Webinar: Then and Now

Virtual

Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are invited to join authors Nyerere Hodge, Stuart Andreason, Ph.D., and Carl Van Horn, Ph.D., as they discuss their analysis of the 21st century labor market featured in the three-part series Then and Now. The webinar was held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (ET). It covered measures of economic […]

Public Policy Listening Session

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

The Public Policy Listening Session is an open and informal forum discussion for students to provide feedback, offer suggestions, and hear the most up to date news about the program. Hosted by Julia Sass Rubin, Public Policy Program Director; Iman Basit, VP of Public Policy Program for Bloustein Graduate Student Association; Courtney Culler, Associate Director […]

A Talk with Dr. Brian Bridges, NJ Secretary of Higher Education

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

The New Jersey State Policy Lab will be hosting a talk and Q&A with Dr. Brian Bridges, the Secretary of Higher Education for the state of New Jersey. During this event, Dr. Bridges will discuss trends in higher education's affordability, accessibility, and attainment in the Garden State, as well as challenges confronting assorted stakeholders. The event […]

TOD in Your Downtown Forum — Affordable Housing + TOD: Obligations and Opportunities

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

This event, hosted by NJTOD, Downtown New Jersey, and NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Friendly Planning (TFP) Program will bring together experts from public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to share their experiences with affordable housing in downtowns across New Jersey. Affordable housing is not only a legal obligation in New Jersey but also vital […]

Rutgers Real Estate Club/Corenet Global Networking Event

Rutgers Business School 100 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, United States

The Rutgers Real Estate Club invites Bloustein School students to attend an exciting networking event on Tuesday, February 4 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers Business School. Executives from Corenet Global will be on campus to speak about architecture, real estate, and more. After the talk, students will have the opportunity to talk to the speakers one-on-one and make industry-level connections. […]

Geography Speaker Series: The Map in the Machine: Charting the Spatial Architecture of Digital Capitalism

Tillett Hall 50 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway, United States

Digital technologies have changed how we shop, work, play, and communicate, reshaping our societies and economies. To understand digital capitalism, we need to grasp how advances in geospatial technologies underpin the construction, operation, and refinement of markets for digital goods and services. In this talk, based on his recent book, The Map in the Machine, […]

Basic Quantitative Methods Placement Exam

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

The placement exam is only for those who wish to waive the BQM requirement because they have a strong statistics background.  If you plan to take the BQM course, you do not need to take the placement exam. To register: Email Shiyu Ma at sm2758 scarletmail.rutgers.edu by 5pm on January 15, 2025. This closed-book exam […]

2024 Rutgers Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Virtual Conference

Virtual

The Rutgers Business School, in collaboration with the Bloustein Local Government Research Center, will hold its Annual Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Conference virtually this year on Thursday, December 5.  This conference aims to bring leaders in public financial management together to address the most pressing financial and public policy issues and provide an update on current […]

Walking Tour of The Park, Berkeley Heights, NJ

The Park 200 Connell Drive, Berkeley Heights, United States

Join us for a tour of Round Table Studios and the first ever Work Resort in the United States. Situated on a 185-acre campus in Berkeley Heights, NJ, the Connell Family has invested over $500 million in the first-of-its-kind, innovative resort environment in the United States for working, living, relaxing, and dining. Round Table Studios and […]

Meck Memorial Lecture–Not the Master’s Tools: 5,000 years of Money, Credit, and Community Banking

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

Presented by Oscar Perry Abello Senior Economics Correspondent, Next City While the laws, regulations, and structure of banking greatly influence land use, urban planning and housing, banking itself is poorly understood—even by many who work in banking. Looking around today, it may seem like big banks have always lorded over the economy, but in reality, […]