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Gavin Rozzi awarded first place for New Jersey Population Density Map by NJDEP
In addition to First Place in the 3D category for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s 34th annual mapmaking contest, the map also received an Honorable Mention for Best Cartographic Design.
Naomi Uchida joins Bloustein School as Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Dr. Uchida will be at the school through July 2022. Her current research focuses on Japanese gentrification, urban revitalization, and community development.
College enrollment has declined in NJ — a blip, or a new trend?
The number of students attending college in New Jersey is down significantly compared to fall 2019, right before the coronavirus pandemic moved in. Many colleges and universities in the Garden State experienced a dip in student-body sizes in both 2020 and 2021, but...
Many cities have more robust subway camera systems than NY
As a manhunt began Tuesday morning for the person who shot 10 people in a crowded Brooklyn subway car, law enforcement quickly looked to the station cameras that they hoped had caught their suspect on tape. But they were out of luck. The surveillance cameras...
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Lowering Tax Rates on Motor Fuels: A Bad Idea That’s Gaining Momentum
In the face of budget surpluses and soaring energy prices, it would seem that consoling consumers in this manner is more than just a patriotic duty for legislators–but this is wrong in multiple ways.
Bloustein Local Government Research Center: Serving New Jersey and its Communities
A discussion of the current critical work the center is doing, includig impact of the digital economy on tax policy, the increasing risk of cybersecurity threats, and the consolidation of the multitudes of municipalities.
Soumitra Bhuyan promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Dr. Bhuyan joined the Bloustein School in 2019. His primary teaching and research interests include chronic disease management, and health information systems with an overarching emphasis on population health.
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Data Visualization with Python Jupyter Notebooks – A Hands-on Introduction
The session consisted of brief presentations, with around 100 minutes of interactive work-along demo of data visualization with Jupyter Notebooks, and ended with Q&A. Participants learned to create data visualizations and can opt to either access Rutgers...
NJ needs a Sweeney budget center at Rowan
The policy center’s advisory board, which Sweeney will chair, already includes a stellar roster of economics and fiscal policy talent, including Thomas J. Healey, senior fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and former assistant secretary of the U.S....
Commentary: America ignores history’s lessons at its peril
In The Devil’s Disciple, General John Burgoyne, when pressed by Major Swindon’s earnest plea to know how history will record what is taking place, answers: “History, sir, will tell lies as usual.” George Bernard Shaw, that talented and prolific cynic,...
Experts Give Input to Holmdel Charter Study Commission
A Phase II meeting of the township charter commission caused some residents to question whether the process of examining the community’s current form of government was truly for the benefit of the people. ********* The commission has met eight times this year,...
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Adjustments to Municipal and County Population Counts in New Jersey for 2020
According to the latest Census count, NJ’s population peaked above 9 million for the first time in 2020. Census estimates were off by a whopping 4.3 percent.