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The Johns Hopkins University is a private university located in Baltimore, with major campuses in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland. Hopkins also has academic facilities in Nanjing, China, and in Bologna and Florence, Italy. It was the first research university in the United States. Johns Hopkins was opened in Baltimore in 1876 and is named after one of its benefactors, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, who left $7 million in 1873 for the university and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hopkins' first name is Johns because it was the last name of his great-grandmother. The university and the Johns Hopkins Health System, which includes the hospital, now fall under the Johns Hopkins In...
The Johns Hopkins University is a private university located in Baltimore, with major campuses in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland. Hopkins also has academic facilities in Nanjing, China, and in Bologna and Florence, Italy. It was the first research university in the United States. Johns Hopkins was opened in Baltimore in 1876 and is named after one of its benefactors, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, who left $7 million in 1873 for the university and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hopkins' first name is Johns because it was the last name of his great-grandmother. The university and the Johns Hopkins Health System, which includes the hospital, now fall under the Johns Hopkins Institutions. Johns Hopkins University is made up of nine schools, including the Peabody Institute, which became a part of Johns Hopkins in 1977. The university originally only admitted men; the first female undergraduates were admitted to Hopkins in 1970. Some female graduate students were allowed to attend Hopkins starting in 1877, but the university did not officially allow female graduate students until 1907. The university currently offers 49 majors for full- and part-time undergraduates. The Division III Johns Hopkins Blue Jays play in the Centennial Conference, but both men's and women's lacrosse at Hopkins are Division I teams and do not participate in the Centennial Conference. The Blue Jays colors are Columbia blue and black, but the university's colors are gold and sable. Notable Johns Hopkins alumni include actor John Astin, director Wes Craven, journalist Wolf Blitzer, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, biologist and author Rachel Carson, IBM chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano, tuberculosis researcher George Comstock and former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
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Eclectic schedule
SEPTEMBER THROUGH SEPT. 14 RV Outdoor Show, Fairgrounds THROUGH SEPT. 18 Contemporary Ceramics from Wales, Clayworks THROUGH SEPT. 18 Symbiosis: Animal and Human Form, Clayworks THROUGH OCT. 5 Tableware Show, Potters THROUGH DEC. 8 Selling the Candidates:...Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Public Holidays, Dance, Hippodrome Theatre, Kathy Griffin
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Film schedule
SEPTEMBER THROUGH SEPT. 30 A Glimpse of de Kooning, National THROUGH OCT. 2 Movies, Motion and Media: Altered Perspectives, A Film Series, Stevenson SEPT. 16-30 MICA Maryland Film Festival Film Series, MICA SEPT. 6 Afghanistan on Film, National SEPT. 6-...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Public Holidays, Culture, Festive Event, Mount Royal
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Art schedule
SEPTEMBER ONGOING Art of the Ancient Americas, Walters ONGOING Palace of Wonders: The Galleries of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Walters THROUGH SEPT. 7 Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, Walters THROUGH...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Gardens and Parks, College of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Walters Art Museum
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Frances Johnson, English teacher, administrator
Frances Johnson, a retired educator and university administrator, died of a heart attack Monday at her Roland Park home. She was 75. Born Frances Wilcox in Torrington, Conn., she earned a bachelor's degree from Connecticut College and a master's degree...Tags: Medicine, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease, Santa Monica, Roman Catholic
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Post to be installed as Boys Latin headmaster
Baltimore Sun reporterChristopher J. Post, the former principal of Loyola Blakefield, will be installed as the 14th headmaster of the Boys' Latin School at 10:40 a.m. tomorrow at the Gelston Athletic Center. Boys' Latin chose Post, 38, who worked just a few miles away,... -
Business notes
Management skills session scheduled The Association of Community Services is offering a four-part series of skill-building sessions for new and experienced managers from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18 and 25 and Oct. 2 and 9. The Management Skills:...Tags: AT&T Corp., National Government, FedEx Corporation, Unisys Corporation, Environmental Politics
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William H. Hedeman, purchasing manager
William H. Hedeman, a retired Raytheon Co. official who restored a vintage Ford station wagon, died of heart failure Aug. 28 at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Lutherville resident was 87. Mr. Hedeman was born in Baltimore and raised in Relay. He was a...Tags: Raytheon Company, Catonsville, Death and Dying, Employment Opportunities, Patapsco
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Hopkins chaplain, activist was 'consummate humanist'
The Rev. Chester Wickwire, the chaplain emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University, poet and renowned civil rights activist who worked with black leaders to integrate a Baltimore County amusement park, died Sunday of complications of dementia at the...Tags: Marvin Mandel, Prosecution, Regional Authority, National Government, Labor Legislation
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Susan A. Goglia
Susan A. Goglia, a retired Howard County teacher and principal who was as comfortable arguing for students' needs before superintendents as she was teaching reading to first-graders, died Friday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 59. "She...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying, School Examinations, Cancer
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Arts calendar
Fine Art Museums American Visionary Art Museum 800 Key Highway. 410-244-1900. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibits: Rotating selections from museum archives. Through Sunday: All Faiths Beautiful. Baltimore Museum of Art...Tags: Culture, Festive Event, Dance, Tourism and Leisure, Road Transportation
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School news
Achievements •Lawrence Agee, a senior at Grafton High School, attended the 2008 Congressional Student Leadership Conference, Robotic and Engineering, at Johns Hopkins University. Agee received a letter of recognition and a Certificate of Excellence in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Poquoson (Poquoson, Virginia), Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid
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Taiwan's new president faces big challenges on China
Associated PressIn his first 100 days in office, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has helped arrange a series of high-profile meetings between Chinese and Taiwanese leaders, completed a historic agreement on regular flights across the Taiwan Strait and opened Taiwan's...Tags: Democracy, Chen Shui-Bian, National Government, International Organizations, Health Organizations
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