A light breakfast will be served on Saturday beginning at 8:30 AM in the area adjoining Conference Room A of the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. A complementary lunch will be served on Saturday around noon.
If you have questions, send email to mastrian@math.rutgers.edu
Note: As of April 5, 2017, all 27 rooms at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center, described below, have been booked for the night of April 21, so you will need to consider one of the other hotels listed below.
A block of rooms (only 27) have been reserved at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. The rate is $82 for a single or double room. To make a reservation, you need to use the online reservation system at the above URL. The system requires you to find the Reservations button, select the check in and check out dates, and the number of guests. Enter the Promo/Group Code 19171. Click the Book button, verify the information, and click the Book Now button.
Note: The rooms are only reserved for the night of April 21. If you need to arrive earlier or leave later, and have to go outside that date, you will have to log back into the system and make additional reservations at prevailing rates. In this case, you should NOT re-enter the Promo/Group Code, since you will be making individual reservations, not group reservations. You also need to make a note alerting the staff that you are part of the Finite Element Circus Group, so you can have a continuous stay in one room.
There are also other hotels nearby and within walking distance of the New Brunswick train station (that are more expensive). There is a Rutgers rate, which you could ask for, but it may not be less expensive.
The Hyatt Regency of New Brunswick
2 Albany Street, New Brunswick NJ 08901
1.4 miles (30 minute walk)
from the RUICC.
The Heldrich
10 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
1.2 miles (25 minute walk)
from the RUICC.
If you have a car, then there are other hotels in the area, which are about 2 miles from the RUICC. However, it is not clear to me that there is any reasonable way to walk to the RUICC from these hotels.
Hilton East Brunswick
3 Tower Center Blvd, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Tower Center, East Brunswick
Red Carpet Inn
26 US-1, New Brunswick, NJ
The nearest airport is Newark Liberty Airport, about 40 minutes by car from the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. From the airport, the cheapest way to get to Rutgers is to take the Airtrain to the Newark Airport train station, a NJ Transit train to New Brunswick (see www.njtransit.com for schedules), and then a taxi (or campus bus) to the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. A more expensive option is to take a taxi from the airport.
Note that New Jersey Transit trains stop at the New Brunswick train station. The closest station for Amtrak trains is at MetroPark, about a 25 minute car ride from the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. Guests may use Rutgers campus buses to travel to the Douglass campus or to other points on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses. The university bus system is complimentary to all riders. The Katzenbach stop is located at the top of the parking lot of the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center. During the week the EE and F routes service this location. On the weekend, Weekend I and Weekend II routes service this location.
Complimentary Parking for Circus participants (no permits required) is available at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center Lot 82 or at Lot 74A.