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After midterms, the return of the ‘pen and phone’
Interim Dean Stuart Shaprio assesses the post-midterm strategy of the White House in this opinion post from The Hill. "So — presidents then turn to the other tools in their arsenal, specifically — as President Obama famously declared — the “pen and the phone.” In...
EJB Talks Alumni Spotlight: Making a Difference at Microsoft
For this EJBTalks episode, Simon Liepold MPAP ’05 talks to Stuart Shapiro about his role at Microsoft, describing his efforts in implementing important global topics such as sustainability, privacy, and cybersecurity.
The Shadow of Childhood Harm Behind Prison Walls: Theory, Evidence, and Treatment, by Professor Nancy Wolff
With authority and rigor, Wolff uses ethics, law, science, and compassion, to call out the anti-humanism roots underpinning the (un)intelligent design of the current correctional system and rings in a new way of intelligently designing and maintaining a just, fair, and person-centered system of asylum of and for humanity.
Katharine Nelson PhD ’22 awarded 2022 APPAM PhD Dissertation Award
Katharine (Katie) Nelson, Ph.D. is the recipient of the 2022 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) PhD Dissertation Award.
New Heldrich Report Examines Seeking Work in Southern New Jersey
The report adds to the body of evidence around the challenges and opportunities employers and job seekers in the region face.
New EAC Grant Will Help Find Worldwide “Bright Spots” that Influence PSE Change
EAC’s Executive Director Jeanne Herb and Tisha Holmes of Florida State University embarked on a project funded by the Global Ideas for U.S. Solutions Team at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
Listen for a loud classroom to find the most-engaged students
It’s natural for educators to worry that the edtech tools I bring will ratchet up the volume — and that administrators and other teachers may perceive that as lax classroom management. But many educators understand that the volume increases when students are...
NJSPL – The Fallacy of Data Aggregation and Asian Americans in Research
In the U.S., Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group, but aggregation of data presenting all Asian subgroups as a monolith can lead to errors in the interpretations of the findings.
Alumni Spotlight: Rising Star awardee Brandon McKoy, MCRP ’13
Sometimes calling himself “the weird kid who arrived in the spring semester” to begin his journey as a Bloustein School planning student, Brandon McKoy has received numerous recognitions including being named as a 40 under 40 top millennial leader as well as a top leader of color in New Jersey.
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Knowledge Graphs in Natural Language Processing: Overcome Domain Adaptation Challenges in Language Models
This event was hosted by the PISG, the MPI program and the Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab, the Bloustein Student Services and BGSA in collaboration with our partners at Rutgers University and our external collaborators. Event presented by Vivek...
Next Red Bank mayor excited to drop party labels
RED BANK - The borough has just joined a list of municipalities that have dropped party labels. And that's a good thing, according to the incoming mayor. Dr. Julia Sass-Rubin, a professor with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers,...
Now Hiring! Post-doctoral Associate at the New Jersey State Policy Lab
This is a 2-3 year position. The candidate will produce blogs, policy briefs, and policy reports. The position will be in-person at either the New Brunswick or Newark campus. Twenty percent of the time allotted for personal research.



