Each fall, Bloustein School professor Frank Popper leads a senior seminar class for planning and public policy (PPP) majors at the Bloustein School. “The main goal of the course,” said Dr. Popper “Is for a student to engage his or her imagination to produce original...
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MPP Student Summarizes APPAM Conference
The Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) held its spring conference earlier this month. The spring conference is typically devoted to the administration of public policy (and public administration) programs. Bloustein School MPP student,...
Free one-on-one travel training for persons with brain injury offered by NJTIP@Rutgers
NJTIP @ Rutgers is offering a FREE opportunity for one-on-one personalized travel training for persons with brain injury living in central NJ who want to access job destinations (paid or volunteer). We are actively recruiting participants now, so if interested contact...
Getting to know Jocelyn Elise Crowley
Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D. is a senior faculty fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development with research interests in family policy and social policy in the United States. Dr. Crowley has been a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of...
Rutgers study finds after Hurricane Sandy, NJ residents support government mitigation, but not footing the bill
New Jersey residents who were surveyed four months after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States in October 2012 expressed strong support for government policies to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes, according to a...
Andrews, Greenberg reappointed to NJDEP Science Advisory Board
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Science recently announced that professor Clinton J. Andrews was reappointed to a three-year term to the NJDEP’s Science Advisory Board, and professor Michael R. Greenberg was reappointed to the Public...
Urban planning students see freight systems, supply chain management in action at Port Newark
A group of Bloustein School graduate students and lecturer Anne Strauss-Weider met with Beth Ann Rooney, Director of Port Security for the Port Authority of NY & NJ (far right) and Scott Schoenfeld, the Chief Operating Officer for the Port Newark Container...
Voorhees Transportation Center releases GASCAP model
The Bloustein School's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center has released GASCAP — the Greenhouse-Gas Assessment Spreadsheet for CAPital Projects —a freely available Microsoft Excel based spreadsheet tool designed by VTC. This spreadsheet based tool allows users to...
Van Horn, Hetling receive faculty promotions
Dean James W. Hughes has announced the promotion of two Bloustein School faculty by the Rutgers University Board of Governors. Carl Van Horn, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has been promoted to the rank...
New Walter Cope Evans Endowed Fellowship in Planning and Public Policy established
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the establishment of the Walter Cope Evans Endowed Fellowship in Planning and Public Policy. This annual fellowship program will support a graduate student in the Bloustein School’s Masters in City and Regional Planning...