President Trump’s ban on refugees from mostly Muslim nations could be used as propaganda by the Islamic State to recruit more violence-prone members, experts said Sunday.
“It (the ban) is giving a pretty good recruiting tool to ISIS,” said Stuart Shapiro, a professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University.
The Fulbright Program has selected Professor Radha Jagannathan as a 2026–2027 Fulbright U.S. Scholar for India, recognizing her work in education, public policy, and community-based research. The prestigious fellowship will support Jagannathan’s collaboration with...
Akira Drake Rodriguez (University of Pennsylvania) has been selected to receive the 2026 Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Award for her paper “Reparative-advocacy planning to address racialized inequities in public school facilities”. This...
Authored by Sofia Cacchione, MPP candidate Researchers at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, with funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, are currently engaged in a project to examine how New Jersey’s public artificial intelligence (AI)...
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the recent promotion of several school faculty. Juan Ayala and Jim Samuel have both been promoted to Professor of Professional Practice and approved by the Rutgers-New Brunswick Provost’s office as of May 7, 2026 “I am...
Public Transit User Experiences and Feelings of Safety among Marginalized Genders Abstract Harassment, discrimination, and violence are major concerns for women and sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) who ride public transit. However, these experiences often go...