Rutgers

Rutgers University

Rutgers
#69 / #27
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Multi-campus public research university in New Jersey, United States

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About Rutgers University

By James Barham, PhD

Rutgers University’s full official name is Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Rutgers traces its roots to Queen’s College, which was founded in 1766, making it the thirteenth-oldest university in the US.

In 1825, Revolutionary War hero and philanthropist Henry Rutgers made a large financial contribution to the school, which in turn changed its name to Rutgers College.

Rutgers College was upgraded to full university status in 1924, and in 1945 Rutgers was officially designated The State University of New Jersey.

Today, Rutgers comprises three main campuses (New Brunswick-Piscataway—the flagship campus—Newark, and Camden), with over 4000 faculty members spread across 175 academic departments and a total student body approaching 70,000.

Rutgers is associated with six Nobel Prize laureates, namely:

  • Physicist, Heinrich Rohrer
  • Microbiologist, Selman Waksman
  • Economists, Milton Friedman & Harry Markowitz
  • Dominican poet, Derek Walcott
  • American novelist, Toni Morrison

Among other prominent Rutgers-connected people, we may note the following:

  • Singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Paul Robeson
  • Popular musician, David Bryan
  • Painter and sculptor, George Segal
  • Poets, Joyce Kilmer & Robert Pinsky
  • Novelists, Philip Roth, Junot Díaz & Janet Evanovich
  • Film director, Henry Selick
  • Actors, James Gandolfini, Roy Scheider, Calista Flockhart, Charles Hallahan & Keir Dullea
  • Historian, David Levering Lewis
  • Linguist, John McWhorter
  • Philosophers, Jerry Fodor, Zenon Pylyshyn, Stephen Stich & Jonathan Schaffer
  • Philosopher, computer scientist, and Turing Award winner, Judea Pearl
  • Physicist, Michael R. Douglas
  • Evolutionary biology, Robert Trivers
  • Former FBI Director, Louis J. Freeh
  • US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg
  • US Senator and 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination candidate, Elizabeth Warren

According to Wikipedia, Rutgers University , officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States, the second-oldest in New Jersey after Princeton University, and one of nine U.S. colonial colleges that were chartered before the American Revolution.

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What Is Rutgers University Known For?

Rutgers University is known for it's academic work in the following disciplines:

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Who Are Rutgers University's Most Influential Alumni?

Rutgers University's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Criminal Justice, Nursing, and Social Work. Here are some of Rutgers University's most famous alumni:

Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman
An American economist, statistician, and writer.
Philip Roth
Philip Roth
An American novelist .
Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl
A Computer scientist.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
An American novelist, essayist and academic .
Nel Noddings
Nel Noddings
An American philosopher.
Louis Freeh
An American judge and attorney.
John McWhorter
John McWhorter
An American academic and linguist.
Selman Waksman
Selman Waksman
An American scientist, biochemist, microbiologist who discovered Streptomycin and many antibiotics.
Richard Florida
Richard Florida
An American urban studies theorist.
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
An African-American writer .
Rudy Rucker
Rudy Rucker
An American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author and philosopher.
Stanley Norman Cohen
Stanley Norman Cohen
An American geneticist.

Who Are Rutgers University's Most Influential Faculty?

Rutgers University's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Criminal Justice, Nursing, and Social Work. Here are some of Rutgers University's most famous alumni:

Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein
A Canadian author and activist.
Eugene Thacker
An American philosopher.
Ben Zimmer
Ben Zimmer
An American linguist and lexicographer.
Van H. Vu
A Vietnamese mathematician.
Jonathan Schaffer
An American philosopher.
Greg Moore
Greg Moore
An American mathematician and physicist.
Amy Cuddy
Amy Cuddy
An American psychologist.
Barry Komisaruk
An American psychologist.
Theodore Sider
An American philosopher.
Alan M. Leslie
A British psychologist.
Adam Mansbach
Adam Mansbach
An American writer.
Sergey Aleynikov
A Programmer.