The Garden State’s “weaker-looking” economy includes a leveling off of its unemployment rate and will cause the state’s real domestic product to dampen and its population growth to slow through 2026, the report predicts.
“It’s definitely going to slow,” said Michael Lahr, a Rutgers economics professor who helped formulate the report. “Almost all the indicators show it’s going to slow a lot.”
Muazzam Toshmatova, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Her paper, co-authored with Marina Lovchikova, titled "Immigration Enforcement and Health Insurance Choices: Evidence from Secure Communities," won the Health Equity...
By Slawa Rokicki, Mitu Patel, Patricia Suplee, and Robyn D’Oria Perinatal mental health, which includes depression or anxiety that occurs during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, is a significant public health problem that disproportionately affects racial and...
Original article published in TAPintoPrinceton, June 15, 2024 By Pam Hersh Princeton, NJ – Tuesday, June 4, Primary Election Day in New Jersey, was a big expletive-deleted deal for Princeton resident Julia Sass Rubin, whose name appeared nowhere on any ballot. Rubin,...
Professor Fereydoun Nikpour was selected for the Office of Disability Services Faculty Honor Roll. The Faculty Honor Roll is a new initiative to recognize instructors who go above and beyond to support the work of the Office of Disability Services (ODS). ODS staff...
New Jersey's Energy-Efficiency Workforce Needs, Infrastructure, and Equity Assessment New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Energy Master Plan and Executive Order 315 set a goal to reduce fossil fuel usage to 100% clean energy by 2035. The Executive Order also called for...
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On July 17, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted its Inland Flood Protection Rule which, among other actions, establishes a new Design Flood Elevation (DFE) standard […]
Join us for an alumni mixer in #JerseyCity on Thursday, June 6th at Zeppelin Hall Biergarten. Parking for Zeppelin Hall is FREE - more information can be found here: https://zeppelinhall.com/map/. This […]
