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2020: 12/2 Considerations for Returning to the Office: A 5 Phase Framework
12/2 Considerations for Returning to the Office: A 5 Phase Framework click to play As businesses contemplate the return to the office, organizations are grappling with a myriad of issues as they attempt to address both employee anxiety and the management of risk....
Bloustein School mourns passing of Joseph Seneca, University Professor Emeritus, Rutgers VP of Academic Affairs Emeritus
In his decades-long career at Rutgers, Dr. Seneca touched the lives of thousands of students and influenced New Jersey’s economic policy, receiving numerous awards for exemplary teaching and public service.
Investing in human capital may move U.S. forward on Social Progress Index
by Jas Sarna. The Social Progress Index complements economic measures of countries’ success by measuring 50 metrics of well-being.
The Bloustein Nexus: Bringing together policy, planning, and health
Alumnus Jason Redd talks about how these three disciplines have impacted his career as well as how they interact to improve people’s lives.
Research: Does urban planning for immigrants need to be different?
New research challenges that premise through a discussion of a set of neighborhood developments and conflicts in Queens, New York.
Hon. Paul Armstrong, Bloustein Senior Policy Fellow, presented NJSBA Lighthouse Award
The award honors an attorney or judge whose professional and community-based efforts serve as an inspiration to colleagues.
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...