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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 th...
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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Enrollment under way for Hopkins youth program
Parents interested in having their children participate in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth have until Nov. 30 to enroll them. The program is for bright students in second through eighth grades. The students must take tests,... -
County police name McCullough chief spokesman
Baltimore Sun reporterLt. Robert McCullough, a 43-year-old community-outreach team commander who has been with the Baltimore County police force since he joined as a cadet at age 18, is to be the department's new chief spokesman. McCullough, currently assigned to the...Tags: Randallstown, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University
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Beth K. Currie, Baltimore County social studies teacher
Beth K. Currie, a popular Lansdowne High School social studies teacher who believed it was important to get students out of the confines of the classroom and textbooks, died of pneumonia Tuesday at St. Agnes Hospital. She was 78.
Beth Kopelke, whose...Tags: Family, Social Sciences, Death and Dying, Catonsville, Ice Cream
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Local hardware stores hope to co-exist with Lowe's
At Ace Hardware in Waverly, customers have been Johns Hopkins University students who need paint to touch up a room or Greenmount Avenue rehabbers who need to replace a broken drill. Since he opened the store in May, co-owner John Elliott has come to know...Tags: Bolton Hill, Small Businesses, General Motors Corp., John Elliott, Finance
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Officer replaces Toohey as Balto. Co. police spokesman
Baltimore Sun reportersBill Toohey, the public face of the Baltimore County Police Department since 1996, has been dismissed and will be replaced by a uniformed officer. Toohey, a 64-year-old civilian and former radio reporter, was informed of the decision Tuesday by Police...Tags: Randallstown, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Witnesses, Prosecution
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McCullough joined department as cadet at 18
Lt. Robert McCullough, a 43-year-old community-outreach team commander who has been with the Baltimore County police force since he joined as a cadet when he was 18, is to be the department's new chief spokesman. McCullough, currently assigned to the...Tags: Randallstown, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Witnesses, Prosecution
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Lean times, rich dishes
If dining out has a season, it would be around the holidays. If there's a time when Baltimoreans will be saying, to heck with the recession, let's have an office lunch, get together with old friends at a nice restaurant or celebrate by dining out, it will...Tags: Ellicott City, Brewers Hill, Restaurants, Harbor East, Dining and Drinking
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Valerie Oppenheimer dies at 77; UCLA sociologist studied effects of work on marriage
Valerie Oppenheimer, a UCLA sociologist whose pioneering research documented the post-World War II surge of married women into the U.S. workforce and the ramifications of work on marriage, has died. She was 77.
Oppenheimer died Nov. 2 at her Holmby Hills...Tags: Death and Dying, Social Sciences, Obituaries, Colleges and Universities, World War II (1939-1945)
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Niacin shrinks artery plaque; Merck's Zetia does not and may carry risks, new study finds
AP Medical WriterORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines, Zetia (drug), Schering Plough Corporation
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New questions about cholesterol drugs from study
The Associated Press(AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin -- drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines, Zetia (drug), Schering Plough Corporation
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Hidden Gem: Ashburton offers 'a lot more house' in city
Neighborhood: Ashburton Location: Northwest Baltimore Average sales price: $141,000 (January-June) Notable features: Beautiful single-family homes - some brick - and lots of mature trees. An old-money feel without the price tag. Directly to the south...Tags: Morgan State University, Family, Homes, Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame
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John L. Edler, power plant operator
John L. Edler, a retired utility company executive whose career with Baltimore Gas and Electric and later Constellation Energy spanned four decades, died of a cardiac arrest Nov. 4 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.
He was 70 and lived in Bel Air.
Mr....Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., National Government, Retirement, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Government
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