The Bloustein School’s graduate Public Policy program has risen into the top 50 public affairs program in the nation (No. 47) in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings, the highest ranking the program has ever achieved. “Our public policy program teaches graduate students to be engaged change-makers through high-quality instruction and mentorship,” said Andrea […]
Richard Rothstein, Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a Fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society will discuss the themes of his book, “The Color of Law,” at the annual Robert A. Catlin Memorial Lecture […]
Bloustein School Ph.D. candidate Amy Rosenthal has been selected to receive a highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Award of $15,000. The P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. These awards provide partial support for study and research. Award recipients have gone on to […]
Dr. Michael R. Greenberg, Distinguished Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, has been named the 2019 recipient of the University’s Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award. A special award ceremony and lecture will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 5:00 p.m., at the Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum. Dr. Greenberg will give […]
by Ashli Clarke MHA ’20 On April 8 the Rutgers Graduate Society of Healthcare Leaders held an end of semester panel, “The Untold Journey of Management.” On the panel were healthcare leaders and Rutgers alumni Atiya Jaha-Rashidi, RN, Director, Diversity and Inclusion, RWJBarnabus Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey; Moses Salami, […]
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce that at their meeting on Tuesday, April 9 the Rutgers Board of Governors approved Francis Barchi and Michael Smart as Associate Professors with tenure. Francis earned her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in social welfare and bioethics. Her research focuses on three aspects of global health: gender-based violence […]
by Cecille de Laurentis MPP/MCRP ’20 The Women’s Leadership Coalition held its annual Women’s Leadership Conference at the Bloustein School on March 29. The event, whose theme this year was “Taking Charge of Change,” featured a discussion with Naomi Klein, recently named the university’s first Gloria Steinem Chair in the Women’s Studies department, as well […]
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the establishment of the Robert W. Burchell Fund for Student Planning Conference Travel at the Bloustein School. Created by his former students, friends, and colleagues, the Burchell Fund honors Distinguished Professor Emeritus Burchell’s lifelong commitment to further engage planning students with the profession through their attendance at planning […]
The Bloustein School recently held a panel discussion for undergraduate students considering careers in public health, global health, health administration and related fields, “What’s Next? Finding Your Pathway.” The well-attended program began with an engaging panel discussion featuring Bloustein alumni in the workforce. Participating in the panel were Jacob Persily ’16 (Health Administration)/(MHA ’19), Decision Support […]
The Spring 2018 graduate planning studio, Bound Brook and South Bound Brook, New Jersey Pedestrian and Bicycle Travel Plan, is the recipient of a 2018 Somerset County Land Development and Planning Award in the Excellence in Planning category. Each year, the Somerset County Planning Board presents awards for land development and planning that exemplify superior site design, […]
