June 24, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Who wants a tree inventory and why? The politics of inventorying urban forestry in Galápagos, Ecuador Abstract Trees make significant contributions to the urban experience by providing ecosystem services and aesthetic value. Considering these contributions, cities are...
June 23, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato The actual and potential benefits of A.I. notwithstanding, we need to be far more prepared than we are now to manage, productively, the impact on society It’s hardly a revelation that AI has grown exponentially. While seizing the imagination—and...
June 23, 2025 | In the News
Things were definitely looking up from a reform perspective in New Jersey politics. Senator Menendez finally got his just reward after decades of unethical behavior and the failure of Democrats to self-police; Andy Kim, a breath of fresh air, replaced Menendez; and...
June 18, 2025 | In the News
Senate Republicans’ version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” sweeping tax bill would keep a popular property tax deduction limited to $10,000, drawing the ire of lawmakers from high-tax states such as New Jersey and New York and setting...
June 17, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Mapping elite tastes along New York City’s gourmet gentrification frontier, 1990–2015 Abstract Urban researchers have long considered the spread of upscale amenities like restaurants, cafes and bars to be important symbolic indicators of gentrification, and recent...
June 12, 2025 | In the News
Brennan wins one seat in LD-32; race between Bhalla, Ramirez is too close to call New Jersey’s 32nd legislative district, located in the heart of Jersey City and Hoboken, hosted a heated Democratic primary showdown this year between the two great political factions in...
June 12, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police-Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents Abstract Policy Points Despite documented inequities in suicide trends and police-perpetrated killing for...
June 10, 2025 | In the News
This June’s primary will be the first time most New Jersey voters will be able to use a fair ballot to elect gubernatorial and legislative candidates. Last spring, a federal judge ruled that the old county line primary ballots, which all but two of New Jersey’s...
June 9, 2025 | In the News, News
County bosses were stripped of the power to rig statewide elections. Now there’s no clear favorite in a state where Republicans are rising. The outcome of New Jersey’s June 10 gubernatorial primary is anyone’s guess. With no clear front-runner, the elimination of...
June 2, 2025 | News
Working Toward an Equitable Chatbot for NJ SNAP Services New Jersey State Policy Lab, Vignesh Krishnan, Yonaira Rivera, Vivek Singh In New Jersey, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) services are vital for supporting food security among low-income...
June 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published June 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) A gamechanger for local governments, tasking an AI chatbot with research and writing projects saves you time and trouble, at least for the first draft. The original plan for this month’s article was to write about...
May 30, 2025 | News
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the recent promotion of several school faculty. Amy E. Underhill Abruzzi, Ph.D, MPH, MLS, CPH, MCHES, Anita Franzione, DrPH, and Alexandra Lopez, M.A. have all been promoted to Full Professor of Teaching. “These promotions...
May 29, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
On Friday, May 16th, NJ Big Data Alliance held the 12th Annual NJBDA Symposium titled “Empowered by AI: Innovation and the Rise of the Augmented Workforce.” The paper titled “MOMCare: An AI Chatbot for Postpartum Depression Counselling” was...
May 28, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract Objectives Globally, there has been a rapid increase in the availability of online gambling. As online gambling has increased in popularity, there has been a corresponding increase in online communities that discuss gambling. The movement of gambling and...
May 23, 2025 | News, Urban Planning Studios
View StoryMap There have been six previous Bloustein School studios that addressed the proposed 2023 PATH station addition to the EWR airport in Newark, NJ. In February 2017, the Port Authority of NY and NJ approved a $1.7 billion PATH extension to the Newark Liberty...
May 23, 2025 | In the News, News
In the first year where neither major political party is using the “party line” on election ballots, some changes are already evident, says Julia Sass Rubin, the Rutgers University professor whose research helped fuel the court challenge to the line. Both Democrats...
May 22, 2025 | In the News
By Linda Stamato During the summer of 1973, when the United States Senate investigated the Watergate break-ins, PBS aired the complete hearings, all 250 hours of them. Between the 1970’s and now, PBS and NPR, two primary sources trusted by the public, have covered...
May 21, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
The deal breaker theory of cycling: A new approach to understanding bike behavior Highlights Biking research suffers from issues like perfect prediction and tautological variables. People determine whether to bike by comparing needs to prevailing conditions. Needs...
May 20, 2025 | News
Even with the use of AI disclosed in ads, experts question the ethics of using the technology in campaigns designed to reach voters. Candidates for New Jersey governor on both sides of the aisle are pushing the envelope with the use of artificial intelligence in their...
May 14, 2025 | News
Snapshot of Undergraduate Degree Earners in New Jersey New Jersey State Policy Lab, Angie Nga Le The National Student Clearing House Research Center has released a new Undergraduate Degree Earners report covering the 2023-2024 academic year[1]. According to the...
