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The annual cost of owning a car in NJ? Over $13,700 with loan, gas
Public transportation is cheaper than maintaining a car, said Robert Noland, director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
Bloustein Graduate Students are 2027 Eagleton Fellows
This year, eight Bloustein graduate students were selected for the 2027 fellowship.
‘We Don’t Give Up, We Move Forward’: Breaking Down Jersey City’s 15.15% Property Tax Increase And What You Can Do
“There are very few criminal statutes affecting how governments run their finances, the big one is consciously approving over expenditures of budget line items,” said Marc Pfeiffer.
Rehearsing Democracy: Helping Rutgers Students Move from Thinking to Doing
Dean Stuart Shapiro sits down with Nicholas Longo, director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, to talk about building a “rehearsal space for democracy” at Rutgers. They dig into the crisis facing democracy today: polarization, eroding trust, and isolation — and how student-driven civic engagement can help meet it.
What Is Gray Divorce? Understanding Divorce Later in Life
Isolation can be particularly difficult for men. “Men are the ones who usually face a social ‘gray divorce penalty,’” says Jocelyn Crowley, author of “Gray Divorce: What We Lose and Gain from Mid-Life Splits.”
Andrews Testifies on Need for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Investment in New Jersey
“It’s part of a clear evolution from a world where we had horses and then bikes and then automobiles,” says Dr. Andrews at Rutgers.
Peck Co-Authors National Guide to Evaluating Causal Evidence in Education
Associate Professor Laura R. Peck, Principal Faculty Fellow at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, is a member of the 16-person Future of Evidence in Education Network group and a co-author of a recent report, Evaluating Causal Evidence in Education: A Practical Guide.
Four Bloustein Grad Students Named ANHD Community Development Graduate Fellows
Four Bloustein School graduate students were selected as a 2026–2027 ANHD Community Development Graduate Fellows. Thomas Gillam, Christina Gonzalve, Celli Pitt, and Ahthia Waugh are all MCRP candidates and will work on a range of issues, including affordable housing development and preservation, cooperative housing, homeownership, commercial space development, community land trusts, economic development, small business support and organizing, and land use.
How modern local chains are flattening neighborhood character in both New York and Amsterdam
A quiet uniformity is sweeping through New York’s neighborhoods. Not because there is a Starbucks on every corner, but due to a new generation of mini-chains that started as authentic single locations and now pop up in every popular, gentrified district of the city....
Prof. Rushing Receives NIH Grant to Study Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management in ERs
Bloustein School Assistant Professor Melinda Rushing, Ph.D., LMSW, has received a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award to advance research aimed at improving emergency department care for people living with sickle cell disease.
Senator Troy Singleton Brings New Jersey’s Housing Debate into the Planning Studio
New Jersey State Senator Troy Singleton spoke with students in Stan Slachetka, FAICP, PP’s urban planning studio class about the state’s housing shortage and efforts to better connect housing policy with municipal land-use planning. As part of the studio, students are...
Heldrich Brief: Guidance for Preparing and Using Archived Qualitative Data in Research
Archived qualitative data can extend the value of research by supporting new questions and generating new insights, but reusing interview data presents challenges that researchers, funders, and data stewards need to consider. Guidance for Preparing and Using Archived...