Rutgers University’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative has released a second report on the status of watershed health for the Raritan River. The...
Raritan River Initiatives
History of the Raritan River Timeline
During Spring Semester, 2019, Jenny Schneider, a candidate for the Rutgers Public History Program Certificate (School of Arts and Sciences,...
Sustainable Raritan Conference to focus on climate resilience
This year’s Sustainable Raritan River conference will be a joint effort with Rutgers Climate Institute, New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, and ...
Call for Lightning Talks and Posters for June Conference
Promote your work or solicit input. It’s open to everyone! Do you have a Raritan based project you want to tell others about? The Sustainable...
Tracking Genes and Bacteria Responsible for Organohalide Reduction in the Raritan River Basin
The Raritan River receives wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, stormwater runoff, combined sewer overflow (CSO), and groundwater...
Assessing Exposure of Water-Dependent Uses to Coastal Flood Hazards
Water-dependent uses along the New Jersey coast rely on access to the water that increasingly threatens to damage their facilities and support...
Take out the Rutgers’ research vessel!
The R/V Rutgers is back in the water! We are now taking reservations for spring and summer excursions. The Rutgers is capable of supporting a wide...
Video Series Explores Restoration of the Manalapan Brook Watershed
An “Restoring the Manalapan Brook Watershed”, a series of videos produced by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, examines...
Rutgers Partners with Raritan Headwaters Association to Study Microplastics in the Raritan River
The study of microplastics and their negative effects as water pollutants has led to multiple opportunities for research and partnership. Through...
Rutgers 2030 Master Plan Public Access Planning Studio
Seven graduate students participated in this Fall 2017 studio through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to analyze two...
Recent Products
Who Lives in America’s Housing? Fifty State Demographic Multipliers
This residential demographic multipliers monograph presents the background to and context of residential demographic multipliers, and details the different facets of this information and how the varied data can be optimally applied. The monograph presents the multiple...
Tech Fitness for Local Elected Officials and Administrators
These articles were designed to help local government leaders develop “tech fitness” for their organizations. The idea of tech fitness is to ensure that organizations can meet expectations for technologically driven services, which today, include most government...
Calculators, Dashboards, and Datasets
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The Future of New Jersey Journalism: Evolution, Not Extinction
This two-part study examines the evolving landscape of state and local journalism in New Jersey during a critical transition from print to digital news delivery and challenges those changes mean for the publication of "official notices." The analysis, drawing on five...