June 15, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Bloustein School PhD candidates Holly Berman Caggiano and Pranay Kumar, and co-authors Rachael Shwom and Cara Cuite (School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University), and Jonn Axsen (School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser...
June 14, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Published by Rutgers Today, June 10, 2021 People with health insurance are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at a higher rate than those without insurance, despite the vaccine being free, according to a new national survey from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning...
June 10, 2021 | In the News
“This is now year 12 that New Jersey has not had an incumbent on the line lose in the Legislature,” said Julia Sass Rubin, a Rutgers professor who last year wrote a report on the party line ballot structure in most New Jersey counties and how it differs...
June 10, 2021 | EJB Talks
Leah Apgar Joe Palazzolo This week on EJBTalks Stuart Shapiro talks to two amazing Bloustein alums, Leah Apgar and Joe Palazzolo, who work at New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC), a community development financial institution. Leah and Joe share the history and typical...
June 10, 2021 | Graphics Portfolios
LT Randyl Bagley, USN (Ret). Planning and Design II, Spring 2021 Instructor: Juan Ayala
June 9, 2021 | In the News
The drop in long-term unemployment, if it continues, would be a welcome development for the recovery from the coronavirus recession. Workers who experience long bouts of unemployment often have a tougher time getting hired because their skills may erode and they face...
June 9, 2021 | In the News
New Jersey’s primary election was held on Tuesday, and there is a renewed focus on the design of the ballots themselves. Critics say that the design is unfair to any candidate not connected to powerful political parties. A study by Professor Julia Rubin, of the...
June 9, 2021 | In the News
Wellness has typically been viewed in terms of diet, exercise, and, more recently, mental health. It’s easy to assume that if you’re taking care of these elements, your overall health is in good shape. While that can be true on one level, other factors...
June 9, 2021 | In the News
Warehouses are popping up all over the landscape. Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe, senior policy fellows at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University, said a bill under consideration by the Legislature recognizes the need to weigh certain factors when considering...
June 8, 2021 | News
June 8, 2021 | In the News
Marc Pfeiffer, a former deputy director of the state Division of Local Government Services who now serves as the assistant director of Rutgers University’s Bloustein Local Government Research Center, said local governments in New Jersey are facing a lot of pressure...
June 8, 2021 | In the News
“This year only 10 percent of the seats in the Legislature are being contested,” says Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor at Rutgers. “This is a toxic system, and it limits who will run.” And who will win. No state legislator has lost a primary since...
June 7, 2021 | In the News
Of the more than 4 million people whose jobless benefits are going to be cut off in the next few weeks, Bre Starr will be among the first. That is because Starr — a 34-year-old pizza delivery driver who has been out of work for more than a year — lives in Iowa, where...
June 7, 2021 | In the News
A new study finds that people from lower-income communities were less likely to follow stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic because they could not afford to comply or their work could not be done remotely. By analyzing the mobile phone location data from...
June 4, 2021 | In the News
Payroll processing firm ADP said 970,000 people had been hired in May, the biggest gain since June 2020. “If we continue to get lower numbers, I think that is consistent with stories around schools not being fully reopened and parents having difficulty with childcare...
June 4, 2021 | In the News
CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced the preliminary lineup of speakers for its inaugural Evolve Global Summit being held on June 16. For the first time in CNBC Events history, the CNBC Evolve Global Summit will feature programming across...
June 3, 2021 | In the News
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice is the latest group to sign on to a lawsuit which seeks to end the long-standing tradition of the party line on New Jersey ballots. Henal Patel of the institute filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters...
June 3, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan Seula Lee MCRP ’20 and a current PhD student at the University of Southern California and Bloustein School Distinguished Professor Robert B. Noland recently explored “Bikeshare trips in Seoul, South Korea,” to answer the following...
June 3, 2021 | In the News
NJ’s party bosses control the primary ballots, giving their preferred candidates the top spot. Advocates, candidates and now lawmakers want that changed. Julia Sass Rubin, a professor at Rutgers University who researches New Jersey’s electoral system, has found that...
June 2, 2021 | In the News
Individuals living in poorer and less affluent neighborhoods spent less time at home during various COVID-19 lockdown orders, according to a new international study. After analyzing mobile data on millions of U.S. citizens, study authors say poorer families and...
