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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Restarting the Economy: Understanding How the Cost of Not Investing Can Hurt NJ’s Pandemic Recovery
With the guarded hope that we are on a downward trend of coronavirus activity, the discussion has turned to the reopening of the state. EJB Talks host Stuart Shapiro broaches the topic with Bloustein alumnus Brandon McKoy, MCRP ’13, president of New Jersey Policy Perspective, and a member of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s commission to reopen the state.
Why are Black and Latino Populations Being Hit Harder by COVID-19?
Dr, Dawne Mouzon sheds light on why some populations, are more susceptible to not just infection from COVID-19, but why their outcomes are not as good as those in predominantly white or more affluent communities.
Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life
The Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab (RUCI Lab) was recently founded at the Bloustein School, with the mission of using new sources of data and emerging technologies to study the health of cities, and by doing so, improve the quality of urban life. This week,...
EJB Talks: Challenges to Transportation in the Wake of a Pandemic
The New Jersey/New York region is one of the most densely populated in the United States with some of the most widely traveled public transit systems. Thousands of New Jerseyans take NJ Transit bus and rail to New York City; thousands more crowd the New York bus and...
EJBTalks: Will The Cities of the Future Change?
There has been both in- and out-migration from cities now for years depending upon economic conditions, but the pandemic has hit our cities and high-density areas the hardest. After years of re-urbanization, are we going to see a new wave of urban flight? Has the...
EJB Talks: Laying Bare Nationwide Health Disparities
Returning to the healthcare field amidst the COVID-19 crisis, host Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Soumitra Bhuyan, who teaches in the Bloustein School's health administration program and Dr. Sabiha Hussain from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Their...
EJB Talks: Mitigating the COVID-19 Crisis of Long-Term Unemployment
The unemployment numbers in this first month of the COVID-19 pandemic have been staggering. What can we do to help those who are finding themselves newly unemployed, desperately waiting for their benefits to start and not sure where to turn?
EJB Talks: Health Administrators On the Front Lines Fighting COVID-19
In this episode, host Stuart Shapiro talks with Associate Professor of Practice Ann Marie-Hill, from the school’s health administration program, about the role health administrators play in the COVID-19 response.
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Shapiro quoted: EPA in Elon Musk’s crosshairs
Bloustein Dean Stuart Shapiro is quoted in a POLITICO article discussing the ramifications of Trump’s announcement that billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk and 2024 Republican presidential nominee Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new government efficiency commission aimed at...
What ballot design would make NJ elections fair?
How should New Jersey’s election ballots be designed going forward? The special Assembly Select Committee on Ballot Design this week held its third hearing to get input. Among those testifying was Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who himself will be on the ballot this...
University of Alabama grapples with traffic safety amid record enrollment
As The University of Alabama becomes more densely populated than ever due to record-breaking enrollment this year, traffic safety is becoming a concern for pedestrians across campus. Alabama is a car-dependent school, being attended largely by commuters. According to...
The bigger N.J. hospitals get, the harder it is for people to escape medical debt
More New Jersey hospitals are becoming members of large health systems and that’s raising prices and medical debt for residents, while big hospital systems reap profits, according to researchers. Urban Institute, a think tank that conducts economic and social policy...
Charter school salary revelations spur lawmakers to scrutinize
Following media reports of unusually high salaries for charter school administrators, some of whom do not live in New Jersey, the state’s charter schools association says it now wants to lead reform efforts that will stop “bad actors.” The charter association’s policy...
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Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesHave a research or library question you need assistance with? Visit Open Office Hours with Bloustein Librarian Julia Maxwell. Every Tuesday from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in the Civic Square […]