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EJB Talks New Faculty Spotlight: Saving a Limb – How Health Economics can Shape Medical Treatment
In addition to discussing his interests in health policy and health services research, Derek DeLia explains how access to better medical care, better patient care, and better treatment options are possible through medical treatment incentives.
NJSPL – Developing, Validating, and Deploying the ARez Resilience Framework in New Jersey
“Area resilience” or ARez, is intended to combine community and infrastructure approaches to examine areas across the state of New Jersey and better determine their resilience to ongoing and future effects of climate change. This work will be a collaborative effort with NJIT, Princeton, and Rutgers.
Deep cuts to NJ school funding could be partially reduced
Lawmakers have fast-tracked a bill that would restore two-thirds of the state aid that school districts were set to lose in the upcoming year. Schools throughout the state were collectively preparing for a loss of about $157 million. The proposed legislation would...
Céu Cirne-Neves, MPA, FACHE, Elected to American College of Healthcare Executives Council of Regents
Céu Cirne-Neves, MPA, FACHE, an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the Bloustein School has been appointed to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Chicago. With an understanding of ACHE’s policies,...
Amirah Hussain (MHA ’20) named to the ROI-NJ Women in Business Influencers list.
Congratulations to New Jersey Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Amirah Hussain for being named to the ROI-NJ Women in Business Influencers list!
Election Watchdog Accuses Gov. Murphy of Trying to Force Him From Job
New Jersey’s top election-enforcement official sued Gov. Philip D. Murphy and three of Mr. Murphy’s top aides on Thursday for what the official said was their attempt to oust him in retaliation for comments he made ridiculing the state’s rules governing political...
New Report: An Economist’s Case for Restrictive Supply-Side Policies
A new report authored by Prof. Mark Paul and PhD candidate Lina Moe looks at why green-lighting fossil fuel development like the Willow Project hurts the United States’ economy and climate, with ten policies to actively manage the transition off fossil fuels.
Raising Kids Would Be So Much Better Without Cars
As Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says, we’re facing a crisis on our roadways. The death rate of children younger than 15 has more than doubled since 2018, from 5.8% to 11.9%, and that’s just for pedestrian deaths related to speeding, not for other scenarios,...
How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?
On Monday, when President Biden approved ConocoPhillips’s $8 billion plan to extract 600 million barrels of oil from federal lands in Alaska, the announcement landed simultaneously with the thud of betrayal and the air of inevitability. On the campaign...
NJ Residents Wondering if Their Money Could be at Risk in the Bank
After the closures of Silicon Valley Bank in California and Signature Bank in New York, some New Jersey residents are voicing concerns about the possibility of bank closures in the Garden State, and what that could mean for individual account holders. According to...
Get Financial Advice Before Your Divorce
For women who have left the workforce to care for children or scaled back to a part-time job, the consequences of not paying into Social Security may leave them in a financial bind, says Jocelyn Elise Crowley, a professor of public policy at Rutgers University in New...
NJSPL – Can Telemedicine Bridge the Health Equity Gap in the Latinx Population?
The Latinx population saw a 295% increase in telehealth visits since pre-pandemic rates. Research indicates numerous potential benefits of telehealth, but several challenges must be addressed to facilitate the adoption and expand the utilization of this tool for underserved communities.
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Dissertation Proposal: Pixels, Plates, and Pesos: On Digital Food Delivery Platforms and Socio-Economic Change in the Philippines
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Implications of Robotics for Public Policy
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2024 Transit-Oriented Development Symposium
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRegistration is now open for the 2024 TOD Symposium. This free full-day event will be held in person on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at the Edward J. Bloustein School of […]