Event Series DEIB

Queerly Disabled Panel Discussion: Policy, Pride, and Possibility – Queer and Disabled Voices in Advocacy

Virtual

Join Garden State Equality and the Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy for a student-moderated panel with some of New Jersey's leading queer and disabled professionals. This community event will focus on lived experiences and the future direction of policymaking at the intersection of disability and LGBTQIA+ rights. Open to all, this VIRTUAL discussion […]

Event Series DEIB

Queerly Disabled Student Workshop: Intersections of Identity – Exploring the Overlapping Needs of Queer and Disabled Communities

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

Join Garden State Equality and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in examining the intersection of disability policy and LGBTQIA+ advocacy in New Jersey. This workshop for students will focus on the shared identities and needs of queer and disabled communities. Through a comprehensive presentation, interactive exercise, and open discussion, participants […]

Event Series Bloustein Memorial Lecture

Fostering Health Equity by Creating Equitable Housing: An Anchor Institution’s Journey

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

Presented by Kenneth Morris, Jr., MHA, MA Vice President, External Affairs, St. Joseph’s Health View Video Here Supportive housing is a groundbreaking concept that combines affordable housing with essential services to provide stability, autonomy, and dignity to people grappling with complex challenges. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Hospital Partnership Subsidy Pilot Program revolutionized […]

Re-envisioning Places: Designing Neighborhood Character, Scale, & Forms

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

Urban Design Lecture Series at the Edward J Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Existing communities are increasingly concerned with how new infill development impacts the form, scale, and character of established neighborhoods. This lecture features case studies of how urban design techniques, strategies and methods have been successfully used to “shape” infill projects, […]

Event Series Informatics

Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Influence of AI in Public Administration: The Finnish Experience

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

Presented by Jari Stenvall Professor of Administrative Sciences, Tampere University, Finland Artificial intelligence has meant a revolution in public administration and services. On the other hand, there have been recent discussions suggesting that generative AI in particular will remain mainly a tool for individual employees. The key to the use of AI is not only […]

Event Series DEIB

Disability on the Frontline of Climate Change

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

People with disabilities face new threats from climate change driven disasters. They are more likely to lose assistive devices or medication, become disconnected from support networks and be left behind during an emergency. Coastal South Asia's disability community is at particular risk as global warming contributes to sea level rise, more intense storms, heat waves […]

Undergraduate Research Discovery Session: Public Health and Public Policy

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

Dr. Jane Miller will present information about the Bloustein Honors Research Program (BHRP) and independent study options available.  Dr. Liz Cooner, Director of the NJ State Policy Lab, will be joining the session as a presenter to discuss research opportunities and the summer internship program at the lab.

Bloustein Honors Research Program Oral Thesis Defense

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

The members of the 2023-24 Bloustein Honors Research Program cohort will be presenting their individual research projects in two formats.

Korea Development Institute Policy Paper Presentations

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

All members of the Bloustein community are invited to the final presentation of policy papers by our Korea Development Institute students. Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome to attend.  Light refreshments will be served.

Bloustein Honors Research Program Poster Session

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

The members of the 2023-24 Bloustein Honors Research Program cohort will be presenting their individual research projects in two formats.

CAWP’s Annual Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women’s Political Leadership with U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler

Ludwig Global Village Living Learning Center 9 Suydam Street, New Brunswick, United States

The Power of Black Women's Leadership in Politics U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler Appointed to the United States Senate by California Governor Gavin Newsome, Senator Laphonza Butler has spent her career championing fairness and justice. For nearly two decades, she was an organizer and leader in the labor movement. At just 30 years old Senator Butler […]

Freights and Ports Capstone Presentations 2

Virtual

All are invited to attend the capstone presentations to be given by graduate students in the Urban Planning: Freights and Ports course.  There will be two sessions: Monday, April 15, and Monday, April 22, both from 6-9 pm. A complete list of presenters and times for each session are included below, as well as in […]

Evaluating sectoral decarbonization pathways for India’s net-zero ambitions

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

You are invited to join Professor Mike Lahr for a guest speaker presentation by Professor Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (she/her/elle), McGill University, Montreal, CANADA Associated reading: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667095X22000113 PAPER ABSTRACT: In the first of its kind, this study evaluates the socio-economic impacts of two ambitious decarbonization pathways for India (i) aligned with India's Nationally Determined Commitments (NDC) negotiated through the […]

Freights and Ports Capstone Presentations 1

Virtual

All are invited to attend the capstone presentations to be given by graduate students in the Urban Planning: Freights and Ports course.  There will be two sessions: Monday, April 15, and Monday, April 22, both from 6-9 pm. A complete list of presenters and times for each session are included below, as well as in […]