Trump and the future of the Civil Service

The conclusion of the Trump administration will rightly be remembered for the Jan. 6 insurrection, but occurring at the same time as the events leading up to the riot at the Capitol was an attempt by the administration to undo more than a century of work in creating a...

Murphy Administration Pilots Lifelong Learning Program

In partnership with the Office of Governor Phil Murphy, the Office of Innovation and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) have teamed up to fund a two-year pilot program to provide job-coaching, training, and employment support to...

TRB AMS50 Webinar 2/10/23: Telecommuting in the Pandemic Era

Join VTC’s Hannah Younes, PhD and University of Minnesota’s Xinyi Qian, PhD for this TRB AMS50 Webinar. 10:00-11:00 AM (New York Time)Friday, February 10, 2023 Moderated by: Dr. Jason Cao, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities & Dr. Kate Ko, WSP Telecommuting...

Sharing COVID Stories Boosts Vaccine Take-Up

People who know someone who became ill with COVID-19 or died from the disease are twice as likely to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study led by Rutgers and Penn State University. The study, published in the journal Vaccine, examined whether...

New Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton

Professor Soumitra Bhuyan has been named a Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University Soumitra Bhuyan, Ph.D., MPH, is an Associate Professor at the Bloustein School, Rutgers University- The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. His primary teaching and...

Another Interest Rate Hike – What it Means for NJ Residents

The Federal Reserve will once again raise interest rates Wednesday afternoon, but this time they’re only expected to bump them up a quarter of a percent, not half a percent like we’ve had for the past several months. According to Rutgers University economist James...

Many More Single Women Than Men Are Homeowners. Here’s Why

On average, women earn 83 cents for every dollar a man makes — yet single women own roughly 10.7 million homes, compared to 8.1 million for single men, according to a recent analysis from LendingTree that looked at 2021 Census data. That’s a surprising statistic...