EJB Talks

Join our faculty and staff experts, as well as some of our alumni and students, as we talk about topics within the disciplines of public policy, urban planning, public health, health administration, and informatics. 

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Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life

Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life

The Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics Lab (RUCI Lab) was recently founded at the Bloustein School, with the mission of using new sources of data and emerging technologies to study the health of cities, and by doing so, improve the quality of urban life. This week,...

EJB Talks: Challenges to Transportation in the Wake of a Pandemic

EJB Talks: Challenges to Transportation in the Wake of a Pandemic

The New Jersey/New York region is one of the most densely populated in the United States with some of the most widely traveled public transit systems. Thousands of New Jerseyans take NJ Transit bus and rail to New York City; thousands more crowd the New York bus and...

EJBTalks: Will The Cities of the Future Change?

EJBTalks: Will The Cities of the Future Change?

There has been both in- and out-migration from cities now for years depending upon economic conditions, but the pandemic has hit our cities and high-density areas the hardest. After years of re-urbanization, are we going to see a new wave of urban flight? Has the...

EJB Talks: Laying Bare Nationwide Health Disparities

EJB Talks: Laying Bare Nationwide Health Disparities

Returning to the healthcare field amidst the COVID-19 crisis, host Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Soumitra Bhuyan, who teaches in the Bloustein School's health administration program and Dr. Sabiha Hussain from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Their...

News

Casino operator liquidated as Chapter 11 bankruptcy ends

The U.S. commercial gaming industry reached a record high in 2025, generating $78.72 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR), a 9.2% increase over the previous year, according to the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker. Despite those...

Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Blocking OMB Grantmaking Rule

Senators voted 90-6 early Saturday morning to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 11. The bill includes a provision temporarily blocking the White House Office of Management and Budget from implementing its highly...

Upcoming Events

  • Rutgers Robotics Workshop 2026

    Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    The annual Rutgers Robotics Workshop series was initiated as part of the SOCRATES NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program and is now co-organized with the Rutgers AI and Data Science Collaboratory […]

  • Professional Planner (PP) Exam Prep

    Virtual

    Are you preparing to take the Professional Planner (PP) Exam in New Jersey? The American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter is hosting a PP Exam Prep on Saturday, October 24 […]

  • Virtual Career Drop-ins for Graduate Students

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    Meet with Bloustein graduate program Career Development Specialists Andrea Garrido and Cheryl Egan for up to 15 minutes to answer any career/internship related questions. No appointment needed, just drop in! […]