April 17, 2025 | News
The Bloustein School’s 4th Annual Research Day took place in person at the Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum on Tuesday, April 15. The event was an opportunity for Bloustein students, faculty, and staff to showcase their research, receive feedback, and...
April 17, 2025 | In the News
An Asian-owned company based in Nashville will be permitted to retain the $1.73 billion contract it won last year to run the E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system on the New Jersey Turnpike and other state roads. The ruling in favor of TransCore, a subsidiary of a...
April 16, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Explaining Youth Driver Licensing Determinants Using XGBoost and SHAP by Kailai Wang, Jonas De Vos, Michael Smart, Sicheng Wang Highlights Examined trend in youth driver licensing between Millennials and GenZ in the US. Used explainable AI approaches to understand...
April 14, 2025 | In the News
With The Star-Ledger ending its print edition and The Jersey Journal shutting down, New Jersey’s media landscape is changing fast. But does the decline of print mean the end of local journalism? A new report from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University called The...
April 11, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Improved Access to Behavioral Health Care for Patients in a Large New York City Behavioral Health Clinic by the Transition to Telemedicine Abstract Objective To examine the transition to telemental health within the behavioral health program of a large federally...
April 10, 2025 | In the News
By Anthony Birritteri, Editor-in-Chief On Apr 9, 2025 With the slew of foreign trade tariffs introduced by President Donald Trump last week now reduced to just 10% for a 90-day period for most countries – and top administration officials saying more than 75 countries...
April 9, 2025 | In the News
No longer ensconced in the proverbial Ivory Tower, colleges and universities are increasingly teaming up with industry leaders across all sectors to deliver “skills-based” education that puts students on the path to lucrative careers. With students laser focused on...
April 9, 2025 | News
The Bloustein School hosted the Seventh Annual Future Healthcare Administrators Case Competition on Saturday, April 5, bringing together some of the brightest emerging minds in healthcare to tackle a real-world industry challenge. The fast-paced, high-stakes...
April 7, 2025 | News
The purpose of this studio is to study the provision and implementation of HRC’s (Harm Reduction Centers) in New Jersey by directive of the public law signed into effect in 2021. In addition to existing HRC’s in 7 different locations, the NJDOH (Department of Health)...
April 7, 2025 | Urban Planning Studios
View StoryMap The purpose of this studio is to study the provision and implementation of HRC’s (Harm Reduction Centers) in New Jersey by directive of the public law signed into effect in 2021. In addition to existing HRC’s in 7 different locations, the NJDOH...
April 4, 2025 | In the News
Twenty-eight New Jersey businesses announced layoffs of a combined 3,618 workers in the first quarter of 2025, more than double the 1,753 layoffs announced by 118 companies during the same period in 2024. This quarter’s numbers come as businesses grapple with...
April 4, 2025 | News
Governor Phil Murphy joined former Chief Speechwriter Derek Roseman’s Political Communications for Public Policy class at the Bloustein School on April 2nd. Photos via X.com and Julia Sass Rubin.
April 3, 2025 | In the News
Some 62,000 people and 56,000 homes on and near the New Jersey Shore will see at least one annual flood because of sea-level rise by 2050, even if the world makes sweeping cuts to carbon emissions now, according to a new online tool released Wednesday by Climate...
April 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published April 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) This article is for you if your organization hasn’t had the opportunity to assess your data and how it’s used. If you’ve had that discussion and have embarked on a data management process, feel free to move on to...
March 31, 2025 | News
Location matters when it comes to health. Some places promote wellness by expanding access to nutritious food and recreational facilities. Others strive to keep healthcare costs affordable for everyone or keep parks clean and well-maintained. When a city doesn’t take...
March 27, 2025 | In the News
British banking giant Barclays is laying off another 78 employees in Whippany this year, public filings show, in addition to 69 employees handed the pink slip in January. The layoffs will go into effect between June 23 and July 7, according to public filings. Oksana...
March 26, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Counter-GIS Experiments in Distance Interpolation with the Relational Reprojection Platform Abstract In this paper, we discuss the cartographic genealogy and prospective uses of the Relational Reprojection Platform (RRP), an interactive tool that we built to create...
March 24, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Expanding the city digital twin in the context of crisis, cartography and computation Abstract This commentary responds to Gillian Rose’s ‘Visualising human life in volumetric cities: city digital twins and other disasters’ as a framework for thinking about...
March 23, 2025 | In the News
Beginning next year, college enrollment officials expect the pool of applicants to be smaller than previous generations, a trend they expect will last well into the next 10 years… “We’re facing the cliff, because those born in ’08 …...
March 21, 2025 | In the News
Over two years ago, Balpreet Grewal-Virk spoke to Newark nonprofits and residents to see how RWJBarnabas Health could address patient health issues outside of the four walls of their hospitals. Nonprofit workers told the senior vice president of community health that...
