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Realigning of stars at UMDNJ 

GOVERNOR Christie's relationship with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark began long before he got to Trenton. It was then-U.S. Attorney Christie who spearheaded a federal takeover of UMDNJ after an investigation revealed a series of problems, one of which was giving a no-show job to a prominent state senator.

New state university proposed for Newark 

The University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey will be revamped and Rowan University will take over the Rutgers University-Camden campus, under a report championed by Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday.

Recommendations also call for a new New Jersey Health Sciences University in Newark to replace UMDNJ, and they reaffirmed the idea of merging Robert Wood Johnson Medical School with Rutgers’ main New Brunswick-Piscataway campuses.

The Record: Carving UMDNJ 

GOVERNOR Christie's relationship with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark began long before he got to Trenton. It was then-U.S. Attorney Christie who spearheaded a federal takeover of UMDNJ after an investigation revealed a series of problems, one of which was giving a no-show job to a prominent state senator.

Lawsuits threatened over planned merger between Rowan and Rutgers-Camden 

A plan to roll Rutgers-Camden and Rowan into a single university under the Rowan banner could produce a barrage of lawsuits from Rutgers faculty, according to a union leader at the Camden campus.

“We are very much outraged by this proposal for many reasons. We think it’s fraudulent for one nonprofit, as in Rutgers, to dispose of its assets to another nonprofit, i.e. Rowan,” said Janet Golden, a professor of history at Rutgers-Camden.

Christie Calls for Restructuring of Research Universities 

Governor Christie yesterday outlined a sweeping overhaul of higher education that would create a New Jersey Health Sciences University in Newark to replace UMDNJ, place Newark’s University Hospital under nonprofit management, and fold Rutgers-Camden and its law school into Rowan University to give South Jersey its own research university.