civic engagement - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy

Heldrich Center, Federal Reserve Bank collaborate to address education, workforce development polices in edited book, October 2014 conference

May 28, 2014

Dr. Carl Van Horn, the founding director of the John H. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and a visiting Non-Resident Scholar with the Federal Reserve Bank for the 2013-14 academic year, was recently promoted to the position of Distinguished Professor at the...

Students gain intellectual, professional, and personal opportunities from senior projects

May 2, 2014

Each fall, Bloustein School professor Frank Popper leads a senior seminar class for planning and public policy (PPP) majors at the Bloustein School. “The main goal of the course,” said Dr. Popper “Is for a student to engage his or her imagination to produce original...

Free one-on-one travel training for persons with brain injury offered by NJTIP@Rutgers

April 25, 2014

NJTIP @ Rutgers is offering a FREE opportunity for one-on-one personalized travel training for persons with brain injury living in central NJ who want to access job destinations (paid or volunteer). We are actively recruiting participants now, so if interested contact...

Andrews, Greenberg reappointed to NJDEP Science Advisory Board

April 16, 2014

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Science recently announced that professor Clinton J. Andrews was reappointed to a three-year term to the NJDEP’s Science Advisory Board, and professor Michael R. Greenberg was reappointed to the Public...

Rutgers launches New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative

April 15, 2014

Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein of Planning and Public Policy, in collaboration Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, has announced the launch of theNew Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC), a partnership dedicated to promoting the integration of...

Sen.Cory Booker to host forum for women small business owners at EJB, April 11

April 1, 2014

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) will host a forum for women small business owners on at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy on Friday, April 11 to highlight federal resources available to help entrepreneurs and to discuss solutions for common...

Bloustein School, Bildner Center to host lecture detailing Jewish art and the struggle between tradition and modernity

March 22, 2014

The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy will present the second Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, “Jewish Art and the Struggle of Tradition in...

EJB graduate policy students participate in Hult Prize regional competition

March 18, 2014

A team of graduate public policy students from the Bloustein School recently competed in the regional finals of the 5th annual Hult Prize in Boston on March 7-8, 2014. The world’s largest student competition and start-up platform for social good, the competition...

EJB to host 2014 NCADD Policy Forum, “Marijuana: A Complicated Issue. Let’s Talk,” March 25

March 14, 2014

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) of Middlesex County and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy will co-sponsor the 2014 NCADD Legislative Event Annual Policy Forum, “Marijuana: A Complicated Issue. Let’s Talk” on...

Rutgers study seeks public input on post-Sandy rebuilding efforts

March 7, 2014

The Edward J. Bloustein of Planning and Public Policyat Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is conducting an online survey of visual preferences regarding rebuilding following Superstorm Sandy. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about the...