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Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden.Founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a 25-acre (10 ha) site donated by 107 residents, [9] the school was formerly known as Glassboro State College from 1958 until 1992 and Rowan College of New Jersey from 1992 to 1997.
Kenneth John Lacovara (born March 11, 1961) is an American paleontologist and geologist at Rowan University and fellow of the Explorers Club, [1] known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod dinosaur Paralititan, [2] [3] as well as his work applying 3D printing technology to paleontology.
New Jersey was the only British colony to permit the establishment of two colleges in the colonial period. Princeton University, chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, chartered on November 10, 1766, as Queen's College, were two of nine colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill – the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium , Kinston
Henry Madison "Hank" Rowan Jr. (December 4, 1923 [1] – December 9, 2015) was an American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist.. He was the founder of Inductotherm Corp. and the first person to give a $100 million donation to school of higher education in the US, which he gave to Glassboro State College of New Jersey, which was renamed Rowan College of New Jersey later Rowan University ...
The Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine [4] (also known as Rowan-Virtua SOM or SOM) is a public medical school located in Stratford, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Founded in 1976, Rowan-Virtua SOM is one of two medical schools associated with Rowan University .
At its opening, it was the largest such planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and the world's fourth largest. [ 2 ] The center, which opened in 1993 as New Jersey's first major state science museum, has science exhibits, numerous educational resources, and the original Hoberman sphere , a silver, computer-driven engineering artwork designed by ...
Key stakeholders at the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park at Rowan University broke ground on a $73 million new endeavor on October 9, 2021 – The Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum. [25] Construction of the museum is currently underway, and is scheduled to open in 2023.