Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
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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.
New Report: Public Health Observations and Attitudes in New Jersey
New Jersey ranks 31st in the nation in state funding for public health and 51st in grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Jersey Climate Change Alliance announces statewide Organic Material Management Plan
Recognizing the importance of the New Jersey Food Waste Recycling Law, the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance Organics Workgroup was created with a common goal of outlining a statewide “Sustainable Organic Material Management Plan” (SOMMP) for New Jersey.
Three Bloustein School students selected as Presidential Management Fellows finalists
Three Master of City and Regional Planning students from the Bloustein School – Channing Bickford, Julene Paul, and Ai Yamanaka – have been named Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) finalists by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The Presidential Management...
Update to New Jersey's Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
Researchers at the Rutgers Climate Institute and the Bloustein School have issued updates to New Jersey's estimated total greenhouse gas emissions as reported in New Jersey's Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, last issued in 2012 for year 2009. This update,...
EJB researchers create new climate change mapping website for New Jersey
NJADAPT.org, a new climate change mapping website for New Jersey, was launched this week. The project was spearheaded by EJB's Environmental Analysis and Communications Group. Jeanne Herb, associate director of the Rutgers Environmental Analysis and Communications...
McKenna, Watson are recipients of new Gallagher Family Fellowship
Rutgers Universlty’s New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance is pleased to announce the establishment of the James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship and recognize the first recipients of the fellowship. The new fellowship will allow graduate students from Rutgers...
Greenberg discusses environmental impacts of Keystone XL pipeline
Bloustein professor Michael R. Greenberg, author of The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations: Managing Environmental Power, was interviewed by Scientific American recently about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which forces agencies to...
Rutgers study finds after Hurricane Sandy, NJ residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
New Jersey residents who were surveyed four months after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States in October 2012 expressed strong support for government policies to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes, according to a...
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Bloustein DEIB Committee Holiday Toy Drive
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Bloustein School Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee invites you to participate in a Holiday Toy Drive benefitting the Harmony Family Success Center. Donate new, unwrapped toys for kids […]
2024 Rutgers Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update Virtual Conference
VirtualThe 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 […]
Virtual Career Drop-ins
VirtualStop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning September 9th through December 16th between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein […]
Bloustein Librarian Open Office Hours
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesHave a research or library question you need assistance with? Visit Open Office Hours with Bloustein Librarian Julia Maxwell. Every Monday from 12:00 - 1:00 pm unless otherwise noted. Can't […]
