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Redesigning Public Spaces
Marius Williams Planning and Design II (Master's), Spring 2021 View Portfolio
The future of work is flexibility
If you ask labor experts what the future of work will look like, most are reluctant to commit. “The future work is uncertain,” said one. “Uh, I would say the future of work is in flux,” said another. “The future of work is not predetermined,” offered a third. That’s...
Bill & Melinda Gates’ Split Shines Light on ‘Gray Divorce’ Trend Experts Think Pandemic Fuels
News that Bill and Melinda Gates were calling it quits after nearly 30 years of marriage came as a surprise to many — but perhaps not to marriage experts, who say that so-called "gray divorce" is a trend that's been on the rise. "People are saying, 'I'm 50 years old,...
Lisa Bates explains how Portland’s communities can “take the lead” in redevelopment, renewal
Presenting the Bloustein School’s Stuart Meck Distinguished Lecture in Land Use and Affordable Housing, she stated that her goal is to move social justice from aspiration to reality.
Acknowledging the Armenian Genocide gives many in N.J. and elsewhere a chance to end the lie
President Biden did what he promised to do — unlike his predecessors — he declared that Turkey was responsible for the massacre of some 1.5 million Armenians during World War I. Biden called it what it was: Genocide. On Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day last month,...
Atlantic City, NJ: Redevelopment Plan for the South Inlet, The Lighthouse District
Ani Karabashian Planning and Design II (Master's), Spring 2021 View Portfolio Instructor: Juan Ayala
Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce Highlights Rise of Older-Age Splits
Before Covid, empty-nesters or new retirees had other activities to distract them from an unfulfilling relationship, says Susan Brown, a professor of sociology at Bowling Green State University who studies marriages and divorce. “The pandemic made them think...
NJ Transit launches public-private partnership to offer free rides to COVID-19 vaccination sites
On March 10 NJ TRANSIT announced its VAXRIDE Initiative to support New Jerseyans in their efforts to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
New Brunswick, NJ: Redevelopment of Labor Center Way
Debit Banerjee Planning and Design II (Master's), Spring 2021 View Portfolio Instructor: Juan Ayala
Diversity, equity and inclusion in the academy and in the country
Higher education, like all society, is at a crossroads with the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion but is philosophically is ahead of its time.
Kathe Newman elected to the board of Urban Affairs Association
Her research explores urban change, what it is, why it happens, and what it means and has explored gentrification, foreclosure, urban redevelopment, food security, community economic development and community participation.
How this 100-year-old agency shaped and at times disgraced the region
Great infrastructure projects — bridges and tunnels, airports, the PATH and the nation’s first container port — characterized that empire that unified the bi-state economy, but it wasn’t without political strife. “The Port Authority has been a factor in bringing the...