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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EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: Administration Matters – How Bureaucracies Can Help Solve Water Issues in the Global South
With the right tools, planners and policymakers can make a difference by addressing and working towards solving issues.
EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: Biostatistician, Health Policy Researcher, and Douglass Alum
In addition to discussing the inspiration for her path to an academic career in public health and biostatistics. Shar Williams shares the research she has done in areas of depression, anxiety, suicide, and PTSD, and the findings that show exposure to discrimination and socio-economic disadvantages impact health outcomes.
EJB Talks: Public Informatics Spotlight–from Data Analytics to Artificial Intelligence Impacts
Public Informatics Program director Jim Samuel talks about his path to studying the Big Data phenomenon, the future of informatics and artificial intelligence, and what the arrival of Chat GPT means for society.
EJB Talks: From Nurse to Policy Professional to Health Administration Program Director
Director of Health Administration and Professor Ellen Kurtzman talks about her career path from nurse to health policy educator and speaks about the commonalities in the fields she has worked in.
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: More than Making the Trains Run on Time–A Bloustein Alumna at Amtrak
Urban planning alum Gretchen Minneman Kostura MCRP ’07 talks about her journey from a student focused on community development to her professional work in transportation, currently working for the CEO and President of Amtrak.
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: Healthcare Communicator – Performing a Vital Function
As the Director of Business Development and Marketing at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ, Moses Salami EJB (Public Health) ’11 describes his path into the health administration and marketing fields and offered guidance and advice for current students and alumni.
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: Making a Difference at Microsoft
For this EJBTalks episode, Simon Liepold MPAP ’05 talks to Stuart Shapiro about his role at Microsoft, describing his efforts in implementing important global topics such as sustainability, privacy, and cybersecurity.
Let’s Talk Politics – 2022 Midterm Recap and Takeaways by EJB Talks: Rutgers Bloustein School Experts
On this episode of EJB Talks it’s time to talk politics! Stuart Shapiro welcomes Amy Cobb back to recap the 2022 Midterms. The two talk about who won, who lost, competitive key races and what the future may hold. Tune in to find out more!!
Co-Ops: Collective Democracy in Action
Andrew Zitcer talks about his personal and intellectual journey as a Ph.D. student, as well as his continued research on cooperative ventures.
“Building Bloustein” – A Special 75th Episode
Former Associate Dean Dorothea Berkhout. They talk about the school’s namesake and reflect on President Bloustein’s innovative leadership, commitment to public service, his reorganization of the University and the path he paved for Rutgers’ current place in the Big Ten.
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Ivania Martinez: Economics, Data Science, and Public Policy
Ivania Martinez Master of Public Informatics, Class of 2026 Fulbright Scholar, B.S. Economics and Business We’re proud to highlight Ivania Martinez, a student in the Master of Public Informatics at Rutgers University (MPI) program, whose work combines economics, data...
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...