Historic Preservation and Development Walking Tour: East Jersey Old Town Village and Cornelius Low House

East Jersey Old Towne 1050 River Road, Piscataway, United States

RSVP HERE Members of the Bloustein School community and their friends, significant others, spouses, parents/grandparents, and children are invited to a historic preservation and development walking tour in Piscataway, NJ at East Jersey Old Town Village and Cornelius Low House on Sunday, March 3, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until approximately 3:15 p.m. Participants must provide […]

Lunch and Learn: Health and Housing Equity Cluster

Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Rutgers Housing & Health Equity Cluster would like to invite you to join us for an in-person lunch and learn. All are welcome to bring lunch and eat during the event. The purpose of this event is to introduce attendees to the current activities of the Housing & Health Equity Cluster, invite attendees to participate […]

Event Series DEIB

Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–Bringing Dignity to Divided Times

Rutgers Health, Clinical Academic Building 125 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, United States

Dr. Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the former Deputy Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR). She facilitated dialogues in numerous unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Libya and Syria. She was a consultant to the BBC […]

Leveraging Data-Driven Methods and Time-of-Use Data to Evaluate Urban Decarbonization Policies and Streamline Building Energy Audits

CoRE-101 96 Frelinghuysen Rd,, Piscataway, United States

Presented by Dr. Abigail Andrews, Post-Doctoral Associate and NJ BPU Energy Fellow in Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy's Center for Urban Policy Research.  Identifying opportunities to minimize energy use and carbon emissions of buildings is important for urban decarbonization. However, doing so often necessitates a capital-intensie building energy audit that requires […]

Defending Democracy: The Fight for a Floor Beneath Which No Person Should Fall

Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

The Gov. James J. Florio Visiting Scholar in Public Policy Lecture In partnership with the offices of Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt, & Fader LLC, in 2015 the Bloustein School recognized Gov. Florio’s public service career through the endowment of a high-level visiting scholar. The annual Governor James J. Florio Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Public Policy will […]

The New Jersey Safety and Health Outcome (NJ-SHO) Data Warehouse

Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a Senior Scientist and Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She is an injury epidemiologist by training and her research […]

The Street Project Film Screening and Discussion

Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

“The Street Project” is a film about humanity’s relationship to the streets and global and national efforts to make communities safer.

Bridging the Gap Between Researchers & Government Agencies

Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Local governments of all sizes are facing increasing threats to their fiscal and economic health, community well-being, and environmental resources. These agencies often will work with researchers to determine how best to address these challenges. This panel, hosted by the New Jersey State Policy Lab, will include presentations from Elizabeth Bell, Assistant Professor at the […]

Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life–Mystical Zionism’s Surprising Origins: Rav Kook’s Early Decades

Virtual

Presented by Yehudah Mirsky, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University Rav (Rabbi) Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the Land of Israel, an important theologian, a foundational thinker of religious Zionism, and the Zionist movement's most influential and controversial rabbinic advocate. Prof. Yehuda Mirsky (Brandeis University) will examine […]

Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Automated Service Delivery

Heldrich Center Roosevelt-Perkins Room (second floor) 30 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, United States

Join the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development for a brownbag lunch presentation by Dr. Gregory Porumbescu, Associate Professor at the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration and a faculty affiliate at the Heldrich Center. Dr. Porumbescu will present on the topic, "Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Automated Service Delivery." […]

Event Series DEIB

Navigating Tensions, Affirming Community–What Does Community Mean in a Polarized Society?

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Kazu Haga is the Co-Director of the Embodiment Project and one of the most experienced trainers in Kingian Nonviolence, a philosophy that comes out of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A leading voice nationally in various approaches to nonviolence, organizing and restorative justice, he works to empower incarcerated communities, youth and activists to […]

Event Series Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture

Parking Fight! The Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture in Land Use Law and Affordable Housing

Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Presented by Henry Grabar, Journalist and Loeb Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Design In the 2023 Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture in Land Use Law and Affordable Housing, journalist Henry Grabar argues that the pursuit of a perfect parking space is the prime mover of local politics, contemporary architecture, and urban design. He presents his […]

HERLAND: Envisioning Feminist Cities Workshop

Alexander Library 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, United States

Celia Hansen, a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and Leadership Scholar at the Institute for Women’s Leadership will host a feminist urban planning workshop at the Hatchery at the Alexander Library. During the workshop, participants will learn about feminist theory in the built environment and will assemble their own “feminist city” in diorama-style activity. […]