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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The Floyd Protests: Finding Courage
Alum Storm Ervin MPP, a central organizer Mizzou protests after the murder of Michael Brown in 2014, shares her experiences from the and draws lessons for the current protests going on nationwide over the murder of George Floyd.
The Protests and the President
The murder of George Floyd has resulted in protests across the country. Associate Dean Stuart Shapiro discusses the president’s militaristic response to civil disobedience to the protests and the likely electoral implications.
How Toilet Paper Brought Supply Chain Management to the Pandemic Front Lines
“Supply chain” became the buzz phrase at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Strauss-Wieder she breaks down the “breakdown” of the supply chain at the start of the pandemic with Stuart Shapiro.
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?
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Sherrill keeps her promise to take action against N.J.’s soaring electric rates. But is it enough?
It’s no secret that it costs more and more to keep the lights on in New Jersey. And for those who heat with electricity in the winter or depend on air conditioning in the summer, monthly utility bills are increasingly becoming unaffordable. The growing crisis was a...
In a State Notorious for Scandal, Corruption Fighters Are Targeted
The campaign-style mailers began turning up last month in some of New Jersey’s toniest towns, including Princeton, Montclair and Westfield. The attack ads bore no return address and no “paid for by” disclaimers, a telltale sign of a shadowy strategy in a state known...
What to know as more NJ workers can benefit from paid family leave
Protections provided by New Jersey’s family leave law are being expanded to smaller businesses under legislation outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy signed on Jan. 17. Until the enactment of this bill, only employees at businesses with a minimum 30 workers were eligible for...
Andrea Hetling Appointed to APPAM Governing Board
Congratulations to Andrea Hetling, Ph.D., on her appointment to the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Policy Council, the organization’s governing board. In this role, Dr. Hetling will help shape APPAM’s strategic direction and policy...
Sommer & Soliman On BINJE’s Power Players List
Powerful Praise Those who are being honored share one characteristic: They are quick to credit their colleagues. Business in New Jersey Everyday (BINJE) honored CEOs and executive directors, managing partners and principals - those who are in charge in every sector in...