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In 2012, UMDNJ merged with Rutgers by act of the New Jersey state legislature, creating the Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences. In 2016, President Barack Obama spoke at the university commencement. The following year Steven Van Zandt was the commencement speaker and received an honorary doctorate in the fine arts.
Henry Rutgers (October 7, 1745 – February 17, 1830) [1] was a United States Revolutionary War hero and philanthropist from New York City. Rutgers University was named after him, and he donated a bond which placed the college on sound financial footing. He also gave a bell that is still in use.
Rutgers University (/ ˈ r ʌ t ɡ ər z / RUT-gərz), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, [10] and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.
The President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (informally called Rutgers University) / ˈ r ʌ t ɡ ər z / is the chief administrator of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Rutgers was founded by clergymen affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church in 1766 as Queen's College and was the eighth-oldest of nine colleges ...
The campus is named after Charles L. Busch (1902–1971), a wealthy benefactor, who unexpectedly donated $10 million to the university for biological research at his death in 1971. The campus was formerly known as "University Heights Campus" and the land was donated to the university by the state in the 1930s.
Director of Athletics at Rutgers University, Pat Hobbs, left, with former Rutgers head coach, C. Vivian Stringer, at a ceremony held in her honor during half time at the Big Ten Conference women ...
Stephen Edelson is a USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey sports columnist who has been covering athletics in the state and at the Jersey Shore for over 35 years. Contact him at: @SteveEdelsonAPP ...
Looking back: Rutgers prof gets 12 years in prison Today, Stubblefield lives a private life and maintains that she and Johnson were in love. They key question in the case is whether Johnson had ...