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Community Development class learns about comprehensive approaches to community development in Paterson
The school's fall 2019 graduate Community Development class, led by associate professor Kathe Newman, visited with EJB alumnus Mike Cassidy MCRP '12 to learn more about Paterson and community development from the perspective of New Jersey Community Development...
Bloustein students represented on new Rutgers Global Health Institute student council
Seven Bloustein School students are among the 52 undergraduate and graduate students on the new Rutgers Global Health Institute student council.
Hard Rock CEO Expresses Dejection Over Boardwalk Not ‘Rising to the Occasion’
A recent research project conducted by professors at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy for the State of New Jersey noted that concentration concerns are relevant and that Atlantic City is facing increasing competition from...
Abandoned rail line is a strange, urban paradise and some want to keep it that way
The Star-Ledger reports on the debate about what to do with an abandoned rail line in Jersey City, noting that the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy proposed 5 vision plans in 2017.NJ.com, December 19, 2019
DEP Sounds Alarm Over Revised Climate Change Predictions
Unlike past projections, this set of potential scenarios affecting greenhouse gas emissions adds a “moderate” prediction. But even a more moderate analysis projects sea levels rising between 2 feet and 5.1 feet by the end of this century. And if the goals of the Paris...
"Ground zero' for sea level rise is New Jersey, new climate data suggests
Rutgers scientists behind the report, released Thursday, said their work aims to help New Jersey communities prepare for changing coastal conditions and more precipitation. Sea level has risen around New Jersey by about 1.5 feet between 1911 and 2019,...
“Ground zero’ for sea level rise is New Jersey, new climate data suggests
Rutgers scientists behind the report, released Thursday, said their work aims to help New Jersey communities prepare for changing coastal conditions and more precipitation. Sea level has risen around New Jersey by about 1.5 feet between 1911 and 2019, while global sea...
Bloustein School recognizes completion of studies for 15 MCRS, MPAP students of KDI Scholars program
The Bloustein School’s Urban Planning Master’s Program and the Korea Development Institute (KDI) partnership began in January 2001.
Thirteen EJB student-athletes named to Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team
Thirteen student-athletes who are Bloustein School majors were among the 100 named to the Fall Academic All-Big Ten Team, the Rutgers athletics department recently announced.
Rutgers: New Jersey shore sea rise is more than double the global average
“Due to a variety of factors, sea level is rising faster in New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic region than globally,” they wrote. Jeanne Herb, executive director of an environmental analysis group at Rutgers’ Bloustein School, said the report was written as a planning...
NJDEP releases report on sea-level rise, building on previous Rutgers studies
Key updates in the new report include the addition of historical sea-level rise information for New Jersey; consideration of the latest information related to ice-sheets changes and their effect on
Here are the States Where Robots Rule
The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in manufacturing. But the extent of manufacturing job losses in the Midwest was masked by the economic boom of the past 10 years. “A growing economy independent of...