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These Symptoms Always Warrant a Trip to the E.R., Even Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Should you go to the emergency room in the middle of a global health crisis if you have an emergency not related to COVID-19? Anthony Rosania, M.D., associate professor and medical director of Emergency Department Observation Services at Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
NJ Experts to College Grads: Don’t Give Up Before You Start
Close to a tenth of New Jersey's population has filed for unemployment since mid-March, when the spread of the novel coronavirus started resulting in business closures and limitations throughout the Garden State. Across the country, internships and job offers...
Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life
The Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab (RUCI Lab) was recently founded at the Bloustein School, with the mission of using new sources of data and emerging technologies to study the health of cities, and by doing so, improve the quality of urban life. This week,...
EJB|DESIGNS earns second in 2020 APA Student Organization Awards
EJB DESIGNS seeks to facilitate discussion, practice, and innovation in the graphic conveyance of planning ideas
New York Knicks Dancer on Working on Coronavirus Frontlines as a Nurse
Tara Rappleyea EJB (Public Health) ’15, BSN ’18 is a dancer for the Knicks City Dancers and an intensive care unit nurse at RWJ University Hospital.
Knicks dancer working as a nurse on front lines of the pandemic
New Jersey native Tara Rappleyea has traded in performances on the sidelines of The World's Most Famous Arena to battles on the front lines in her hometown. "It's been pretty emotional, honestly. I feel like it's a rollercoaster," Rappleyea told PIX 11News. "Some days...
NJ close to OKing $100 million for rental assistance in pandemic
Although Gov. Phil Murphy has vetoed other appropriations, citing the state’s fiscal problems, state lawmakers are on the verge of approving $100 million for an emergency rental assistance program. That would address an issue that predates the coronavirus but most...
2020: 5/8 How COVID-19 is Affecting Public Transportation
5/8 How COVID-19 is Affecting Public Transportation click to play A diverse group of panelists in the transportation arena discussed their agencies’ responses to COVID-19 on an online panel hosted by the Bloustein School and the Bloustein/New York City Alumni Group....
Black Americans are bearing the brunt of coronavirus recession – this should come as no surprise
As a labor economist and former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor under the Clinton administration, I know that history has shown that black Americans consistently bear the brunt of recessions and natural disasters. Investing in...
Mi Shih promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Dr. Shih joined the Bloustein School in 2014 and teaches at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
New book makes case for pragmatist approach to practice of social inquiry, knowledge production
Professor Robert W. Lake and Jane Wills, University of Exeter co-edited the book, released this week.
EJB Talks: Challenges to Transportation in the Wake of a Pandemic
The New Jersey/New York region is one of the most densely populated in the United States with some of the most widely traveled public transit systems. Thousands of New Jerseyans take NJ Transit bus and rail to New York City; thousands more crowd the New York bus and...