The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, (VTC), a national leader in transportation research and education and the nucleus of transportation-related policy research, training and education at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public...
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Ravitch to discuss transportation underfunding, November 11
Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor of New York will present the Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture, “The Tragedy of Transportation: Underfunding our Future” on Monday, November 11. The event will be held at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and...
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...
Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement announces fall “Rethinking the City” lecture series—Caitlin Cahill, October 21
The Bloustein School’s Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement has announced its fall 2013 lecture series, Rethinking the City, which seeks to promote how people and communities can shape the life and future of our cities in the face of today’s challenges and...
Special speaker presentation on transportation disaster coordination in US and China, October 28
As part of the three-day Workshop on Transportation Disaster Coordination in the U.S. and China, Mr. Weng Lei, Deputy Director General for Safety & Supervision, Ministry of Transport, People’s Republic of China, will present an overview of several mega...
Symposium on “New Jersey Gold Coast”—19-mile Hudson Waterfront area—to be held October 25
The Bloustein Local Government Research Center, Rutgers University, in conjunction with the American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter, will host a half-day long symposium on Friday, October 25, “The New Jersey Gold Coast: How We Got Here and Where We are...
Bloustein School seeking applications for two tenure-track faculty
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking to fill a full-time tenure-track faculty position in urban design and urban planning (urban design, sustainable design, sustainable development and...
Have you met Newark? Bloustein alumnus gives tours of the city, disputes Newark’s “most unfriendly” status
Have you been to Newark recently? Bloustein alumnus Emily Manz MCRP ’13, who lives in the Ironbound section and works for Brick City Development Corp., never experienced Newark until long-time residents took her on a tour. Now, she gives her own tours of the city, its...
Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement announces fall “Rethinking the City” lecture series—Leigh Graham, September 30
The Bloustein School’s Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement has announced its fall 2013 lecture series, Rethinking the City, which seeks to promote how people and communities can shape the life and future of our cities in the face of today’s challenges and...
Grad School 101 videos help prospective students navigate graduate school application, financial aid process
Thinking about graduate school? The Bloustein School’s Coordinator of Graduate Student Services, Lynn Astorga, recently worked with Idealist, one of the largest on-line forums for people interested in careers, internships and graduate study in fields relating to...