Nationally, and in New Jersey, healthcare spending accounts for 1 in 5 dollars of gross domestic product, with hospital care representing the largest category of healthcare spending. In order to address this ongoing affordability crisis, researchers recommend that the incoming gubernatorial administration continue to build on the work of the New Jersey Health Care Afforability, Responsibility, and Transparency (HART) Program.
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Wolff and Lewis Pen Chapter on PSD and Trauma-Informed Care
This chapter provides a blueprint that recognizes the reluctance of the correctional system to address trauma, the lack of funding and staffing expertise to support and sustain a therapeutically sensible response to trauma, and the superseding public health imperative to treat and rehabilitate trauma in cost-effective ways.
EJB Talks: Alumnus Helps Rethink Jersey City’s Public Spaces
Dean Stuart Shapiro talks to alumnus Barkha Patel, MCRP ’15 this week on EJB Talks. She reflects on how the planning school fundamentals and communication skills she learned still form the basis for her work, and concludes with encouraging emerging planners to adopt an action-oriented mindset by becoming a person who figures things out and gets things done, even when they feel out of their depth.
NJSPL Report: Equity Initiatives in the United States
In New Jersey, the state government proactively advances equity through the Office of Equity within the Office of the Governor, as well as through various programs and budget initiatives intended to support New Jerseyans. To enhance these efforts, researchers recommend incorporating equity measures into department/agency performance assessments to ensure equity is engrained within the ongoing routines of the government.
Adrian Ponichtera is recipient of Ververides Scholarship
Adrian Ponichtera (MCRP ’26) is the recipient of the New Jersey County Planners Association’s George Ververides Honorary Scholarship. The scholarship is open to New Jersey residents entering their third or fourth year of undergraduate study or advanced degrees at a New Jersey institution of higher learning, with a major in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, or a planning-related field with a plan to pursue professional planning as a career.
Bhuyan & Broom Publish New Healthcare Management Textbook
Soumitra Bhuyan, Executive Director of Health Administration Programs and Associate Professor at Rutgers University-New Brunswick’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, is the co-author of a new textbook Fundamentals of Healthcare Management: Theory and Practice.
BEAT Students Participate in PATH Track Tunnel Tour
Graduate and undergraduate students who are part of the student group Bloustein Enthusiasts and Advocates for Transportation (BEAT) took part in an exclusive after-hours PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) tour on Thursday, November 20 through Friday, November 21.
Marc Pfeiffer Ranked 47 in Insider NJ’s Top 100 Power List
Marc Pfeiffer was ranked #47 and Policy Fellow Bob Gordon was ranked #94 in the Insider 100 Power List for 2025. The InsiderNJ.com list reflects the backbone of government and political power in the state of New Jersey, minus judges, former governors, and current elected officials.
Van Horn, Foglio MCRP ’86 Named to Gov-Elect’s Transition Actions Team
Carl Van Horn, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at the Bloustein School and Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and Christiana R. Foglio, MCRP ’86, Founder & CEO of Community Investment Strategies, Inc. were named to two of governor-elect Sherrill’s transition teams.
Alum Austin Lee MCRP ’10 Publishes New Memoir
Austin Lee MCRP ’10 recently self-published Attraversare: The Travels of Life, a deeply personal, immediate, and honest memoir. It captures a period of upheaval and transition through moments of grief, uncertainty, and change, as well as those minor, stubborn victories that keep life moving forward.