March 23, 2021 | Event Recap
3/22 Racial Memory, Woodrow Wilson, and the Making of the Nation (recording not available) Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway presented a discussion of the role that race played in shaping the leadership and political world view of Woodrow Wilson. As the...
March 19, 2021 | In the News
This is a sad story with a happy ending. It is a story of a young Irish girl who came to America — under a cloud of suspicion to some, but a savior to her family. She came in steerage, sick to her stomach. It is also a story of a young Irish lad who was placed...
March 18, 2021 | In the News
New Jersey is on a path to mandate civic education, with pending legislation that directs all boards of education to provide study in civics in the state’s middle schools. This initiative comes as part of a push, nationally, by politicians, teachers,...
March 18, 2021 | Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan Assistant Professor Will Payne saw an opportunity to combine GIS with strong policy research when he came to the Bloustein School, especially with the school’s strong record of both qualitative and quantitative research on urban change and its...
March 17, 2021 | In the News
NextDoor, the neighborhood app that is intended to operate like a coffee shop bulletin, has fostered a community that can occasionally be less than neighborly. User complaints began to surface surrounding the nationwide George Floyd protests last summer that content...
March 16, 2021 | In the News
For nearly 30 years, the National Transit Institute (NTI) has served as the training and education arm of the transit industry and has delivered 7,000 courses and training events to 200,000 transit professionals. NTI courses and training programs focus on Federal...
March 13, 2021 | In the News
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine recently released a report, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Bloustein School Professor and Heldrich Center Senior Faculty Fellow Hal Salzman...
March 12, 2021 | Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D. was attracted to the Bloustein School because of its strong reputation in transportation planning and its new program in public informatics; the Voorhees Transportation Center and its sophisticated use of GIS for planning...
March 11, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan It is now commonplace to say that cities are in the grips of real estate capital. Bloustein School associate professor Mi Shih, PhD and Leslie Shieh, PhD (Tomo Spaces, Canada) argue that local planners do have agency in leveraging real estate...
March 10, 2021 | Graduate Urban Planning Student Profiles
Ayla Schermer Master of City and Regional Planning, Class of 2021 Hometown: Jersey City, NJ Ayla Schermer is a former accountant turned passionate urban planner focused on creating safe, equitable, and sustainable streets and public spaces. Originally from Pittsburgh,...
March 6, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
by Marcia Hannigan Have you ever wondered why we say, “a car hit a person” but we don’t say, “a hammer hit a person”? Assistant professor Kelcie Ralph and Evan Iacobucci ( of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University)...
March 6, 2021 | In the News
Two legislators might get unloaded by their party this year – Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) has also lost the backing of her county chairman – but the Hudson County legislative leader is the one in the spotlight because just one Democrat, Davis, wants him...
March 6, 2021 | In the News
The report was authored by the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, which serves as the state’s independent Comprehensive Accountability Office for the Jersey City Public Schools. “…It appears that although the district may be implementing...
