The New Brunswick Campus is Rutgers University's largest campus, chiefly located in the City of New Brunswick and Piscataway Township. It comprises four smaller subset campuses: College Avenue, Cook/Douglass, Busch and Livingston. The New Brunswick campuses include 19 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, School of Engineering, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School, the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, the Graduate School of Education, School of Management and Labor Relations, the Mason Gross School of the Arts, the College of Nursing, the Rutgers Business School and the School of Social Work.

The campus

Every campus at Rutgers New Brunswick has its own student center, set of libraries, convenience stores and dining halls. However, the campus environment on each has characteristics that make it unique due to the different academic departments and facilities that the campus is host to. The campus is divided as follows:

College Avenue

This campus boasts a vibrant and lively community anchored by the historic heart of Rutgers, known as Old Queens. It is within walking distance of shops, restaurants, and theaters in downtown New Brunswick, as well as the NJ Transit train to New York and Philadelphia. Classrooms in the Voorhees mall provides a traditional university environment, and the Zimmerli Art Museum is available to students whether they are an art history major working on a research paper or just desiring a moment of cultural enrichment.

Cook/Douglass

Farms, gardens, and research centers are home to the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) on Cook Campus. Campus highlights include the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, the beautiful Rutgers Gardens and Helyar Woods, and the Center for Advanced Food Technology. The campus is in close proximity to all student services as well as to most SEBS classes.

Busch

Busch Campus is one of the larger campuses at Rutgers New Brunswick and is located entirely within Piscataway Township, New Jersey. The campus is named after Charles L. Busch (1902-1971), an eccentric millionaire, 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. The land was formerly a country club and the original golf course still exists on the campus.

The campus is home to the Rutgers Stadium and provides a high-tech and suburban atmosphere focusing on academic areas primarily related to the natural sciences; Physics, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Geology, Biology and Psychology. The Rutgers Medical School was also built on this campus in 1970 but a year later was separated by the State to create the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now UMDNJ). The two universities continue to share the land and facilities on the campus in a slightly irregular arrangement.

Livingston

Livingston Campus is heavily focused on first-year students. It is home to many of the social science departments, the Rutgers Business School, and the Center for Applied and Professional Psychology. Livingston Campus provides students easy access to basketball games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center (known as "the RAC"), vast open fields and dramatic productions at the student-founded Livingston Theater. The campus is situated in Piscataway Township although it extends into parts of Edison Township and Highland Park. On the positive side, Livingston is quieter than the other campuses, perhaps due to its distance away from Cook/Douglass and College Avenue.

Transportation

Rutgers Inter-Campus bus #2014 travels on Somerset Street from the New Brunswick railroad station on the EE Douglass/Cook route.

• A - College Avenue & Busch
• B - Busch & Livingston
• C - Busch commuter bus
• EE - College Avenue & Cook/Douglass
• F - College Avenue & Cook/Douglass
• H - College Avenue & Busch
• L - College Avenue & Livingston
• LX - College Avenue & Livingston (Express)
• REXL - Livingston & Cook/Douglass (Express)
• REXB - Busch & Cook/Douglass (Express)

In addition to the buses, there is a New BrunsQuick Shuttle service that takes students between College Avenue and various locations in New Brunswick. The Library Shuttle is a fixed-route shuttle that loops the Cook/Douglass campus, stopping at residence halls and the libraries. The Knight Mover (known as "the Drunk Bus") is an after-hours, individualized service that runs between all campuses from 3 AM to 7 AM, after the fixed-route buses have stopped operating.

Computer centers

Health centers

Museums

• The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located in Voorhees Mall of the College Avenue campus. It was founded in 1966 and later named after Jane Voorhees Zimmerli who was the mother of philanthropist Alan Voorhees.
• The Geology Museum
• The Mason Gross Galleries at Civic Square

Residence life

Residence halls

The residence halls (commonly known as "dorms") provide many facilities for students wishing to live on-campus. Despite some over-crowding, students wishing to live on-campus are usually accommodated. Residences range from single-occupancy rooms (limited), double-occupancy, triple-occupancy apartments that house 4 students and suites that house 6 students. The rooms are single-sex, however the floor is co-ed. Alcohol possession and consumption is permitted for those of legal age. The rooms usually contain: A bed, desk, chair, dresser, and closet for each student. Window coverings (drapes or blinds), smoke detector, basic phone service and cable/internet access are also provided.

In addition, most residence halls have these facilities in the building: laundry, lounges with TVs, pool and ping-pong tables, a study area, kitchen or kitchenette and vending machines.

Dining halls

The dining services are listed as the third largest student dining operation in the USA. There are four student dining facilities serving over 3,000,000 meals; the dining halls also provide catering for over 5000 University events yearly.

Student Dining Halls

• Brower Commons on College Avenue
• Busch Dining Hall
• Nielson Dining Hall on Cook/Douglass
• Tillet Dining Hall on Livingston

Faculty Dining Rooms

• Busch Faculty Dining Room
• Faculty Dining Room at Brower Commons
• Staff Dining Room at Tillett Dining Hall

Student life

Newspapers

The Daily Targum is the official and largest student paper at Rutgers, boasting a circulation of 17,000. It features international, national, local and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds and sports. Cook College's paper, known as The Green Print, also covers general news as well as environmental issues. The Rutgers Centurion is the monthly conservative magazine. The Caellian is the Progressive paper of Douglass College, which features artistic submissions and LGBT issues. The BVCL (Black Voice Carte Latina) is the paper of the black / Hispanic student body, but is not affiliated with any college as such. The Medium is the entertainment weekly known for its politically incorrect content.

Greek life

The campus is home to over 50 fraternities and sororities ranging from the ?traditional? to African-American, Latino/a, Multicultural and Asian-interest. A significant portion of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life and several organizations maintain houses for their chapters in the area of Union Street (known familiarly as "Frat Row"), within blocks of the College Avenue Campus. Greek organizations are governed by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

Traditions

Students waiting in line at the Grease Trucks

The Dance Marathon is a student-run organization that consists of a year-long series of fundraisers and culminates with the annual Marathon on April 5-6 in the College Avenue Gym. At the Marathon over 400 dancers pledge to raise funds and remain standing for 32 hours without sleeping. The 'Dancers', along with over 500 volunteers and countless visitors, are entertained by live bands, comedians, prize giveaways, games, sports, a mechanical bull, computer and internet access, various theme hours and much more. Rutgers has held this tradition since 1999 and to date has raised in excess of $1.3 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation.

RutgersFest is a day-long cultural event which takes place outdoors on Livingston Campus near the Louis Brown Athletic Center. It is designed to promote college spirit through student organization participation with activities and entertainment throughout the day, culminating with a free concert and fireworks at night. In years past, musical guests have included: Kanye West, Everclear, Sugar Ray, Guster, Goldfinger, Ludacris, Reel Big Fish, Method Man and Redman, Fuel, Third Eye Blind and more. Some carnival attractions at recent RutgersFests have been the bungee bull, bouncy boxing, moon walk, electronic basketball, a recording studio and tons more to keep the students entertained. It is mainly a chance for students to experience one last major social event with the Rutgers community in an effort to celebrate the end of the academic year and relax before finals.

Athletics

Main article: Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The Rutgers College football team in 1882.

Rutgers University is often referred to as The Birthplace of College Football as the first intercollegiate football game was held on College Field between Rutgers and Princeton on 6 November 1869 on a plot of ground where the present-day College Avenue Gymnasium now stands. Rutgers won the game, with a score of 6 runs to Princeton's 4.^[1]

Despite being the "Birthplace of College Football" and sharing the 1869 national championship with Princeton University in the first year of intercollegiate play, Rutgers has not had an overly successful heritage in the sport through the years.