• Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture

    Meck Memorial Lecture–Not the Master’s Tools: 5,000 years of Money, Credit, and Community Banking

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

    Presented by Oscar Perry Abello Senior Economics Correspondent, Next City While the laws, regulations, and structure of banking greatly influence land use, urban planning and housing, banking itself is poorly understood—even by many who work in banking. Looking around today, it may seem like big banks have always lorded over the economy, but in reality, […]

  • Rutgers Climate Symposium 2024: Signals – Climate Change Communication for Understanding and Action

    Douglass Student Center 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    The Rutgers Climate Symposium fosters collaboration among researchers and students across all disciplines from institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region who are interested in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, or other approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. FEATURING Katherine Blunt, Author and Journalist William Hallman, Distinguished Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University Benjamin Santer, Atmospheric […]

  • Bildner Center: The 25th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival, November 7–21

    Regal Cinema Commerce Center 2399 US-1, North Brunswick, United States

    The The 25th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival will feature fourteen thought-provoking and entertaining films, dynamic discussions with filmmakers and special guests, and numerous New Jersey premieres on dance, music, the LGBTQ+ experience, American Jewish history, and Israeli society. Twelve films will be screened at the Regal Cinema Commerce Center, North Brunswick (November 7–17), and […]

  • Re-envisioning Places: Designing Neighborhood Character, Scale, & Forms

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

    Urban Design Lecture Series at the Edward J Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Existing communities are increasingly concerned with how new infill development impacts the form, scale, and character of established neighborhoods. This lecture features case studies of how urban design techniques, strategies and methods have been successfully used to “shape” infill projects, […]

  • Informatics

    Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Influence of AI in Public Administration: The Finnish Experience

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

    Presented by Jari Stenvall Professor of Administrative Sciences, Tampere University, Finland Artificial intelligence has meant a revolution in public administration and services. On the other hand, there have been recent discussions suggesting that generative AI in particular will remain mainly a tool for individual employees. The key to the use of AI is not only […]

  • Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health (REACH) Housing Conference

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

    The Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health (REACH) in collaboration with the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement, the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity, and the Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education are hosting a daylong conference about the intersection of housing and health with speakers from the university, community, […]

  • DEIB

    Disability on the Frontline of Climate Change

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

    People with disabilities face new threats from climate change driven disasters. They are more likely to lose assistive devices or medication, become disconnected from support networks and be left behind during an emergency. Coastal South Asia's disability community is at particular risk as global warming contributes to sea level rise, more intense storms, heat waves […]

  • The Redevelopment Handbook: Book Launch, Symposium & Networking Reception

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

    Learn what’s new in the current edition and hear from planners and attorneys on the important issues and special topics in redevelopment today. The Redevelopment Handbook, co-authored by Stan Slachetka and David Roberts, is the recognized reference on redevelopment in New Jersey and has been used widely by planners, attorneys, public officials, educators, and the […]

  • Bildner Center: One Year after October 7: A Conversation with Miriam Herschlag

    Virtual

    The Ruth and Alvin Rockoff Annual Lecture Join a discussion between Miriam Herschlag, opinion and blogs editor for The Times of Israel, and Nancy Sinkoff, the Bildner Center’s academic director, one year after the October 7 attack on Israel. Raised in New Jersey, Herschlag has been based in Tel Aviv for decades, working as a […]