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 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.
The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
Wrapping it up: 2021 politics with Stuart Shapiro
Wrapping up the year with a discussion about the Biden Administration, the Build Back Better bill, and the administration’s improved COVID response.
Conflict, collaboration and consensus: How democracy happens
Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe reflect on the current state of democracy and why conflict is necessary, and how their work in conflict resolution fits into policy and planning.
From the Bronx to Bloustein
A dive into the National Environmental Protection Act and the foundations of Bloustein’s multidisciplinary, interconnected programs.
Fostering democracy through teaching
Discussing the benefits and pitfalls surrounding the current state of community engagement, and how astute and enthusiastic Bloustein students are becoming democratically capable citizens committed to figuring out how to make the world a better place.
Community service, teaching, expertise: A conversation with Henry Coleman
Professor Emeritus Henry Coleman discusses how his service to the community and connection to teaching students real-world information was a cornerstone of his career.
From Scarlet Knight to Policy Student to Trade Official
Stuart Shapiro and former Scarlet Knight punter Chris Gough MPP ’18 reflect on his time as a policy student and how his work at ITA is making a difference.
News
Akira Drake Rodriguez (PhD ’14) and Benjamin Teresa (PhD ’15) Win UAA Best Paper Awards
Akira Drake Rodriguez (University of Pennsylvania) has been selected to receive the 2026 Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Award for her paper “Reparative-advocacy planning to address racialized inequities in public school facilities”. This...
Baraka, ex-gubernatorial candidate, seeks 4th term as mayor of N.J.’s largest city
To professional election observers, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s bid for a fourth term leading New Jersey’s largest city is a given. “Wait, there is an election in Newark?” joked Matthew Hale of Seton Hall University’s political science department. “I am kidding. But...
NJ activist sees fruits of her labor — many primary rivals
Before seeking a seat in Congress in this year’s 12th Congressional District race in central New Jersey, Sue Altman helped lead the legal fight that ended the “county line,’’ an archaic balloting system that discouraged outsiders and reformers from running in...
After two years of struggle, lawmakers are poised to rewrite – and scale back – Colorado’s AI regulations Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article315707496.html#storylink=cpy
After two years of task forces, collapsed deals, attempted overhauls and an Elon Musk lawsuit, Colorado lawmakers are finally poised to rewrite - and scale back - the state's beleaguered artificial intelligence regulations. The latest legislation, in contrast to those...
NJ Homeowner Property Tax Guide: 2026 Update
Essex County homeowners were the most heavily taxed residents in New Jersey last year, state data shows. ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — When you live in the county with New Jersey’s highest property taxes, it’s always a good time to brush up on the basics. The Essex County-based...