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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COV-19, the recession, and state budgets: What are our choices?
This week Stuart Shapiro sits down with Bloustein School Senior Policy Fellow and former New Jersey Budget Director Richard Keevey, who reflects on his years of budgeting at both the state and national levels.
What do our current crises teach us about combating climate change?
Jeanne Herb and Stuart Shapiro discuss the intersection of the climate crisis, COVID, and economic inequality, and why climate change cannot be seen as a separate challenge from other crises.
Epidemiologists on the ground during COVID-19
This week’s EJB Talks features a candid discussion between Stuart Shapiro and public health lecturer Lisa Gulla about the challenges facing local level disease investigators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What We Learned from the Newark Riots: Looking Back to Move Forward
Stuart Shapiro takes a look back at the tumultuous events of 1967 with Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe, co-directors of the Bloustein Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution.
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,...
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2026 NJDOT Complete Streets Summit Recap
On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, the NJDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center hosted the eighth New Jersey Complete Streets Summit. This year’s event, centered on the theme “Every Journey Safer,” was a resounding success, bringing together more than 250 planners,...
Podcast ‘From Campaigns to Classrooms’: Teaching a new generation about advocacy with Bob Sommer
In the season 14 finale of the EJB Talks podcast, Stuart Shapiro, Dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, sat down with alumnus, lecturer, and Advisory Board member Bob Sommer (GSNB ’84) to discuss the evolving...
The fastest way to ease the housing crisis? Rent control
Op-ed by Tram Hoang, a senior associate at PolicyLink, a national research and action institute and Mark Paul, associate professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Massachusetts is losing its working families. Not just to...
EJB Talks: From Campaigns to Classrooms: Teaching a New Generation About Advocacy
From Campaigns to Classrooms: Teaching a New Generation About Advocacy with Bob Sommer, GSNB '84 As we wrap up our 14th season of EJB Talks Dean Stuart Shapiro talks to Bob Sommer GSNB ’84, a Bloustein School alumnus and former Eagleton fellow, lecturer, and member of...
Do drivers hate bicyclists? US sees an alarming rash of crashes.
For years, road engineers widened streets to allow for a forecast increase in traffic congestion, said Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP,PP, Executive Director, Voorhees Transportation Center. But wider roads are also an invitation for faster car speeds, Von Hagen said. Since...