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TECH UPDATES: Using Data in Your Local Government: A Guide for Beginners
Like roads and utilities, the collection and analysis of data have become vital tools that enable municipalities to tailor services to their residents. But what does this mean for you and your community? This guide will help you understand how to use information to serve your community better.
Molloy Discusses Criteria for Healthiest Cities
“Look for excellent healthcare providers: hospitals AND primary care. Also, cities with extensive recreational opportunities that do not require payment (e.g., parks, walkways, bike paths, etc.).”
Banking giant Barclays cutting 78 jobs in Whippany after earlier layoffs
James Hughes, an economist at Rutgers University, told NorthJersey.com that white-collar jobs in banking and finance have become saturated after a two-year hiring spree that followed the COVID-19 pandemic.
McGlynn & Payne Explore the Relational Reprojection Platform
In this paper, we discuss the cartographic genealogy and prospective uses of the Relational Reprojection Platform (RRP), an interactive tool that we built to create custom azimuthal reprojections of spatial datasets with non-linear distance transformations.
Clint Andrews–The Critical Role of University Research
This week on EJB Talks, Dean Stuart Shapiro speaks with Bloustein School alumna and Bloustein Advisory Board member, Leah Furey Bruder, MCRP ’06 about her journey into urban planning and her experiences working in municipal and redevelopment planning. Leah explains how her background in international studies shifted to local planning after working on community development in Camden, NJ. She discusses her work in Cherry Hill, her time as an in-house municipal planner in Evesham Township, and her decision to start her own firm to focus on impactful projects.
Payne Investigates City Digital Twins Concepts
As a result, we conclude by expanding Rose’s arguments into the factory, the originary vision of the digital twin as a quality control system in production lines, and returning to a technological vision of the city presented by digital twins that is not only deeply masculinist, but symptomatic of the crisis of capitalism.
Population is Growing, but College Enrollment is Stalling
“We’re facing the cliff, because those born in ’08 … they’re just entering their high school graduation years,” said James Hughes, Dean Emeritus
The unexpected way this N.J. hospital network is helping patients
“We know that the more often you go to the doctor, the more often you’re able to take care of things as they arise in a timely fashion, the better off your health is,” said Michael Smart, a professor at Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “Transit is a real lifesaver, a literal lifesaver.”
Pay-to-play
“What it means is that contracts are being awarded not on the basis of who is the most qualified, but on the basis potentially of who has given the largest sums of money to those decision makers,” Rubin said.
Nashia Basit (MPP/MCRP ’24) on Women’s Leadership
This week, alumna and current Governor’s Fellow Nashia Basit (MPP/MCRP ’24) discussed women’s leadership in state government and cultivating spaces for women to be successful with Allison Chris Myers, Esq., CEO of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.
Heldrich Report: Generative AI’s Impact
A new report from the Heldrich Center offers an overview of the impact of GenAI on work in the United States, and how GenAI may affect workers and employers in the life sciences and technology sectors of the economy and in New Jersey.
Checking In on NJ’s Income and Housing Cost Rankings
While housing costs in New Jersey continue to be among the highest in the nation, the state growth rate of 4.8% for median owner costs for housing with a mortgage was among the slowest in the country (43rd) and well below the national rate of 7.2%.