“Newark has its assets, and I think it’s really taking advantage of them,” said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. But, he said, addressing crime in the city of 278,000 people is “a precondition” to building up its residential base.
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce that Anita Franzione, Full Professor of Teaching, is the 2026 recipient of the Jerome G. Rose Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is presented annually to a full-time faculty member committed to quality teaching,...
"Cycling is healthy.” This simple mantra guides the lifestyle and academic work of East Coast Greenway Alliance Advisory Board member, professor and author John Pucher, who — at age 75 — is a regular rider of the East Coast Greenway in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pucher,...
Resist, Remedy, or Retaliate? Perpetrators’ Responses to Sexual Violence Confrontation by Women Ridesharing Drivers Abstract One area where sexual abuse has been understudied is among women ridesharing drivers in the United States, where they commonly face what is...
As we finish creating digital representations, or features, of historical water bodies for our project to create a dataset of historical water bodies in New Jersey, we begin exploring how these water bodies have changed over time. In GIS, the process of quantifying...
The Bloustein School is proud to join the Constructive Dialogue Scaling Initiative, a national program bringing together leading schools of public service to embed constructive dialogue deeply and durably across their institutions. At a moment when open dialogue feels...