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2022: 4/28 Inaugural Spring Symposium and Healthcare Workshop: COVID-19 and Healthcare Resilience: Past, Present and Future
4/28 Inaugural Spring Symposium and Healthcare Workshop: COVID-19 and Healthcare Resilience: Past, Present and Future visit event page with panel recordings As we move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic the spotlight has shifted away from crisis response. Having...
Heldrich Center’s Liana Volpe discusses Stress Awareness
Liana discusses the history of Stress Awareness Month, the ways the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Americans’ stress levels, whether all stress is bad, some useful stress management techniques, and ways that employers can help their staff deal with stress.
Sen. Bob Menendez to discuss current U.S. foreign policy at 2022 Florio Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture
The event will be held in person ONLY. There will be no live stream or recording. The event is open to Rutgers University faculty, staff and students only. Rutgers ID must be presented.
Why N.J. needs to establish public health institute (as 33 other states already have)
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught us anything, it’s that there’s no such thing as being too prepared. We fell well short of being ready to confront the public health emergency, but investment in public health also has long been inadequate for dealing with challenges...
New Jersey State Policy Lab: U.S. Census Bureau Classification of Arab Populations
Ethnic identity can be a complex topic, and one that is challenging to adequately capture in national surveys. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are ethnically diverse and comprised of various Arab and non-Arab groups.
Research: Adaptive cognitive fit: Artificial intelligence augmented management of information facets and representations
Artificially intelligent technologies that can adapt information representations to overcome cognitive limitations are necessary for complex information environments.
Preparing to Design Robots for Social Contexts
by Clint Andrews for IEEE.org Educational programs in robotics have focused mostly on developing science, technology, engineering, and math skills, with recent extensions into the arts [1]. This focus has been entirely appropriate, until recently. Successful...
Research Day 2022
The Bloustein School held the first Research Day on April 8, with faculty and staff giving five-minute Lightning Talks about their research.
Bloustein School, ACHE-NJ Inaugural Healthcare Symposium, Bios
Having challenged New Jersey’s health and medical systems’ capacity to prepare and respond, we must now focus on current and future needs and recommendations on how to best strengthen those health systems.
The Pros and Cons of Cybersecurity Insurance for Municipalities
In case of a breach, such coverage can be a critical backstop. Cybersecurity insurance “can provide financial, technical and legal resources in response to somebody getting into an agency’s system, shutting it down, stealing data or doing other things that could...
Rutgers study shows decreased hospitalizations for diabetes patients associated with telementoring program
The model for Project ECHO is based on the “all teach, all learn” model, which encourages participants to engage in thoughtful discussions, unlike traditional medical education, Bridgeman said. This ensures that local community providers have the necessary knowledge...
New Jersey’s Temperatures Rise by 4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Twice the Global Average Since 1900
State of the Climate: New Jersey 2021 is an annual overview for state and local decision-makers, hazard planning and climate resilience professionals and residents that summarizes the current scientific information on climate trends and projections to help prepare for future impacts.