Although residents have moved out, nearly 50,000 immigrants came to the city of Philadelphia in the same time period – and their numbers, experts said, are what counterbalance other losses, as in other Eastern cities.
“What’s keeping us from declining, for the most part, is immigration from abroad,” said James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
Evaluating the Use of Google Street View to Visually Verify the Locations of Cannabis Retailers in the United States Extracted from Websites, 2015–2018 Abstract Our ability to advance public health and policy responses to cannabis legalization is limited by a lack of...
New ‘RU Engaged’ Program Connects First-Year Students to New Brunswick Through Service Rutgers Today, April 3, 2026 A weeklong service program that introduces students to the community will expand next year after its inaugural launch over spring break After eight...
Bloustein School researchers publish report on affordable housing in U.S. faith land The Daily Targum, March 30, 2026, 8:06 p.m. By Rida Kadri Dr. Nadia Mian, senior program director of the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement and lecturer in the Edward J....
Small Wins, Big Impact: On the Front Lines of Local Public Health with Peter Tabbot In this episode of EJB Talks, Peter Tabbot ’91 MPH ‘97, CPM, longtime local health officer in Rockaway, NJ and a Bloustein School public health lecturer, shares his path into public...
Nicholas V. Longo is leading a university-wide effort on how to expand engagement in civic life Nicholas V. Longo, the inaugural director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, insists democracy is something you learn by doing – not just in a classroom or at the ballot box,...