July 12, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
In “zipcodeR: Advancing the analysis of spatial data at the ZIP code level in R,” (Software Impacts) Gavin Rozzi, Research Computing Specialist with the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics Lab at the Bloustein School, looks at the development of the zipcodeR R...
July 8, 2021 | In the News
Diversity in swimming has always been an issue. In the United States, the overwhelming majority of swimmers are white. According to a 2019 Swimming Membership Demographics report, only 0.8% of their 327,337 swimmers were Black men, and 0.6% Black women. Although...
July 8, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Prabhas V. Moghe, Ph.D., Rutgers Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs recently announced the awardees for the 78th cohort of the Rutgers University Research Council Program. Established in 1943, the Research Council provides internal seed...
July 7, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Stephanie Holcomb is one of 25 scholars chosen to receive a social science research grant from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy for the 2020 award year. The Foundation received 678 applications from around the world,...
July 6, 2021 | In the News
For four decades, the Champlain Tower South condominium sat about 100 yards from the sea, much of that distance covered by sand. During that time, the tide ebbed and flowed toward the building nearly 60,000 times. A full moon rose in the sky 500 times. The condo...
July 1, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
When lockdowns began in the spring of 2020 few people regarded the ability to comply with them as a sign of privilege. However, that’s what researchers Xiao Huang (Dept. of Geoscience, University of Arkansas), Junyu Lu (School of Community Resources and Development,...
June 29, 2021 | In the News
The ransomware attack on St. Joseph’s/Candler that was first detected on June 17 is part of a growing trend of such attacks across industries and government, but especially on healthcare providers. “The truth is that there are a lot of advancements...
June 29, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Ever wonder what the life of a model is like? Glamorous? Exciting? How about vulnerable? Models are independent contractors. As such, they do not receive health insurance, vacation pay, workers’ compensation, and many other benefits that...
June 28, 2021 | In the News
Charles T. Brown, Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) and President and CEO of Equitable Cities, assesses the rise in traffic fatalities in an MSNBC interview. A 2021 report from Smart Growth America showed...
June 28, 2021 | In the News
Former Rutgers Law School Dean and Public Advocate Ron Chen and former NJ Attorney General and current Director of Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics John Farmer cite Bloustein School professor Julia Rubin’s research on the county line in an editorial...
June 28, 2021 | News
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the appointment of William M. Rodgers III, Ph.D. as Vice President, effective July 12, 2021. He will also serve as the Director of the bank’s Institute for Economic Equity. “My personal mission...
June 24, 2021 | EJB Talks
Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Jocelyn Crowley to EJB Talks this week. Dr. Crowley is an expert on policy issues related to gender, including child support, gray divorce, and father’s rights. They open their discussion with how the Me-Too movement, which...
June 24, 2021 | In the News
A new study released Tuesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) highlights the disparities. It analyzed data from 2015 to 2019 and found that in different types of traffic crashes, Black people were killed at higher rates than White people. Black...
June 23, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan When deciding whether to use a shared dockless e-bike, docked bikeshare, or shared e-scooter, weather is often a factor in user decision making. Micromobility modes are seen by some planners as a potential alternative to car travel within...
June 21, 2021 | In the News
Bill Rodgers, Labor Economist and Rutgers University Professor, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the impact of COIVD-19 on workers’ mental health. Yahoo Finance, May 20, 2021
June 21, 2021 | In the News
This time last year, New Jersey’s fiscal reality was grim. This year, the state has an $11 BILLION surplus. NJ Spotlight News’ Joanna Gagis talks with Bloustein School senior policy fellow/executive in residence and former New Jersey Office of Management...
June 21, 2021 | News
The Rutgers School of Graduate Studies (SGS) recognizes annually the notable achievements of graduate students, faculty, and staff in research and scholarship, teaching and mentoring, leadership, outreach, and service across all disciplines, through Chancellor-level...
June 17, 2021 | News
by Marcia Hannigan In late April the Northern New Jersey Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association chapter and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, in partnership with Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Seton...
June 16, 2021 | In the News
Any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines can be had easily and equitably in New Jersey right now, with more than 1,800 vaccination sites in operation around the state. The shots are available free of charge regardless of health insurance status, but numbers crunched at...
June 16, 2021 | In the News
A new survey released June 14 finds much lower COVID-19 vaccination rates among those without health insurance, even though the vaccines are free. The report by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University found that 55.6% of...
