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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is one of the world's
foremost centers of biological and medical research. The vitality and diversity
of research at the Medical School - ranging from atomic structure to the
study of human diseases - provide an exceptionally stimulating environment
for graduate students. The Medical School is located on the Hopkins East
Baltimore campus, along with the School of Public Health, the School of
Nursing, the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Welch Medical Library.
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When the Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, it became the
first university in the United States to stress
graduate education and original research—an emphasis that remains
today. The School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering
are located on the Homewood campus, a wooded 140 acre estate in north
Baltimore. Homewood is easily accessible to the Medical Institutions
by free, frequent shuttle bus service. The Carnegie Institutions of Washington,
Department of Embryology, a leading center for the study of developmental
biology, is also located on the Homewood campus. |
The Graduate
Student Association hosts a Baltimore Orioles game for incoming
students each fall. . |
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Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland and is the center of a metropolitan
area of 1.5 million residents. The city is located on the Chesapeake Bay,
and its picturesque Inner Harbor is the center of restaurant, shopping
and business districts. The Inner Harbor is one of the nation's most successful
urban development programs. Baltimore is a city of contrasts; steel and
glass skyscrapers that dominate the commercial district are only a short
walk from residential neighborhoods with small town charm.
Each wave of immigration to the United States has
added to the ethnic diversity of Baltimore. Poles,
Greeks, Italians, Koreans, Jews, Latin Americans and
African Americans give the city a "melting pot" vitality
and provide a wide variety of restaurants and food
stores. A block from Medical School is one of seven
city markets with dozens of stalls that offer everything
from Chesapeake Bay crabs to take-out Chinese food.
Baltimore also offers a rich cultural experience. Its
world famous symphony orchestra performs in the Meyerhoff
Hall. The Peabody Conservatory of Music also hosts
a concert series as do several local universities.
The city has an opera and a ballet company, several
repertory theaters, over a dozen museums and excellent
bookstores. Eleven colleges and universities are in
or around Baltimore and the Baltimore public library,
with a book collection of 2,250,000 volumes, is considered
one of the best in the country. For lighter entertainment,
there are the National Aquarium and the Baltimore Zoo.
The cultural opportunities of Washington, DC., Philadelphia,
and New York are easily reached by car or train. Throughout
the academic year, the office of Cultural and Social
Affairs sponsors free concerts, lectures and films
at the Medical School. |
