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Mini-grants awarded to advance research, education focused on Raritan Basin

July 17, 2019

The Rutgers Raritan River Consortium (R3C) has awarded ten mini-grants to support research by Rutgers faculty, staff and post-doctoral researchers on Raritan River, basin and bay resource issues. Rutgers faculty, staff and post-doctoral researchers (with faculty...

TOD Guidelines for New Orleans RTA

July 16, 2019

Presentation APA Showcase Program The Bloustein School studio team, in partnership with the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA), developed transit-oriented community (TOC) guidelines specific to the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. The guidelines serve as a...

Placemaking in Highland Park

July 12, 2019

Presentation Report Placemaking in Highland Park: Making Connections between Place, Health, Equity, and Economy In this spring 2019 studio, 12 MCRP students explored how to actively engage community stakeholders in the placemaking process to create economic vitality...

Nine Bloustein School student-athletes recognized as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

July 11, 2019

A school-record 87 Rutgers University student-athletes were recognized by the Big Ten Conference as 2018-19 Distinguished Scholars on Tuesday, July 9. Twenty Scarlet Knights with perfect 4.0 GPAs in 2018-19 and 34 repeat selections highlighted the list of...

Bloustein student team wins Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition award

July 2, 2019

A three-member team of graduate urban planning students from the Bloustein School tied for first place in the annual Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs in the Airport Management and Planning Challenge...

Champions of Raritan River recognized at 11th Annual Raritan River Conference

July 1, 2019

Five individuals and one organization received Sustainable Raritan River Awards at the 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 7, 2019. The annual awards recognize outstanding achievement in efforts to revitalize, restore and...

Bloustein School seeks applications for tenure-track assistant professor in Master of Public Informatics program

June 24, 2019

How Two Unrelated Hospital Measures Have Stalled in Trenton

June 24, 2019

Lawmakers in Trenton were scheduled to act on several hundred legislative items Thursday, but two controversial healthcare bills not on that agenda attracted outsized attention from hospital leaders and patient advocates. The measures have no apparent policy basis in...

Here’s how to save New Jersey from the rising tide

June 23, 2019

By Marjorie Kaplan, Lisa Auermuller and Jeanne Herb As we approach the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we are asked – as we have been every autumn since 2012 -- “Are we better prepared for the next Sandy?” Our answer: In some places and with respect to some...

A new Senate bill would fundamentally change the internet as we know it

June 21, 2019

Overall, the legislation doesn’t do much to fix many of the largest problems with social media. Holding big companies liable for individual posts or making them stick to a nonpartisan standard does little to solve issues around privacy or targeted marketing using your...

Lina Maria Alfonso '15, MHA '20 is recipient of national ACHE, ACHENJ scholarships

June 20, 2019

Lina Maria Alfonso '15 (MHA '20) has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 American College of Healthcare Executives Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarship and the American College of Healthcare Executives New Jersey Chapter (ACHENJ) Scholarship. ACHE is a...