Message from the Dean

Welcome to the first electronic version of the Forum newsletter. We hope you find this format easy to use, informative and visually appealing. This new format is emblematic of the change that has been occurring at the Bloustein School since the beginning of the current school year.

Urban and Regional Planning Faculty Rank 7th in Nation

The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked the Urban and Regional Planning faculty at Rutgers 7th in the nation for scholarly productivity in a 2007 review of 375 universities. The ranking accounts for book and journal publications, citations, grants and awards.

Former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean headlined a full schedule of public events

Presenting the Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government Lecture in September, Governor Kean, who served from 1982 to 1990, cited three factors that have affected the ethical behavior of today’s lawmakers.

Alumni Spotlight: Nicholas J. Masucci, MCRP 1975

Professor Michael Greenberg recalls the nine graduates from the 1975 MCRP class as some of the most talented ever to pass through Rutgers University. One of those graduates, Nicholas J. Masucci, returned in November as a guest lecturer at the Bloustein School, describing how his career in planning has taken him from the...