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Spring R/ECON forecast: New Jersey’s recovery still trails nation’s

April 19, 2013

While New Jersey is on pace to add 48,600 nonagricultural jobs in 2013, that figure is 0.1 percent lower than last year’s total (49,100) and helps to explain while the state’s recovery rate is slower than the nation’s. “Although our economy has improved the past two...

Together North Jersey workshop to gather input on communities along Inner M&E Corridor, Newark and the Oranges, April 15

April 10, 2013

The second public workshop for the “Inner M&E Strategic Corridor Plan” will be held for residents of the City of Newark, Essex County, general public, and other interested parties on Monday, April 15 at WISOMMM Cultural Center, Sanctuary Building, 23-25 Washington...

2013 R/ECON Spring Conference to be held April 19; LaRossa, Strauss-Wieder to be guest speakers

April 3, 2013

The Bloustein School will hold the 2013 Rutgers Economic Advisory Service(R/ECON™) Spring Conference, “Superstorm Sandy: Unanticipated Realities and Post-Surge Responses,” on Friday, April 19, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Special Events Forum, 33...

Kathe Newman on foreclosures

March 27, 2013

A true economic recovery is not possible without a healthy housing market. New Jersey still has a backlog of foreclosures that continue to drag on its recovery. Star-Ledger editorial writer Linda Ocasio spoke with Kathe Newman, associate professor and director of the...

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March 15, 2013

Together North Jersey is hosting a workshop, Together 202: Reimagining Complete Communities along a Connecting Corridor, for residents and the public to provide feedback on a vision for strengthened, more connected communities along the Route 202 corridor. The...

Dr. Carl Van Horn Part of Panel at National Governors Association Winter Meeting

March 7, 2013

Dr. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and professor at the Bloustein School, was recently part of a panel on state and business roles in disability employment at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association....

Holcomb featured on Inside the Teacher’s Studio

February 25, 2013

Inside the Teacher’s Studio is a program featuring teachers from around Rutgers University. Watch to learn more about the diverse classes offered at Rutgers, the innovative teaching strategies used in different disciplines and class formats, and the overall process of...

“City Cycling” featured in UK Parliament session

January 24, 2013

“City Cycling,” John Pucher’s recently released book (co-edited with Ralph Buehler) was featured in a British Parliament’s House of Commons session on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. The session titled “Get Britain Cycling,” helped support an official motion of that...

Together North Jersey hosting workshop 1/23 to gather information on complete communities along Route 202 corridor

January 17, 2013

The first public workshop for “Together 202: Reimagining Complete Communities Along a Connecting Corridor” will be held on Wednesday, January 23 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room in Building #1 at the Hunterdon County Complex, 314 State Route 12, Flemington,...

Exploring the economic transformation of New Brunswick, NJ; Feb. 1 2013

January 15, 2013

As part of the 2012 New Jersey Planning Conference, James W. Hughes, Dean of the Bloustein School; David Listokin,Research Professor and Co-director of the Bloustein School’s Center for Urban Policy Research and Dorothea Berkhout, Associate Dean of the Bloustein...