Announcements

Bloustein alumnus Manz to participate in TEDxBroadStreet event, Nov. 2

October 31, 2013

On Saturday, November 2, 2013, Bloustein alumnus Emily Manz MCRP ’13, who lives in the Ironbound section and works as an Associate of Real Estate and Business Attraction at Brick City Development Corporation, will participate in the TEDxBroadStreet “Reach. Rise....

Voorhees Transportation Center launches website to promote transit-oriented development news in NJ

October 31, 2013

The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, (VTC), a national leader in transportation research and education and the nucleus of transportation-related policy research, training and education at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public...

Seneca to discuss post-Superstorm Sandy employment tonight, WHYY 90.9-FM

October 29, 2013

Bloustein professor and economist Joseph J. Seneca will participate in a discussion about New Jersey employment post-Superstorm Sandy on WHYY 90.9 FM on Tuesday evening, October 29. It will air between 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Newsworks Tonight. The story will also be...

Ravitch to discuss transportation underfunding, November 11

October 28, 2013

Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor of New York will present the Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture, “The Tragedy of Transportation: Underfunding our Future” on Monday, November 11. The event will be held at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and...

Shapiro, Borie-Holtz author “The Politics of Regulatory Reform”

October 24, 2013

Stuart Shapiro, associate professor and director of the Program in Public Policy, has authored book with Bloustein School instructor Debra Borie-Holtz. The book, The Politcs of Regulatory Reform, looks at why federal and state politicians have been so eager to pass...

Massey, Walsh to discuss Mount Laurel zoning decisions at Bloustein’s Candeub lecture, Nov. 13

October 22, 2013

Kevin D. Walsh, Esq., associate director of the Fair Share Housing Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Douglas S. Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International...

Reconnect: Bloustein alumni/student mixer in Washington, DC, October 25

October 20, 2013

Join us on Friday, October 25 for the next Bloustein Student/Alumni Mixer in Washington, DC and get re-connected! Informal (no rsvp required), no participation fee – food/beverage on own. Reconnect and catch up on the news with your fellow alumni…. Reminisce about the...

Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement announces fall “Rethinking the City” lecture series—Caitlin Cahill, October 21

October 14, 2013

The Bloustein School’s Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement has announced its fall 2013 lecture series, Rethinking the City, which seeks to promote how people and communities can shape the life and future of our cities in the face of today’s challenges and...

Special speaker presentation on transportation disaster coordination in US and China, October 28

October 8, 2013

As part of the three-day Workshop on Transportation Disaster Coordination in the U.S. and China, Mr. Weng Lei, Deputy Director General for Safety & Supervision, Ministry of Transport, People’s Republic of China, will present an overview of several mega...

Symposium on “New Jersey Gold Coast”—19-mile Hudson Waterfront area—to be held October 25

October 4, 2013

The Bloustein Local Government Research Center, Rutgers University, in conjunction with the American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter, will host a half-day long symposium on Friday, October 25, “The New Jersey Gold Coast: How We Got Here and Where We are...