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Cornwall Luncheon SeminarsAnnual Conference:              "Understanding and Addressing the Subprime Mortgage Situation in New Jersey"

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Cornwall Luncheon Seminars
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Housing Panel
Ethics Colloquia
Bleeker Street Cooperative Events 
Signing Ceremony                              Urban Research Lecture SeriesUrban Research Conference

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SPRING 2008 

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Dr. James Vanderhoff of the Rutgers University - Newark Economics Department will present, "Subprime Mortgage Basics: What? Why? Who?"  This presentation will be held at the Cornwall Center, located at 47 Bleeker Street in Newark, from 12:00 PM until 1:30 PM. *Due to limited seating, please RSVP by contacting Ms. Irene Welch at irenew@rutgers.edu or 973-353-1750 ext. 221 by Monday, April 28, 2008.*

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Mr. Rodney Brutton, Executive Director of Newark Workforce Investment Board/Newark One-Stop Career Center,  presented, "Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for Career Training and Placement Services in Newark."   

FALL 2007

December 5, 2007, Dr. Thomas McCabe of the Rutgers University - Newark History Department presented, "Up from High Street: Riot, Resurrection and Rebirth at St. Benedict's Prep - Newark, NJ."  

November  7, 2007, Dr. Johanna Foster, Special Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at Monmouth University, presented, "Improving Postsecondary Education for Incarcerated Women: Notes from the Field."  

October 24, 2007, Dr. Dula Pacquiao, Associate Professor and Director - Center for Multicultural Education, Research and Practice at UMDNJ, presented, "Social and Cultural Issues in Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Botswana."

PAST SEMINARS

March 7, 2007, Barbara Kukla, Author and Former Star-Ledger Journalist, presented, "Great Women of Newark."

February 20, 2007, Dr. Keesha Middlemass, Assistant Professor of the Department of Political Science, presented, "Undemocratic Policies: The Politics of a Felony Conviction."

December 12, 2006, Dr. Kyle Farmbry, Assistant Professor of the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration, presented, "Exploration of Administration and the Other: The Municipal Context."

December 7, 2006, Dr. Byron Price, Assistant Professor of the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration, presented, "Why Do States Subsidize Private Prisons?" 

November 2, 2006, Shelia Baynes, Executive Director of Newark Emergency Services for Families, Inc. presented, "NESF/Social Services Going Forward."

April 10, 2006, Dr. Paul Shane, Associate Professor from the Department of Social Work  presented, "Imprisonment's Social Consequences: Children, Family, Community."  Information from Dr. Shane's presentation: outline and paper.

March 29, 2006,  Pat Morrissy, Executive Director of Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc. (HANDS) presented, "High Impact Development for Long Term Sustainable Neighborhood Change." 

March 8, 2006, Dr. Carmen Kynard, Assistant Professor from the Department of Urban Education, presented, "'Sista in the Struggle':When Black Female Students Read and Write the Word and World."

November 2, 2005, Dr. Michael Maxfield, Professor from the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, presented, "Measuring racially-biased traffic enforcement in New Jersey." Information on Dr. Maxfield's research can be found at http://www.njpublicsafety.com/decreehome.htm .  Copies of the report are available in pdf format at http://www.policeinstitute.org .

October 26, 2005 -  Esther Canty-Barnes, Clinical Professor and Director of the Special Education Clinic, and Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Assistant Clinical Professor and staff attorney presented, "Roadblocks to Obtaining Special Education and Early Intervention Services in Urban School Districts." 

April 27, 2005 - Dr. Robert Atkins, Assistant Professor from the Rutgers College of Nursing presented, The Good, the Bad and the Sad: The Association of Personality, Stress and Aggression in Youth.

April 6, 2005 - Dr. David Freund from Princeton University's History Department presented, Housing Inequality, Past and Present: The Policy Implications of Federal Intervention. Dr. Freund's other article, Democracy's Unfinished Business: Federal Policy and the Search for Fair Housing, 1961-1968, can be found at www.prrac.org (scroll down to the "publications" section, under subtitle "Housing and School Segregation: Government Culpability, Government Remedies" )

March 2, 2005 - Dr. Jeanette Covington, Associate Professor from the Rutgers-New Brunswick Department of Sociology presented, Making Race Matter: How Criminologists Look at African-Americans and Violence. Tables and references from Dr. Covington's presentation are available at www.cornwall.rutgers.edu/covington 

November 3, 2004 - 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Dr. Jason Barr, Assistant Professor, from the Department of Economics presented, An Analysis of Student Performance in the Newark Public Schools. Dr. Barr's full report can be seen at www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jmbarr/newarkcornwall.pdf.  All responsibility for the content of this report resides with the author.  For additional information on this research please contact Dr. Barr at jmbarr@andromeda.rutgers.edu

October 20, 2004 - 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Dr. Johnna Christian, Assistant Professor, from the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice presented, Exploring the Factors Influencing Family Members' Connections to Incarcerated Individuals. 

September 22, 2004 - 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
Dr. Kelly Robinson, Senior Research Analyst, from the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies presented, "Deconcentrating Poverty in Newark: Early Results from the Stella Wright Homes HOPE VI Project".  

April 5, 2004 - 12:00 noon-1:30 pm 
Dr. Gerald Miller from the Department of Public Administration presented, "City Financial Condition: Testing Newark with the Berne and Citizen's Budget Commission Models" as part of the Center's Luncheon Series. 

March 24, 2004 - 12:00 noon-1:30 pm 
This event was held in cooperation with the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience.  Dr. Beryl Satter from the History Department presented, "The Million-Dollar-A-Day Cost of Being Black" as part of the Center's Luncheon Series. 

February 25, 2004 - 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Dr. Elliott Sclar, Professor of Urban Planning from Columbia University presented,  "Can the Lives of 100 Million Slum Dwellers Be Improved by 2020: Meeting the Challenge of the United Nation's Goal for New Millenium?"  

December 9, 2003 - 5:30 pm
Professor Pedro Noguera from New York University presented, The Role of Research in Transforming Urban Schools, as part of the Urban Systems Speaker Series.  

December 4, 2003 - 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Dr. Claudia Strauss, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pitzer Colleger (Claremont Colleges, California) and Russell Sage Visiting Scholar presented, "School Shooters and Welfare Mothers: How Americans Explain Human Behavior."  

October 13, 2003 - 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Dr. Parlo Singh, Associate Professor from the School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education, Queensland University of Technology and Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Education and Academic Foundations presented, "Globalizing Educational Agendas and Local Strategic Pedagogies.  An Australian Case Study and It's Implications for Us Education Policies".  

October 7, 2003 - 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Mr. Morin Seymour, Executive Director of the Kingston Restoration Company Limited, Kingston, Jamaica presented, "Inner-city Renewal....Key to Alleviating Urban Poverty. The Jamaica Urban Poverty Project Experience".

September 24, 2003 - 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Dr. Mercer Sullivan, Associate Professor from the School of Criminal Justice l presented, "Fathers in the Shadows: Early Fatherhood as a Turning Point in the Lives of High-Risk Youth". 

May 5, 2003 - 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Dr. Max Herman from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology presented, "Re-examining the 'Riots': Ethnic Succession and Urban Unrest in Newark and Detroit During the Summer of '67".  

April 1, 2003 - 12:00-1:30 pm
Dr. Mara Sidney from the Department of Political Science and Dr. Wayne Eastman from the Department of International Business presented, "Fair Housing and Integration: National Policy and Local Action".  

March 13, 2003 - 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This event was held in cooperation with the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience. Dr. Sherri-Ann Butterfield from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology presented, "Privilege and Peril: Ethnic Identity and Socioeconomic Status Among Second Generation West Indian Immigrants".  

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Additional information on the conference:
Panelists and select presentations

Cornwall MetroNews Special Conference Edition (PDF)                              

June 22, 2005 - Cornwall Center's Annual Conference - Summer 2005
The Cornwall Center was host to a full-day conference, Health in the Newark Metropolitan Area: Being Well in the Midst of Opportunities and Challenges.  The goal of the conference was to explore the various dimensions, opportunities, and challenges, for maintaining good health and healthy lifestyles in the Newark Metropolitan area.

Additional information on the conference:
Panelists and select presentations and handouts 
Print a hard copy of the conference flyer (PDF)
Copy of the conference agenda (PDF)
Cornwall MetroNews Special Conference Edition (PDF)

October 1, 2004 - "Understanding Prisoner Reentry in New Jersey: A Conference on Connecting Research and Public Policy".   This day-long conference brought together policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders to develop a shared and effective reentry research agenda that responds to the growing number of individuals re-entering the community from the state's prisons, jails and juvenile facilities.  The Cornwall Center was one of several co-sponsors. For additional information on speakers and panelists, please see the conference brochure (PDF).

June 29, 2004 - Cornwall Center's Annual Conference - Summer 2004
The Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies was host to a full-day conference, The Role of the Village: Community Strategies to Strengthen New Jersey ’s Child Welfare Safety Net. The conference goals were to stimulate community-based partnerships to support safe, healthy child welfare policies. Participants explored relevant issues and facilitated the development and implementation of an effective, community-enriched, child welfare action plan. The conference brought together a broad cross section of community groups and individuals to discuss current and future strategies that will improve the lives of children and families.

Additional information on the conference:
Cornwall MetroNews Special Edition: Conference Follow-up  
Cornwall MetroNews Special Edition: Spotlight on Child Welfare
Print a hard copy of the conference program 

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Housing Panel
April 14, 2004 - The Cornwall Center in cooperation with the Prudential Business Ethics Center and the Rutgers Law School co-sponsored, “A Place for the Poor? Dilemmas of Deconcentrating Poverty” on April 14, 2004.  Dr. Edward Goetz, Professor at the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, was the featured speaker. Dr. Goetz specializes in housing and community development policy planning.  Panelists included, John Payne, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers Law School; Steve Eisdorfer, Esq. of Hill Wallach; and Gerard Joab, Senior Program Director, Greater Newark/Jersey City Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). 

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Ethics Colloquia
May 15, 2003 - "Ethics and Urban Development: The Role of Non-Profit Organizations", this was the second in the Ethic and Urban Development series.  The colloquium featured presentations and discussions among representatives from local non-profit organizations.  The event was jointly sponsored by the Cornwall Center, the Prudential Business Ethics Center and the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.  

February 27, 2003 - "Ethics and Urban Development: The Role of Higher Education", this was the first in a series of colloquia exploring the ethical responsibilities of community stakeholders in urban development. The event was jointly sponsored by the Cornwall Center, the Prudential Business Ethics Center and the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

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Bleeker Street Cooperative Events
September 23, 2004 - The Cornwall Center, GlassRoots, Inc., the Prudential Business Ethics Center and the New Jersey Small Business Development Center jointly sponsored the Bleeker Street Block Party.   

September 25, 2003 -  The Cornwall Center, GlassRoots, Inc., the Prudential Business Ethics Center and the New Jersey Small Business Development Center jointly sponsored a Block Party on September 25, 2003.  The event included a demonstrations of glass beadmaking by Newark Youth.   

July 10, 2003 - The Cornwall Center, GlassRoots, Inc. and the New Jersey Small Business Development Center jointly sponsored a Block Party on July 10, 2003 in the Lobby of the Management Education Center.  The event provided an opportunity for the Newark Community and the Rutgers Community to get together and network.  

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Signing Ceremony
On September 22, 2003 The Cornwall Center entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Seoul Development Institute from the Republic of Korea. The MOU formalized an agreement between the two organizations to cooperate in research and training activities.  Marc Holzer, the Center’s Interim Director and SDI President, Yong-Ho Baek, presided.

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