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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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Md. victim at Ft. Hood was compassionate, humble
I was shocked and saddened to hear that one of our own was among the murdered at Fort Hood ("Slain Army nurse from Md. 'was a woman to look up to,'" Nov. 9). In addition to a variety of other professional and personal efforts, Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman... -
Gift cards are safer, but pitfalls remain
There's a good chance this holiday you'll either buy a gift card or receive one.
Consumers are expected to spend more than $50 billion on gift cards this year, and most are sold around the holidays. (Nothing says, "I care enough to buy you something, but...Tags: American Express Company, Evan Johnson, Consumers, Craigslist, Inc., eBay Inc.
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Glimpsed: Lauren Maxwell
Special to The Baltimore SunA lot of Lauren Maxwell's world is about artistic expression. The 24-year-old Aiken, S.C., native is finishing her master's degree in opera at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She also uses her personal style to express herself. "I...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Urban Outfitters Incorporated, Opera (genre), Fells Point
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A driving tour of Maryland's byways offers beauty, history and more
The fall colors may have peaked, with more leaves clinging to turf than trees, but it's still not too late for an autumn auto tour. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration designated four Maryland routes as America's Byways, placing them among the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Interreligious Dialogue, Charles Village, Trips and Vacations, Heavy Engineering
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Baltimore mayor faces trial for stealing gift cards; case could end her political career
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. For Dixon,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, American Express Company, David Gray, Sheila Dixon, Theft
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Driving down the road to ruin
Baltimore Sun reportersThomas Meighan Jr. was well-acquainted with accusations of recklessness and dangerous driving, long before Baltimore police charged him with a string of traffic offenses related to the hit-and-run death of a Johns Hopkins University student two weeks ago....Tags: Drunk Driving, Family, Theft, Trials, Drugs and Medicines
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Taking the scenic route
michelle.deal@baltsun.comThe fall colors may have peaked, with more leaves clinging to turf than trees, but it's still not too late for an autumn auto tour. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration designated four Maryland routes as America's Byways, placing them among...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Interreligious Dialogue, Trips and Vacations, Heavy Engineering, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Young people at center of politics, Steele says
Baltimore Sun reporterThe Republican National Committee chairman told a Johns Hopkins University student audience Thursday night that they were "not the future" of politics, but were in fact at the center of it today. "Don't sit back. These are exciting times," Michael S....Tags: Public Officials, Facebook, Aaron Schock, Twitter, Inc., Government
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Jesse Eisenberg takes on a darker role as one of the founders of Facebook
Even before the undead yet live-wire comedy-horror hit "Zombieland," Jesse Eisenberg had established a beachhead as the thinking man's Michael Cera: slender and sensitive but also emotionally tough and sinewy. In "The Squid and the Whale," playing the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Baltimore Museum of Art, Adventureland (movie), Michael Cera, Facebook
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Judge revokes Meighan's bail in July hit-run case
A judge revoked Thomas Meighan Jr.'s $100,000 bail - associated with July hit-and-run charges - on Monday, saying the 39-year-old, who has at least nine drunken driving convictions and is linked to a college student's death, is a "serious danger" to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Judges, Lawyers, Health and Safety at School, Vehicles
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McDonogh rolls over Loyola, 5-0, in MIAA A semis
This time of year has become a rite of passage for the McDonogh boys soccer team, which finds a way to take its game to an even higher level when the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs arrive.
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Just like Mom (and Sister) didn't used to make
laura.vozzella@baltsun.comBryan and Michael Voltaggio might be highly accomplished chefs, but when their mom's birthday rolled around last week, she got a cake made from a mix. "I did bake a cake, but it's Betty Crocker," said Staci Rosenberger, kid sister to the Frederick...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Macaroni and Cheese, Family, Hot Dogs, Executive Branch
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