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Katharine Nelson PhD ’22 awarded 2022 APPAM PhD Dissertation Award

November 16, 2022

Katharine (Katie) Nelson, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2022 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) PhD Dissertation Award.

Equity implications of electric bikesharing in Philadelphia

July 7, 2022

Recent PhD grad Or Caspi examines how the integration of e-bikes influenced Indego’s usage in disadvantaged areas. In these regions, the users use shared e-bikes for commute, leisure, and other utilitarian purposes, while in the rest of the city, users use e-bikes...

Philadelphia’s Pre-K program, funded by Beverage Tax, helps the city’s children, families, and economy

September 22, 2021

The release of the study comes in the context of a larger national debate about increasing public funding for child care and pre-K programs.

Former Pa. Governor Edward Rendell to discuss state of America's infrastructure at 2017 Florio Distinguished Lecture

April 5, 2017

Former Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell (2003-11) will present the 2017 Gov. James J. Florio Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Public Policy Lecture on Monday, April 17, 4:00 p.m., at the Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33...

Slow-growing metro Philly falls to No. 7 nationally

March 24, 2016

Although residents have moved out, nearly 50,000 immigrants came to the city of Philadelphia in the same time period - and their numbers, experts said, are what counterbalance other losses, as in other Eastern cities. "What's keeping us from declining, for the most...

Bloustein students get glimpse of top-down transportation, pedestrian planning efforts in Philadelphia

October 28, 2015

In early October a group of Bloustein graduate students were given an glimpse of big city bicycle and pedestrian planning from a governmental perspective. Nine students from the Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein graduate student organization traveled to Philadelphia to...

Jane Golden, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, to present Bloustein School’s 2015 Catlin Memorial Lecture

February 10, 2015

Jane Golden, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, will present the Bloustein Schools’ 2015 Robert A. Catlin Memorial Lecture, “Rehabilitating a City Through Art: A Conversation with Jane Golden,” on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The event will begin...

BSAA Philadelphia Regional Alumni Group to host inaugural event, June 19

June 11, 2014

Bloustein School alumni, current students, and faculty and staff are cordially invited to attend the inaugural event of the Bloustein School Alumni Association Philadelphia Regional Alumni Group, which will include light refreshments, a planning talk, and and a...

Interested in learning about food-related community economic development and food security? Join our trip to Phila or NYC!

July 3, 2012

Bloustein professor Kathe Newman, the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement and the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance invite you to learn about food-related community economic development and community food security. They will be traveling to Philadelphia...