Category: News

Ph.D. Student Earns Eagleton Governor’s Executive Fellowship

Returning to Tacony, his old neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, Spencer Clayton has quickly grown to relish his new role. As an intern for Councilman Bobby Henon, who represents the Sixth District, he routinely provides citizens – including longtime neighbors and friends – with the latest news and information regarding government-related programs and services. That is, when he isn’t listening to their questions or concerns.

“Sometimes it’s just helping them with the little things, such as filling out forms,” says Clayton, a Rutgers–Camden Ph.D. student in public affairs. “But more than that, I can help make sure that the residents’ voices are being heard. It has always been my plan to come back to this neighborhood and to help make a difference.”  Link to full article

“The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual’s dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.” 

-Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965

CURE-affiliated scholar Dr. Stephen Danley, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration, announces the launch of his Rutgers blog: Local Knowledge

 

blog here and Next City write-up here

On September 20th, 2013, we hosted an Urban Issues roundtable with CURE-affiliated scholars.  We discussed each others new and ongoing research, possibilities for collaboration, and we introduced the newest CURE-affiliated scholars. 

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, seeks a full-time tenure-track faculty member in international development planning and policy. Expertise may be in any relevant specialty (e.g.,infrastructure, housing, natural resources, development processes, globalization,migration, vulnerability). The position will be at the assistant or associate professor level.  

Faculty Position announcement