Rebecca Son, MCRP ’19

Rebecca Son MCRP ’19 concentrated in Design and Urban Informatics at the Bloustein School. In the summer of 2018 she was a Planning Intern for WSP, a consultancy in Philadelphia, where she researched bicycle-pedestrian safety in the city of Philadelphia and...

Rutgers students, faculty react to recent Democratic Debate

While most of the audience trickled out after the second commercial break, many stayed. Some who remained, though, said staying helped put a fresh perspective on policy and ideas.  “I’ve found (staying) worthwhile,” said Mathilde Roux, an Edward J....

Bloustein School welcomes five new faculty members

The Bloustein School is pleased to welcome five new faculty members to the teaching ranks in the fall of 2019. Soumitra Bhuyan, PhD, MPH joins the Bloustein School as an Assistant Professor. His primary teaching and research interests include chronic disease...

Reading the tea leaves on Trump's new regulatory czar

Analysts say the quality of OIRA reviews has gone down. The agency’s top job is to review rules coming out of the different agencies before they’re finalized. Stuart Shapiro, a former OIRA analyst under the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, said...

Reading the tea leaves on Trump’s new regulatory czar

Analysts say the quality of OIRA reviews has gone down. The agency’s top job is to review rules coming out of the different agencies before they’re finalized. Stuart Shapiro, a former OIRA analyst under the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, said...

Historic Tax Credit fuels housing development

The NPS-funded report by Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research also reveals that in fiscal 2018: · The historic tax credit program provided more than $7.7 billion in total rehabilitation investment. · The program contributed more than $14.4 billion in...

Do businesses hold the key for sustainable cities?

While all 17 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious, you can make a strong case that SDG11 is among the most stretching of goals. In aiming to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, it sets itself a challenge that...

Building community: How urban planning, design impact cities

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosted a special series of panel discussion talks this Wednesday with several professionals and professors within spatial planning and urban design. The panel discussion, called “Designing Value — The...

ROI-NJ Influencers: Health Care 2019

Anyone who wants to get their finger on the pulse of health care need not look further than Rutgers’ Joel Cantor, Director, Center for State Health Policy. The longtime health expert has seen the changes over administrations and often has an authoritative voice on all...

Faculty article earns GPEIG Faculty honorable mention

A journal article by assistant professor Mi Shih received an honorable mention award by the Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) Faculty Best Journal Article Award Committee, it was announced in September. The article ‘Development Rights: Regulating...

MCRP student Michael Carrigy awarded APTF scholarship

Michael Carrigy, a graduate student in the Bloustein School’s urban planning program, was the recipient of the Mineta Transportation Institute / American Public Transportation Foundation Joint Scholarship. The award was presented at the Transform APTA...