Associate Professor Stuart Shapiro has a new article, “Does Haste Make Waste? How Long Does it Take to do a Good Regulatory Impact Analysis?” (subscription required) in the academic journal Administration and Society, written with John Morrall of George Mason...
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Bloustein students awarded APTF scholarships
The American Public Transportation Foundation (APTF) recently announced that Bloustein School Masters in City and Regional Planning (MCRP) students Alexander Anhwere-James and Sean Varsolona are the recipients of 2013 APTF Scholarships. All member organizations of the...
Rutgers Center for Green Building awarded $687K HUD Healthy Homes Technical Studies grant
Clinton J. Andrews, Bloustein School professor of urban planning and director of the school’s Rutgers Center for Green Building, is the principal investigator of a new project, “Cost-Effective Detection of Multi-Family Housing-Related Health and Safety Hazards,” that...
CTSSR develops new bus operator security training video
The Bloustein School’s Center for Transportation Safety, Security and Risk (CTSSR) has released a new security awareness training video for transit bus operators. Safe and Secure: Security Awareness for Bus Operators is a 15-minute video designed to help transit bus...
Bloustein School recipient of two NJ Recovery Fund grants supporting smart Sandy recovery
The Bloustein School is the recipient of two New Jersey Recovery Fund grants totaling $450,o00 to pursue smart recovery decisions that will help New Jersey avoid repeating the type of devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. On August 6, the Fund announced 27 grants to...
New Rutgers Regional Report examines nation’s employment and output recovery
A new Rutgers Regional Report, “Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States: A Further Update,” authored by Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Will Irving, research associate...
Rutgers Researchers Awarded Research Grant from the New Jersey Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism
Dr. Deva Deka, Assistant Director of Research and Senior Research Specialist Andrea Lubin of the Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC), along with Cecilia Feeley of Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) have...
NSF to present EJB’s Arctic Planning Studio Project, July 25
On Thursday, July 25, the National Science Foundation will host Sustainable Arctic Villages and Oil Development: Planning to Avoid the Natural Resources Curse, a presentation of the Bloustein School’s recent Arctic Planning Studio project, “Community Impact of Moving...
“Renaissance on the Raritan” film to be broadcast on NJTV, August 1
“Reimagining our Watershed: A Renaissance on the Raritan,” a 30-minute film produced by the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Rutgers iTV studio with the support of the Cape...
Rutgers mourns passing of professor Alan Rosenthal, redistricting tiebreaker
The Eagleton Institute of Politics reports, with great sadness, the death of Professor Alan Rosenthal on July 10, 2013. A member of the Rutgers faculty at the Eagleton Institute of Politics from 1966 until his death, Professor Rosenthal served as director of the...