Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy

State Development & Redevelopment Plan Update
2025-06-17 08:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
State Development & Redevelopment Plan Update
The New Jersey State Planning Commission is currently updating the 2001 New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan (SDRP). As part of this effort, the Office of Planning Advocacy—along with the New Jersey Conference of Mayors (NJCM) and the Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy—will present an overview of the SDRP to mayors and seek additional feedback from NJCM members.
Speaker:
Walter Lane, Acting Executive Director of the Office of Planning Advocacy
Moderator:
Mayor Janice Mironov, East Windsor Township
Topics will include how the draft SDRP can support municipalities in advancing their local planning priorities. A Q&A session will follow, giving mayors the opportunity to provide feedback on the Plan’s goals and strategies. These insights will help guide revisions to the current draft and inform the NJCM’s position as the SDRP moves toward finalization.

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Undergraduate Prospective Student Information Sessions (PSIS)
2025-06-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-07-16 12:00 | Virtual
The Prospective Student Information Sessions give interested students an opportunity to learn about the undergraduate program offerings at the Bloustein School. There is an overview of each major, minor, and certificate program, including the admissions criteria and application processes for current and prospective Rutgers students. Also, students are encouraged to bring questions and the host advisor(s) will be glad to answer them or refer the student to the appropriate department/office.

Sessions will be offered via Zoom. A link will be sent to registered students the day prior to the event.
The sessions are approximately one hour. Please log in on time.

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Dissertation Proposal: E-Cycling for Well-Being: Potential, Realized, and Perceived Accessibility of E-Bike Users in the United States
2025-06-30 12:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Presented by Yingning Xie.
Please access the Zoom link sent internally by email.

Dissertation Defense: Municipal Orientations to Warehouse Development in the Chicago Region
2025-07-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Presented by Lauren Nolan, PhD candidate

NJ State Policy Lab Internship Presentations
2025-08-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
We invite you to attend the 2025 New Jersey State Policy Lab Summer Intern Presentations on Wednesday, August 6th. Each NJSPL intern selected an area of policy research that was of interest to them in order to investigate and study at the beginning of the summer. These presentations serve as a capstone to the ten-week internship.

The students, Abigail Asante-Amoah, Malachi David, Tiffany Flax, Tricia Harris, Avianna Peterson, and Sami Shaikh, will present on a range of subjects including education, the environment, health, and more. The event will be held in person and virtually on August 6th from 10:00am-12:00pm at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Interested attendees are welcome to register here.

Career Services: What's It Like To Apply To and Interview For Administrative Fellowships?
2025-08-14 17:00 - 18:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Alumni of the Bloustein School and prospective employers will speak about jobs and careers in the urban planning, policy and health administration fields in the series, “What’s It Like To Be…”. Join us and learn the real deal about their day-to-day jobs and information you definitely won’t find on a job description!
Join current Rutgers MHA students who have accepted Administrative Fellowship offers as they candidly discuss their administrative fellowship process. Topics of discussion will include:

Choosing and narrowing down fellowship locations
Types of fellowship programs (rotational, project-based)
Essay writing process
Interview process
Making a final decision

Co-hosted by ACHE-NJ. ZOOM RSVP HERE or email cheryl.egan [at] rutgers.edu for the in-person session.

Graduate Career Services Orientation
2025-08-21 12:30 - 14:00 | Virtual
Meet Career Management Specialists Andrea Garrido and Cheryl Egan for a two-part orientation. First, learn about the resources, tools, and services to support you on your journey from grad student to professional, including our calendar of professional development and career events, job and internship support, and alumni connections. Part II features a panel of Bloustein Alumni hiring managers who will share what they seek in candidates and will offer their advice as you prepare for your upcoming internship and job searches.
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Undergraduate New Student Information Session for Fall 2025 Majors
2025-08-27 10:00 - 13:30 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
In-Person Session August 27th
The Bloustein School is hosting the annual undergraduate student orientation for new majors on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Newly enrolled direct-admit students in City and Regional Planning, Public Health, Health Administration, Public Policy, or Urban Planning and Design are required to participate in all program events. This includes school-to-school transfer and re-enrolling students, who were not previously enrolled in the Bloustein School. Newly declared majors in SAS and SEBS are invited to attend. Registration is required for this event. For questions, please contact undergrad@ejb.rutgers.edu.
More information and Registration Form

Basic Quantitative Methods Placement Exam
2025-08-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
To register: Email Shiyu Ma at sm2758 [at] scarletmail.rutgers.edu by 5pm on August 21, 2025.
This closed-book exam is similar to the final exam for the Basic Quantitative Methods course. The exam will cover all chapters of the book listed below. You will need a non-graphing calculator and pen or pencil.
To prepare: Joseph F. Healey. Statistics: A Tool for Social Research. Wadsworth Cengage Learning 10th edition (or subsequent editions) . Please be advised that you need an active Rutgers Box Account to view the above link.
Exam format:

multiple choice and short answer questions that test your understanding of concepts, and
computational problems and interpretation of statistical output from STATA. Familiarity with any statistical software package should be sufficient to interpret the output.

At exam time, you will receive statistical tables (appendices A, B, C, and D from the 10th edition of the textbook) as well as a formula sheet with the formulas from the inside front cover of the textbook.

International Student Resources Information Session and Panel
2025-08-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Meet your Bloustein Graduate student and academic services support staff – Andrea Garrido, Cheryl Egan, Greg Marrero, and Courtney Culler – as well as our partner from RU Global – Audrey Nguyen, Bloustein Liaison and International Student Advisor – to learn about the career and internship resources and services available at Bloustein and Rutgers University to support our international students..
This event is mandatory for international students at Bloustein.
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Bloustein Library Orientation Session Fall 2025
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Join Rutgers Librarian Ryan Womack as he walks our new students through the important University Library tools and resources.

Clubs, Organizations, Centers & Institutes Fair Fall 2025
2025-09-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
For new Bloustein graduate students only. Bring your resume! We will be in the lobby and room 112 on the first floor.

Grad Students Information Technology Orientation Session Fall 2025
2025-09-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum, CSB, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
For new Bloustein graduate students only. This is an overview of the technology systems at the school, including labs, computers, accounts, virtual options, printing, and more.

Virtual Career Drop-ins for Graduate Students
2025-09-08 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-15 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Bloustein graduate students can meet with Career Development Specialists Andrea Garrido or Cheryl Egan for up to 15 minutes to answer any career/internship related questions
URL: https://go.rutgers.edu/EJBcareerdropin

Bloustein School Welcome Back Picnic
2025-09-10 11:30 - 13:30 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
All Bloustein School students, PhD candidates, faculty, staff, and instructors are invited to attend the 2025 Welcome Back picnic on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

All food is served on a first come, first served basis. Food service will begin at APPROXIMATELY 11:30 a.m. and will continue until it’s all gone.

Food choices include: Hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, buttermilk fried chicken, “boardwalk style” sausage & pepper hoagies, corn on the cob, baked beans, potato salad, cole slaw, pasta salad, tossed salad with assorted dressings. Watermelon, cookies, and ice cream novelties for dessert.

NO RSVP NEEDED. This event is rain or shine. In the event of rain, food will be moved to the building’s main lobby.

Fall 2025 Career & Internship Mega Fair
2025-09-15 11:30 - 15:30, 2025-09-18 11:30 - 15:30 | Jersey Mike’s Arena, 83 Rockefeller Road, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Join this in-person event to network with employers to discuss full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities from a wide variety of fields. This event is open to Rutgers University (New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, and RBHS) students and alumni from all academic disciplines.

Registration required at https://careers.rutgers.edu/node/812722

Hosted by the Rutgers University Office of Career Exploration and Success, an anticipated group of over 400 employers will be available to network with 8,000+ candidates to discuss full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities in various fields. This event is open to Rutgers University (New Brunswick, Camden, Newark, and RBHS) students and alumni from all academic disciplines.
Position-Specific Days:

Day 1 (Sept 15): Technology, Engineering, Medicine, or Sciences-related Positions
Day 2 (Sept 16): Technology, Engineering, Environment, Food, or Agriculture-related Positions
Day 3 (Sept 17): Business, HR, Education, Law, Government, or Social Impact-related Positions
Day 4 (Sept 18): Business, HR, Communications, or Creative-related Positions

Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: AI AGENTS to the Rescue!? An Overview of the Opportunities, Risks and Economics of Agentic AI
2025-09-15 18:00 - 19:15 | Virtual
Rutgers Informatics Forum on Agentic Artificial Intelligence
This webinar will host an eminent expert on agentic AI, and will also provide insights into the advanced data science, informatics and AI education, and preparation needed for informatics, DS and AI jobs and careers.
Justin Trugman is Cofounder and Head of Technology at BetterFutureLabs, a venture studio focused on Multi-Agent Systems and the future of work. He was VP of Software Development and an early engineer at Caregility, worked at Google X’s Project Loon, and co-founded BlinkCDN and the non-profit SecureMeeting.
Facilitator: Professor Jim Samuel, Ph.D., Bloustein School, Rutgers University
PROGRAM

6:00 PM – Welcome and opening comments.
6:05 PM – Agentic AI Overview, Justin Trugman, Cofounder, Head of Technology, BetterFutureLabs

6:55 PM – MPI Studio on AI Agents and Generative AI, Prof. Samuel, Bloustein, Rutgers

7:00 PM – Career Discussion and Q&A on Agentic AI

Hosted by the Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program at Rutgers University
Special Thanks to our Collaborators:
Public Informatics Student Group, Journal of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, New Jersey Big Data Alliance, and The Rutgers Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (RAD) Collaboratory
REGISTER AT go.rutgers.edu/informaticsF25
Questions? Email informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu. Join the Intelligent Informatics forum on LinkedIn https://go.rutgers.edu/rutgersinfx

Virtual Information Session: Master of Health Administration
2025-09-17 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
You are invited to join us at one our upcoming virtual informational sessions to learn more about the Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree offered by the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. We are excited to share helpful information about the MHA curriculum and answer any questions you may have regarding admissions, applications, scholarships, career opportunities in the field, curriculum, etc. Program faculty and staff will be on hand to answer all your questions.

Applications to the MHA program do NOT require the GREs. The application deadline for fall admission is July 1st for domestic applicants and April 1st for international applicants. The application for spring admission is November 1st.
All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom and will last approximately 1 hour. The event Zoom link will be sent via email, closer to the event, to those who RSVP.

Please note that all times listed are EST / New Jersey local time. If you plan to join this session from a different time zone or a different country, we ask that you please make sure to note the CORRECT local time at YOUR location for this information session.

RSVP required at https://go.rutgers.edu/ejbmhainfo

PhD Colloquium: Welcome Back Chat
2025-09-17 12:00 - 12:50 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States

Rutgers Health Management Perspectives: Dr. Noble - Public Health Emergencies
2025-09-17 12:30 - 13:30 | Virtual
Please join us for the Rutgers Health Management Perspectives Lecture Series at the Bloustein School, created to bring leading voices in health management and policy to engage with our Rutgers community.
Public Health Emergencies: Global Preparedness, Local Response, Collective Leadership
How do we prepare for the next outbreak, respond effectively when crisis strikes, and build resilience for the future? This talk and discussion offers a global perspective on the systems, communities, and leadership needed to confront today’s public health emergencies and those yet to come.
Dr. Douglas Noble, BSc, BMBCh, MRCS, MPH, MD(Res), FRSPH, FFPH
Associate Director, Health Emergencies Preparedness and Response, UNICEF, New York
REGISTER: go.rutgers.edu/halectureseries

Bloustein Research Seminar Series: Ricardo Bello-Gomez
2025-09-17 16:00 - 17:15 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Presented by Ricardo Bello-Gomez, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers Newark
“Merit and Impartiality in Public Administration: The Effect of Democratic Backsliding through Participation and Contestation”
In person in room 556 and on Zoom at https://go.rutgers.edu/uyj26isl
This venue will enable our faculty to share research, build community, and extend our networks. Food and coffee will be served. Bloustein faculty, advanced PhD students, and external speakers will present research talks. The seminar series is open to the entire Bloustein community.

CAREERS: Resume Workshop & Clinic
2025-09-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Virtual
This virtual JUMP START event is open to ALL graduate students (ALL programs and ALL years).
This is a fantastic opportunity to get immediate feedback (in small groups) from alumni/professionals who are working in the urban planning/informatics/public policy fields.
The deadline to register for this event is THIS FRIDAY, 9/12/25. Once registered, please email your resume to rsvp@ejb.rutgers.edu. Registrants will receive a zoom registration link to attend this virtual event.
REGISTER HERE: https://forms.office.com/r/zAi3QswAv7
Deadline to register: 9/12/2025 at 11:59 pm.

Virtual Information Session: Master of City and Regional Planning
2025-09-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
You are cordially invited to join us at this virtual informational session for the Rutgers – Bloustein School’s Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) program during the Fall 2025 semester. We are excited to share helpful information about the Bloustein School, the MCRP program, and answer any questions you may have regarding admissions, applications, career opportunities in the field and the curriculum. Program faculty and staff will be on hand to answer all your questions. Each session will last approximately 1 hour.

The GRE has been WAIVED for all applications. Work experience is not required of applicants. The application deadline for spring 2026 admission is November 1st. The application deadline for fall 2026 admission WITH consideration for academic scholarship and fellowship funding is January 15th.
All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom.

RSVP required at: https://go.rutgers.edu/ejbmcrpinfo

PhD Colloquium: How to navigate one-on-one meetings on a job interview
2025-09-24 12:00 - 12:50 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Presented by Irina Grafova, Associate Professor

CAREERS: Coffee & Careers
2025-09-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Coffee & Careers is a monthly drop-in event in the student lounge where graduate students can connect with Career Center staff in a relaxed setting over complimentary coffee and light refreshments. Designed to spark conversation and build community, this informal program offers the chance to explore career resources, ask questions, and engage with peers while gaining support for your professional journey.

Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals' Virtual Summit
2025-09-25 12:00 - 17:00 | Bloustein School, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, United States
Curious about how walking, biking, and micromobility are reshaping our streets and cities? Join us for a screening of the Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals’ Virtual Summit.

When: Thursday & Friday, September 25 & 26, 2025, between 12 PM and 5 PM

Location: Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum

Host: Voorhees Transportation Center

This event is open to all students, staff, faculty, and friends. Drop in anytime and stay as long as you like.
View the full virtual agenda here.

Featured Session: Friday, September 26 from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
From Pedals to Power: Micromobility Guidance and Research
Presented by VTC’s Dr. Hannah Younes and Sam Rosenthal, AICP
Learn how NJ became the first state to release a comprehensive micromobility guide and how it’s shaping policy nationwide. Plus, hear insights from research in Asbury Park, NJ where traffic camera footage was analyzed to study rider behavior and bike lane impacts.
Full-time Bloustein students can become APBP members for only $10 day a year. As a member, you can be paired with a mentor for career guidance, access the APBP Career Center, and follow news about current trends in pedestrian and bicycle policy.
