Newark celebrates diversity Archived article from Feb 9, 2001 By Irene O'Brien   More than 200 dignitaries, community and business leaders, alumni, faculty, staff and students joined together at Rutgers-Newark Jan. 29 to celebrate the campus's ranking by U.S. News and World Report as the most diverse national university. The campus has received the designation for four consecutive years. Sen. Jon Corzine, speaking at the event, said that Rutgers-Newark is an example for what the rest of the state can achieve. "It is only when we have that mosaic of life . . . that I think we have great strength," he said. The 2001 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" ranked Rutgers-Newark .72 on its campus diversity index, with 1.0 being the highest ranking. In determining the ranking for national universities, U.S. News factored in the total proportion of minority students, not including international students, and the mix of racial and ethnic groups.

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