Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick (also known as the Rutgers Business School, or RBS) is the graduate and undergraduate

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located on the

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and

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campuses of

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. It was founded in 1929. It operated under several different names (the undergraduate Rutgers School of Business in New Brunswick and the Rutgers Graduate School of Management in Newark) before consolidating into Rutgers Business School. (The Rutgers School of Business in Camden remained a separate business school under the Rutgers University umbrella but was not part of the Newark/New Brunswick consolidation.) Rutgers Business School offers

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, and

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degrees.

Facilities

In 2009 RBS opened a new facility in the first 11 stories of downtown Newark's

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office building that is home to the full-time and Executive MBA programs, the MQF program, and the Newark undergraduate program. 1 Washington Park is centrally located near highways and public transportation, notably Newark Broad Street Station, where there is service on

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Morris and Essex and

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s (including

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service to

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) and

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service to

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. The Washington Park light rail station is also adjacent to the school. Rutgers facilities in One Washington Park include classrooms, lecture halls, conference rooms, student and faculty lounges, offices, and a University Police substation. The new 3 story RBS entrance atrium features lecture halls, a trading floor, student lounge and study spaces, a rooftop garden, and the Bove Auditorium. One Park Bistro in the lobby of the building is owned by the university and operated by the university's contracted

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food service but is open to all tenants with a building ID. In 2011, it was announced the Rutgers–Newark campus would further expand around Washington Park, converting the former

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into graduate student housing. Rutgers Business School, New Brunswick

In 2011 RBS broke ground on a new school building located on the New Brunswick/ Livingston Campus. This new building, which opened in September, 2013, is the focal point for the New Brunswick undergraduate program. Previously, in New Brunswick, RBS shared the Janice H. Levin Building with the

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and Beck Hall with the School of Arts and Sciences on the Livingston Campus. RBS also has facilities in Morristown Plaza in

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, Basking Ridge Country Club in

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, Washington Street in

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. MBA programs were also previously offered in

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and

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Accreditation and rankings

RBS is accredited by the

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(AACSB) as well as the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education while Rutgers University as a whole is accredited by the

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. RBS is ranked by US News #44 in Best Business Schools and 28th in Part-time MBA nationwide. One Washington Park view from Broad Street Station

In April 2022, RBS was accused of creating fake jobs for graduates to boost MBA program rankings. The lawsuit was expanded into a class-action lawsuit.

Research centers

*Blanche & Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies **Mahmud Hassan, director *Center for Governmental Accounting Education & Research **Robert H. Werner, director **Yaw M. Mensah, research director *Institute for Ethical Leadership **James Abruzzo, co-director **Alex Plinio, co-director *Center for Research in Regulated Industries **Michael A. Crew, director *Center for Supply Chain Management **Lei Lei, director *East Asian Business Center **John Cantwell, director **Peter R. Gillett, academic director *Rutgers Accounting Research Center **Miklos Vasarhelyi, director *Technology Management Research Center **George F. Farris, director * Whitcomb Center for Research in Financial Services **Ivan E. Brick and Michael S. Long, co-directors In April 2017, Rutgers Business School accepted $1 million from

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to create a big data research laboratory. The same company was later placed on a

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blacklist for allegedly enabling human rights abuses in

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with its technology.

Notable alumni

* Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of

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* Frank Cassidy, president of PSEG Power *

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, president of BD Medical/Board Member, for Accordia Global Health Foundation * Mark Fields, CEO of

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* Stephanie Kusie, Canadian politician and member of Parliament for Calgary Midnapore * Alvaro de Molina, CFO of

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, CEO of GMAC *Alicia Nieves, reporter for Cheddar News *

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, founder of

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* Bill Schultz, CEO of Fender * Gary Rodkin, president and CEO of

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, founder of

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References

External links

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