April 2, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Rutgers economist William Rodgers III (a former chief economist at the Department of Labor) and the Century Foundation’s Andrew Stettner built a model using these kinds of unemployment claims numbers to predict the unemployment rate. Plugging in the most recent claims...
April 1, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
It isn’t clear how long it will take for unemployed workers to begin to receive financial relief, said Carl Van Horn, founding director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. “These are jobs (available) right...
March 27, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said municipal officials need to update their understanding of computer systems as well as their software. “It’s not...
March 26, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo MS ’99 (Public Policy) on the new one-stop jobs portal to match job-seekers with immediate openings at businesses serving on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic: “We all have a role to play in making...
March 25, 2020 | News
by Cecille de Laurentis MPP/MCRP ’20 In late February, the Bloustein School hosted a panel discussion with several school alumni on careers in climate resilience and hazard mitigation. Kelly Pflicke MCRP ‘14, a Resiliency Specialist with FEMA, organized the...
March 25, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Richard Keevey, former New Jersey budget director and a Bloustein School practitioner in residence, reminds us that while health concerns dominate the news, it’s also important to review the major finance issues the state will soon be facing, including revenue...
March 25, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
NJSpotlight reports Gov. Murphy signed a bill lifting restrictions on telehealth services, quoting assistant professor Soumitra Bhuyan. NJSpotlight.com, March 25, 2020
March 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Stuart Shapiro’s column in The Hill discusses the three reasons why the economic risks of the COVID-19 pandemic are nowhere near as prominent in policymaker’s minds as the risk of mortality from the virus. The Hill, March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Stuart Shapiro’s column in The Hill discusses the three reasons why the economic risks of the COVID-19 pandemic are nowhere near as prominent in policymaker’s minds as the risk of mortality from the virus. The Hill, March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
When local residents realized that Morristown Medical Center may come under siege from the spreading coronavirus, they organized to let hospital workers know that the community has their backs. One grassroots effort is preparing to provide snack packages and crocs...
March 23, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
“It’s like the classroom coming to life.” Ryan Jeter, a Bloustein School MPP candidate with background work experience in public health — has seen all of the classroom lectures on how government and business can impact the world play out in real-time during the past...
March 23, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
The mainstay of COVID-19 prevention in the United States has been social distancing to flatten-the-curve. However, casual contact is unavoidable, especially among those who live or work in multi-unit buildings. Despite the geographic proximity to China, other Asian...
March 20, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Since the COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan province, millions of Chinese coronavirus patients were triaged and treated by telemedicine clinic providers. Health authorities in major cities developed online apps, powered by artificial intelligence, for self-screening...
March 19, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey state officials, as of Sunday afternoon, reported at least 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, including 31 new cases and two deaths. Morristown will be a critical part of the picture as the outbreak escalates in the...
March 19, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
TAPinto Red Bank spoke with David Henry, Health Officer with the Monmouth County Regional Health Commission (MCRHC), about how state government health departments react to potential coronavirus cases. The MCRHC is the oldest and largest health commission in New...
March 18, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Rutgers Men’s Basketball student-athlete Akwasi Yeboah, who is a graduate student in the Bloustein School Master of Health Administration program, narrated a public service announcement for Rutgers Athletics/RWJBarnabas on the importance of social distancing...
March 18, 2020 | COVID-19, News
Rutgers Men’s Basketball student-athlete Akwasi Yeboah, who is a graduate student in the Bloustein School Master of Health Administration program, narrated a public service announcement for Rutgers Athletics/RWJBarnabas on the importance of social distancing...
March 16, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
What might we learn from this crisis that can help us to prepare for, and even help prevent, the increasing disruptions of climate change? A global pandemic and a changing climate are of course apples and oranges, but our responses to the effects of each depend on the...
March 10, 2020 | In the News
Albert Brick Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center Paul Butler spoke at Rutgers on Wednesday at an event called “Prison Abolition, and a Mule.” The event was hosted by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Butler focuses on...
March 10, 2020 | In the News
To consider how the Garden State might prepare for another downturn, a group of graduate students at the Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy compared the experiences of New Jersey before, during, and after the Great Recession to those of five other...
