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The love story of two Irish immigrants is a lesson on America | Opinion
This is a sad story with a happy ending. It is a story of a young Irish girl who came to America — under a cloud of suspicion to some, but a savior to her family. She came in steerage, sick to her stomach. It is also a story of a young Irish lad who was placed...
Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair
Academics, students and activists met to discuss the CROWN Act and the discrimination that Black women and men encounter because of their hair.
Commentary: Learning democracy: We need civic education in schools and colleges
New Jersey is on a path to mandate civic education, with pending legislation that directs all boards of education to provide study in civics in the state’s middle schools. This initiative comes as part of a push, nationally, by politicians, teachers,...
Faculty Profile: Will Payne
Dr. Payne sought to combine data and digital mapping to examine the downstream effects of upscale consumption space on urban life and housing markets.
NextDoor Promised Changes To Make Its App Less Discriminatory. Has The App’s Culture Improved?
NextDoor, the neighborhood app that is intended to operate like a coffee shop bulletin, has fostered a community that can occasionally be less than neighborly. User complaints began to surface surrounding the nationwide George Floyd protests last summer that content...
Best Practices: Helping Frontline Employees Transition to Frontline Supervisors
For nearly 30 years, the National Transit Institute (NTI) has served as the training and education arm of the transit industry and has delivered 7,000 courses and training events to 200,000 transit professionals. NTI courses and training programs focus on Federal...
Art practice and urban planning as a tool for social transformation
The participants explored the essentiality of bringing the disciplines together for the betterment and transformation of oppressed communities and their spaces.
President Holloway to present lecture: Racial Memory, Woodrow Wilson, and the Making of the Nation
President Holloway’s scholarly work specializes in post-emancipation U.S. history with a focus on social and intellectual history.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine recently released a report, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Bloustein School Professor and Heldrich Center Senior Faculty Fellow Hal Salzman...
Strategically Virtual: A review of New Jersey public libraries’ virtual services
Researchers looked at NJ public library websites and how they have pivoted to virtual services, particularly focusing on the unemployment resources available.
Frequently Asked Questions regarding the New Jersey Science and Technical Advisory Panel study
In 2019 the NJDEP engaged Rutgers to conduct new consultations with panels of scientists and practitioners to update its 2016 work to reflect the most recent climate science.
Faculty Profile: Wenwen Zhang
Dr. Zhang joined the Bloustein School in August 2020. Her research focuses on the social and policy impacts of emerging transportation technologies
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Bloustein Honors Research Program Oral Thesis Defense
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe members of the 2023-24 Bloustein Honors Research Program cohort will be presenting their individual research projects in two formats.
Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health Commencement 2024
SHI StadiumJoin us for the 258th Anniversary Commencement at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at SHI Stadium, starting at 10 a.m. President Jonathan Holloway will preside over […]
Bloustein School Convocation
Jersey Mike's Arena 83 Rockefeller Road, Piscataway, NJ, United StatesThe formal BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL CONVOCATION ceremony will recognize each graduate individually with pomp and circumstance. Students will cross the stage and have their names read as they are recognized. Seating is general […]