Jim Bach reflects on the profession of planning and how being trained as an integrator, along with understanding the connections between scope, schedule, and budget, allowed him to successfully work with the Port Authority and the multitudes of emotionally invested stakeholders involved in the WTC project.
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Improving the public good: Health administration at the Bloustein School
The Bloustein School’s rapidly growing MHA program is preparing future health administrators to improve community access to health care.
Rutgers Team Wins HUD’s Innovation in Affordable Housing Competition
Students redesigned an existing public housing development to connect residents with each other and their neighborhood A team of Rutgers graduate students created an award-winning proposal to turn an aging public housing development in Ohio into a vibrant community,...
Engaging public health beyond the classroom: Kofi Addo (EJB 2017)
Kofi Addo’s formative years growing up with extended family in Ghana helped shape his interest in how societal and environmental factors play fundamental roles in shaping the health outcomes of individuals. A self-described bibliophile born in Morristown, NJ who finds...
Moore Foundation grants $1.2 million to to support progress on mid-atlantic ocean data portal
The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) has received a $1.2 million Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant to continue the development of the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal (portal.midatlanticocean.org), a free, state-of-the-art mapping and information...
Bloustein students are recipients of 2016-17 Gallagher Fellowships
The James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship has been established to allow graduate students from Rutgers University interested in climate change preparedness measures to undertake projects to help advance the mission and objectives of the New Jersey Climate Adaptation...
Bloustein, RBS team win NAIOP's CRE Intercollegiate Case Study Competition
NAIOP New Jersey recently announced the winner of the 2016 CRE Intercollegiate Case Study Competition (CREICS), where teams from Rutgers University, Monmouth University and New York University accepted the challenge of reimagining an industrial site located near...
Moran, Murphy are 2015 recipients of Gallagher Fellowship
In 2014 the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance established the James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship, which allows graduate students from Rutgers University interested in climate change preparedness measures to undertake projects to help advance the mission and...
Rutgers alumnus to present discussion on Bayonne Bridge navigational clearance program, April 7
The existing 151-foot clearance of the Bayonne Bridge is a limitation to future post-Panamax vessels following the anticipated completion of the Panama Canal expansion. In late 2010, The Port Authority of NY & NJ approved $1.3 billion dollars and initiated the...
EJB alum Jeremy Nemeth: Millennials playing a role in the revamping of cities, spaces
EJB alum Dr. Jeremy Németh, Ph.D. '07, associate professor and chair of the planning and design department at the University of Colorado, Denver, is quoted in an NPR story discussing the renaissance of old train stations in Denver. He notes that millennials are...