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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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Government and medicine: Not always what the doctor orders
Max Romano and fellow medical students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ended their recent op-ed with this sentence, "We look forward to practicing medicine in a country where all individuals have the right to complete health care —...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests
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George LeCompte Mitchell, St. Paul's coach
George LeCompte Mitchell, the St. Paul's School lacrosse coach who led the Crusaders to 10 conference titles and three private school crowns, died Saturday of complications from pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The Ocean Pines resident...Tags: University of Baltimore, Graduation, Lacrosse, Pneumonia, College Sports
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Huguely trial postponed until Friday
George Huguely V's murder trial was delayed Thursday because one of his attorneys, Rhonda Quagliana, is ill. The trial is expected to resume Friday. Circuit Judge Edward Hogshire has said he plans to send the case to the jury for deliberation by the...Tags: Witnesses, Yeardley Love, Colleges and Universities, Judges, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Sarbanes collects $1 million for re-election campaign
U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Towson, has amassed more than $1 million in the 2012 race for Maryland's 3rd District, giving the three-time incumbent a massive financial lead over his competitors. According to year-end Federal Election Commission reports...Tags: Elections, Annapolis, Christian Orthodoxy, Democratic Party, Charity
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1940 census records could help genealogical researchers
No one could predict in 1940 that World War II was destined to become the deadliest conflict in history, so they couldn't foresee how important the data in the 1940 census might become one day.
Information about the lives of U.S. citizens, including...Tags: Howard Community College, Ellicott City, Mormon, Sociology, Orange County Regional History Center
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Mayor questions Alonso's school-construction plan
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expressed concerns about her schools chief's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion to fix Baltimore's crumbling school buildings, touting her own more modest plan as realistic in her State of the City address Monday.
The mayor...Tags: Property Tax, Safety of Citizens, Health and Safety at School, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Global Expansion
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Two St. Paul's football players learn a lesson from teaching their sport in Kenya
Just one year in age separated 17-year-old Travis Wood from the oldest of the Kenyan boys he was standing before, but at 6 feet 2, 190 pounds, he appeared like a giant to them.
So too did 5-10, 175-pound 16-year-old Keifer Rawlings.
The two...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Billy Graham, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, High School Sports
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The right to birth control
Each year in Maryland, approximately 75,000 women unintentionally become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, about 36,000 end in abortions and 8,000 end in miscarriages. Additionally, many unintended pregnancies lead to premature births, low birthweight...Tags: Insurance, Colleges and Universities, Abortion Issue, Birth Control, Teaching and Learning
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10 Spot: Saturday: Mardi Gras Festival
View the photo gallery for all of this week's picksTags: Washington Monument, M&T Bank Stadium, Veterans Day, Halloween, Michael Pitt
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Turning research into jobs in Maryland
About three times each week, an enterprising researcher at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park, takes a step toward patenting an invention. Each year, that results in the creation of about five new high-tech firms, the kinds of businesses often...Tags: Standards, Colleges and Universities, Marketing, New Products, Research
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Pages from Past: Lemon weighing more than a pound grown by Catonsville man in 1911
An article in the Feb. 17, 1912, edition of The Argus recognized an enormous lemon grown by a local botanist. What is believed to be the largest lemon ever grown in Maryland has been plucked from a tree in the conservatory of J H Kummer, at his home on...Tags: Catonsville, Ellicott City, Teaching and Learning, Halethorpe, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Legislators to review distribution of marijuana for medical use
The use of medical marijuana in Maryland and how a statewide system could legally provide patient access are once again before the General Assembly, with three bills filed in recent weeks — each proposing a very different system for dispensing and...Tags: Laws, Catonsville, Renal cell carcinoma, Medical Procedures and Tests, Research
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