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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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.
Practitioner and Professor: Teaching Health Administration during COVID
In combatting COVID-19 hospitals had to change their way of operating, which afforded graduate health administration students real-world experience to appreciate the impact of their chosen field.
Institutional Landlords and the New Housing Crisis
Predatory institutional landlords, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the economy, may exacerbate a housing crisis.
Advocate and Educator: From the CROWN Act to the Classroom
A discussion of the connection between hair discrimination and racial discrimination with Associate Teaching Professor Patti O’Brien-Richardson
Travel and tourism: Key factors in New Jersey’s economic recovery
Economic impacts facing businesses with a particular focus on tourism and how it will affect the economy.
Cutting off our most vulnerable – Intimate partner violence in a pandemic
Those facing intimate partner violence can be a particularly vulnerable population during stay-at-home orders.
“Can we get back to politics?”
Where do the presidential and congressional races stand? How will the conventions and VP Biden’s selection of a running mate affect the race? We discuss this and more!
New Jersey politics: Why primary ballots make all the difference
Stuart Shapiro and Julia Rubin discuss her recent article on the role of political machines in New Jersey and how the design of ballots favor some candidates over others.
News
Bloustein Graduate Studio Report Wins 2026 NJPO Achievement in Planning Award
A Bloustein School spring 2026 graduate studio report, Advancing Climate Resilience Through Municipal Land Use Planning, is the recipient of a 2026 New Jersey Planning Officials Achievement in Planning Award. Led by Bloustein Senior Policy Fellow Jeanne Herb, the...
Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000
US President Donald Trump is once again trying to impose a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B visa programme. But while tech titans like Elon Musk have long championed the programme to draw top global talent to...
Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
For the past couple of years, Magdeleine Bradford-Butcher has been living on the cutting edge of science. When prenatal testing showed the baby she was carrying had cystic fibrosis, her doctor put her on Trikafta — a relatively new treatment aimed at preventing severe...
Sharanya Sahu (MCRP ’27) Named FCNY Community Planning Fellow
Sharanya Sahu, MCRP '27, was selected as a Community Planning Fellow for the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY) for the 2026-27 academic year. The Community Planning Fellowship places second-year urban planning graduate students with one of New York City's community...
NJ’s July job losses were ‘striking,’ reflecting national trend
New Jersey's economy lost nearly 26,000 jobs between June and July this year, newly released federal and state figures show. The trend closely matches what's happening at the national level, experts say. The sour jobs data comes against the backdrop of tariffs, the...
Upcoming Events
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PhD Colloquium: AI in the Academy, A Discussion with Bob Noland
Bloustein School CSB, Room 490 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPresenter: Bob Noland, Distinguished Professor | Associate Dean of Faculty | Director, Voorhees Transportation Center Topics: A discussion on AI use in higher education and research. Please check your email for […]
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Undergraduate Pre-major Advising Session
VirtualPre-major advising sessions give interested students an opportunity to learn about the undergraduate program offerings at the Bloustein School. There is an overview of each major, minor, and certificate program, […]
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Rutgers Robotics Workshop 2026
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe annual Rutgers Robotics Workshop series was initiated as part of the SOCRATES NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program and is now co-organized with the Rutgers AI and Data Science Collaboratory […]