• Intro to Urban Planning & Design Lecture Series: Kristen Reardon

    Bloustein School CSB, Room 261 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    The lecture series “Introduction to Urban Planning & Design” is made possible by a Rutgers Teaching Enhancement Grant from the Vice Provost for Experiential Learning awarded to Assistant Professor Carmelo Ignaccolo. This week, the speaker is Kristen Reardon, Principal, Starr Whitehouse. The series will feature an incredible lineup of speakers from public agencies, design NGOs, […]

  • Intro to Urban Planning & Design Lecture Series: Einat Lubliner

    Bloustein School CSB, Room 261 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    The lecture series “Introduction to Urban Planning & Design” is made possible by a Rutgers Teaching Enhancement Grant from the Vice Provost for Experiential Learning awarded to Assistant Professor Carmelo Ignaccolo. This week, the speaker is Einat Lubliner, Senior Urban Designer, Bjarke Ingels Group. The series will feature an incredible lineup of speakers from public […]

  • Intro to Urban Planning & Design Lecture Series: Jesse Hirakawa

    Bloustein School CSB, Room 261 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    The lecture series “Introduction to Urban Planning & Design” is made possible by a Rutgers Teaching Enhancement Grant from the Vice Provost for Experiential Learning awarded to Assistant Professor Carmelo Ignaccolo. This week, the speaker is Jesse Hirakawa, Senior Urban Designer, NYC Department of City Planning. The series will feature an incredible lineup of speakers […]

  • Plan4HealthNJ Studio: A Diagnostic Approach to Incorporating Public Health in Master Plans

    Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

    Sponsored by the American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this Plan4HealthNJ studio enabled students to collaborate with officials and practitioners, engage in research and beta test ideas for APA-NJ to work with select municipalities to update their master plans, zoning ordinances and capital improvement programs to incorporate public health […]

  • Participatory Mapping of Social Determinants of Health: From Local Knowledge to Public Health Action

    Virtual

    Dr. Wansoo Im serves as a Professor at Meharry Medical College’s School of Global Health where he manages the Public Health Exposure Database and directs the National Center for Community Mapping. His work leverages big data and social/crowd networking approaches to generate deep insights into demographic and health patterns, social and health determinants, and related […]

  • Civic Engagement in an Era of Artificial Intelligence

    Virtual

    This talk draws on Dr. Sieber's research at the intersection of tech and civic engagement. This interest developed in her dissertation with PhD supervisor Lyna Wiggins, who emphasized local adoption by planners of GIS, which at the time was hard! Throughout her career, she has been driven to investigate the potential for civic engagement using hard tech, especially as the discourse moves towards tech as the engine of innovation, for example in smart cities. In this she will draw on her six years co-hosting Al in Canadian Municipalities Community of Practice as well as 20+ years researching public participation GIS.