August 12, 2020 | In the News
Like many who had COVID-19, the experience is not one David Brook would like to repeat. But, the 66-year-old knows he is fortunate. With the U.S. mortality toll now past 160,000 and climbing, he considers himself a survivor. To help...
August 11, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The Bergen Record reports on the impact on New Jersey with a second wave of unemployment quoting James W. Hughes. (subscriber access required) Bergen Record, August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Eric Seymour is co-author of an article examining the relationship between investor ownership in foreclosed homes and the risk of childhood lead exposure in low-income housing markets with Alexa Eisenberg (University of Michigan, School of Public Health), Alex B. Hill...
August 11, 2020 | EJB Talks
COVID-19 has monumentally changed how we have lived for the last five months, with most of the population quarantining at home. In previous episodes, we examined the effect the quarantine has had on some of our most vulnerable populations. This week on EJB Talks, we...
August 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Undergraduate Public Health Student Spotlights
What Kristin says: This past spring I was a Customer Service Representative at Weill Cornell Imaging at New York Presbyterian Hospital, where I was tasked with scheduling COVID-19 patients for their CT’s and X-Rays. In addition to scheduling COVID-19 patients, I also...
August 10, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
In an accompanying commentary, Joel C. Cantor, ScD, and Dawne M. Mouzon, PhD, both of Rutgers University, were skeptical of the results, suggesting that the Stanford group perhaps didn’t dig deep enough. “Prior work has shown that primary care physicians...
August 10, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Professor William M. Rodgers III of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development joined a Yahoo Finance On the Move panel to discuss the unexpected addition of 1.76 million jobs in July. Yahoo Finance “On the Move,” August 7, 2020
August 10, 2020 | COVID-19
The campus quickly transformed to a ghost town during spring break, and remained quiet for the rest of the year. As the spring semester neared its end, Cecille de Laurentis MPP/MCRP ‘20 had the opportunity to speak with planning and policy students to learn more about...
August 9, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist, joins The Final Round to discuss his thoughts on what’s driving the markets, how investors should be thinking about the July jobs report and the impact of a stalling stimulus plan might have on the economy....
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers...
August 7, 2020 | In the News
Every time there’s a significant storm — whether it’s rain, wind snow or ice — millions of residents in the state lose their electricity for an extended period of time. Professor Frank Felder, the director of the Rutgers University Center for Energy, Economic and...
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The recession caused by COVID-19 and the various actions taken to help mitigate the spread of the infectious virus has been devastating to the nation’s economy, and many economists are calling it the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The numbers bear...
August 7, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers...
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The constitutionality of the new law authorizing state debt without voter approval is about to be reviewed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. At issue is whether the state can issue these bonds because of the COVID-19 emergency, and if the proceeds can be used as...
August 6, 2020 | In the News
Many worry that President Trump’s suspension of the H-1B visa program in June, and his recent executive order increasing scrutiny of federal contractors’ use of H-1B visa holders to replace U.S. workers, will create a black hole of talent in STEM fields....
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
CNBC’s Kelly Evans discusses whether Congress should extend the additional $600 in unemployment benefits the federal government provided people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic with Barry Knapp of Ironsides Macroeconomics and Bill Rodgers of...
August 6, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Repubican opponents of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to borrow up to $9.9 billion for offsetting COVID-19-related revenue losses was argued before the state’s highest court Wednesday and they said the state’s constitution and past legal precedent should...
August 6, 2020 | News
Six long-time members of the Bloustein School faculty will have retired at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. “These individuals have had an immense impact and have made many wonderful contributions to the Bloustein School, Rutgers University, and the...
August 4, 2020 | EJB Talks
2020: It’s an election year like no other. In this episode of EJB Talks, we get back to national politics. Bloustein School Director of Engagement and Special Project Amy Cobb MPAP ’18 returns to ask Professor Stuart Shapiro some pressing questions...
August 3, 2020 | News
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Ellen Oettinger White is the recipient of The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship from The Garden Club of America. The Caroline Thorn Kissel Summer Environmental Studies Scholarship promotes environmental...
