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Alumni Spotlight: Dean’s Medal of Merit honoree Steven Allard MCRP ’79
Steve Allard’s career and personal successes led to his selection as the Bloustein School Dean’s Medal of Merit, the school’s highest honor. It recognizes lifetime achievement in an honorees’ chosen field as well as exceptional service to the school and to the community at large.
Research – Crowley publishes “Challenging gendered power: How sexual harassment perpetrators respond to victim confrontation”
A recent article written by Dr. Jocelyn Elise Crowley dispels a significant sexual harassment myth that victims working within the fashion industry culture are able to stop perpetrators simply by speaking up and/or fighting back.
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: More than Making the Trains Run on Time–A Bloustein Alumna at Amtrak
Urban planning alum Gretchen Minneman Kostura MCRP ’07 talks about her journey from a student focused on community development to her professional work in transportation, currently working for the CEO and President of Amtrak.
Inflation in NJ Still High but Slowing – What it Means for You
The Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates again Wednesday, which means the cost of borrowing money for home mortgages and credit cards is about to go even higher, but there is good news on the inflation front. According to Rutgers University economist...
Four Ways To Build A Better Automated Enforcement Program
Decades of evidence that technology like speed cameras reliably reduces car crashes on the corridors where they're sited — not to mention their potential to reduce dangerous encounters between BIPOC and human officers — but automated enforcement...
Bloustein School mourns the passing of long-time school donor and friend, Ruth Candeub
At the Bloustein School, Ruth established a Memorial Lecture and an Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Planning in memory of her husband, Isadore, a world-renowned planning consultant.
NJSPL: Smart OCR – Advancing the Use of Artificial Intelligence with Open Data
NJSPL has teamed up with the RUCI Lab to work on an adaptive digit recognizer mechanism which can better predict and “read” the digits written by a user.
Strauss-Weider – Evolving with Rapidly Shifting Supply Chains and Freight Systems
Anne Strauss-Weider reviews the evolution of the demands placed on and the services provided by the freight system over the last several decades, as well as the crucial roles that the public sector and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) have played.
NJSPL: New Brief – A Supply-Demand Model Informs Childcare Market Deficits in New Jersey
This brief estimates the supply and demand for center-based childcare in New Jersey, highlighting the needs of low-income families and workers with nontraditional schedules.
Rajisha Shah MHA ’23 is recipient of McGaw Scholarship
Currently in her second year with the Rutgers MHA program, Rajisha Shah is interning in a business development capacity at XN Health.
Court decisions allowing public bidders in N.J. to use PO boxes alarm advocates
A little-noticed court decision last month will give companies more leeway as to which addresses they list when bidding for local government public contracts in New Jersey. The Appellate Division decision — which allowed a paving company to list its owners ’post...
NJSPL – ‘Tis the Season: An Inflationary Lamentation
The latest NJPL blog discusses the rising change in holiday-related costs this year, including groceries and presents. Many are relying more heavily on credit cards to make purchases.