Karen W. Lowrie, Associate Director for the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group and Managing Editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research, was one of two recipients of the 2018 Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The award is granted in recognition of […]
The Bloustein School will host Dr. Shelley Hearne, President of CityHealth as a Healthy Community Visiting Fellow during the week of December 3, 2018. Dr. Hearne will meet with students and faculty at the school to discuss the innovative efforts she has led across the country focused on the intersection of city/community governance, planning and policy development […]
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It is with great sadness that the Bloustein School announces the passing of Paul J. Larrousse, Faculty Fellow and Director of the National Transit Institute, who passed away after a short illness on Wednesday, November 14. “We grieve not only at the passing of a widely respected colleague, teacher, and leader but also for the […]
by Cecille de Laurentis MPP/MCRP ’20 and Karyn Olsen, Director of Communications On October 24, 2018, the Bloustein School hosted the annual Governor J. Florio Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Public Policy Lecture, “Making informed choices for the public good: Advancing civil dialogue on gun policy,” with special guests former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the victim of […]
The Bloustein School has launched a new big data master’s program and is recruiting its first class of students to start in fall 2019. The Master of Public Informatics program (MPI) will provide the vehicle for educating students in the competencies needed in the field of big data: context, statistics, programming, data management, data analytics, […]
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by Cecille de Laurentis MPP/MCRP ’20 For the last several years, the Women’s Leadership Coalition and Bloustein Graduate Student Association has held an Election Night Watch party. All graduate students are encouraged to not just get out and vote, but to gather in the student lounge with fellow students to watch and discuss as the returns roll in. Supported […]
