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Dr. Ruth Winecoff wins ABFM Michael Curro Graduate Student Paper Award
Dr. Ruth Winecoff won the 2022 ABFM Michael Curro Award Graduate Student Paper Award for “The Dodd-Frank Act and Municipal Borrowing Costs: Evidence from Nationwide Data”
NJSPL – Intelligent Help for the Opioid Crisis Lifecycle
An important line of defense against the opioid problem is the prevention of overdose deaths following abuse and addiction. It is possible to make this happen using informatics, robotics, and AI technologies for prevention, identification, treatment, and rehabilitation.
What Do You Value: Changemaking in an Ever Changing World
(this event was not recorded) In a rapidly evolving world where discord and conflict dominate the public square, policymaking in the public interest is as hard as it has ever been. With 15 years of experience in social policy research, advocacy, and implementation,...
Gov. Jim Florio was our advocate. We’re so fortunate to have had him fight for us.
Bob Sommer is CEO, Awsom Associates, LLC, an adjunct lecturer at the Bloustein School, and member of the Bloustein School Advisory Board. By Bob Sommer nj.com 9/28/22 “You need to intellectualize my humor,” former Gov. Jim Florio once instructed me after I...
Ralph et al article most viewed on JAPA
Congratulations to Nicholas Klein, Kelcie Ralph, Calvin Thigpen, and Anne Brown on their article "Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform" being the most viewed article from the last Journal of the American Planning Association...
Bryan Balarezo, PH ’23, Writes a Letter to his Peruvian Ancestors
Bryan Balarezo knows his ancestors would be proud of the person he has become, embracing his culture and heritage and never forgetting his roots.
Manchin’s permit bill highlights importance of administrative process
"Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced his long-awaited bill intended to shorten the permitting process for energy projects. A key component of the bill is hastening reviews required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) for such projects....
NJSPL – Evaluating Risk Perception: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
Despite the toll hurricane Sandy took on the state, the majority of long-term coastal homeowners in New Jersey do not consider themselves to be at high risk to coastal hazards. This blog post explores ways to better educate residents to prepare for future natural disasters.
Former Governor James J. Florio, Bloustein School Senior Policy Fellow, Dies
Noting that state and federal governments were in a period of transformational change of policy, Gov. Florio impressed upon his students that rather than marginal modifications — which could be disruptive and dislocating — systemic change was needed to meet citizen expectations.
Christians, please listen. There is no national religion in America.
Senior Policy Fellow Linda Stamato writes about the threat to the separation of church and state in this opinion piece published by nj.com "The Founding Fathers abhorred the concept of a national religion. They believed that state support would in the long run, harm,...
22% of New Jerseyans Worked from Home in 2021. Van Horn Predicts No Change.
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 22% of New Jerseyans worked from home in 2021, a more than fourfold increase over 2019. New Jersey has a greater share of people working from home than most other states. Rutgers University Professor Carl Van Horn, director of...
NJSPL – Can 15-Minute Neighborhoods Reshape New Jersey’s Landscape?
This blog is the introduction to an upcoming report, the goal of which is to examine the various neighborhoods in Essex and Mercer counties, in particular those neighborhoods with “15-minute accessibility,”
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