Employment in the Garden State is holding steady while the unemployment rate edged slightly lower.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports the latest preliminary data shows employment in June was essentially unchanged, while the state’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 4.3 percent
Meanwhile, public sector employment in Jersey rose by 800 jobs.
“I guess you could say New Jersey’s economy is doing OK,” said Rutgers University economist James Hughes.
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the recent promotion of several school faculty. Amy E. Underhill Abruzzi, Ph.D, MPH, MLS, CPH, MCHES, Anita Franzione, DrPH, and Alexandra Lopez, M.A. have all been promoted to Full Professor of Teaching. “These promotions...
On Friday, May 16th, NJ Big Data Alliance held the 12th Annual NJBDA Symposium titled "Empowered by AI: Innovation and the Rise of the Augmented Workforce." The paper titled "MOMCare: An AI Chatbot for Postpartum Depression Counselling" was presented. And, the...
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View StoryMap There have been six previous Bloustein School studios that addressed the proposed 2023 PATH station addition to the EWR airport in Newark, NJ. In February 2017, the Port Authority of NY and NJ approved a $1.7 billion PATH extension to the Newark Liberty...
In the first year where neither major political party is using the “party line” on election ballots, some changes are already evident, says Julia Sass Rubin, the Rutgers University professor whose research helped fuel the court challenge to the line. Both Democrats...