By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger

NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University’s two governing boards will vote in mid-November on whether to give their long-awaited final approval for the school’s merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, school officials said today.

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Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger New Rutgers University president Robert L. Barchi speaks in April.

Gov. Chris Christie signed the merger legislation, called the New Jersey Medical and Health Science Education Restructuring Act, last month. But it still needs the consent of the 11-member Rutgers Board of Governors and 59-member Rutgers Board of Trustees.

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