Jennifer Senick, executive director of the Rutgers University Center for Green Building at the Bloustein School, joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2014 Leader in the Light Working Forum in San Francisco. Senick was asked to comment on the trends that she is seeing with regard to energy management systems and REITs’ ability to scale building efficiencies on a […]
Bloustein, Doctoral Candidates, energy management systems, Graduate Students, Green Building, interview, Jennifer Senick, Media, New Brunswick, New Jersey, News, NJ, REIT, Rutgers, Rutgers Center for Green Building, Staff, Urban PlanningThe 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 […]
Announcements, awareness, Bloustein, bus operator, Center for Transportation Safety Security and Risk, civic engagement, Continuing Education, CTSSR, DART, Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, New Jersey, News, NJ, NTSCOE, policy, Public Policy, Rutgers, security, security awareness, Staff, transit bus, Urban PlanningThe Bloustein School’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC), a national leader in transportation research and education and the nucleus of the school’s transportation-related policy research, training and education, has appointed Karen Alexander as the first Managing Director the New Jersey Travel Independence Program, NJTIP @ Rutgers. NJTIP @ Rutgers trains individuals with disabilities, older adults and transportation-disadvantaged […]
accessibility options, accessible, Alan M. Voorhees Center, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, Bloustein, independence, jobs, mobility, New Brunswick, New Jersey, News, NJ, NJTIP, pedestrian safety, Rutgers, self-sufficiency, Staff, training, transport, transportation equity, Travel Independence Program, travel instruction programs, VTCThe Bloustein School is the recipient of two New Jersey Recovery Fund grants totaling $450,o00 to pursue smart recovery decisions that will help New Jersey avoid repeating the type of devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. On August 6, the Fund announced 27 grants to a range of organizations focused on three broad categories: planning and public policies that […]
Andrews, Announcements, award, Bloustein, civic engagement, climate vulnerability, community mapping, community resiliency, CRSSA, Dodge Foundation, environment, Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, Faculty, GIS, Herb, Nelessen, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Jersey Recovery Fund, News, NJ, recovery, Rutgers, Sandy, Staff, Urban Planning, vision planningPaul Larrousse, Director of the National Transit Institute, was recently invited as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation contingent to enjoy viewing and visiting the White House for the holidays. The National Transit Institute at Rutgers University serves as the training arm for the Federal Transit Administration, and provides training, education, and clearinghouse services in […]
Announcements, Bloustein, Christmas, Faculty, FTA, holiday, Larrousse, National Transit Institute, NTI, Public Policy, Rutgers, Staff, transit, transport, transportation, White HouseThe Bloustein School will be hosting a Faculty and Research Center Staff Speaker Series to highlight the work of members of the Bloustein faculty and research center staff. The presentations will kickoff next Wednesday, October 10 with “Technology Adoption and Structural Poverty: Statewide Evidence from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program,” by Marc Weiner, Assistant Research Professor […]
Amirahmadi, Announcements, Bloustein, event, Events, Faculty, Media, New Brunswick, News, policy, public health, public policy, research center, Research Centers, speaker, Staff, Urban Planning, WeinerBloustein Associate Dean Thea Berkhout and her husband Paul Breitman, Assistant Vice President for University Services at Princeton University, are featured as this month’s “thought leaders” on geniuscountry.com. Genius Country is an online media platform designed to promote the uniqueness of Princeton’s people, places and institutions, launched “to celebrate the individuals who continue to ensure that […]
Announcements, Berkhout, Bloustein, honors, Media, News, Staff, thought leadersA new Rutgers Regional Report, “Employment Recession and Recovery in the 50 States: An Update,” authored by Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Will Irving, research associate, ranks the 50 states by the percentage of the Great Recession’s private-sector job losses that have been recovered as […]
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The PSEG Foundation has awarded seed funds to help establish the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, a statewide network of policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working together to move New Jersey forward in strategic planning and implementation to prepare the state for a changing climate. Rutgers will serve as a facilitator of the Alliance, which is a joint venture […]
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