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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The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
Wrapping it up: 2021 politics with Stuart Shapiro
Wrapping up the year with a discussion about the Biden Administration, the Build Back Better bill, and the administration’s improved COVID response.
Conflict, collaboration and consensus: How democracy happens
Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe reflect on the current state of democracy and why conflict is necessary, and how their work in conflict resolution fits into policy and planning.
From the Bronx to Bloustein
A dive into the National Environmental Protection Act and the foundations of Bloustein’s multidisciplinary, interconnected programs.
Fostering democracy through teaching
Discussing the benefits and pitfalls surrounding the current state of community engagement, and how astute and enthusiastic Bloustein students are becoming democratically capable citizens committed to figuring out how to make the world a better place.
Community service, teaching, expertise: A conversation with Henry Coleman
Professor Emeritus Henry Coleman discusses how his service to the community and connection to teaching students real-world information was a cornerstone of his career.
From Scarlet Knight to Policy Student to Trade Official
Stuart Shapiro and former Scarlet Knight punter Chris Gough MPP ’18 reflect on his time as a policy student and how his work at ITA is making a difference.
A Place for Ethics
An in-depth discussion about ethics and its application in informing planning, policy and public health, and how law can be impoverished without ethics.
Rural planner: Frank Popper and the Buffalo Commons
Discussing the Buffalo Commons, its history, its significance, and the current economic and environmental signs that confirm the idea that the depopulated center of the country should capitalize on its heritage as the home of the buffalo.
Bloustein Alumni Spotlight: 9-11 and the World Trade Center Redevelopment
Jim Bach reflects on the profession of planning and how being trained as an integrator, along with understanding the connections between scope, schedule, and budget, allowed him to successfully work with the Port Authority and the multitudes of emotionally invested stakeholders involved in the WTC project.
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Do Party Chairmen Still Hold Power in New Jersey Now That the Party Line Is Gone?
Trenton, NJ – Is the ‘Good Ole Boys’ network dead in New Jersey? Or, are party chairmen across New Jersey just learning how to do business in a post-party line political landscape? The political landscape in New Jersey has undergone a seismic shift with the recent...
People, Policy, Planning, Place, Product: Lessons from a City Planner
People, Policy, Planning, Place and Product: Lessons from a City Planner Presented by Christopher A. Watson, M.Sc., Ph.D.[c] Director of Planning and Development Services, Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP click to play Planning as a tool is ideally to organize the...
County conventions were all the rage in NJ. Now candidates are skipping out.
This time last year, New Jersey’s county conventions were must-watch affairs like Iowa and New Hampshire are in presidential elections. Then-Rep. Andy Kim was battling first lady Tammy Murphy for Bob Menendez’s Senate seat following his corruption indictment. It was a...
Parsippany office building, part of a ‘dying breed,’ sells for $10.2 million
An office building in Parsippany near the busy corridor along interstates 287 and 80 has sold for $10.2 million, according to a Thursday announcement from real estate services firm CBRE, which arranged the transaction. BSD Investment Properties LLC in Lakewood is...
Dr. Crowley discusses the benefits of divorce after the age of 50 for women in Woman’s World Magazine in March 2025
How to Cope With ‘Gray Divorce’: 5 Steps to Help You Write Your Next Chapter With divorce among women over 50 on the rise, we asked experts how to move forward Breakups are always difficult, but when it comes to ending a relationship later in life, it can feel like...