Rutgers Landmarks

Willie the Silent Statue

Magnolia trees in bloom on Voorhees Mall surrounding the statue is William I, Prince of Orange, known as William the Silent. The statue is affectionately called “Willie the Silent” and “Still Bill” and was a gift from the Holland Society of New York and installed on campus in 1928.

Old Queens

The cornerstone of Old Queens was laid in 1809, and the first building at Rutgers was completed in 1825. The walking path named Will’s Way recognizes the contribution of an enslaved man who helped lay the foundation of the building.

Rutgers Bookstore at Barnes & Noble

The Rutgers clock adorns the front the bookstore, a gathering place for students to shop and study.

Paul Robeson Plaza

On the centennial anniversary of his graduation from Rutgers, a plaza was dedicated to recognize Paul Robeson (Class of 1919) and his contributions and achievements as a scholar, athlete, actor, singer, and global activist.

Queens Campus Gates

Several gates welcome visitors to the historical campus of Rutgers including the Class of 1902 Memorial Gateway on Hamilton Street. Students are warned to avoid walking beneath the gate before commencement over a superstition that one who does so will not graduate on time.

The Yard

The Scarlet Knight statue stands guard in front of The Yard, a gathering spot in front of the Sojourner Truth Apartments, student housing named after the abolitionist and activist who had been enslaved as a child to the family of Rutgers’ first president.

College Avenue Gym

Officially, it is the College Avenue Gymnasium, but it is known to the RU community as “The Barn.” Built on the site of College Field, the former football field where the first college game was said to have been played.

Winants Hall

Winants was completed in 1890 as a dormitory building for students on the historical campus. Renovated in 2017-18, it now is the home to the President’s Office, central administrative offices, and Board rooms.

Voorhees Mall

Magnolia trees in bloom on Voorhees Mall surrounding statue of Willie the Silent on an early spring day.

Honors College

In the fall of 2015, the Honors College opened its doors and welcomed its inaugural class. Overlooking the Raritan River and located at the north end of Voorhees Mall, the Honors College became a new landmark on Rutgers’ historic College Avenue campus.

Academic Building

The Rutgers Academic Building’s tiered interior spaces and a series of rising terraces and stairs between the building’s two wings create social spaces and places of collaboration both inside and out. The building features five lecture halls, 17 general purpose classrooms, active learning classrooms, seminar rooms, and language and media labs and sits adjacent to the Honors College.

Rutgers Campus buses

Rutgers operates the second largest bus system in the state of New Jersey moving thousands of students and community members daily. Here the Rutgers Pride Bus is at The Yard, one of the stops along College Avenue.

The Birthplace of College Football

Rutgers defeats Princeton, 6-4, in the first intercollegiate football game in 1869. On the 100th anniversary of the game, this painting depicting the game was the cover of that year’s Bell Telephone phone book.

Douglass Campus

View of College Hall surrounded by emerging cherry blossoms in New Brunswick on the Douglass Campus. Douglass Residential College was founded in 1918 as the New Jersey College for Women and later renamed in honor of its founding dean Mabel Smith Douglass, the college opened higher education opportunities to women as part of the then all-male Rutgers.

Passion Puddle

Passion Puddle sits between the Douglass and Cook campuses and is a popular spot for studying and relaxing.

COOL Room

The RU COOL Operations Center maintains a sustained coastal ocean observatory that provides real-time ocean data to research and education groups and serves as a training ground for operational oceanography students.

Equine Science

The Equine Science Center holds demonstrations during Rutgers Day on the Cook campus.

Mason Gross School of Arts

Students enjoy music class in the courtyard of the Nicholas Music Center.

Rutgers Gardens

Rutgers Gardens is a 180-acre botanic garden, consisting of designed gardens, plant collections, a student farm, farmers market, and natural habitats. It serves as a living laboratory for faculty and staff, while providing experiential and service learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

SHI Stadium

Home of the Scarlet Knights, SHI Stadium can hold 52,000 fans. Rutgers is the birthplace of college football with the first game held in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, with Rutgers winning.

Chemistry Building

Opened in 2018, the state-of-the-art science facility houses the SAS Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. The PhD Molecule, a public art piece, depicts a caffeine molecule.

First Football Player Monument

Game Monument by Thomas Jay Warren outside Rutgers SHI Stadium on Busch campus commemorating the first intercollegiate football game, played in 1869.

Visitor Center

The Revolutionary monument, created for Rutgers’ 250th Anniversary in 2016, is permanently installed in front of the Visitor Center.

Biomedical Engineering Building

Signal sculpture by Ralph Helmick at entryway of the Biomedical Engineering building at Busch campus.

President’s House

Tucked into a corner of the Busch campus, the President’s House has been the residence of Rutgers’ presidents for over 80 years.

Jersey Mike’s Arena

View of Jersey Mikes Arena on the Livingston campus. Home to Rutgers’ men and women’s basketball teams.

Rutgers Business School

The Rutgers Business School building known as 100 Rock welcomes students and visitors to the Livingston campus.

“R” Sculpture

The Rutgers R sits proudly outside of the Athletics Performance Center on Livingston campus.

Biowaves Sculpture

The BioWaves sculpture at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy was inspired by the collagen molecule—the most abundant protein in the human body.

Hippocrates Statue

Donated by Costos N. Georgakas in 1973, statue of the “father of modern medicine” is located at the entrance of the Research Tower/Kessler Teaching Laboratories of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Rutgers School of Nursing

Rutgers School of Nursing stands as one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive nursing schools, offering programs at every level of nursing practice—from undergraduate to advanced degrees.

Rutgers Cancer Institute

Rutgers Cancer Institute, in partnership with RWJBarnabas Health, holds the prestigious distinction of being one of only a few National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.—and the only one in New Jersey.

Medical Science Building

The Medical Science Building is home to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for use by students, faculty, and researchers.

Rutgers Health Plaza

The plaza on the Rutgers Health Sciences Campus at Newark connects the Medical Science Building, the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, and the George F. Smith Library of Health Sciences.

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

Founded in 1956, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine is New Jersey’s only dental school and largest oral healthcare provider.