Transition2018: Bloustein faculty, staff, alumni will have an impact on New Jersey’s future

Carl Van Horn, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and a widely recognized expert on workforce, human resources, and employment policy issues with extensive experience in public and private sector policymaking, was named Senior Advisor to the Transition for Strategy and Policy and will also serve as a co-chair of the Stronger and Fairer Economy […]

Pendall discusses changing demographics of U.S. cities as millennial generation becomes homeowners

The annual Catlin lecture brought over 70 students, faculty, and Bloustein community members to the Special Events Forum the first week of March. Rolf Pendall, the Director of the Metropolitan Housing and Community Policy Center at the Urban Institute gave the lecture. His talk, “Building Inclusion into the Millennial City,” focused on the changing demographics […]

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 location decisions,” said James W. Hughes, distinguished professor and dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of […]

Where are firms leasing the most office space in N.J.? On the waterfront, where the housing is

Hughes said the latest generation of workers, the Millennials, want to live and work, not to mention play, in the same place, in particular urban areas that include the Hudson waterfront. “Jersey City has the housing, that’s certainly a positive in terms of the office space being absorbed,” Hughes said, adding that Jersey City rents, […]

Booming ‘Burbs: Suburbia Shapes NJ Culture

New Jersey has been the scene of revolutionary warfare, manmade catastrophes and devastating storms, but nothing has transformed our state like the Baby Boom, the unparalleled population explosion unleashed by the end of World War II. As veterans returned from the war, they were eager to start families and move to the suburbs. Sitting between […]

Andrea Hetling named IRW Seminar Fellow

Associate Professor Andrea Hetling has been named one of 11 Institute for Research on Women (IRW) Seminar Fellows for the 2015-16 academic year. This year’s topic is poverty. Her project, “Permanent Supportive Housing as Anti-Poverty Policy for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Case Study,” uses a longitudinal, qualitative research design to explore residents’ experiences […]

Bloustein Dean James W. Hughes honored with School of Engineering Medal of Excellence Award

Bloustein School Dean James W. Hughes, PhD ENG’65, GSNB’69, ’71 was the recipient of the Rutgers School of Engineering’s Medal of Excellence Award for Overall Achievement at a dinner and reception held on Thursday, October 2. The School of Engineering’s Medal of Excellence Awards, established in 2006, recognize graduates of Rutgers University School of Engineering who have distinguished themselves professionally […]

R/ECON event to review NJ’s real estate market, speed of economic recovery

On Friday, May 9, the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON)semiannual subscriber forecast and conference will examine the pace of New Jersey’s economic recovery and provide insight into aspects of the real estate market that are helping establish momentum for the state’s comeback. R/ECON is presented by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy […]

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

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 Affairs, will present the Bloustein School’s annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning on Wednesday, November […]