June 3, 2020 | In the News
The Record reports on protests in Paterson, New Jersey, noting Rutgers alumna Alexis Miller EJB (Public Policy) ’15, JD ’20 participated in calling for a divestment of the police force. NorthJersey.com, June 2, 2020
June 2, 2020 | Urban Planning Studios
A graduate student working with Professor Anton Nelessen prepared a plan for the Boston Regional Connector and Neuron Station. The Neuron Station has curbless pedestrian, bike, and bus transit at street level with an elevated Regional Connector transit station...
June 2, 2020 | Undergraduate Planning & Design
Undergraduate students working with Kevin Sievers prepared a comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, addressing economic, environmental, public health, and sustainability issues for both the redevelopment of the BNY and the surrounding...
June 2, 2020 | Urban Planning Studios
Students working with Dr. Heather Fenyk MCRP ’00, PhD ’13, partnered with the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership, South River Green Team, and the Middlesex County Office of Planning to create detailed documentation of demographics, health, housing...
June 2, 2020 | Public Policy Practicums
Graduate students working with Professor Joel Cantor prepared a Healthy Homes Initiative for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. Focusing on the cities of Paterson and Newark, the team identified multiple mental and physical health issues that arise...
June 2, 2020 | In the News
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers public policy professor and economist, and Andre Perry, Brookings Institution fellow on economic impact, join ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss what can be done to make the United States more equitable. CNBC, Monday, June 1, 2020
May 29, 2020 | In the News
Last week, President Donald Trump tweeted his unhappiness that Google search results seemed to be favoring sources critical of the president. His chief economic adviser suggested that the administration “is taking a look at whether Google searches should be...
May 26, 2020 | In the News
With the federal government’s enactment of an emergency paid sick leave law to help slow COVID-19, the pandemic has put a spotlight on what should be a major policy concern in America. The Trump Administration passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...
May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The state extended the current fiscal year by three months, a very unusual move but permitted under our Constitution. It allows more time to access the revenue impact of the pandemic and develop a strategy for the remainder of this year and next. During this time, the...
May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
While major cities remain the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in our country, COVID-19 cases are surging in rural states like Nebraska. The coronavirus presents a significant challenge in rural areas across the U.S. With luck, lower population densities, and a...
May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
I recently had the chance to “sit down”, in the Covid world, with Bob Sommer, a West board member. Bob is a leading advisor on government relations and public affairs. He advises now at Awsom Associates after having built and sold a national public relations firm and...
May 21, 2020 | In the News
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan signed an executive order giving the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) the authority to review executive agencies’ regulations. That executive order and its successor, which President Bill Clinton signed in 1993, have...
May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Only one-third of pediatric patients who go more than 20 minutes without a pulse survive, according to Dr. Anthony Rosania (Exec MHA ’19), an associate professor of emergency medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. The survival rate was once as low as 6%,...
May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Similarly, many of our clients obtain information about SNAP (food stamps), welfare and other programs offered by the Mercer County Board of Social Services through interaction with our case manager and through discussions with other clients as they eat their lunch at...
May 19, 2020 | Graphics Portfolios
Robert Judice Advanced Graphical Communication for Planners, Spring 2020 View portfolio Instructor: Juan Ayala
