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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Bloustein’s Global Reach: An Alumna’s Journey
Stefania Davia EJB ’11 (Public Health) talks about her journey from Rutgers to the World Health Organization.
Political Check-In: A Rollercoaster Ride to the Midterms
A post-summer political check-in discussing factors that have changed the midterms for the better since May, including some Trump updates.
Political wrap-up: The 3 -tions: Inflation, Abortion, and the Election
Wrapping up with three hot topics in national politics, the important races of the 2022 midterm elections, and what inflation and abortion could mean for the election.
Educating and Enhancing Transportation Officials: The National Transit Institute
Billy Terry of the National Transit Institute joins Stuart Shapiro on EJB Talks to discuss NTI’s mission to educate the administrative workforce within the multitudes of transit agencies across the nation.
Bloustein Local Government Research Center: Serving New Jersey and its Communities
A discussion of the current critical work the center is doing, includig impact of the digital economy on tax policy, the increasing risk of cybersecurity threats, and the consolidation of the multitudes of municipalities.
Center For Green Building: Promoting Healthy Buildings and Healthy Communities
A discussion of many aspects of green buildings from the design of the physical space to all of the components of its total operation, including how public policy could work in favor of more green and better building practices.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Addressing the State’s Needs Effectively, Innovatively, and Equitably
Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Putin’s Path to War
Bloustein doctoral candidate and Russian native Sergei Kostiaev discusses his previous academic research and study, what led to his study of Russian lobbying in the U.S., and a firsthand account of how life in Russia changed under Putin. (transcript now available)
The War in Ukraine: A Ukranian Family Member’s Perspective
In this timely, special edition of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro speaks with two members of the Bloustein community who are personally touched by the war– undergraduate public health major Solomiya Mykolyk, and public policy professor Andrea Hetling.
Building Better Communities: Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group
Jeanne Herb gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments.
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Geisha Ester Appears on Latest Episode of Transit Unplugged
National Transit Institute's Executive Director, Geisha Ester, recently appeared on the latest episode of Transit Unplugged. Host Paul Comfort sat down with Geisha to discuss why workforce development is the most important investment transit agencies can make right...
‘Frustrated by the extremes,’ lawmaker urges rent control talks
Sen. Cindy Friedman heard enough of the arguments over what will really help the state’s housing affordability crisis Tuesday and pressed the opposing sides to get to the bottom of it themselves. After hearing testimony for and against a ballot initiative (H 5008)...
What’s driving the shrinking of North Jersey’s white collar job market
Service sector employment in North Jersey and the larger New York City metro area fell for the seventh month in a row, and the state workforce has shed nearly 4,000 jobs so far this year, according to data released March 17 by the New York Federal Reserve. The numbers...
Ayse Sert Oti: AI Governance, Health Equity, and Public Policy
Ayse Sert Oti Master of Public Informatics, Class of 2026 Registered Nurse, Biostatistician, Data analyst, Public Health Researcher, Machine Learning Engineer, AI prompt developer, Health Informatics Researcher, Medical Anthropologist Healthcare, Culture & Data...
N.J.’s highest paid police chief got a $541K retirement payout
Another police chief retirement, another huge end-of-career payout. When Bayonne Chief Robert Geisler stepped down in October after more than 30 years on the force, he left a job in which he’d risen through the ranks to become the highest paid chief in New Jersey law...