District 18 Senator Barbara Buono (D)*Rutgers Alum* Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. (D) Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D) Rutgers People in District 18   9,571   Alumni   3,317   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   531   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   1,646   Faculty/Staff   15,065   Total

• Rutgers’ Livingston Campus: The new solar energy farm will generate 10 percent of the campus’s electrical demand (Edison)
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program: Helping limited-resource families make healthy nutrition choices (East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen)
• Cook College Student Organic Farm: Local residents invest in a student-run farm in exchange for weekly shares of organically grown food (East Brunswick)

• MBA Team Consulting Program: Rutgers’s students in the program develop affordable business, marketing, and benchmarking plans to overcome challenges and problems identified by client companies (East Brunswick)

   

• Thomas Edison Center: Working to interpret Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory for public and school programs (Menlo Park)

• Waksman Student Scholars Program: Yearlong program in molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics (East Brunswick, Edison)
• Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high school students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen)
• Videoconferencing in Education: Enables students to go beyond the walls of their classrooms to explore the wealth of information in our global community (Edison)
• Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Professional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (East Brunswick, Edison, Metuchen, South Plainfield, South River, Spotswood)

Did You Know?
Metuchen is home to one of New Jersey’s 18 state-designated Transit Villages. Transit Villages are communities that have embraced a smart growth vision that includes opportunities for growth and economic revitalization, a commitment to compact, mixed-use development, a strong residential component, including affordable housing, jobs, restaurants, arts and entertainment, and preservation of a rich architectural character, all within walking distance of a passenger transportation facility. Rutgers’ Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, a national leader in transportation policy, is evaluating the progress of the Transit Villages in partnership with the NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT), other state agencies, and the communities where the villages are located. In 2006, as part of its NJDOT contract, the Voorhees center launched Transit-Friendly Development, a newsletter designed to keep municipal officials, planners, and advocates up-to-date on the potential for development and redevelopment around transit stations.

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