Deanna Moran, AICP (MPP/MCRP ’16) was named the Chief Coastal Resilience Officer by the Healey-Driscoll Administration to address climate change impacts along Massachusetts’ coastline in May 2024.
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NJSPL – Financial Literacy in New Jersey
Financial literacy is integral for empowering entrepreneurs towards obtaining favorable financing, driving innovation, and ultimately achieving stronger business growth.
Voorhees Transportation Center seeks new Executive Director
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) seeks a new Executive Director who will oversee the center’s research program, technical services and other initiatives, including external relations, communications, business development, and fundraising.
How the heat will continue to affect your commute
Clinton Andrews discusses how the ongoing heat wave is affecting transit infrastructure in and around New York City.
Chen et al. Leverage GPS Data for HIV Prevention
By asking participants carried a GPS device for 2 weeks, researchers constructed networks of venues connected together through participants’ co-attendance patterns among young Black sexually minoritized men.
Report Release: R/ECON Forecast Summer 2024
R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as of June 2024 continues to show a slowing trajectory, though the decline in annual GDP growth is not as pronounced as in the prior forecast.
Dean Shapiro: Reflections on the Chevron Decision
American trust in government has declined. It is tempting to argue that the growth in regulation has played a role in fueling this negative public perception of government. But digging underneath the data reveals that the relationship is far more complicated. Agency actions may be one of the few things about government that people do like.
Samuel Editorial: AI Education & Governance
Professor Jim Samuel co-authored this editorial for Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. A new era of artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged, profoundly influencing various aspects of human life while presenting new socio-technical challenges and risks across domains like medicine, education, law, governance, and the military.
Parker: Poverty Governance in the Delegated Welfare State
Dr. Parker argues that privatization of the safety net may quell the stigma of government programs among the poor while simultaneously disentitling individuals from their rights of social citizenship.
Muazzam Toshmatova Wins Best Health Equity Paper
Muazzam Toshmatova, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Her paper, co-authored with Marina Lovchikova, titled “Immigration Enforcement and Health Insurance Choices: Evidence from Secure Communities,” won the ward in the Health Equity program area. The 13th annual conference was held June 16-19 in San Diego, California.