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Cybercriminals Step Up Attacks on Health Care Payment Processors
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in September warned that it has received multiple reports of cybercriminals increasingly targeting health care payment processors to redirect payments to themselves. Typically, this involves a cybercriminal obtaining...
NJSPL: Digital Literacy, Telehealth Equity, and Healthcare Access are Interrelated: Here is How
The latest NJPL blog addresses how digital literacy, one of the three barriers contributing to a digital divide, disproportionately impacts access to telemedicine for older people, people of color, and people with low socio-economic status.
Andrea Hetling Joins Provost Leadership Research Fellowship
Professor Andrea Hetling has been selected to join the Provost Leadership Research Fellowship at the Chancellor-Provost Office for the Spring ’23 and Fall ’23 terms.
APPAM presentation on SNAP Administrative Burdens by Walsh, Hetling, Porumbescu, and Trehan
Today’s NJSPL blog features a presentation by Stephanie Walsh, Dr. Gregory Porumbescu, Dr. Andrea Hetling, and Vishal Trehan presented at the Fall 22 APPAM conference on SNAP administrative burdens.
New NJSPL Report: Perceptions of Financial Aid Options in Newark, NJ
In this qualitative study, a research team from NCLC and the Joseph C. Cornwall Center explores the implementation and impact of the Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) and Garden State Guarantee (GSG) in NJ.
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: Healthcare Communicator – Performing a Vital Function
As the Director of Business Development and Marketing at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, NJ, Moses Salami EJB (Public Health) ’11 describes his path into the health administration and marketing fields and offered guidance and advice for current students and alumni.
Research: Wolff Co-Authors Study on the Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization
A recent article co-authored by Nancy Wolff is the first systematic review of the prevalence of prison-based physical and sexual victimization that includes a sufficient number of samples to perform data synthesis, meta-analyses, and a quantitative assessment of sources of heterogeneity between studies.
American Dream mall gets construction lender lifeline
Triple Five, owner of the American Dream mall in New Jersey, has struck a deal with a group of creditors led by JP Morgan that grants the developer a four-year extension on overdue construction debt. The loan extension gives Triple Five some much-needed breathing room...
Alumni Spotlight: Rising Star awardee Arielle Woronoff MPP ’09
Arielle Woronoff started her college career at Rutgers thinking she wanted to become a lawyer but came to realize that most people don’t need a good lawyer but rather, they need better laws. She came to the Bloustein School to learn how to make equitable, effective, and efficient policy for positive impacts.
N.J.’s population center still tilts north. This town considers it a badge of honor.
The center of population shows where Americans are moving and migrating. As people move, the center of population shifts, James Hughes professor at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, which is neighboring New Brunswick. Hughes added that he’s not...
Assessing Inequities in Shore Communities – Who Stays and Who Leaves?
“New Jersey is trying to be forward-looking with their climate adaptation planning, but more work needs to be done on how we implement social justice in the distribution of federal resources for hazard mitigation and resiliency...
NJSPL – Heat or Eat? LIHEAP and Its Implications for New Jersey
LIHEAP is a federal block grant program that assists low-income families with the cost of paying their utility bills. Josephine O’Grady reviews the purpose of the program, and how these federal funds can better improve the lives of low-income families in New Jersey.