Congressman Rush D. Holt, Ph.D., CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and former U.S. Representative, New Jersey’s 12th congressional district (1999-2015), will present the annual Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, “Advancing Science-Informed Policy in Today’s Political Climate,” on Tuesday, March 5 at the Bloustein School’s Governor James J. Florio Special Events Forum.
Please be advised this event was not recorded.
Nearly every public decision has science embedded somewhere in it, and scientific evidence can be used to illuminate it. Communicating evidence so that it will be used is challenging in these times when there is no distinction among evidence, opinion, and ideological assertion. A new approach at AAAS is to bring evidence to bear on decision holder promise.
Holt became chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and executive publisher of the Science family of journals in February 2015. In this role, Holt leads the world’s largest multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering society. Over his career, Dr. Holt has held positions as a teacher, scientist, administrator, and policymaker. From 1987 to 1998, Holt was assistant director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), a Department of Energy national lab, one of the largest alternative energy research facilities in the country. Holt then served for 16 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. Holt is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Carleton College and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from New York University.
The Ruth Ellen Steinman Bloustein and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture was established to honor the memory of these two extraordinary individuals. For nearly nineteen years, the Blousteins dedicated their enormous energies to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The fund was established in 1988 after Ruth Ellen died following a long and heroic battle with illness. Sadly, there was cause to broaden the purpose of the fund a year later when Edward Bloustein, Rutgers’ beloved president, died suddenly in December of 1989.
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PARKING AT THE BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL
The Bloustein School is located in downtown New Brunswick. Parking for guests is available throughout the city, by either parking curbside, metered, or in a municipal parking garage.
The Civic Square Deck (GPS address 3 Kirkpatrick Street), situated underneath the Bloustein School’s Civic Square Building, is not open to the public on weekdays during the hours of 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Permits and access cards are required for entrance during these times. The Civic Square Deck is owned and operated by the New Brunswick Parking Authority. All questions regarding parking, rates, fees, tickets and more may be found on the NBPA website or by calling (732) 545-3118.
Two municipal parking lots are approximately a one block walk to the Bloustein School’s Civic Square Building:
- The Morris Street Deck is located at the corner of New and George Streets (GPS address 70 New Street, New Brunswick, NJ)
- The New Street Deck is located on the corner of New Street and Joyce Kilmer Avenue (GPS address 134 New Street, New Brunswick, NJ).
Both parking decks are hourly rated and operate 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. For a map of municipal parking lots, information about other lots, lot capacity, clearances, and rates please visit the New Brunswick Parking Authority website.
After 5:00 p.m. and on weekends, there are two ways to pay for parking in the Civic Square lot. There is a $10 flat rate, CASH ONLY parking fee if you choose to pay at the pay station. The pay station is exact change only and no coins or credit cards are accepted. Or, New Brunswick now offers a pre-pay/reserve parking option via Parkme.com, which allows you to pay by credit card and reserve a spot in advance. Please note that reserve parking is $12 plus tax; also, that there is NOT a valet in the lot; it is self-parking only.