{"id":419,"date":"2020-07-10T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/sasn-appliedphysics\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:54:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/sasn-appliedphysics\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-header\" style=\"text-align: left\">Physics at Rutgers-Newark has a long history. Since the 1960s the department has hosted educators, researchers and visionaries who helped shape the department that we have today. 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