Communicating Environmental Issues to the Public

Communicating Environmental Issues to the Public

A Conversation with Kati Angarone RU ’98, MPAP ’04 on Communicating Environmental Issues to the Public In this episode of EJB Talks, host Stuart Shapiro speaks with Kati Angarone RU ’98, MPAP ’04, currently the Chief Strategy Officer at the New...
NJSPL Blog: Unlocking Energy Efficiency

NJSPL Blog: Unlocking Energy Efficiency

Unlocking Energy Efficiency: A Data-Driven Exploration of PACE Bond Issuance in California By Ruth Winecoff This is the second in a series describing ongoing research on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE). PACE, which uses local governments’ ability to borrow to...
Newman, Gerlofs named Urban Affairs Book Review Editors

Newman, Gerlofs named Urban Affairs Book Review Editors

After an international search, the Urban Affairs Association (UAA) has announced that Kathe Newman (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) and Ben Gerlofs (University of Hong Kong) have been appointed the new Book Review Editors of the Journal of Urban Affairs. The...
Education Outcomes and Funding in the 21st Century

Education Outcomes and Funding in the 21st Century

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has released a new article analyzing wage disparities between workers with and without college degrees and the rising costs of higher education. The article traces tuition increases over the past two decades and how grant aid and...
EJB Talks: Irina Grafova on Medical Debt & Provider Burnout

EJB Talks: Irina Grafova on Medical Debt & Provider Burnout

Exploring Healthcare Challenges: Medical Debt and Provider Burnout Dean Stuart Shapiro hosts health administration Associate Professor Irina Grafova on EJB Talks this week, discussing her transition from labor economics to health economics and her research focusing on...
NJSPL Survey: What Policy Issues Interest You Most?

NJSPL Survey: What Policy Issues Interest You Most?

The New Jersey State Policy Lab is pleased to announce the launch of our newest survey, which we invite you to complete. This survey, which will take just a couple of minutes to complete, encourages respondents to indicate the policy issue or issues they believe...
Dockworkers’ fight a warning about the future of work

Dockworkers’ fight a warning about the future of work

Dockworkers are fighting for the future of work, fearing automation will take their jobs. Even those who stay employed worry that the tech will strip their work of its worth. But there are questions about whether vendors are overselling their automation technology and...
Newest Community Development Graduate Fellows

Newest Community Development Graduate Fellows

Bloustein School Master of City and Regional Planning students Miranda Alperstein (MCRP ’25) and Saul Ruddick-Schulman (MCRP ’25) were recently selected as 2024-25 Morgan Stanley Community Development Graduate Fellows. Now in its 13th year, each of this...
Stamato Commentary: Books, back in the crosshairs

Stamato Commentary: Books, back in the crosshairs

A new op-ed by Linda Stamato highlights the significance of books and the dangers of censorship. Coinciding with National Banned Books Week and the upcoming Morristown Festival of Books, Linda celebrates the value of literature in civic life. Amid a resurgence of book...

Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Authors and Poets to Remember

Special thanks to Siclali Flores, MHA ’25 student and Bloustein School DEIB Graduate Fellow, and Professor Alexandra Lopez for compiling this list of Hispanic poets and writers whose work offers invaluable perspectives and enriches our understanding of Hispanic...
EJB Talks: Mi Shih on Urban Development & Density

EJB Talks: Mi Shih on Urban Development & Density

Urban Development and Density in Taiwan: EJB Talks with Mi Shih EJB Talks returns for its 11th season! Today Dean Stuart Shapiro interviews Professor Mi Shih, the director of the school’s nationally-ranked urban planning program, about her work on urban...
NJSPL – Addressing the Diverse Support Needs of Nurses

NJSPL – Addressing the Diverse Support Needs of Nurses

By Irina B. Grafova, Pamela B. de Cordova, Jennifer Polakowski, and Jessica Anderson The New Jersey Nursing Well-Being Institute has hosted over 90 Virtual Schwartz Rounds (VSR) sessions in the past three years, offering a flexible, free forum where nurses can connect...
Review of State Postsecondary Attainment Goals & Progress

Review of State Postsecondary Attainment Goals & Progress

In 2017, New Jersey set a goal of increasing the number of state residents with a postsecondary degree or credential to 65% of the population by 2025. A new report from the New Jersey Statewide Data System (NJSDS), A Review of State Postsecondary Attainment Goals and...