The Johns Hopkins University Press is a publishing house and division of Johns Hopkins University that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1878 and holds the distinction of being the oldest university press still in operation in the United States. Its headquarters are in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. 1. ... The Johns Hopkins University is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... Academic publishing describes a system of publishing that is necessary in order for academic scholars to review work and make it available for a wider audience. ... A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university. ... Guilford Avenue rowhouses Charles Village is a neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is a middle-class area with many single-family homes that is in close proximity to many of Baltimores urban amenities. ... Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Nickname: Charm City Mob Town B-more Map Political Statistics Founded 30 July 1729 Incorporated 1797 County Independent city Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Martin J. OMalley... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165...
History
The Johns Hopkins University Press was established in 1878 as the Publication Agency of Johns Hopkins University by the University's first president Daniel Coit Gilman. In 1891, it was renamed the Johns Hopkins Press and was given its current name in 1972. To date the Press has published more than 6,000 titles and publishes 58 scholarly periodicals and more than 200 new books each year. Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (1831-1908) was an American educator. ...
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About The Press. Johns Hopkins University Press. URL accessed on January 14, 2006.
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JohnsHopkins is notable as the first university in the United States to put an emphasis on research, founded on the German university model.
JohnsHopkins was a model for most large research universities in the United States, particularly the University of Chicago.
Hopkins' primary national lacrosse rivals are Princeton University, Syracuse University, and the University of Virginia; its primary intrastate rivals are Loyola College, Towson University, the United States Naval Academy, and the University of Maryland.
From 1982 to 1997, Giacconi was a JohnsHopkins professor of physics and astronomy.
Currently president of Associated Universities, Incorporated, the corporation that co-administers the National Radio Astronomy Observatory with the National Science Foundation, Giacconi previously served from 1981 to 1993 as director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, the NASA center that operates and administers the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope from a facility on JohnsHopkins' Homewood campus.
Warren Moos, professor of physics and astronomy at JohnsHopkins, praised the observatories built during Giacconi's tenure at ESO and the new facilities currently in development under his leadership at AUI.
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