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23 unusual facts about Johns Hopkins University


Acheson J. Duncan

Duncan spent 13 years on the faculty at Princeton University and three years in the US Army before coming to Johns Hopkins University in 1946 as an associate professor of statistics in the School of Business.

Assyria Township, Michigan

In the 1890s he attended the Briggs School (named for his grandfather, Clement Briggs, who donated the land) before going to college at Michigan State College, the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University.

Cogito.org

Inspired and funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Cogito is being developed through a collaborative effort by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth and eight partners—all highly renowned organizations that serve gifted youth.

Constantin Fahlberg

Constantin Fahlberg (22 December 1850 in Tambov – 15 August 1910 in Nassau) discovered the sweet taste of anhydroorthosulphaminebenzoic acid in 1877–78 when analysing the chemical compounds in coal tar at Johns Hopkins University for Professor Ira Remsen (1846–1927).

F.W. Olin Hall

Other universities that have buildings as a result of the F.W. Olin Foundation are Johns Hopkins University, Colgate, Marquette, Tufts, and the University of San Diego, amongst many others.

Frank Perkins Whitman

He was graduated at Brown University in 1874 and took his A.M. there in 1877, later studying at Johns Hopkins University.

Full Basket Belize

By April 2004, the initial steering committee was formed, bylaws were written, 501(c)(3) applications and paperwork were submitted, and two small seed grants were secured — one from the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), with which the organization is affiliated; and the other from Johns Hopkins University.

George W. Santos

After his completing his studies at MIT, he received his medical degree and completed a residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

George W. Santos (1928-2001) was a professor emeritus of oncology and medicine at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.

Hodson Trust Scholarship

The Hodson Trust Scholarship is a 4-year merit based scholarship offered to roughly 20 incoming freshman at Johns Hopkins University each year.

Hugh Jackson Morgan

After two years at Vanderbilt Medical School, he transferred to Johns Hopkins University and received his doctorate in 1918.

John B. Whitehead

John Boswell Whitehead (August 18, 1872 in Norfolk, Virginia - November 16, 1954 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American electrical engineer and a professor at Johns Hopkins University as well as the dean of the School of Engineering.

Kemp Malone

Kemp Malone (Minter City, Mississippi, March 14, 1889—October 13, 1971) was a prolific medievalist, etymologist, philologist, and specialist in Chaucer who was lecturer and then professor of English Literature at Johns Hopkins University from 1924 to 1956.

His papers (30 document boxes) were deposited in 1983 at Johns Hopkins University (Ms 129).

LCSR

JHU LCSR: Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics at Johns Hopkins University

Midrash

Midrash was adapted as an interpretive exercise in history and philosophy texts by David L. Marshall of the University of Pittsburgh and Misgav Har-Peled while they were graduate students at Johns Hopkins University.

National Inclusion Project

The National Inclusion Project has partnered with Johns Hopkins University Center for Summer Learning to develop and pilot a summer learning curriculum that youth-serving organizations can use to offer inclusive summer camp opportunities.

Robert W. Cahn

Following a sabbatical at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore in 1954, he turned down a professorship at Liverpool on the promise of a professorship in Birmingham that never materialised.

San Leonardo in Arcetri

The church stands among olive groves on the Via San Leonardo, a country road on the southern outskirts of Florence, next to Villa Spelman, seat of the Johns Hopkins University Charles S. Singleton Center for Italian Studies.

Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth

The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) is a study project and was founded by Dr Julian Stanley in 1971 at the Johns Hopkins University.

Telluride Association Summer Program

Since the first TASP was held in 1954, TASPs have been held at college and university campuses across the United States, including Cornell, University of Texas at Austin, Deep Springs College, Johns Hopkins University, Williams College, University of Michigan, Washington University in St. Louis, Kenyon College, and St. John's College.

William Bennett Bean

Following graduation from medical school, with top of the class designation and as president of Alpha Omega Alpha, he interned on the Osler Service at Johns Hopkins University.

Wizard of Oz experiment

John F. (“Jeff”) Kelley coined the phrases “Wizard of OZ” and “OZ Paradigm” for this purpose circa 1980 to describe the method he developed during his dissertation work at Johns Hopkins University.


1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

The game saw Johns Hopkins University, 12 and 2 for the season and led by legendary coach Bob Scott and Hall of Fame attackman Jack Thomas, defeat University of Maryland led by Frank Urso which had been number one in the nation.

8257 Andycheng

It was named in honor of Andrew F. Cheng (b. 1951), Chief Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University.

Antonio Missiroli

Missiroli has lectured in several subjects at various universities (European politics at the University of Bath, European security at the university of Trento, transatlantic security at Boston University, and European Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University.

Apache Point Observatory

Four additional organizations have joined over time: the Institute for Advanced Study, Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado, and University of Virginia.

Arjula Ramachandra Reddy

After obtaining a Ph. D., from Osmania University, he moved on to USA where he did research in genetics both at Iowa State University and Johns Hopkins University.

Ben Bussey

He worked at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston and the European Space Agency, before joining the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and becoming a senior staff scientist at that facility.

Conservative Judaism

This situation was resolved due to the efforts of Cyrus Adler, professor of Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins University and founder of the Jewish Publication Society, who convinced a number of wealthy German Reform Jews including Jacob Schiff, David and Simon Guggenheim, Mayer Sulzberger, and Louis Marshall, to contribute $500,000 to the faltering JTS.

Cui Tiankai

Born 1952 in Zhejiang Province, China, Cui graduated from the School of Foreign Languages of East China Normal University as well as from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC.

Eleanor Jorden

Jorden taught Japanese at many educational institutions, including Cornell University, Bryn Mawr College, Johns Hopkins University, Williams College, the University of Hawaii, International Christian University in Tokyo and Ohio State University.

Eloise Lewis

For the next two years, until 1945, she served as an instructor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Francis Fukuyama

Until July 10, 2010, he was the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and Director of the International Development Program at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. He is now Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow and resident in the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Gastrointestinal pathology

That first evening session was organized by Jack Yardley from Johns Hopkins University, and included Henry Appelman (University of Michigan), Harvey Goldman (Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School), Bill Hawk (The Cleveland Clinic), Tom Kent (University of Iowa), Si-Chun Ming (Temple University), Tom Norris (University of Washington), and Robert Riddell (University of Chicago).

George William Brown

Hopkins selected Brown as one of the trustees of the university (but not of the hospital) who would oversee the construction and founding of the institutions now known as the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Gulf War Air Power Survey

The study was directed by Eliot A. Cohen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and the research and writing was carried out by teams consisting of civilians and retired and active military officers.

HSBC Finance

Children of former full-time Beneficial employees are considered for scholarships to four Maryland institutions of higher learning: Hood College, Johns Hopkins University, St. John's College and Washington College.

Incentive Mentoring Program

The Incentive Mentoring Program or IMP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was originally founded by Sarah and Ryan Hemminger as a partnership between students at Johns Hopkins University and two Baltimore City High Schools: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland) and the Academy for College and Career Exploration .

James M. McPherson

Born in Valley City, North Dakota, he graduated from St. Peter High School, and he received his Bachelor of Arts at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) in 1958 (from which he graduated magna cum laude), and his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1963.

Jennifer McCarty

McCarty has a BS in Chemistry from Temple University, and completed her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, based on her studies of recovered material from the RMS Titanic.

John Wennberg

His postgraduate training was in internal medicine and nephrology at Johns Hopkins, but he became interested in the application of epidemiological principles to the health care system while pursuing his master’s degree in Public Health at Johns Hopkins.

Lab School of Baltimore

Baltimore Lab is a training site for interns from Temple University, Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University, Towson University, Goucher College, and Maryland Institute College of Art.

Lousewies van der Laan

Between 1990 and 1991 she studied international relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University at Bologna.

Lycée Rochambeau

As of the 2012-2013 school year, students have gone on to attend McGill University, the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Sciences Po Paris, Stanford University, USC, University of Michigan, University College London, various faculties at the University of Paris and elsewhere.

Marie Mendras

Marie Mendras was educated at the University of Essex, Sciences-Po University and Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, SAIS-Johns Hopkins University, and Harvard University.

Michael G. Vickers

He earned a Ph.D. in 2011 in International Relations/Strategic Studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University under Professor Eliot A. Cohen.

Morris County School of Technology

Students from this academy have been accepted into Johns Hopkins University, Boston College, New York University and other colleges with medical facilities.

Mountain Vista Governor's School

Top acceptances for the Class of 2011 have included Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, University of California, Berkeley, Tufts University, and Purdue University.

NEAR Shoemaker

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.

Origins Game Fair

The Interest Group Baltimore, a local wargaming club, worked with the Baltimore-based Avalon Hill game company to put on the first show that year at Johns Hopkins University.

Ralph Belknap Baldwin

Prior to his lunar work he was Senior Physicist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory during World War II working on the Proximity fuze.

Richard E. Kim

He was educated at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied political science and history, 1955–59; at Johns Hopkins University (M.A. in writing, 1960); at the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop (M.F.A. 1962); and at Harvard University (M.A. in Far Eastern languages and literature, 1963).

Rita R. Colwell

She also returned to academic life as a Distinguished Professor at University of Maryland, College Park, as well as at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Sanjay Jain

He obtained his PhD in Economics from the Princeton University in 1995, M.A. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1989 and B.A. (Honours) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi in 1986.

Tim Dean

Originally a British civil servant, Dean was educated at the University of East Anglia (BA in American Studies), Brandeis University, and Johns Hopkins University (MA and PhD).

Version 6 Unix

Since source code was available and the license was not explicit enough to forbid it, V6 was taken up as a teaching tool, notably by the University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University and the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

Wayne A.I. Frederick

He has served as the principal investigator for major collaborations with the National Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and local and national minority-serving oncology programs.