The
Rutgers-Newark Campus is a modern complex with a student population of
10,500. It is located on 37 acres in the center of the educational,
medical, and cultural district known as University Heights. Newark is
also the business, financial, and legal center of New Jersey. Rutgers
and its academic neighbors--New Jersey Institute of Technology,
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Essex County
College, and Seton Hall Law School--provide a wide range of higher
education opportunities to a student population of almost 40,000,
making Newark a true college town.
In
addition to the Newark College of Arts and Sciences, University
College-Newark, the College of Nursing, Rutgers Business School-Newark
and New Brunswick, and the School of Public Affairs and Administration,
there is also the Graduate School-Newark, School of Law-Newark, and
School of Criminal Justice. Rutgers-Newark also is home to the Center
for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, within the Aidekman Research
Center, where an international faculty conducts intensive research on
such brain disorders as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, stroke,
dyslexia, and schizophrenia. The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for
Metropolitan Studies, the new Graduate Division of Global Affairs, and
the Center for Information Management, Integration, and Connectivity are located at the university as well.
On campus, theater
performances, lectures, concerts, films, and exhibits provide a
vibrant cultural environment. A wide range of athletic and recreational
facilities are available in the Golden Dome Athletic Center, including a
swimming pool, racquetball courts, two gymnasiums, and workout rooms
equipped with aerobic and Nautilus machines and free weights.
The
campus is computer-linked through a fiber optic cable, and residence
halls are wired to accept personal computers. Computer labs are
equipped with a full complement of sophisticated software and learning
tools and are accessible throughout the campus. Wireless technology is
also available in many buildings and classrooms. The John Cotton Dana
Library is part of the comprehensive and technologically sophisticated
Rutgers University Libraries collection with a computerized card catalog of more
than three million holdings systemwide. A growing collection of CD-ROMs
and computer workstations are also available at Dana Library. The
Institute of Jazz Studies is renowned by music scholars around the
world for its unmatched collection of jazz archives.
Rutgers-Newark
enjoys a close institutional relationship with New Jersey Institute of
Technology, located across the street from the campus. The two schools
have identical academic calendars and complementary curriculum
offerings, which allow students to enroll in courses at both
institutions.
Newark's
cultural community includes the Newark Public Library, Newark
Museum, New Jersey Historical Society, New Jersey Performing
Arts Center complex, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark Symphony
Hall, and Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art. The city's central
business district has been transformed by new glass, brick, and steel
office buildings and landscaped plazas. A sports-minded student can
attend a New Jersey Devils hockey game at the new Prudential Center, catch an
Atlantic League minor league baseball game at the Bears and Eagles
Stadium, or enjoy one of the city's many public parks. Nearby
neighborhoods include the Ironbound district, home to the largest Portuguese
community in the United States, with its abundance of restaurants and
small businesses.
The
city's central business district, a rich source of internships and job
opportunities, is home to major corporations such as IDT, Verizon,
Prudential, PSE&G, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey,
MBNA, and many others, as well as the law firms and government
offices that make Newark the state's legal center. Newark's superb
public transportation system links Newark to Manhattan and all it has
to offer, as well as to other major cities, while most major New Jersey highways lead to Newark. Nearby Newark Liberty International Airport is among
the nation's fastest-growing airports.
