April 28, 2026 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Students enrolled in Introduction to Urban Planning & Design recently took part in a hands-on field trip to two recently completed waterfront park projects as part of the course’s Spring lecture series and experiential learning component. Led by Professor...
April 28, 2026 | In the News
Although it is hardly a new arrival on the university scene, College Unbound (CU), a start-up founded in 2009 for underserved adult learners, is increasingly being seen as a viable model for the future of flexible education in light of looming demographic changes and...
April 27, 2026 | In the News
New Jersey Spotlight News Anchor Briana Vannozzi interviewed Jennifer Ward Souder, a Project Manager for the Center for Urban Policy Research (CUPR). Ms. Souder discussed the growing impact of the urban heat island effect across New Jersey, where densely built...
April 27, 2026 | In the News
Jersey City homeowners who felt relieved by a property tax cut a few years back could soon face pressure for higher taxes or leaner city services—because the money used to fund that cut is gone, and the bill for years of financial maneuvering has come due. Mayor James...
April 23, 2026 | In the News
By Linda Stamato Tracking projects show what’s working in other states, offering hope for innovative practices and transparency. The $1.1 billion that New Jersey will receive over 18 years to treat and prevent opioid addiction presents an extraordinary...
April 22, 2026 | In the News
The county line is dead. Long live the county line. Progressives who fought for years to ban the ballot structure, which advantaged candidates backed by state’s Democratic and Republican machines, are outraged over how Camden County Clerk Pamela Lampitt designed this...
April 22, 2026 | News, Urban Planning Studios
Sponsored by the American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ) with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Plan4HealthNJ project is an ambitious multi- year project bridging together public health and comprehensive planning. The first year of...
April 20, 2026 | In the News
By Nicholas V. Longo In the entryway of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, the Rutgers Democracy Lab recently launched a “democracy wall” project that poses thought‑provoking questions and invites students to respond. Our first prompt asked students to “make a wish”...
April 20, 2026 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
By Dr. Kelcie Ralph and Ellen Oettinger White (PhD ’23) published this article in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Abstract Induced travel is the new travel that materializes after expanding infrastructure, and...
April 15, 2026 | Graduate Public Informatics Student Spotlights
Ivania Martinez Master of Public Informatics, Class of 2026 Fulbright Scholar, B.S. Economics and Business We’re proud to highlight Ivania Martinez, a student in the Master of Public Informatics at Rutgers University (MPI) program, whose work combines economics, data...
April 14, 2026 | In the News
NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced three appointments and one nomination to key City agencies and offices. Mayor Mamdani appointed Erich Bilal as Executive Director of the Public Design Commission (PDC), Asim Rehman as Commissioner and Chair of the...
April 14, 2026 | In the News
Universities have been urged to work on facilitating the “civic mobility” of their students in a politically fractious time by the director of a new US research centre. The Rutgers Democracy Lab, part of Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Eagleton Institute of...
April 14, 2026 | In the News
For years, prominent politicians and media outlets vilified New Jersey’s school superintendents as overpaid and recipients of lavish perks. In some cases, their statements proved true. Some superintendents across Monmouth and Ocean counties receive annual...
April 14, 2026 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract An assembly of literature finds that the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) did not engage in credit redlining, by means of withdrawing mortgage refinance support from lower rated areas and extensively directing support to higher rated areas. The HOLC...
April 13, 2026 | In the News
Artificial intelligence has emerged as a tool to help agencies issue parking fines and tickets more efficiently, particularly as many cities have understaffed enforcement teams, but well-trained human reviewers remain critical to the approval process, experts say. It...
