Dr. Carl Van Horn, the founding director of the John H. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and a visiting Non-Resident Scholar with the Federal Reserve Bank for the 2013-14 academic year, was recently promoted to the position of Distinguished Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. One of the highest honors given to […]
Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystems Services: The Sixth Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference, June 13, 2014
Registration is now open for the sixth annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference, “Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystems Servcies.” It will be held on Friday, June 13 at the Cook Campus Center on the Rutgers University’s New Brunswick Campus, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. This year’s conference theme focuses on the intrinsic values that the Raritan brings to the […]
NYC regional alumni group to host mini discussion on post-Sandy resiliency planning, April 24
The Bloustein School Alumni Association (BSAA) New York City Regional Alumni group will host the first of a new series of discussions called “PoP Topics.” PoP Topics are a series of short talks covering different areas in Planning and/or Policy (PoP) and will feature current projects, ideas, and research. Speakers from various organizations will be invited to give […]
Real estate market trends, future expectations to be discussed at Real Estate Development and Economic Summit, Dec. 13
News, trends in commercial real estate development, regional cooperation, infrastructure construction, best-practices in commercial real estate investment and pricing, finance and debt, economics and land policy, sustainable development, and occupational strategies will all be topics of discussion at the Real Estate Development & Economic Summit to be held at the Bloustein School on Friday, December […]
Symposium on “New Jersey Gold Coast”—19-mile Hudson Waterfront area—to be held October 25
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 Going,” about the history of the area and its future. The event will held at the Special […]
Grad School 101 videos help prospective students navigate graduate school application, financial aid process
Thinking about graduate school? The Bloustein School’s Coordinator of Graduate Student Services, Lynn Astorga, recently worked with Idealist, one of the largest on-line forums for people interested in careers, internships and graduate study in fields relating to public service, community engagement, community development, and non-profits on a new Grad School 101 video series. The video series complements the Idealist Grad Fairs, and […]
NJTIP@Rutgers helps participants explore accessible public transit services in Middlesex County
NJTIP @ Rutgers, with support from the Alliance Center for Independence, hosted a “Get Going with Transit!” event in downtown New Brunswick on Thursday, September 19. More than twenty participants learned about accessible public transit services in Middlesex County, with a guided tour of the New Brunswick Train station, a “hands-on” tour of a NJ Transit […]
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 operators develop observation and response skills needed to prevent and mitigate security-related incidents on and around buses. The training […]
NJ League of Municipalities Educational Foundation to present forum on reinventing NJ’s suburban office market
New Jersey experienced one of the greatest suburban office building booms in history during the 1980s. Our globally recognized core economic specialization was automobile-dependent suburban office campuses, the nation’s cutting-edge growth model at the time. But, this office empire is now between 23 and 33 years of age. It is not only aging, but in […]
Rutgers Hosts Statewide Conference on Climate Change Preparedness in NJ
On May 22, a diverse group of public and private New Jersey leaders gathered at Rutgers University to engage in a dialogue about enhancing capacity in the Garden State to better plan for and adapt to a changing climate. Organized by the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, the conference was designed to highlight leading climate preparedness […]