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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 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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Civic group targets accidents involving pedestrians
As traffic officer Bobby Brown began his weekday afternoon shift at Pratt and Light streets, he was quickly drawn into the dangerous dance involving pedestrians and motorists. A motorist didn't see three pedestrians as he made a sharp left-hand turn, but...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, St. Paul Street, Reisterstown Road, Howard County, Harford County
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Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland
Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...Tags: Jack Markell, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Executive Branch, Diabetes
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Crownsville student honored for pancreatic cancer test
Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka of Crownsville won the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for designing a new moth to detect pancreatic cancer, Intel announced Friday. The fair, held in Pittsburgh, is the world’s...Tags: Intel Corp., Students, Diabetes, Pancreatic Cancer, Teaching and Learning
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Edwin Roger Fitzgerald, Hopkins professor
Edwin Roger Fitzgerald, a retired professor who had taught in the Johns Hopkins University Mechanics and Materials Department for nearly 40 years and whose hobby was farming, died May 11 from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson....Tags: Electronics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), The Pennsylvania State University, Peabody Conservatory, Colleges and Universities
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Komen gives out $58 million in grants
Susan G. Komen for the Cureon Thursday announced $58 million in grants to support breast cancer research. The 154 grants were given to researchers in 22 states, including Maryland, and 7 countries. The grants will cover a wide spectrum of breast...Tags: Breast Cancer, University of Maryland, College Park, Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
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Death from marathon running low
The stories of marathon runners collapsing and dying at the finish line are enough to scare anybody thinking of participating in one of the 26.2 mile races popular around this time of year. But a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found the...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Demographics, High Blood Pressure, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Diabetes
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NASA image shows galaxy with active black hole
A NASA image released Friday shows a glimpse of a galaxy with an active black hole, the focus of a recent discovery much of which was made in Baltimore. The space agency's image of the day gallery shows an active black hole squelching star formation in ...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA
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Police cancel TV show after station fails to turn in suspect
For the past five years, news anchors at Baltimore's Fox affiliate have partnered with city police to hunt down fugitives. The segments, aired on the last Friday of every month, were more telethon than ride-along, with mug shots, a brief description of...
Tags: Television Industry, Police Arrests, Journalism, Government, Values
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Celebrity traveler: Ocean City gets Kamenetz's vote
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is a Marylander right down to his board shorts.
Born in Lochearn, he attend Gilman School, the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore School of Law. Elected county executive in 2010, he also...Tags: USA Today, Rentals, Foods and Beverages, Pizzas, Hotels and Accommodations
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Henson found guilty of conspiracy in robocall scandal
Political consultant Julius Henson may have written the automated message that encouraged Democrats to stay home from the polls on Election Day 2010, but he didn't force voters to believe it, jury foreman Renee Johnson said Friday, explaining the split...
Tags: Punishment, Lawyers, Elections, Litigation, Judges
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Turning food scraps into compost
Keith Losoya thinks a terrible thing to waste is waste itself.
Losoya is the founder and principal partner of Waste Neutral, a small Baltimore firm that helps businesses and institutions compost leftover food that would otherwise go in the trash. The...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Business, Annapolis
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Balancing cybersecurity and privacy
From the assembly lines of Detroit to the steel mills of Pittsburgh to the oil fields of Houston, our country has been built by an entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation. And despite our recent economic challenges, that spirit is alive and well....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Networking, National Security, China, Preventative Medicine
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