Assistant Professor Amelia Greiner was one of ten female finalists for Gustavus Adolphus College’s First Decade Award winners for 2012. The award is presented annually to one male and one female from the 10th anniversary class for early professional development. More...
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) was passed in 1980 and reauthorized in 1986 and 1995. Its history has been inextricably linked with the history of regulatory review and presidential oversight of agency decisions. However, the intent of those who passed it was for it...
Bloustein Associate Dean Thea Berkhout and her husband Paul Breitman, Assistant Vice President for University Services at Princeton University, are featured as this month’s “thought leaders” on geniuscountry.com. Genius Country is an online media platform designed to...
Congratulations to Bloustein Master of City and Regional Planning degree candidate Mike Benson, who was recently awarded the 2012 American Public Transportation Foundation’s Jerome C. Premo Scholarship. The scholarship is for applicants dedicated to a career in public...
John Pucher and Ralph Buehler’s soon-to-be-released book, City Cycling, has just about everything you can imagine in it when it comes to cycling. With topics ranging from cycling trends to cycling safety to cycling infrastructure to the integration of cycling with...
Sigalit Landau, an Israeli sculptor, video, and installation artist, will present the Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, “The East Bound Salt Route and the Crystal Islands” on Monday, September 10, 2012. The event will be held in the Special...
A new Rutgers Regional Report, “Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States: An Update,” authored by Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Will Irving, research...
Ernest Reock is a professor emeritus at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers University’s Center for Government Services *************************** Somebody had to make some sense of it all. Between 1966 and 1973, the state’s...
While several towns were impacted during the “Great Recession,” forcing them to lay off and furlough workers, one expert predicts towns will go through another “municipal tsunami.” Professor Raphael J. Caprio of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public...
The NJLM Educational Foundation will present its annual economic summit at the Bloustein School’s Civic Square Building in New Brunswick on Thursday, July 12, 2012. Presenters will analyze, from the state, regional and national perspectives, New Jersey’s recovery...
Bloustein professor Kathe Newman, the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement and the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance invite you to learn about food-related community economic development and community food security. They will be traveling to Philadelphia...
Hot Topic: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law and the Individual Mandate. The Supreme Court upheld the core of President Obama’s health care overhaul today ruling that the government can require all Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty. The...
In October 2011 Rutgers University established theCommunity-University Research Grants for New Brunswick, designed to encourage the development of new initiatives to enhance the university’s ties with New Brunswick. The grants range from $2,500 to $25,000 and provide...
Professor John Pucher has authored another installment of his bi-weekly chat with European Cyclists’ Foundation for his upcoming book, City Cycling. This week’s discussion focuses on women and cycling. ************** Why is that that some countries see more women...
Professor John Pucher has authored another installment of his bi-weekly chat with European Cyclists’ Foundation for his upcoming book,City Cycling. This week’s discussion focuses on children and cycling. ************** Velo-city Global in Vancouver is less than a week...
A comprehensive study by the Bloustein School and commissioned by the New Jersey Apartment Association (NJAA), analyzes the economic contribution of the multi-family apartment industry to the New Jersey economy and concludes that the apartment industry – comprising...
In addition to dozens of journal articles, approximately 175 other reports, chapters, and reviews, and hundreds of presentations, the following books were published by members of the Bloustein School faculty in 2011-12: Roland V. Anglin with Edward James Blakely,...
Some of the media mentions of Bloustein faculty, centers, and research for the week of June 9-15, 2012: Fixing Newark: What to cut and what to tax Source: The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (The Voices Blog), June 15 Robert Curvin is a Newark resident, homeowner and visiting...
In the fall 2011 semester, the Bloustein School commissioned The Raritan Borough Waterfront Redevelopment Studio, a graduate planning studio, to study the waterfront of Raritan Borough, New Jersey. The objective of the studio was to create a regenerative urban design...
The Bloustein School and The Louis Berger Group, Inc. have announced the selection of the Louis Berger Graduate Fellows for the 2012-13 academic year. The new fellows are David Koch, Matthew Kusy, Areej Sabzwari, andJoshua Wilcox. The Berger Fellows program was...
