EJB Talks
Join our faculty and staff experts, as well as some of our alumni and students, as we talk about topics within the disciplines of public policy, urban planning, public health, health administration, and informatics.
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How hospital administrators are managing COVID challenges
Alumnus Jacob Persily discusses the potential and the challenges associated with the critical rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Looking ahead: Smart buildings and the future of the urban environment
Stuart Shapiro and Clint Andrews discuss how behavioral changes arising from COVID19 will likely affect building decisions and urban planning trends for decades to come.
A New Normal? Looking Ahead to 2021
A hopeful but reality-based forecast of 2021 from vaccine development and distribution to worrisome economic conditions to the first 100 days of the Biden presidency
Litigator, Judge, Educator – Using Ethics to Inform Health Care
Judge Paul Armtrong discusses how several historically important landmark cases have prepared him to serve on New Jersey’s Advisory Committee on COVID-19.
The Bloustein Nexus: Bringing together policy, planning, and health
Alumnus Jason Redd talks about how these three disciplines have impacted his career as well as how they interact to improve people’s lives.
EJB Talks about Election 2020
A discussion of the current state of the election and what we may see–or expect–in the coming weeks.
The Durability of American Inequality: How Past & Present Racial Disparities Grow the Wealth Gap
Understanding the importance of past and current systematic gaps weighing on Black households and developing policy solutions.
Using Crowdsourcing Applications to Interpret and Build More Equitable Cities
Crowdsourcing tools exist to solve real problems, enabling planners to study cities by providing new and better access to spatial data,
The Future of Transporation: Big Data’s Role In Understanding the Adoption of Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles will bring both powerful solutions and incredible challenges to the future of transportation.
Is Our Health Data Safe? Cybersecurity in America’s Healthcare Networks
Data security breaches arise not just from physical causes, but also digital ones, and human error are part of the issue.
News
NJSPL: How Demonstration Projects Strengthen Rapid Response Programs
By Leigh Ann Von Hagen., Analise Draghi & Greg Woltman Across New Jersey, communities are embracing faster, more flexible ways to make streets safer. Demonstration projects are short-term, low-cost installations that test street design changes. They have become a...
Ahmer Qadeer (PhD ’23) as Director and Chief Pension Administrator for NYC Mayor Mamdani
NEW YORK – Today, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced three appointments and one nomination to key City agencies and offices. Mayor Mamdani appointed Erich Bilal as Executive Director of the Public Design Commission (PDC), Asim Rehman as Commissioner and Chair of the...
Democracy Lab aims to be ‘model’ for overcoming polarisation
Universities have been urged to work on facilitating the “civic mobility” of their students in a politically fractious time by the director of a new US research centre. The Rutgers Democracy Lab, part of Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Eagleton Institute of...
Big school chiefs’ salaries better deal for taxpayers. See their perks.
For years, prominent politicians and media outlets vilified New Jersey's school superintendents as overpaid and recipients of lavish perks. In some cases, their statements proved true. Some superintendents across Monmouth and Ocean counties receive annual bonuses in...
Toney & Kelly: A History of Local Racial Housing Covenants and Federal Housing Policies
Abstract An assembly of literature finds that the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) did not engage in credit redlining, by means of withdrawing mortgage refinance support from lower rated areas and extensively directing support to higher rated areas. The HOLC does...