Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a large public land-grant research university with three campuses in New Jersey, at New Brunswick, Newark and Camden. It was chartered in 1766 as Queen's College and was first affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church, which makes it the eighth-oldest college in the United States. It was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 and was designated the State University of New Jersey by the state legislature in 1945 and 1956. In the crime atlas it is known through its Program in Criminal Justice, directed by criminologist and economist Anne Piehl.
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is a large public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey
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Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College and was affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church.
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is a large public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey
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since being designated the State University of New Jersey by the state's legislature in 1945 and 1956
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is a large public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey
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is a large public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey
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It has evolved into a major public research university since being designated the State University of New Jersey by the state's legislature in 1945 and 1956.
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She is a professor of economics at Rutgers University
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