News & Events
Dr. Karen Lowrie to co-lead Health in All Policies Continuing Education Training Course
Karen Lowrie, Ph.D. at the Environmental Analysis & Communications Group and Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP/PP at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (both at Rutgers' Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy) will co-lead "Health in All Policies (HiAP)", an on-line course offered through Rutgers Continuing Education that is recommended for...
Dr. Karen Lowrie discusses Health in All Policies at the 2021 New Jersey Sustainability Summit
Dr. Karen Lowrie of the EAC Group presented a session on "Health in All Policies: Integrating Health into Decision-Making" as part of the New Jersey Sustainability Summit on May 20, 2021. Dr. Lowrie's presentation was part of a panel on the new Gold Star Standard in Health for Sustainable Jersey. Other panelists were Charles Latini, Jr. of the American...
IHC Workshop on Principles and Practices of Creating Accessible Content
A workshop focused on making your websites, blogs and print media accessible for all audiences. Friday, May 21, 2021, 12:00on to 2:00pm EST Presented by Natalia Kouraeva of Rutgers Teaching and Leaning with Technology (TLT), Office of Instructional Design, our third workshop in May will focus on making your websites, blogs and print media accessible for...
IHC Workshop on Web Based Collaboration Tools, Part 2
Introduction to Google Tools - Jamboard, Forms, Shared Drive and more! Thursday, May 13, 2021, 8:30am to 10:00am EST Presented by Michael Samman, Instructional Designer with Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, this workshop offered an introduction to several popular web-based collaboration tools. The tools discussed and demonstrated in...
IHC Workshop on Web Based Collaboration Tools, Part 1
Introduction to Zoom and Mentimeter Thursday, May 6, 2021, 8:30am to 10:00am EST Presented by Michael Samman, Instructional Designer with Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, this workshop offered an introduction to several popular web-based collaboration tools. The tools discussed and demonstrated in this two-part workshop include,...
Spring 2021 Graduate Planning Studio explores the D&R Canal Master Plan
Spanning over a 70-mile corridor, the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (D&R Canal Park) provides millions of New Jersey residents with invaluable access to a tract of pristine natural landscapes and a rich history directly from their (often literal) back door. The canal offers not only an aesthetic and recreational benefit to multiple New Jersey...
2020 and 2021 Raritan River Conferences Canceled
Given the COVID-19 emergency and its disruption to the lives of so many members of Raritan River Basin communities, and out of an abundance of caution and in keeping with Rutgers University actions, we have canceled the 2020 and 2021 Sustainable Raritan River Conferences and Awards Ceremonies. We are determined to return in 2021 with a robust program that...
All Grantees Kick-Off Meeting
In many ways, the IHC grant program is a highly innovative initiative that seeks to undertake upfront and lasting engagement of people with disabilities to advance transformative change in design and decision-making associated with building healthy communities here in New Jersey. The purpose of the February 9th All Grantees Virtual Workshop is to build a...
Strategic Workforce Development
The demand for highway construction, maintenance, and operations workers is growing, while at the same time, emerging technologies require these workers to have new skills. The Highway Construction Workforce Partnership has developed new resources and innovative strategies for identifying, training, and placing individuals in the Contractors' workforce...
Crowdsourcing for Operations
What is Crowdsourcing for Operations? Crowdsourcing turns transportation system users into real-time sensors on system performance, providing low-cost, high-quality data on traffic operations, roadway conditions, travel patterns, and more. Three common sources of crowdsourced data include social media platforms, third-party crowdsource providers, and...
Recent Products
A Climate Change Risk and Resilience Assessment of New Jersey’s National Guard Facilities
The effects of a changing climate are currently and will continue to be a national security issue, impacting military installations, operational plans, and overall missions. Recognizing these threats, the New Jersey Department of Military Affairs and Veteran Affairs...
Evaluation of two low-cost PM monitors under different laboratory and indoor conditions
Innovation and technological development have led to a proliferation of various low-cost air quality monitors, most of which use light scattering techniques to detect airborne particles. As these monitors are used in various environments, their testing should also be...
An integrated model of real estate market responses to coastal flooding
Understanding and improving how humans adapt to climate change are priorities in our research community, and coastal settlements are good places to study adaptation. Severe storm events and sea-level rise are threatening coastal communities with increasing levels of...
Transition Plan for the Return of Local Control to Paterson Public Schools, Second Annual Report
The Paterson school board regained full control of the school district in early 2018, after a 20 plus-year state takeover. Dr. Leila Sadeghi of the Bloustein Local Government Research group analyzed and evaluated the documentation provided by the district and produced...