nationally. Local government microgrids,...
August 2, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan In his essay, “We Have Been Here Before: Crisis, Response, and the Stasis of Urban Policy,” Bloustein School Professor Emeritus Robert W. Lake looks back a century to see if the global upheaval wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to sweeping...
