By Kelly Heyboer, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

NEWARK — Newark could get its first new medical school in 50 years under an unusual proposal by Rowan University and New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Rowan wants to open a branch of its School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Camden County, on NJIT’s Newark campus, university officials said. The new school could eventually enroll 200 future doctors.

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