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2020: 11/17 Why is Quality of Life Falling in the US?
11/17 Why is Quality of Life Falling in the US? (recording not available) The Social Progress Index offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress, benchmarking success, and catalyzing greater human well-being. Creating a society with...
Women in healthcare panel focuses on leadership, networking, and empowering women
The Bloustein School and Seton Hall partnered with the Northern NJ Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association for an evening focused on women leaders in healthcare.
Nominate a Great Place in New Jersey!
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association "Great Places in New Jersey" celebrates downtowns, public spaces, streets, and neighborhoods of exemplary character, quality, and planning. These places represent the gold standard in terms of having a true...
Amal Muse, Marius Williams are recipients of APA Foundation Scholarships
Students are selected on merit and from historically underrepresented groups to make the profession more responsive to the diverse communities it serves.
Overcoming ‘the appalling silence of the good people’
Rep. Jim Clyburn's (D-S.C.) endorsement of Joe Biden, and the ensuing high Black voter turnout across the South, foreshadowed the potential influence gender and race would play in the 2020 general election. Last Tuesday’s exit polls indicate that 8 out of 10 Black...
What Will Regulatory Policy Look Like Under President Biden?
The Biden administration’s “first six months to a year will be taking up the issues [such as] figuring out which Trump administration initiatives are going to require significant effort to reverse and putting the effort into those,” said Stuart Shapiro, associate dean...
NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to lead panel discussion of Social Progress Index, Nov. 17
Creating a society with opportunity for all citizens remains an elusive goal that many nations have failed to achieve.
Bloustein undergrad team places 3rd in Penn State Health Administration Case Competition
The event provided an opportunity for both undergraduate, graduate students to put what they have learned into practice.
Latest jobs report shows long-term unemployment still on the rise, worrying economists
“The longer you’re out of work, the harder it is to get re-employed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of the New Start Career Network at Rutgers University. “I think we're on the cusp of catastrophic long-term unemployment. The fact that so many of the layoffs we...
Rutgers experts discuss disproportionate impact of pandemic on people of color
Andrea Hetling, associate professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, explained the relationship between employment and safety in communities of color. “From an employment standpoint, the...
PhD candidate Sicheng Wang is recipient of IACP Best Student Paper Award
His paper found that the willingness to ride share was related to price and time factors, such as price per mile, total price, and trip duration.
Envisioning Rutgers’ Climate Future: A Two-Night Town Hall Event
Bloustein faculty Clinton Andrews (Energy/ Buildings Working Group) and Robert Noland (Transportation Working Group)
will participate.