UPCOMING EVENTS July 16, 2008 1:00- 3:00 PM, Special Events Forum
R/ECON™Rutgers Economic Advisory Service Summer 2008 Conference
The Outlook for the New Jersey Economy The State Forecast-How Bad Will It Get? The Real Estate Market-Collapse or Revival?
SPEAKERS:
James W. Hughes
Dean
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Director, Rutgers Regional Report
David Listokin
Co-Director, Center for Urban Policy Research
Nancy H. Mantell
Director, R/ECON
Patrick O'Keefe
Director, J.H. Cohn
Former CEO, New Jersey Builders Association
Joseph J. Seneca
University Professor
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Co-Director, Rutgers Regional Report
EVENTS RECAP
April 4, 2008 Building Capacity in Community-Based Organizations for Brownfields Redevelopment The National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment hosted a tri-state conference on the role of brownfields remediation in community revitalization. Speakers included commissioners Joseph Doria of the Department of Community Affairs and Lisa Jackson of the Department of Environmental Protection, Perth Amboy Mayor and Assemblyman Joseph Vas, Tracy Vernon, director of the Pennsylvania State Brownfield Action Teams, and Mark McIntyre of PlaNYC. Visit the Brownfields Center website for more information.
March 7, 2008
Center for Race & Ethnicity, 191 College Avenue Race, Ethnicity, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis Research Professor David Listokin and Assistant Professor Kathe Newman joined with Rutgers-Newark professors Beryl Satter (History) and David Troutt (School of Law) for a roundtable discussion on the subprime mortgage lending crisis. Click here for the announcement.
March 3, 2008 Undergraduate Career Session for Public Health Gregory Sobol, assistant director of Career Services, provided job search, career option, resume, and interview tips for public health majors and those interested in pursuing a career in public health.
February 21, 2008 Urban Decline, Rebellion and Resurgence: A Comment on Newark EJB Distinguished Fellow Robert Curvin lectured on the 1967 civil disturbances in Newark and the Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorders that was created in its aftermath. The lecture was part of a series of events hosted by the Bloustein School reflecting back on the Newark riots. Click here for the announcement.
February 8, 2008 The Newark Disturbances and the Lilley Commission: Looking Back 40 Years EJB Distinguished Fellow Robert Curvin, Sandford Jaffe, Co-Director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Star-Ledger reporter Brad Parks took part in a panel discussion reflecting back on the 1967 Newark disurbances. Click here for the announcement.
January 29, 2008 Mayors' Committee for a Green Future The Mayors' Committee for a Green Future conducted a workshop and business meeting for mayors and municipal officials. New “how-to-do-it” toolkits for conducting Energy Audits and creating Green Purchasing programs were introduced at the workshop; the business meeting addressed the criteria municipalities will have to meet to become designated as "green" communities. Click here for the announcement; click here for the workshop agenda.
January 17, 2008 R/ECON™ Winter 2008 Forecast - New Jersey: In the Doldrums R/ECON Director Nancy Mantell, James Diffley, director of Global Insights' U.S. Regional Services Group, and Rae Rosen, senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York offered their perspectives on the economic prospects for New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Bloustein School Dean James W. Hughes and University Professor Joseph Seneca also took part. Click here for the Executive Summary; click here for the press release.
December 8, 2007
Rutgers University College Center
Black Summit: Economics, Politics and People of African Ancestry in New Jersey The Bloustein School and the New Jersey chapter of the NAACP co-hosted this conference which addressed the economic and political influences impacting the lives of African Americans living in New Jersey.
December 3, 2007 Greetings from Asbury Park Film Screening and Conversation with the Filmmaker, Christina
Eliopoulos The issue of eminent domain and its impact on the
redevelopment of Asbury Park was explored in this film by Christina
Eliopoulos, whose family has lived in the city for over 100 years.
A special pre-release screening followed with a conversation with
the filmmaker. Click here for the announcement.
November 1, 2007
Nicholas J. Masucci, President/CEO, Berger Group Holdings, Inc.
The President and CEO of Berger Group Holdings, Inc., which includes The Louis Berger Group, Mr. Masucci lectured on "International Development and Reconstruction: The Role of a Large International Planning Firm," relating his firm's experiences with the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Click here for more information. Click here to view the slide show.
October 29, 2007 George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue Reaching Our Targets: Innovative
Global Warming Solutions for New Jersey The New Jersey Sustainable State Institute and the Rutgers
Innovation Studies Iniative hosted this full-day conference
on New Jersey's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The
results of the New Jersey Energy Sustainability Project were
released during the conference. Click here for more information and the agenda.
October 23, 2007 Annual Isadore Candeub Memorial
Lecture in Planning University of Massachusetts Associate Professor of Architecture
and History Max Page, one of the nation's preeminent urban historians,
delivered this year's Candeub lecture on his forthcoming book The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears and Premonitions
of New York City's Destruction. Click here for the announcement.
October 15, 2007 Congressman Donald M. Payne Congressman Payne, who represents
New Jersey's 10th Congressional District, discussed Africom and
other Africa-related issues. The event was cosponsored by the Bloustein
School and the Center for African Studies.
October 11,
2007 A
Nation at Work: A Conversation with Ellen Galinsky Ellen Galinsky,
President and Co-Founder of the Families and Work Institute, was
the guest of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.
Her 35 books and reports include Ask the Children, selected by The
Wall Street Journal as one
of the best work-life books of 1999.
October 3, 2007
Visual
Simulation and the City Professor
Michael Batty, University College London A member of the British Academy of Sciences,
Professor Batty explored new technologies for modelling, visualization
and participation in the planning process. Cosponsored
by the Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis.
Click here for the announcement.
September
20, 2007 Politics,
Money and Ethics Governor Thomas H. Kean
As part of the Arthur J. Holland Program on
Ethics in Government, former Governor Kean spoke on the ethical
implications of the budgetary process in New Jersey. Click here for event flyer.
September
13, 2007 Free
Trade & The Rural Crisis The Bloustein
School hosted this event, one of three at Rutgers, that explored
the plight of farmers internationally. Farm leaders Braulio Alvarez
of Venezuela and Juan Tiney of Guatemala led a panel discussion
on agriculture and free trade issues affecting farmers around the
world.
July 20,
2007 New
Jersey High School Students Present Urban Planning and Public Health
Projects The Bloustein School and Community Technical Assistance,
Inc. co-hosted a series of summer mid-term presentations. Click here for the announcement.
July 19,
2007 R/ECON™
Summer 2007 Conference The Rutgers Economic Advisory Service presented a New Jersey
Forecast and then hosted a roundtable on the New Jersey Energy Master
Plan. R/ECON Director Nancy Mantell delivered the economic
forecast; participants in the roundtable included BPU President
Jeanne M. Fox, CEEEP Director Frank Felder, Bloustein School Dean
James W. Hughes and University Professor Joseph J. Seneca. Click here for the Executive Summary. Click here for the press release.
May 22, 2007 The
The New Jersey Sustainable State Institute released the results
of its year-long Energy Sustainability Project. Featured speakers
included BPU President Jeanne Fox, state senators Barbara Buono,
Thomas H. Kean and Bob Smith, and Assemblywoman Linda Stender. Click here for the
program. Click here for videos and
podcasts.
May 2, 2007 Senior Seminar in Urban Planning and Policy Final Paper
Presentations Click
Here for Program
May 1, 2007 Senior Seminar in Public Health Final Paper Presentations Click
Here for Program
April
20, 2007 A
Celebration of the Life of Donald A. Krueckeberg, Professor and
Associate Dean 1938-2006 The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
honored the memory of our special colleague, friend, and mentor,
Donald Krueckeberg, in the Special Events Forum. Click here for the program.
March 29, 2007 COAH
Forum: The Status of Third Round Compliance
The Center for Government Services and the New Jersey Chapter
of the American Planning Association hosted this forum with the
Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to update the state’s
professional planning community on the status of municipal affordable
housing programs in the wake of recent legal action. Click here for the program.
March 19, 2007 Climate and Energy Policy in New Jersey
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
hosted the first of two forums on Governor Corzine's recent Executive
Order calling for an aggressive reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
in New Jersey. Click here for the announcement. Click here for the agenda for the March 19 forum.
March 5, 2007 Brooklyn Matters:
This year's Robert A.
Catlin Memorial Lecture featured a screening of the documentary, Brooklyn Matters, followed
by a panel discussion with the filmmaker, Isabel Hill. Click here for the program.
The panel included: Professor Robert W. Lake, Center for Urban Policy Research Professor
Stacey Sutton, Columbia University Professor
James DeFilippis, Baruch College, City University of New York
Professor Robert W. Lake, Center for Urban Policy Research