Rutgers study seeks public input on post-Sandy rebuilding efforts

March 7, 2014 | News

The Edward J. Bloustein of Planning and Public Policyat Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is conducting an online survey of visual preferences regarding rebuilding following Superstorm Sandy. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about the...

Bloomfield Ave. Complete Corridor Health Impact Assessment

March 5, 2014 | Research, Publications, and Reports

Bloomfield Avenue Complete Corridor Health Impact Assessment was conducted to identify potential positive and negative health impacts that could result from a potential road diet where the four travel lanes along Bloomfield Avenue would be reduced to three and thereby...

Middlesex County Access Plan: Health Impact Assessment

March 3, 2014 | Research, Publications, and Reports

The Middlesex Greenway is a rails-to-trails project within the communities of Metuchen, Edison, and Woodbridge in Middlesex County, NJ. Situated on an abandoned portion of Lehigh Valley rail corridor, the completed portion of the Greenway is a 3.5 mile long, 42-acre...

Register Today: Is There a STEM Worker Shortage? March 12 in Washington, DC

February 28, 2014 | News

Are more graduates and guestworkers needed? The ongoing debate about these issues, and congressional high-skill immigration proposals, will be discussed at the National Academies by some of the key researchers and policy analysts examining these issues. As Congress...

Planning student earns supply chain management award

February 27, 2014 | News

The New Jersey Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP-NJ) recently announced Randy Fixman MCRP ’14 as the recipient of the organization’s 2013 Bronze Scholarship for his capstone report on integrating multimodal freight centers into...

Rutgers Future Healthcare Administrators to present “A Day in the Life of an Administrator,” March 27

February 20, 2014 | News

The Bloustein School’s public health major (832, 832D) prepares students for graduate education in public health and the health professions, and for entry-level positions in a broad spectrum of private and public health organizations. Students enrolled in the public...

Report: Federal immigration reform would help boost NJ’s economy

February 18, 2014 | News

Bloustein School MPP student Erica Nava, a policy analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspective, recently wrote an anaylsis on how federal immigration reformwould help New Jersey’s immigrant population have a chance to participate in the state’s economy as well as boost...

Bloustein team to compete in 5th annual Hult Prize competition

February 15, 2014 | News

For the second year, a team from the Bloustein School has advanced to the regional finals of the fifth annual Hult Prize. The Bloustein team consists of Sayan Kundu, Neha Mehta, Kushyup Shah, Jared Sussman, and Becky Kelleman, all graduate public policy...

Climate Science Meets Music: Listen to the Greenland Ice Sheet Melting, Feb.18

February 14, 2014 | News

On February 18, 2014 Marco Tedesco, City College of New York and Jonathan Perl, Sonic Arts Center, City College will discuss their collaborative approach to climate research and music in a lecture, “Climate Science Meets Music: Listen to the Greenland Ice Sheet...

Women’s Leadership Conference to be held at Bloustein School, Feb. 28

February 11, 2014 | News

The Bloustein School, Rutgers Association of Policy and Planning Students, Graduate Student Association, and International Development Interest Group invite all graduate students to attend the annual Women’s Leadership Conference on Friday, February 28, 2014 at the...

First annual PANJAAPOR Student Paper Competition, plenary speaker, and reception, March 25

February 10, 2014 | News

The PA/NJ chapter of AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) is holding its first annual student paper competition followed by a cocktail reception and plenary speaker on Tuesday, March 25 from 3:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Annenberg School for...

Bloustein sustainability researcher sees challenges for energy management systems

January 31, 2014 | News

  Jennifer Senick, executive director of the Rutgers University Center for Green Building at the Bloustein School, joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2014 Leader in the Light Working Forum in San Francisco. Senick was asked to comment on the trends...

Annual Bike/Walk Summit to be held at Bloustein School, Feb.8

January 30, 2014 | News

The Fifth Annual NJ Bike & Walk Summit, presented by the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition (NJBWC), will be held at the Bloustein School’s Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 8:00 a.m. –...

Bloustein School to host sixth annual Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference, March 10

January 29, 2014 | News

On Monday, March 10, 2014, the Bloustein School will host the sixth annual Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference. The event honors the memory of the late Professor Donald Krueckeberg, who passed away in 2006. Dr. Krueckeberg is remembered as “the bow-tied, bearded,...

Anthony Townsend to discuss smart cities at Bloustein School’s Catlin lecture, April 10

January 27, 2014 | News

Dr. Anthony Townsend RC ’96 (Urban Studies), research director for the Technology Horizons Program at the Institute for the Future and senior research fellow at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management will present the Bloustein...

Robson to present 2014 Steinman-Bloustein lecture on sustainable agricultural development

January 22, 2014 | News

  Dr. Mark Gregory Robson, dean of agricultural and urban programs and professor of plant biology and pathology at Rutgers University’s School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and professor of environmental and occupational health at the Rutgers School of...

Salzman to discuss U.S. STEM college majors as part of Science journal live chat, Thursday, Jan. 16

January 15, 2014 | News

Dr. Hal Salzman, Bloustein School professor and senior faculty fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, will participate in a live chat discussion hosted by Science journal on Thursday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. The discussion, “The...

Does regulation kill jobs? New book seeks to answer this question

January 15, 2014 | News

The relationship between regulations and jobs took center stage in the 2012 Presidential election when Republican candidate Governor Mitt Romney argued that the Obama Administration had stifled job growth with too many regulations.  President Obama rebutted these...

Findings of New Jersey Bankers Association’s 2014 Economic Survey to be presented Jan. 17

January 10, 2014 | News

An analysis of the New Jersey Bankers Association’s 2014 Economic Survey, conducted by the Bloustein Center for Survey Research, will be presented on Friday, January 17, 9-11 a.m. at the Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick,...

New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance releases policy gap analysis report

December 23, 2013 | News

The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, formed in response to a diverse group of stakeholders to focus on climate change preparedness in New Jersey in key impacted sectors (public health; watersheds, rivers and coastal communities; built infrastructure;...