Gov. Christie helps celebrate Rutgers-UMDNJ merger

New banners are unfurled during a Rutgers ceremony to mark Rutgers University's takeover of most of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Patti Sapone/ The Star-Ledger
PISCATAWAY — Gov. Chris Christie and higher education leaders celebrated the merger of Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey today at a ceremony in Piscataway where they marked the debut of the “new Rutgers.”…