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Bloustein School celebrates 20th anniversary in 2011-12 academic year
In September 2011 the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and P ublic Policy began celebrating its 20th anniversary. Established and approved by the Rutgers University Board of Governors in 1992, the school serves as one of the nation’s key centers for the theory and practice of planning and public policy scholarship and analysis.
REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN FOR THE ANNIVERSARY GRAND RECEPTION!
With its urban planning program ranked third nationally, and its public policy program recently accredited, the Bloustein School is committed to a rebirth of the public service ethic in the United States. The ethic focuses on good civic design in its broadest sense, encompassing such endeavors as housing, transportation, workforce development, public health, economic development ecological balance, and social justice for the disadvantaged. The school supports a wide variety of educational activities, including undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree programs, continuing education and conferences for professionals and alumni, and a range of research centers focused on major planning and policy issues.
Edward J. Bloustein was the 17th president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from New York University and received his law and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell. After teaching at NYU and serving as President of Bennington College, he was appointed President of Rutgers in 1971, forty years ago. Under Edward J.Bloustein’s presidency, Rutgers advanced to achieve distinction as one of the major public research universities in the nation, and was invited in 1989 to join 56 other prestigious academic institutions that make up the Association of American Universities. This was the same year in which Dr. Bloustein passed away.
The establishment of the School of Planning and Public Policy was one of Dr. Bloustein’s last acts as president, and it was named in his honor in 1992. Citing his leadership in establishing partnerships among the university, state, and private sector as well as his great involvement in the public service mission of the university, the Rutgers Board of Governors noted that he often spoke of the need for a school to serve local and state public policy concerns and of the importance of community service as part of a liberal education.
Ph.D. Colloquium Speaker Series: Getting a Ph.D. Sooner or Later (Judy Shaw and Henry Mayer, Rutgers University)
Room 369
4:00 p.m.
Tuesday
20
Alumni Panel Discussion: Economics, Finance, and State and Local Government
Room 112
6:00 p.m.
Thursday
29
Faculty Research Presentation: Analysis and Public Policy: When Will They Start Listening? (Stuart Shapiro)
Room 261
4:00 p.m.
APRIL
Monday
2
Ph.D. Colloquium Speaker Series: Marla Nelson, University of New Orleans, Recovery in a Shrinking City: Challenges to “Rightsizing” Post-Katrina New Orleans
Room 369
4:00 p.m.
Thursday
5
Alumni and Student Social Mixer in New Brunswick
TBA
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday
10
Alumni Panel Discussion: International Development
CSB 112
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday
11
Faculty Research Presentation: Pedestrians in New Jersey (Robert Noland, Robert Burchell) -- this event was rescheduled from March 5
Conference: New Jersey League of Municipalities(exhibit)
Atlantic City, NJ
Friday
18
Conference on Transportation Security and Safety
Monday
21
Faculty Research Presentation: Saving Paradise: Drafting a New Zoning and Subdivision Code for the U.S. Virgin Islands (Stuart Meck)
Room 261
4:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
Tuesday
6
Alumni Panel Discussion: Evaluation, Research, and Survey
Room 261
6:00 p.m.
Thursday
8
Faculty Research Presentation: Is Impact Investing Hype or Hope? The Case of Developmental Venture Capital (Julia Sass Rubin)
Room 369
4:00 p.m.
Monday
12
Ph.D. Colloquium Speaker Series: Philip Ashton, University of Illinois at Chicago, Sale of the Century: The Rise and ‘Fall’ of the High-Priced Infrastructure Lease
CSB 113
4:00 p.m.
JANUARY
Tuesday
24
Alumni Panel Discussion: Social and Education Policy
Room 112
6:00 p.m.
Thursday
26
Ph.D. Colloquium Speaker Series: Ana Baptista, The New School: PhD to Non-Profit: A Post-Doctoral Career Outside of Academia
Room 261
4:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Thursday
2
Faculty Research Presentation: Influencing National Labor Economics from the Inside and the Outside (Carl Van Horn, William Rodgers)
Room 261
4:00 p.m.
Thursday
9
Alumni and Student Social Mixer at Social Bar Grill Lounge, 795 8th Ave (between 48th & 49th St.), New York, New York
Social Bar Grill Lounge
7:00 p.m.
Monday
13
Ph.D. Colloquium Speaker Series: Ted Koebel, Professor, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech: A Rutgers Planning Career Backwards and Forwards
Room 369
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday
15
Alumni Panel Discussion: Environment, Urban Design, and Sustainability
Room 113
6:00 p.m.
Tuesday
21
Robert A. Catlin Memorial Lecture by Susan Fainstein, Planning for The Just City
Bloustein School celebrates 20th anniversary in 2011-12 academic year