MCRP candidate Benson awarded APTF scholarship

August 12, 2012

Congratulations to Bloustein Master of City and Regional Planning degree candidate Mike Benson, who was recently awarded the 2012 American Public Transportation Foundation’s Jerome C. Premo Scholarship. The scholarship is for applicants dedicated to a career in public administration/public policy in the transit community. Mike will be honored at the 2012 Scholarship Awards Program in conjunction with the American Public Transport Association’s Annual Meeting in Seattle on October  1.

 

Recent Posts

Sustaining Innovation in New Jersey Climate Policy

On March 21, 2025, the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center at Rutgers University hosted a day-long conference titled “Sustaining Innovation in New Jersey Climate Policy: Past, Present and Future.” Approximately 200 New Jersey leaders came together to engage in a...

NJSPL: Examining Property Transitions in New Jersey

Who Are Corporate Landlords Acquiring Homes From? Examining Property Transitions in New Jersey New Jersey State Policy Lab, Eric Seymour In this fifth blog post on our research into corporate ownership of New Jersey’s one- to four-unit residential properties, we share...

Williams, Cantor, et al. Examine Black-White Death Inequities

Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police-Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents Abstract Policy Points Despite documented inequities in suicide trends and police-perpetrated killing for...

Geisha D. Ester Appointed Executive Director of NTI

The National Transit Institute, part of the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, has appointed Geisha D. Ester as its new Executive Director.  Ester brings more than 27 years of transit industry experience and 18 years of leadership in workforce...

The Political Machine Won’t Decide NJ’s Next Governor

County bosses were stripped of the power to rig statewide elections. Now there’s no clear favorite in a state where Republicans are rising. The outcome of New Jersey’s June 10 gubernatorial primary is anyone’s guess. With no clear front-runner, the elimination of...