Mayor Cory Booker's Gala Address Read the keynote address given by the Honorable Cory A. Booker, Mayor of Newark for the centennial gala. ...................................................... Share your favorite R-N memory! ...................................................... View and order 100th Anniversary Commemorative posters ...................................................... In the Media Centennial Gala Raises More Than $160,000 in Scholarship Funds Star Ledger: Rutgers-Newark celebrates 100th with gala fundraiser 6/25/08 The Record: The 'Anti-Ivory Tower' Reaches 100 (pdf) 6/17/08 Star Ledger: A Traditional Haven for the Non-traditional (pdf) 6/14/08 Rutgers Magazine: Progressive Thinking, by Rick Shea - Chancellor Steven Diner talks about Rutgers' legacy. Spring 2008

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Rutgers University in Newark officially came into existence in 1946, when the New Jersey State Legislature voted to make the University of Newark part of Rutgers University. However, Rutgers-Newark's roots date back to 1908, when the New Jersey Law School began classes. That law school, along with four other educational institutions in Newark--Dana College, the Newark Institute of Arts & Sciences, the Seth Boyden School of Business and the Mercer Beasley School of Law – formed a series of alliances over the years, and a final merger in 1936 resulted in the establishment of the University of Newark. A decade later, Rutgers-Newark was founded.

Today, Rutgers-Newark is a doctoral-granting research institution that has evolved into one of the country's leading urban public research universities.

For more a more detailed account, read: A State University Grows in Newark: a Short History

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