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SUMMARY:Virtual Career Drop-ins
DESCRIPTION:Stop by virtually on Mondays (except for holidays) beginning February 3 through April 28 between 11 am and 1 pm to ask a quick (15 min) career-related question of Bloustein Career Development Specialists Cheryl Egan and Andrea Garrido. \nURL: https://go.rutgers.edu/EJBcareerdropin
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/virtual-career-drop-ins/2025-04-07/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Career Information Session,CAREERS,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Bloustein School LinkedIn Photo Day
DESCRIPTION:Bloustein School faculty\, staff\, instructors\, undergraduate\, master’s\, and PhD candidates are invited to take a professional photo free of charge for LinkedIn and other professional use. \nRSVP IS NOT NEEDED.  \nPhotos will be available at bloustein.rutgers.edu/ejbheadshots/ approximately a week after each photo date. Participants will also an email letting them know photos are availalble. \n\nDress professionally — all photos are taken from the waist up.\nFollow instructions from the photographer.\nWhen you provide your contact information\, make sure it is an email you check regularly! If you don’t get an email\, check your junk/spam folder OR look at the website link below!\n\nPlease be advised these are NOT intended for passport photo use.
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/bloustein-school-linkedin-photo-day/2025-04-08/
LOCATION:Bloustein School\, Civic Square Building\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty Bloustein,Staff Bloustein,Student Services
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SUMMARY:Master of Health Administration Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Town Hall is an open and informal forum discussion for students to provide feedback\, offer suggestions\, and hear the most up to date news about the program. \nHosted by Dr. Soumitra Bhuyan\, Executive Director of the Health Administration Programs; Debra Akinwande\, VP of Health Administration for BGSA; Courtney Culler\, Associate Director for Graduate Student Services; and Greg Marrero\, Senior Counselor for Graduate Student Services. \nRSVP HERE \nHeld in CSB Room 261 or virtual by Zoom. \n 
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/master-of-health-administration-town-hall-2/
LOCATION:Bloustein School\, Civic Square Building\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Health Administration,Hybrid,Student Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T090000
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SUMMARY:REACH Poverty\, Equity\, and their Influencing Factors Symposium
DESCRIPTION:This symposium\, hosted by REACH in partnership with our Employment Table\, will bring together the Rutgers community\, academic institutions\, community partners\, policymakers\, and funders to discuss poverty and its interconnected social determinants — including education\, employment\, food access\, housing\, population health\, and racial justice. \nWe are especially thrilled to feature Dr. Matthew Desmond as our keynote speaker. Dr. Desmond\, author of Poverty\, By America and founder of Princeton’s Eviction Lab\, is a leading voice on housing insecurity and poverty. His groundbreaking research and extensive work have shaped national conversations on these critical issues\, making his insights invaluable for those dedicated to social impact. \nLocations:\nNew Brunswick: Cook Student Center (host site)\nCamden: Camden Campus Center (livestream + in-person events*)\nNewark: Paul Robeson Campus Center (livestream + in-person events*) \n*In-person events in Camden and Newark will include livestreams from New Brunswick of all plenary sessions and select breakouts\, as well as facilitated discussions\, networking\, breakfast and lunch\, and an autographed copy of Dr. Desmond’s book\, Poverty\, By America. \nRegistration has ended for this event. For more information visit https://reach.rutgers.edu/events
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/reach-poverty-equity-and-their-influencing-factors-symposium/
LOCATION:Cook Campus Center\, 59 Biel Road\, New Brunswick\, 08901
CATEGORIES:Diversity,Health Administration,Informatics,Public Health,Public Policy,Symposium/Workshop,Urban Planning
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rutgers Equity Alliance for Community Health":MAILTO:contact.us@reach.rutgers.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T163000
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an hour on Zoom to hear an insightful conversation about navigating what can be a tricky time: the transition from student to professional.\n\nWhether you’re about to begin your career or an internship\, or you’ve been working and want to learn how best to navigate workplace politics and grow within your career\, this session is for you!\n\nGet tips\, advice\, and different perspectives on how to best navigate the world of work and make the most of your time. Topics will include the critical first 90 days\, finding a mentor\, engaging with your colleagues\, and building your reputation. Although this is our final JUMP START event\, it is open to ALL students!\n\nREGISTER HERE: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvf-qvrDgtGdA-OfBh4T9ReFrvdV1cDI06
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/navigating-the-workplace/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Career Professional Development,Career Workshop Panel Roundtable
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SUMMARY:Virtual Information Session: Master of City and Regional Planning/Master of City and Regional Studies
DESCRIPTION: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) and Master of City and Regional Studies (MCRS) programs during the Spring 2025 semester. We are excited to share helpful information about the Bloustein School and 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. \n\nThe GRE has been WAIVED for all fall 2025 applications. Work experience is not required of applicants.  The application deadline for fall 2025 admission is May 1st.   \nAll sessions will be held virtually via Zoom. \n\n\nRSVP required at:  https://go.rutgers.edu/ejbmcrpinfo
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/virtual-information-session-master-of-city-and-regional-planning-3/2025-04-09/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Graduate Information Session,Student Services
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SUMMARY:Policy Collaboratory
DESCRIPTION:The New Jersey State Policy Lab is excited to announce we will be hosting the second annual Policy Collaboratory on April 10th from 11am-5pm in partnership with SPIA in NJ at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. This collaborative event\, held at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development in New Brunswick\, will welcome graduate students from Princeton and Rutgers universities to work together and brainstorm various solutions to address affordable housing challenges in the Garden State. \nIn consultation with academic experts from a variety of disciplines as well as advocates\, policymakers\, elected officials\, and people with lived experience\, students will work together in mixed teams to develop creative and original solutions to this policy problem. \nThe half-day event will include a complimentary lunch as well as a networking cocktail hour after the conference to be held at the Fat Cactus Cantina on 350 George St.\, New Brunswick. \nRegistration is limited and required. Please only register if you intend to attend in person: https://go.rutgers.edu/p0wc9zl6
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/policy-collaboratory/
LOCATION:Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T183000
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CREATED:20250325T200844Z
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SUMMARY:Rutgers Spring Health Administration Alumni Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about careers in various healthcare sectors? Attend this virtual networking event to meet with\, ask questions\, and gain invaluable advice from Bloustein Alumni who graduated from the MHA\, undergraduate Health Administration and Public Health programs and are working in various healthcare industries.\n\nhttps://go.rutgers.edu/Spring2025HAAlumniNetworkingEvent
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/rutgers-spring-health-administration-alumni-networking-event/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Career Workshop Panel Roundtable,Health Administration,Public Health,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T083000
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SUMMARY:RAISE-25 - Our Future With AI: Utopian or Dystopian?
DESCRIPTION:Informatics – Data Science – AI Competition\nStep into the future of innovation! RAISE-25 will challenge you to unravel the scope of AI’s impact on our lives and human society. RAISE-25\, a novel Informatics – Advanced Data Science – Artificial Intelligence (AI) Competition\, provides an opportunity to unleash your problem-solving prowess to tackle one of the most defining questions of our time: What will our AI-powered future look like? RAISE-25 invites all young geniuses to explore this time-sensitive and critical theme: Will AI shape our future into a utopian or dystopian reality? \nGraduate and undergraduate students – Dive into real-world data and explore how AI is transforming education\, reshaping careers\, and redefining society as we know it. Whether you’re eager to showcase your skills or spark bold insights\, this is your chance to lead the conversation on humanity’s AI-powered future. With total prizes of up to $17\,000 to be WON\, this is your chance to showcase your informatics\, advanced data science\, analytics\, and AI-driven problem-solving brilliance! \nRAISE-25 Student Informatics\, Data Science\, and AI Competition Overview\n\nRAISE (Rethinking AI for Shared Empowerment)\, a virtual AI Lab\, presents another challenge on human-AI interaction: RAISE-25!\nThe RAISE-25 competition is titled “Our Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?” and seeks to uncover key themes emerging from news headlines on the promises and challenges of AI in shaping our future in 3 key areas: education\, jobs and careers\, and societal change.\nRAISE-25 is a great opportunity for talented students to showcase their informatics\, advanced data science\, analytics\, and AI.\nHosted by Rutgers Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics (MPI) program\nJoin us on LinkedIn for more updates and insights\n\nRegistration\nRAISE-25 registrations are now closed.\nPlease join our LinkedIn forum for all updates on RAISE-25\, RAISE-26\, research\, job openings\, other future events\, etc. https://go.rutgers.edu/rutgersinfx\nImportant Dates\n\nTeam registration deadline: Closed\nONLINE submission deadline: February 16\, 2025\nFinalists announced: March 10\, 2025\nFinalists only – In-person finals at the Bloustein School\, Rutgers University\, New Brunswick\, NJ: April 11\, 2025\n\nEligibility\n\nTeams of 2-5 members can register for either the undergraduate or graduate track by signing up through the registration form. Teams must then reply to the RAISE-25 team’s subsequent confirmation email to formally join the competition\nThe competition is open to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students from accredited US institutions\nParticipants must legally reside in the US for the entire duration of the competition\n\nPrizes and Awards\n\nFirst Prize (one per track): Up to $5\,000 per team\nSecond Prize (up to two per track): Up to $1\,750 per team\n\nReview the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions \nJudging Criteria\n\nSubmissions will be evaluated based on overall excellence\, creativity\, breadth of analysis\, depth of exploratory analytics\, application of NLP and text informatics methods\, LLM-based approaches\, originality of the analytical approach\, clarity\, ethical considerations\, and recommendations\nJudges’ decisions are final and binding\, with no provision for appeals or review\n\nCompetition Guidelines and Details*\nThe RAISE-25 competition invites participants to explore the theme “Our Future with AI: Utopian or Dystopian?” by analyzing and uncovering dominant themes in AI’s role in shaping our future. Participants will examine how AI influences education\, jobs and careers\, and society\, from its utopian potential to empower and innovate to dystopian challenges and ethical dilemmas. \n\nAnalyze news headlines\, generate insights\, assess ethics\, and make recommendations for shared empowerment.\nAny/all of these could be addressed or used: Embedded topics and themes\, Sentiment Analysis\, emotion recognition\, Abstractive and extractive summaries\, Machine learning methods\, rules-based and synthetic approaches\, Use of Large Language Models and derivate tools\, applications\, and code modules\, Use of exploratory methods for textual informatics\, data visualization\, Other AI methods.\nParticipants will be expected to use informatics\, data science\, analytics\, and AI-based approaches to discover dominant and hidden themes from the dataset.\nParticipants may use exploratory analyses\, data visualizations\, statistics\, computational linguistics\, quantitative modeling\, machine learning\, or other analytical methods.\nEach team is free to define its strategy – teams can also use LLMs and tools like Claude\, Bard\, or ChatGPT. However\, the use of any AI tool/s MUST be explicitly declared along with a list of prompts submitted as an appendix. Any use of AI without explicit declaration of specific prompts is disallowed. References for all sources must be cited using APA 6 or higher.\nTools and languages allowed: Python – Colab or Jupyter Notebooks only\, R – .R or .RMD only\, Tableau\, Excel\, For any other tool – please confirm with the organizers\nShortlisted finalists will be provided with additional instructions and invited to attend (required) the final round of the competition to be held on April 11\, 2025\, at Rutgers University.\n\n* Review the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions \nInformation Sessions\nVirtual information sessions will be hosted to provide information and guidance on the competition structure\, materials\, schedule\, and expectations. All sessions will cover the same topics and will be followed by an open Q&A. All instructions will be provided in the documentation which will be shared with registered participants. However\, due to the large number of participating student teams from all over the US\, it is advisable to attend one of these sessions as it may be difficult to respond to all emails promptly with the required clarity. Please register and attend at least one of the sessions below. \n\nSession 1: Jan 8\, Wednesday – 12 PM EST\nSession 2: Jan 24\, Friday – 12 PM EST\nSession 3: Feb 7\, Friday – 12 PM EST\n\nRSVP through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LMABOC9FS1K1g5AHfYilLQ  \nNote: Once registered\, you can attend any of the sessions. Ignore the dates suggested by Zoom – add only the 3 dates mentioned in this email to your calendars. \nAbout the Hosts\nThe Bloustein School’s Master of Public Informatics is a distinguished program for educating highly talented professional student cohorts in the competencies needed in public informatics\, advanced data science\, and analytics\, which includes topics such as machine learning\, global data analytics\, artificial intelligence\, textual analytics and natural language processing\, statistics\, programming\, data management\, GIS\, visualization\, spatial analysis\, domain applications\, and the application of these skills for domain-specific value creation. The MPI program at Rutgers provides excellent state-of-the-art research-driven project opportunities. Graduates of the MPI program will provide a deep understanding of advanced data science and analytics methods\, context\, and public benefit perspectives in this fast-growing and high-demand domain. \nInterested in sponsorships? Contact our team: informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\nContact Us\nRAISE-25 Coordinator: Julia Esguerra\nGraduate Teams Coordinator: Esha More\nUndergraduate Teams Coordinator: Mansi Asher\nPlease use this email for all correspondence: informatics@ejb.rutgers.edu\nRAISE-25 CHAIR: Prof. Jim Samuel \nCode of Conduct\nParticipants must adhere to a strict code of ethical conduct\, and agree to abide by all the rules and requirements of Bloustein\, Rutgers\, and the State of New Jersey. \nPlease review the RAISE-25 Terms and Conditions that apply to all participants. \nUpdates and Changes\nRutgers University and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy reserve the right to modify the competition rules\, schedule\, or any other aspect of the competition. Registered participants will be notified of such changes via email. \n\n\nRegistration Form
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/raise-2025-student-data-science-informatics-competition-finals/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Competition,Informatics,Student Organization
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SUMMARY:RAISE-25 AI's Impact on Data Science & Informatics Careers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting panel discussion exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on data science and informatics careers and job search. Industry leaders and experts will share insights on how AI is reshaping job roles\, what skills are in demand\, and how professionals can stay ahead in this evolving landscape. \nPanelists:\nCory Yemen\, Poonam Soans\, Balaji Dhamodharan\, Udayan Bose\, Karun Thankachan\, Madhumitha Karthikeyan\, Jim Samuel \nRegister: go.rutgers.edu/RAISE-25-panel
URL:https://dev.bloustein.rutgers.edu/event/raise-25-ais-impact-on-data-science-informatics-careeirs/
LOCATION:Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum\, CSB\, 33 Livingston Avenue\, New Brunswick\, NJ\, 08901\, United States
CATEGORIES:Career Workshop Panel Roundtable,CAREERS,Informatics
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