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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 Institutions. Joh...
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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Invisible blasts, indelible wounds
Sun reporterEven in the daily bedlam of Iraq, life for Jason Ehrhart and Larry Perry had a measure of clarity. But that was before roadside bombs blew them out of their Humvees and into a fog that has yet to lift. It's not clear whether either suffered a direct...Tags: Explosions, University of Maryland, Emergency Incidents, Colleges and Universities, Illnesses
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Murray D. Ryan, 89
Murray D. Ryan, a retired Johns Hopkins University public relations worker and active Lions Club member, died of heart failure Wednesday at Good Samaritan Transitional Care Unit in Lebanon, Pa. The former Parkville resident was 89. Mr. Ryan, the son of...Tags: Parkville, Homewood, Death and Dying, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Mount Airy
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The Man Behind The CL&P Customer Service Reform
Courant Staff WriterConnecticut Light & Power no longer serves "ratepayers," only "customers." And there's no longer such a thing as a "low-income" household, only "limited-income." It's all part of a new language that's heralding what Johnny — yes, that's his...Tags: Connecticut, Connecticut Light & Power Company, Government, New Hampshire, Employees
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Victor McKusick, genome project pioneer, dead at 86
Dr. Victor McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He was 86. Officials at Johns Hopkins University, where McKusick was a professor of genetics, said he died Tuesday in Towson, Md.,...Tags: Biology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diseases, Natural Science, Genetics
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A 'Shining' thriller at the Charles
Sun reporterThe Shining, director Stanley Kubrick's visually stunning 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror tale of a snowbound author (Jack Nicholson) with a demonic case of writer's block, is this weekend's entry in the Charles Theatre's Saturday revival series....Tags: Homewood, Ruth Gordon, American Visionary Art Museum, Mount Vernon Place, Little Italy (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Satellites gather clues to aurora
Associated PressNASA released findings yesterday that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors and dance across the sky. The findings should help...Tags: Alaska, NASA, Los Angeles, California, Space Programs
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Business Players - July 23, 2008
Sarah N. Hamill has been named vice president of marketing for Harleysville Life Insurance Co., Harleysville. In this new role, she will continue to be responsible for developing and implementing strategies that support the company's marketing objectives...Tags: Vice, Marketing, National Government, Government, Kansas
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Best of the blogs: Find your inner Dark Knight and train like Batman
fit0723dig1.ART Best of the blogs: Find your inner Dark Knight and train like Batman What kind of training would it take for your run-of-the-mill human...Tags: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Batman, Health and Safety at School
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Dolphin calf is stillborn at aquarium
Sun ReporterOne of the two pregnant dolphins at the National Aquarium in Baltimore gave birth to a stillborn calf early last week, aquarium officials reported yesterday. Shiloh, a 29-year-old Atlantic bottlenose, was in labor for 40 minutes in the early-morning...Tags: Animals, Reproduction, National Aquarium Baltimore, Medical Specialization, Football
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History captured in glory, shame
The nickname for athletic teams at Iowa State University is "the Cyclones." The nickname for athletic teams at the University of Iowa is "the Hawkeyes." So I made a mistake in a recent column about former U.S. Naval Academy wrestlers Lloyd Keaser and...Tags: Books and Magazines, Civil Rights, Emergency Incidents, Colleges and Universities, Ceremonies
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