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New report from Heldrich Center—The Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in their Futures
A new survey of unemployed American workers documents dramatic erosion in the quality of life for millions of Americans. Their financial reserves are exhausted, their job prospects nil, their family relations stressed, and their belief in government’s ability to help them is negligible. They feel hopeless and powerless, unable to see their way out of the Great Recession that has claimed 8.5 million jobs. These are some of the main findings of "The Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in their Futures," a new report from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. Read more.
"The Great Uncertainty" of the new year
In the new "Advance and Rutgers Report," authors James Hughes and Joseph Seneca report that with the recession over, modest rates of economic output and employment growth leave ambiguity in America's future. Read more
New graduates of KDI-EJB Scholar program announced
On December 10, five students in the Korea Development Institute–Edward J. Bloustein Scholars (KDI-EJB) program completed their one-year overseas education and were awarded certificates of completion. Read more
Xiaodan Yan receives Graduate Transportation Security Scholars award
The Bloustein School has announced Xiaodan Yan as the first recipient of the Graduate Transportation Security Scholars Award. The award is open to any graduate student enrolled in the Transportation Management: Vulnerability, Risk and Security Certificate program offered through the Center for Transportation Safety, Security, and Risk (CTSSR) at the Bloustein School. Read more
Bloustein students present solar energy report to Milford Borough
Solar panels on property in Milford Borough could generate more energy than is used in a year, resulting in income for the borough, according to a study conducted by Bloustein urban planning students. On December 6 twelve students in Robin Murray's studio presented a report on potential alternative energy sources for the borough. View story
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Announcements
Bloustein faculty part of NSF grant consortium
The Bloustein School is part of a consortium of Rutgers departments and the National Center for Atmospheric Research that have been awarded a 3-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an Earth Systems Model of the Northeast Atlantic region. Earth Systems Models seek to couple models of environmental systems (ocean, atmosphere, watershed) with models of human activity (economic, energy use, land use), in order to study the effects of climate variability and change on human systems, and in turn, the feedback of human systems into determining environmental outcomes. The research team is led by Rutgers' Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and brings together scholars from the Bloustein School, Rutgers' Department of Economics, Rutgers' Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers' Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Bloustein School faculty and researchers involved in the project are Frank Felder, Joe Seneca, Clint Andrews, Will Irving, Mike Lahr, and Nancy Mantell.
Burrows Graduate Scholarship established at Bloustein School
A Rutgers alumnus has established the Dawne D. Widener-Burrows and Lawrence B. Burrows Annual Graduate Scholarship, to be awarded initially in the spring of 2011 for the 2012 academic year. Candidates will be full-time graduate students at the Bloustein School, active professionally or academically in the fields of real estate development, property sales, public infrastructure, or environmental and sustainable property development. Lawrence Burrows '74 (Urban Studies) is Senior Vice President of iLevel Wood Products, a division of the Weyerhauser Corporation, one of the nation’s largest wood products and natural resource suppliers. He and his wife, Dawne, reside on Mercer Island, Washington.
Welcome Amy Cobb, Asst. Manager for Event Services
Amy Cobb has joined the Bloustein School after having spent the last three years as the Assistant Business Counselor at the Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington's Cameron School of Business. In addition to managing the Center's seminars and public outreach events, she assisted community members and business owners in developing business and strategic plans for new and existing businesses. She is a graduate of Douglass College; her office will be on the first floor of CSB in the Student and Business Services suite (room 198) and her extension will be 638.
Faculty Highlights
Professor Meredeth Turshen is the editor of a new book, African Women: A Political Economy, an anthology that gives a historically aware overview of the political and economic issues facing African women.
Dean James Hughes will be the guest speaker at the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce on January 11. He will be giving his analysis of the regional and state economy. For more information visit the organization's website and click on the Calendar tab.
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Media Highlights
Bloustein School faculty, students, and/or programs are featured in the media almost daily. To view all links, click here. Links are provided to the full text or video/audio clip where available. Registration may be required to view some stories. Featured highlights:
Source: NJ.com, December 19
Rutgers professor Alan Rosenthal, who was the tie-breaking member on New Jersey's redistricting commission in 1992, said several factors beyond population ..
Source: Huffington Post, December 17
... survey released Thursday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. A third have searched for more than two years. ...
Marysville Advocate, December 15
Frank and Deborah Popper revisited their discussion of the Buffalo Commons at the annual ... Some shifts in land use are already apparent Frank Popper said ...
Source: NorthJersey.com, December 7
Two Rutgers University economists studying the nation's ... said the report released Monday by economists Joseph Seneca and James Hughes. ...
Source: PBS NewsHour, December 3
Rutgers professor Carl Van Horn says Abigail Lunetta is typical of her generation. CARL VAN HORN, Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University: The ...
Source: NJ.com (blog by Linda Stamato), December 1
Why should we fail to seize the opportunity the current interest in eliminating earmarks has generated? We don’t need to pick and choose ...
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Events at the
Bloustein School
CSB, Room TBA
Bloustein School Alumni Association Meeting
The first order of business for the new year will be the election of new officers. All alumni are welcome to attend. More information will be posted on the Bloustein website.
Room 369, CSB
2010-11 Bloustein Colloquium Speaker Series
"Japs Pollute Water?" Manzanar and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power During WWII
Connie Chiang
Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin University
View Flyer | Colloquium Speaker Series website
Special Events Forum, CSB
Alan M. Voorhees Distinguished Lecture Series
Joe Boardman
CEO, AMTRAK
Special Events Forum, CSB
Seventh Annual Robert A. Catlin Memorial Lecture
Thomas J. Sugrue
David Boles Professor of History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Sugrue is a specialist in twentieth-century American politics, urban history, civil rights, and race. The lecture series was established as a tribute to Professor Robert A. Catlin, Bloustein School faculty member, who passed away in July 2004.
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Bloustein Online Continuing Education Program
at the Professional Development Institute
Where the best and brightest in our field go to get smarter.
New Deep Learning courses starting in 2011!
Jan. 12 to Feb. 19
Economic Development Studio
This class will examine large-scale development projects in New York City and explore best practices in economic development.
Building Creative Communities
Learn how to improve the sustainability and well-being of communities through the arts.
Current Trends in Land Use Law
One of our most popular courses, now being taught by zoning and first amendment law expert Lora Lucero. Know more about the key legal issues you have been reading about.
Housing Market Analysis
This course can help any planner or community professional who is struggling to deal with a difficult housing market.
Urban Design Analysis
Learn the fundamentals of urban design and the physical side of placebuilding. Why should the architects have all the fun?
Jan. 28 to April 30
Leading from the Middle
Leading from the middle model helps high-potential placebuilders become more effective at promoting and managing change in groups and communities, and more successful at working in diverse organizations and communities.
All courses earn AICP CM credits.
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