About 32.8 percent of residents in the southeastern part of the state said their neighborhoods were in fair or poor condition, twice the percentage of respondents who felt the same way about neighborhoods in other parts of the state. The study was funded by the Robert...
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Outta here! Garden State residents look to retire in greener pastures
"Health problems and consumption of health-care services increase dramatically with age, and since we are living longer in retirement, the more imperative it is to have easy access to health-care services and facilities. That factor weighs heavily on retirement...
Would Patients Save Cash if Out-of-Network Provider Charges Were Slashed?
Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, said that a state-mandated fee schedule would be the most efficient system, but that it would be difficult to develop the schedule. NJ Spotlight, March 27
Rutgers to host statewide conference on health impact assessment in New Jersey, May 7
The New Jersey Health Impact Collaborative (NJHIC), a collaboration of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), is hosting a statewide conference on Health Impact Assessment (HIA)...
Rutgers selected to host quarterfinal Hult Prize competition
Student teams, volunteers interested in answering the President Bill Clinton’s early childhood education challenge now being sought Rutgers University has been selected to host a quarterfinal competition of the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition and...
Sustainable Cities Research Coordination Network hosts workshop at EJB on ways to use information from buildings to improve cities
The Sustainable Cities Research Coordination Network held a workshop at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, on October 10-11, 2014. Organized by Bloustein School professor Clint Andrews and colleagues, it explored ways to use information from buildings to improve...
Bloustein undergraduate students experience health policy in action
Thirteen students from the Bloustein School’s undergraduate Addictions Policy course, taught by Bloustein part-time lecturer Steven Liga, had the unique opportunity to see the concepts discussed in the course come to life on Thursday, October 9. The group began the...
Rutgers to host ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film Festival, November 17
The Bloustein School and NJTIP @ Rutgers are pleased to collaborate with Goodwill NY/NJ to present the 2014 Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, a series of short films as part of the second annual ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film...
Emerging national, regional trends in consumer debt, credit access to be discussed at Sept. 19 conference
In the wake of the Great Recession, the credit viability of many consumers and their ability to access mainstream financial products has been challenged. What can we anticipate with household credit use and repair over the next decade? On Friday, September 19 the...
Rutgers Center for Green Building featured on BTN LiveBIG
The Bloustein School’s Rutgers Center for Green Building, which promotes green building through research, advocacy and education, conducts applied research utilizing planned and existing green building projects, works with industry and government to promote these...