June 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Undergraduate Health Administration Student Spotlights
What Elizabeth says: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role that telemedicine plays in increasing both the geographic and financial accessibility of healthcare. I’m proud to be able to continue to make healthcare more accessible through remote...
June 15, 2020 | EJB Talks
Linda Stamato Sandy Jafffe Over a period of four days in 1967, Newark was one of over 150 U.S. cities rocked by rioting, looting, and property destruction, with 26 deaths and hundreds injured. This week on EJB Talks Associate Dean Stuart Shapiro takes a look back at...
June 12, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
On June 11, Richard Keevey was invited to provide testimony to the NJ State Budget Committee on the upcoming budget decisions to be made. He noted that “This is, in my view, a critical time for the state — we should not borrow large sums of money to...
June 11, 2020 | In the News
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University professor of public policy and former chief economist at Department of Labor, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss what the Federal Reserve can do to address racial inequality. CNBC.com, June 10, 2020
June 10, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The coronavirus pandemic and a wave of social unrest across the country have put a spotlight on the deep inequality between black and white America. A shift in focus at the U.S. central bank is, too. According to William Rodgers, a former Labor Department official who...
June 8, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Between March and May, the number of COVID-19 patients in New Jersey rose from 1 to more than 137,000, of whom over 9,000 died. Consequently, the need for medical treatment grew exponentially with hospitals and their intensive care units (ICU) in danger of being...
June 8, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The share of white and Hispanic Americans who were employed increased last month, after falling precipitously in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment also increased for black Americans, but it was less robust. The jobless rate for adult...
June 5, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University, and Anthony Scaramucci, Skybridge Capital, discuss why Wall Street doesn’t reflect what Main Street is feeling. CNBC Business News, June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020 | In the News
Still, urban centers may show more durability than big-box malls, since it is easier to socially distance on sidewalks and streets than on escalators and elevators, said Clinton Andrews, a professor of urban planning at Rutgers University. Across downtowns, the...
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...
