Category: News

Congrats to CURE affiliated scholar Bob Atkins!

Bob Atkins PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies and Nursing, has been appointed the new director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI) program.  New Jersey Health Initiatives supports advancement in health services delivery, improvement in health and the expansion of leadership expertise through grantmaking across the State of New Jersey. To meet the many health needs of our state’s diverse populations, regions and communities, the NJHI program encourages improvement and collaboration in health service programs, delivery systems, provider arrangements and financing mechanisms. Congrats Bob!

 

 

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Student Civic Engagement in Camden!

Adam Dembo and Falio Labya-Martinez, students in a Spring semester course entitled Camden and the Region taught by Center Director Paul Jargowsky, wrote in a recent email:

Professor Jargowsky,

I just wanted to thank you for inspiring Falio and I to create our civic engagement project. We did another cleanup on on May 18th at the other park in Centerville located on 7th and Ferry Ave. We are also thinking about setting up a non-profit group to revitalize all the basketball courts in Camden. With a budget less than $200 we were able to make a significant impact on two courts and parks.  Hopefully in your future classes we can get some other urban studies students involved and continue the project.Thanks again for the inspiration.
-Adam-

 

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The Challenge of Camden, The Challenge of America Conference

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William Julius Wilson of Harvard University will deliver the keynote address at our forthcoming conference The Challenge of Camden, The Challenge for America.  Doug Massey of Princeton University will discuss new findings on the effects of affordable housing, 40 years after the Mount Laurel decision.

Monday, April 22, 2013, 1-5pm
Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center

For more information:

https://www.camden.rutgers.edu/challenge-camden-challenge-america

To register for the conference, please click here.

Dr. Jargowsky’s recent research presentation

Center director Paul Jargowsky presented his recent research Inequality’s Spatial Dimension: The Case of the United States at the Conference on Solidarity VIII: Inequality and Social Solidarity in Vienna, Austria on April 5-7, 2013, sponsored by the Social Science Research Council and the Institute for Human Sciences/ Vienna.

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Center for Urban Research and Education (Cure) and Office of Civic Engagement Joint Seminars on Urban Issues

Lucy Vandenberg
Executive Director, PlanSmart NJ

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“State Planning, Open Space Preservation, and Urban Revitalization”

 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 – 12:20pm
Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor Armitage Hall

Lunch will be provided


Lucy I. Vandenberg joined PlanSmart NJ as its Executive Director in the Spring of 2011. She has a broad background in land use planning, community development, housing, and urban revitalization. She is a licensed professional planner. Lucy Vandenberg most recently served as Planning and Redevelopment Aide for Mayor Dana L. Redd in the City of Camden. Her focus included creating new energy-efficiency programs for the City and developing a strategy to revitalize abandoned properties.

Previous to this, Ms. Vandenberg was the Executive Director of the NJ Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) from 2003 until 2010, where she supervised a staff of 25. Ms. Vandenberg reviewed and approved municipal affordable housing plans and local land use ordinances for over 300 municipalities participating with COAH, the state agency established by the NJ Fair Housing Act of 1985 to implement the Mt. Laurel Supreme Court affordable housing decisions. Earlier in her career, she served as the Senior Policy Advisor for housing and urban revitalization in Governor James E. McGreevey’s administration.

From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Vandenberg worked in the non-profit sector, serving as the Associate Director of the Housing and Community Development Network of NJ, a statewide association of affordable housing and community development organizations working to build communities. She has a master’s degree from Rutgers University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. Ms. Vandenberg is a member of the Board of Directors of Preservation New Jersey and serves as a member of the Mercer County Open Space Preservation Board.

Please click here for the event flyer.