NEW BRUNSWICK — The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will donate $12.5 million to Rutgers University to help cover the cost of its merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, campus officials announced today. Rutgers University received a $12.5 million grant today to help cover the cost of the school's merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In this file photo from October, Christopher Molloy, left, a Rutgers official overseeing the university's takeover of UMDNJ, speaks during a merger planning meeting with UMDNJ officials in New Brunswick. Patti Sapone / The Star-Ledger
The money, which is the largest donation Rutgers has ever received from the foundation, will make a dent in the estimated $76.3 million in uncovered costs for the July 1 merger. Rutgers officials have appealed unsuccessfully to the state to help pay for the integration of the two schools.
