January 20, 2021 | EJB Talks
In this season’s second episode of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro welcomes dual Bloustein School alumnus Jacob Persily ’16 (Health Administration), MHA ’19. Jacob works around the corner from the Bloustein School as an acute care administrator at Robert...
January 16, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
The Bloustein School is the recipient of a $1.5 million grant National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant under the Smart and Connected Communities program. These NSF investments create the scientific and engineering foundations for smart cities and communities...
January 12, 2021 | EJB Talks
EJB Talks returns for its third season! Stuart Shapiro will kick off 2021 by looking forward after a year of tumult to the post-pandemic world in health, planning and policy. In this first episode, he talks with Associate Dean and Professor, Clint Andrews, about the...
January 12, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
A national survey of Americans finds… Large majorities of Americans who support both major political parties support government spending on infrastructure projects, aid to small businesses, and temporary community service jobs and paid family leave.Government spending...
January 5, 2021 | In the News
U.S. suicide rates vary widely across racial and ethnic groups in ways that can upend expectations. The explanations may suggest avenues for prevention. Suicide in America has been rising for two decades, with rates for white Americans consistently well above those...
December 22, 2020 | In the News
Shortsighted leadership at the federal level, growing disregard for expertise, community division fomented by forces seeking dysfunction and a dangerous strain of individualism along with misguided assertions of freedom have undermined the capacity, indeed the...
December 17, 2020 | In the News
There are two strains of reaction to Fudge’s nomination in the housing world. One is a feeling that the choice by Biden of someone with little experience who clearly preferred another role reflects that he does not take housing policy as seriously as was hoped and...
December 16, 2020 | EJB Talks
For the season two finale of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro talks to Amy Cobb to give us a glimpse ahead at the political and policy prospects for 2021. From the good news of vaccine development and distribution to the more worrisome economic conditions to the first 100...
December 11, 2020 | In the News
The transition to remote work has also affected certain populations differently: Younger workers reported feeling less motivated when working remotely compared to their older counterparts, while parents with children younger than 18 years reported having more...
December 9, 2020 | In the News
William Rodgers joins NBC News to discuss how employers or the government should chip in to help cover home office expenses of the millions of Americans now working from home. NBC New York, December 9, 2020
December 9, 2020 | EJB Talks
Professor Shapiro welcomes Judge Paul Armstrong, Senior Policy Fellow and Judge in Residence at Bloustein, this week on EJB Talks. COVID-19 has raised important ethical issues surrounding patient care and the distribution of vaccines. Stuart talks to Judge Armstrong...
December 7, 2020 | In the News
David Cruz talks with Economist & Rutgers Univ. Prof. Bill Rodgers about the latest jobs numbers & impact of a potential federal stimulus.Our panel of journalists- Colleen O’Dea from NJ Spotlight News, NJ 101.5’s Michael Symons & Katherine...
December 7, 2020 | In the News
About 347,000 men left the workforce in November, compared to about 10,000 women. That’s in stark contrast to September, when 865,000 women left the labor force — four times the number of men that month. The drop-off is somewhat striking because aside from March and...
December 5, 2020 | In the News
As the health crisis drags on, a growing share of the workers it has idled have been jobless six months or longer, placing them among the ranks of the long-term unemployed. Besides the financial fallout for affected households, there’s a broader toll for the economy,...
