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 16, 2021 | News
Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis & Communications Group has been appointed Chair of the Planning Committee on Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity – A Workshop Series by the National Research Council....
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 12, 2021 | News
by Marilyn Rubin One of the most powerful levers that governments have to advance equity for all residents is their budgets, “the medium through which [flows] the essential life of support systems of public policy” (Wildavsky & Caiden, 2001, xxvii). Acknowledging...
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 4, 2021 | News
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected households across New Jersey. For several weeks in 2020, weekly Unemployment Insurance claims topped 100,000, and the unemployment rate jumped to 16.6%. Insecurity about a household member’s job translates into...
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...
July 29, 2021 | News
As workforce agencies plan their return to in-person services, the workforce system needs to consider not only the quality and content of its services, but also how to continue on the virtual journey that began abruptly in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the...
July 28, 2021 | News
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Ellen Oettinger White is the recipient of the WTS Greater New York Helene M. Overly/Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship. Established in 1981 by WTS International to encourage women to pursue career paths in transportation, the...
July 27, 2021 | In the News
Last week, search crews reached the bottom of the rubble at the Champlain Towers condo building site in Surfside, Florida, where at least 98 people perished due to a deadly collapse in June. The exact cause is still unclear, but lack of...
July 22, 2021 | EJB Talks
On this episode of EJBTalks, Stuart Shapiro welcomes Vince Joseph, Professor of Practice in the Bloustein School’s Master of Health Administration program and former Executive Vice President at Robert Wood Johnson hospital. Stuart and Vince discuss the...
July 22, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
In the spring of 2020, a multidisciplinary collaboration of Rutgers University faculty and doctoral students came together to examine the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities in New Jersey. The project, “Putting Stories to Work: Confronting the Pandemic...
July 15, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Lauren Nolan, AICP, has been selected for the PreDoctoral Leadership Academy (PLDA), offered by the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership with support from the School of Graduate Studies, School of Arts and Sciences-NB, and the...
July 13, 2021 | In the News
“When there’s a quick ramping up of the (economy), there’s a quick demand for workers and that means the people who pay more are going to get those workers … just as when there’s a labor surplus they’re able to pay less and still get a competent workforce,’’...
July 12, 2021 | EJB Talks
Professor David Listokin, a distinguished professor in our internationally-ranked urban planning program, joins Stuart Shapiro in today’s episode of EJB Talks. In a wide-ranging discussion, they cover the nationwide span of David’s work. They discuss...
