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Encyclopedia > The Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University
Official Seal of The Johns Hopkins University
Motto Veritas vos liberabit
(The truth shall make you free)
Established 1876
School type Private
President William R. Brody
Location Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Campus Urban, 140 acres (0.57 km²)
Enrollment 4,201 undergraduate,
1,625 graduate
Faculty 484
Mascot Blue Jay
Endowment $2.06 billion
Homepage www.jhu.edu
 
Official Letterhead of The Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University is an internationally prestigious private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins offers its main undergraduate and graduate programs at the Homewood Campus in Baltimore. The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering boast a wide spectrum in terms of its academic strengths, covering various fields from the social sciences and humanities to the natural sciences and engineering. The School of Professional Studies in Business and Education offers part-time undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as specialized graduate certificate programs. The University maintains full-time campuses in greater Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, and China. It is considered one of the leading research and academic institutions in the world, and is perennially ranked among the highest universities in the nation. Image File history File links The Johns Hopkins University Seal. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Private schools are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds. ... Dr. William R. Brody is the current President of Johns Hopkins University, a position which he has held since 1996. ... Motto: BELIEVE (formerly The City That Reads) Nickname: Charm City Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated  30 July 1729  1797 County  Independent city Mayor  Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water  349. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into... The term urban means cities and towns as distinct from rural areas. ... (This article is about the bird. ... jhubluejay File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Johns Hopkins University ... Motto: BELIEVE (formerly The City That Reads) Nickname: Charm City Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated  30 July 1729  1797 County  Independent city Mayor  Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water  349. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the...

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General information

Baltimore abolitionist, businessman, and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins
Baltimore abolitionist, businessman, and philanthropist, Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University (Homewood)
Johns Hopkins University (Homewood)

Johns Hopkins holds many "firsts" in American education: it was the first university in the United States to put an emphasis on research, founded on the German university model. As such, it was the first American university to teach through seminars, instead of solely through lectures. The University was the first in America to offer an undergraduate major (as opposed to a purely liberal arts curriculum) and the first American university to grant doctoral degrees. The Hopkins model set the standard in the United States for most large research universities, particularly The University of Chicago. 19th century photograph. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ...


The University is named for Johns Hopkins, who left $7,000,000 USD in his 1867 will for the foundation of the University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. At the time, this was the largest philanthropic bequest in United States history), the equivalent of approximately US$86,542,022 in the year 2003. (this personal gift is surpassed only by alumnus Michael Bloomberg's total donation of US$100,000,000 during the 1990s). The University opened February 22, 1876, with the stated goal of "The encouragement of research ... and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell." The University's first president was visionary educator Daniel Coit Gilman, and its motto in Latin is Veritas vos liberabit – "The truth shall make you free". The undergraduate student population at Hopkins was all male until 1970, though many graduate programs were integrated earlier. Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 - December 24, 1873) was a Baltimore businessman, a Quaker, an abolitionist, and a philanthropist. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a teaching hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Mike Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a businessman and the current mayor of New York City. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (1831-1908) was an American educator. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Distant view of Shriver Hall (Homewood)
Distant view of Shriver Hall (Homewood)

The University was designed from the start to marry scholarship and research, and graduate education has always been of key importance. All students at Johns Hopkins are encouraged to pursue original research at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and nearly 80% of Johns Hopkins undergraduates produce research by the time of graduation. Johns Hopkins receives more federal research grants than any other university in the United States, which is vital considering its smaller endowment size relative to its peer institutions. The University is affiliated with 31 Nobel laureates. It boasts a wide spectrum in terms of its academic strength including international relations, art and humanities, social and natural sciences, public health, writing seminars, and French. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ...


In 1900, Johns Hopkins was one of only fourteen Ph.D.-granting universities to found the Association of American Universities (AAU), along with Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, and other prominent institutions. The AAU is an organization of elite research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. ... Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation) Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... (The wind of freedom blows. ... For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ...


People often mistakenly assume that Johns Hopkins' forename was "John." His forename is from a family surname. His great-grandmother, Margaret Johns, married Gerard Hopkins, who named their son Johns Hopkins, and whose name was passed on to his grandson.


In an excerpt from a commencement address from University President William R. Brody (May 2001):


"In 1888, just 12 years after the university was founded, Mark Twain wrote about this university in a letter to a friend. He said: Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ...

A few months ago I was told that the Johns Hopkins University had given me a degree. I naturally supposed this constituted me a Member of the Faculty, and so I started in to help as I could there. I told them I believed they were perfectly competent to run a college as far as the higher branches of education are concerned, but what they needed was a little help here and there from a practical commercial man. I said the public is sensitive to little things, and they wouldn't have full confidence in a college that didn't know how to spell the name 'John'.

"More than a century later, we continue to bestow our diplomas only upon individuals of outstanding capabilities and great talent. And we continue to spell Johns with an 's'."

Statue of Johns Hopkins (Homewood)
Statue of Johns Hopkins (Homewood)

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Undergraduate education

Johns Hopkins offers undergraduate programs based at the Homewood Campus, adjacent to Charles Village in northern Baltimore. The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering are two of the three schools based at Homewood, with the third being the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education (SPSBE). Among the many strong undergraduate and graduate departments at Johns Hopkins are art history, astronomy, biology, biomedical engineering, biophysics, creative writing (Writing Seminars), economics, English, environmental engineering, film and media studies, German, history, international studies, Near Eastern studies, political science (a term coined by a Hopkins professor), and Romance languages. Notably, the Biomedical Engineering Department is widely recognized as one of the best in the nation and the French Department was recognized as a "Center of Excellence" in the study of French culture and language by the government of France, one of only four in the United States. Additionally, the Writing Seminars department is ranked as second best in the nation, after the University of Iowa. Johns Hopkins also offers undergraduate degrees at the Peabody Conservatory and the School of Nursing. Through collaboration with its graduate schools, majors such as public health and international relations allow undergraduates to cross register and gain first hand experience in advanced studies through the Bloomberg School of Public Health, SAIS, and the Johns Hopkins University Medical School. This unique experience promotes research opportunities among undergraduates with leading researchers in their respective fields, a rarity among other graduate focused research institutions. Although a valuable education is obtained through Hopkins, this is not without what many undergraduates call periods of trials and tribulations. As a challenging university with high admissions standards, classes are filled with highly able students preparing for the transition to graduate or professional school. At times, undergraduates may sacrifice their social lives, but always for the pursuit of higher knowledge. Those who take full advantage of the education and opportunities Hopkins has to offer often end up at their graduate or professional school of choice. A network of connections is offered at Hopkins through its prominent alumni and professors allowing for easier transitions be it graduate school or integration into the workforce. Guilford Avenue rowhouses Charles Village is a neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland. ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... In ancient Greece and other early civilizations, astronomy consisted largely of astrometry, measuring positions of stars and planets in the sky. ... Main article: Life There are many universal units and common processes that are fundamental to the known forms of life. ... Vaccine Biomedical engineering is a discipline concerned with the development and manufacture of prostheses, medical devices, diagnostic devices, drugs and other therapies as well as the application of engineering pricipals to basic biological science problames. ... Biophysics (also biological physics) is an interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νέμω [nemo], rules, hence household management) is the social science that studies the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. ... In literary criticism, the term English studies is occasionally used to refer to the critical study of English literature. ... Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to improving the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthful water, air and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to investigate the possibilities for remediation of polluted sites. ... History Forums - History is Happening -Discuss all historical topics, as well as current events, in an academic setting. ... International relations (IR) is an academic and public policy field, a branch of political science, dealing with the foreign policy of states within the international system, including the roles of international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and multinational corporations (MNCs). ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... The University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. ...


Graduate education

The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in East Baltimore
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in East Baltimore

In addition to graduate education at the schools of Arts & Sciences and Engineering, Johns Hopkins also has several internationally respected graduate professional schools. jhumedical File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

  • The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the School of Nursing have exceptional reputations, and the Bloomberg School of Public Health is renowned for contributions worldwide to preventive medicine and the health of large populations.
  • The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (simply referred to as "SAIS"), based in Washington, DC, is one of the country's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations and is recognized as a world leader in international affairs, political economy, diplomacy, and policy research and education. SAIS has international campuses in Bologna, Italy and Nanjing, China. In addition, since 1990, SAIS has been one of only two non-law schools in the United States to participate in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Although SAIS students obviously enter the competition with a comparative disadvantage (all of those against whom they must compete have at least a year of law school), they have done remarkably well. Twice, SAIS has placed second overall out of 12 schools, and advanced to the "final four" in its region. In head-to-head competitions, SAIS has defeated first-class law schools such as the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland.
  • The celebrated Peabody Conservatory of Music, located in downtown Baltimore, became a division of the University in 1977. The Conservatory retains its own student body and grants its own degrees in musicology, though both Hopkins and Peabody students may take courses at both institutions.

The University offers education abroad through centers in Germany, Singapore, and Italy. The University operates the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, which specializes in research for the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and other Government agencies. The Space Telescope Science Institute is located on the Homewood campus and controls, analyzes, and collects data from the Hubble Space Telescope. The recently opened Information Security Institute, is the newest addition to the graduate programs affiliated with Johns Hopkins. Opened in 2003, the Institute is the "University's focal point for research and education in information security, assurance and privacy". The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was founded in 1916 by William H. Welch and John D. Rockefeller. ... Categories: Stub ... Sais is the name of a city in Ancient Egypt. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... For more information on international affairs, see one of the following links: Diplomacy Foreign affairs International relations This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Political economy was the original term for the study of production and the relationships of buying and selling and their relationship to laws, customs and government. ... The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization. ... A policy is a plan of action for tackling political issues. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... Nanjing (Chinese: 南京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking), is the capital of Chinas Jiangsu province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. ... Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the Peabody Conservatory of Music (or just The Peabody) is one of the most prestigious musical institutions in the world, and also the first conservatory in America. ... This article is about the city in the US state of Maryland. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Laurel is a city about 14 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., reaching into three separate counties: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, and Prince Georges County, Maryland. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296,486 (19th)  - Density 165 /km² (5th) Admission into... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is an organization founded by NASA to manage and direct research done with the Hubble Space Telescope. ... The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in orbit around the Earth. ...


Campus

Gilman Hall (Homewood)
Gilman Hall (Homewood)

The park-like main campus of Johns Hopkins, Homewood, is set on 140 acres (0.57 km²) in the northern part of Baltimore. Much of the beautiful architecture dates from the nineteenth century, and is designed in the Georgian style. Most newer buildings resemble the Georgian style, being built of red brick with white marble trim, but lack the details. The campus was originally the estate of the Carroll family, whose residence was used for administrative offices but now is preserved as a museum. In addition, the renowned Baltimore Museum of Art is situated just next to the University's campus, and admission is free to students. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Charles Carroll Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737–November 14, 1832) was a lawyer and politician from Maryland who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later a United States Senator. ... The Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1914 and is located on the edge of the campus of Johns Hopkins University. ...

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC

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Students

Entrance to the college is among the most competitive in the country, with over 11,000 applicants for 1,000 places in the freshman class. Undergraduate students matriculate from all 50 states and over 40 countries. Within six years of graduation, 85% of Hopkins students earn graduate degrees, the highest percentage in the nation. The median SAT score of the Class of '09 is 1440.


Approximately 1/3 of male undergraduates and 1/10 of females belong to the Greek system. Most of the fraternities maintain houses off campus, but the sororities tend to not do so. While the terms fraternity and sorority may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, including the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, International, and the Shriners, in the United States and Canada fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students (though...


Student publications

The Gatehouse, near the Baltimore Museum of Art and its sculpture gardens, is home to the News-Letter (Homewood)
The Gatehouse, near the Baltimore Museum of Art and its sculpture gardens, is home to the News-Letter (Homewood)

Hopkins has several entirely student-run publications. Among those are: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, The Black & Blue Jay, Zeniada, j.mag, Prometheus, and The Hopkins Donkey. The News-Letter is the oldest continuously published college newspaper in the nation, founded in 1896, and is published weekly. The Black & Blue Jay is among the nation's oldest humor magazines, founded in 1921, and is the inspiration for the University's mascot. Zeniada and j.mag are the university literary magazines. Prometheus is the undergraduate philosophy journal. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...


Library system

The Milton S. Eisenhower Library (Homewood) seen from the upper quad
The Milton S. Eisenhower Library (Homewood) seen from the upper quad

The Milton S. Eisenhower Library (called "MSE" by students), located on the Homewood Campus, houses over 2.6 million volumes and over 20,000 journal subscriptions. The Eisenhower Library is a member of the University's Sheridan Libraries encompassing collections at the Albert D. Hutzler Reading Room in Gilman Hall, the John Work Garrett Library at Evergreen House, and the George Peabody Library at Mount Vernon Place. Together these collections provide the major research library resources for the University, serving Johns Hopkins academic programs worldwide. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 905 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 905 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ...


Since tradition (and a little campus lore) dictates that no structure on campus can be taller than Gilman Hall (the oldest academic building), only two of the six stories of the library are above ground; the rest are beneath, though architects designed the building so that every level has windows and natural light. (In truth, there is no rule regarding building height; the library's design was chosen for architectural and aesthetic reasons when it was finally built in the 1960's. Prior "master plans" for campus design over the previous decades had included massive imposing buildings to house the library collections.)


Athletics

The school's sports teams are named the Blue Jays. Hopkins has separate sets of colors: Columbia blue and black for athletic uniforms, and sable and gold for academic robes, and it is the only university in the United States to celebrate Homecoming in the spring. Outside of the Men's and Women's Division I lacrosse teams, Hopkins participates in the NCAA's Division III and the Centennial Conference. The school's most prominent sports team is its Men's lacrosse team, which has won 43 national titles - 8 NCAA Division I (2005,1987,1985,1984,1980,1979,1978,1974), 29 USILA, and 6 ILA titles. Hopkins' primary lacrosse rivals are Princeton University, Syracuse University, and the University of Virginia, and its primary local rivals are the University of Maryland and the United States Naval Academy. The National Lacrosse Hall of Fame is located on the Homewood campus adjacent to Homewood Field. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Centennial Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAAs Division III. Member teams are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania. ... High School lacrosse action. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... High School lacrosse action. ... For other Princetons, see Princeton. ... Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a major private American research university. ... The University of Virginia (also referred to as UVa and often called simply Virginia for short) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban College Park, Maryland just outside Washington, D.C. The flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to... Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is located in Annapolis, Maryland. ...


Presidents of Johns Hopkins

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People of Johns Hopkins

Notable alumni

Nobel laureates

Peter Agre (born 1949) is an American biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (which he shared with Roderick MacKinnon) for his discovery of water channels. ... Richard Axel, M.D. (born July 2, 1946, New York City) is an American scientist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, then a post-doctoral scientist in his research group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. ... J.M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced coot-SEE-uh) is a South African author. ... Joseph Erlanger (*January 5, 1874 in San Francisco, California; †December 5, 1965 in St. ... Robert William Fogel (born 1926), American economic historian and scientist, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel winner in 1993 (with Douglass North). ... Herbert Spencer Gasser, (July 5, 1888 - May 11, 1963) was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers. ... Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. ... Paul Greengard (b. ... Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 - March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a cowinner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision. ... Merton Howard Miller (May 16, 1923 - June 3, 2000) won the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe. ... Thomas Hunt Morgan Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 - December 4, 1945) worked in natural history, zoology, and macromutation in the fruit fly Drosophila. ... Martin Rodbell won a Nobel Prize in 1994 Martin Rodbell (December 1, 1925- December 7, 1998) was an American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist who is best known for his discovery of G-proteins. ... Francis Peyton Rous (October 5, 1879, Baltimore - February 16, 1970, New York City) was an American pathologist whose discovery of cancer-inducing viruses earned him a share of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1966. ... Dr. Hamilton O. Smith (born August 23, 1931) is an American microbiologist. ... George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 - February 1, 1976) was one of three recipients in 1934 of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on liver therapy in cases of anemia. ... This article is about the Nobel prize winner. ... Order: 28th President Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall Term of office: March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921 Preceded by: William Howard Taft Succeeded by: Warren G. Harding Date of birth: December 28, 1856 Place of birth: Staunton, Virginia Date of death: February 3, 1924 Place of death: Washington, D.C... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

Government and public service

Spiro Theodore Agnew, born Spiro Anagnostopoulos (November 9, 1918–September 17, 1996), was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard M. Nixon. ... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is, in the words of a heartbeat from the presidency. ... Madeleine Korbel Albright née Marie Korbel (born May 15, 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic), American diplomat, served as the 64th United States Secretary of State. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... Sais is the name of a city in Ancient Egypt. ... Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Mike Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a businessman and the current mayor of New York City. ... Bloomberg L.P. is a Financial Media Company founded by Mike Bloomberg in 1982. ... For a list of the Dutch Director-Generals who governed New Amsterdam (as New York City was called when it was a Dutch-run settlement) between 1624 and 1664, see: Director-General of New Netherland. ... Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz is a United States politician, former Republican US Senator from Minnesota. ... Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns is the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department of State’s third ranking official. ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... Order: 4th Democratically Elected Governor Term of Office: January 2, 1973–January 2, 1977 January 2, 1985 – January 2, 1993 Predecessor: Luis A. Ferré (1973) Carlos Romero Barceló (1985) Successor: Carlos Romero Barceló (1977) Pedro Rosselló (1993) Date of Birth: Friday, October 24, 1936 Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico... Timothy F. Geithner, is the 9th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ... The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States, and is located in Albany in New York State. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... Sir David Geoffrey Manning, KCMG (born 5 December 1949) is the British Ambassador to the United States. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... Kweisi Mfume (October 17, 1948) is the former CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as a former United States Congressman. ... Dr. Antonia Coello Novello (born August 23, 1944 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico) is a medical doctor who served as the United States Surgeon General from 1990 to 1993. ... The Surgeon General of the United States is the leading spokesman on matters of public health in the Government of the United States. ... This page is about the Maryland politician. ... Prince Bandar bin Sultan is a member of the Saudi royal family and a personal friend to several US Presidents. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... Ali Akbar Velayati Ali Akbar Velayati (علی‌اکبر ولایتی; born June 25, 1945 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and a pediatrician, currently an Advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... Order: 28th President Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall Term of office: March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921 Preceded by: William Howard Taft Succeeded by: Warren G. Harding Date of birth: December 28, 1856 Place of birth: Staunton, Virginia Date of death: February 3, 1924 Place of death: Washington, D.C... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...

Academia, science, and technology

William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891 - September 19/20, 1971) was an evangelical Methodist archaelogist, biblical authority, linguist and expert on ceramics. ... Fragments of the scrolls on display at the Archeological Museum, Amman The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of about 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, which were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran, near the ruins of the ancient... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thought has been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... A psychologist is a social scientist who studies psychology, the study of the human mind, thought and human behaviour. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Solomon W. Golomb Solomon Wolf Golomb (b. ... Golomb coding is a form of entropy coding invented by Solomon W. Golomb that is optimal for alphabets following geometric distributions, that is, when small values are vastly more common than large values. ... Golomb ruler of order 4 and length 6. ... Michael D. Griffin Dr. Michael D. Griffin (born in 1949 in Aberdeen, Maryland) is the current NASA Administrator. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... Affectionately referred to by locals as the U or U of M, The University of Minnesota is a large university with several campuses spread throughout the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... Bell Telephone Laboratories or Bell Labs was originally the research and development arm of the United States Bell System, and was the premier corporate facility of its type, developing a range of revolutionary technologies from telephone switches to specialized coverings for telephone cables, to the transistor. ... Michael John Muuss (October 16, 1958 - November 20, 2000) was author of the freeware network tool Ping. ... ping in a Windows 2000 command window Ping is the name of a computer network tool used on TCP/IP networks (such as the Internet). ... Sir William Osler (July 12, 1849 - December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician. ... Charles Lane Poor (January 18, 1866 – September 27, 1951) was born in Hackensack, NJ, the son of Edward Erie Poor. ... Frederick Jackson Turner Frederick Jackson Turner (November 14, 1861–1932) was an American historian. ... American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen Thorstein Bunde Veblen (July 30, 1857 - August 3, 1929) was a Norwegian-American economist and sociologist. ... The Theory of the Leisure Class is a book, first published in 1899, by the American economist Thorstein Veblen while he was a professor at the University of Chicago. ... John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 - September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism. ...

Literature, arts, and media

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963 in Newton, North Carolina, USA) is an American singer-songwriter. ... John Astin starring as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family John Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Russell Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Masterpiece Theatre is a long-running television series produced by WGBH that premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. ... John Barth John Simmons Barth (born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work. ... Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 as Leslie Blitzer) is an American journalist and author. ... CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ... Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a zoologist and biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement, and undoubtedly had an immense effect in the United States, where it brought about a reversal in national pesticide policy. ... Silent Spring was written by Rachel Carson and published in the spring of 1962. ... Iris Chang Iris Shun-Ru Chang (Traditional Chinese: 張純如, Simplified Chinese: 张纯如; Pinyin: Zhāng Chúnrú; March 28, 1968–November 9, 2004) was a freelance Chinese American historian and journalist. ... The Nanking Massacre (Chinese: 南京大屠杀, pinyin: Nánjīng Dàtúshā; Japanese: 南京大虐殺, Nankin Dai Gyaku-satsu), also known as the Rape of Nanking and sometimes in Japan as the Nanking Incident (南京事件, Nankin Jiken), refers to what many historians recognize as widespread atrocities committed by the Japanese army in and around Nanking... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film director and writer best known as the creator of many horror films, including the Nightmare on Elm Street & Scream feature film series. ... Mildred Dunnock (January 25, 1901 – July 5, 1991) was an American theater, film and television actress. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... David Lipsky (b. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG, which acquired it in 1998. ... P.J. ORourke Patrick Jake ORourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. ... NBC News is the news service of NBC, one of the big three nationwide broadcast networks in the United States. ... Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 - July 27, 1946) was an American writer, poet, feminist, playwright, and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life in France. ...

Business

Michael Bloomberg Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Mike Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a businessman and the current mayor of New York City. ... Bloomberg L.P. is a Financial Media Company founded by Mike Bloomberg in 1982. ... For a list of the Dutch Director-Generals who governed New Amsterdam (as New York City was called when it was a Dutch-run settlement) between 1624 and 1664, see: Director-General of New Netherland. ... PepsiCo, Inc. ... Samuel J. Palmisano Samuel J. Palmisano (born July 29, 1951) is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the IBM Corporation. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... Shimano is a Japanese manufacturer of cycling, golf, fishing and snowboarding components. ... Abercrombie & Fitch is a clothing company which operates an extensive chain of retail outlets, marketing casual clothing to young adults. ... The New York Press is the conservative alternative weekly competitor to the Village Voice in New York City. ...

Other

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Alger Hiss Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was a U.S. State Department official and Secretary General to the founding charter conference of the United Nations. ...

Notable faculty

Herbert Baxter Adams (April 16, 1850 - 1901) was an American educator and historian. ... Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Peter Agre (born 1949) is an American biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (which he shared with Roderick MacKinnon) for his discovery of water channels. ... William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891 - September 19/20, 1971) was an evangelical Methodist archaelogist, biblical authority, linguist and expert on ceramics. ... Fragments of the scrolls on display at the Archeological Museum, Amman The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of about 850 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, which were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran, near the ruins of the ancient... The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics. ... The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word Κεραμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ... Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr. ... John Astin starring as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family John Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... James Mark Baldwin (Columbia, South Carolina, 1861—1934) was an American philosopher, educated at Princeton and several German universities. ... John Barth John Simmons Barth (born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work. ... Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski (born March 28, 1928) is a Polish-American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman. ... Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862 - December 7, 1947) was the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. ... Dr. Ben Carson Ben Carson (born September 18, 1951) is a renowned American neurosurgeon. ... J.M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (pronounced coot-SEE-uh) is a South African author. ... Richard Threlkeld Cox (1898 - May 2, 1991) was a professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University, known for Coxs theorem relating to the foundations of probability. ... Coxs theorem, named after the physicist Richard Threlkeld Cox, is a derivation of the laws of probability theory from a certain set of postulates. ... Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French literary critic and philosopher of Jewish descent, considered the first to develop deconstruction after it emerged in the work of Martin Heidegger. ... Joseph Erlanger (*January 5, 1874 in San Francisco, California; †December 5, 1965 in St. ... Henry Jones Ford (1851 - 1925) was a political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official. ... Eckart Förster, Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, with joint appointments in German and the Humanities Center. ... James Franck (August 26, 1882 - May 21, 1964) was a German-born physicist and Nobel laureate. ... Francis Fukuyama (born October 27, 1952 in Chicago) is an influential American political economist and author. ... The End of History and the Last Man is a 1992 book by Francis Fukuyama, expanding on his 1989 essay The End of History?, in which he argues the controversial thesis that the end of the Cold War signals the end of the progression of human history: What we may... Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social... Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (October 23, 1831 _ January 9, 1924), American classical scholar, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, son of Benjamin Gildersleeve (1791-1875), a Presbyterian evangelist, and editor of the Charleston Christian Observer in 1826-1845, of the in 1845-1856, and of The Central Presbyterian in 1856... Prof. ... Michael D. Griffin Dr. Michael D. Griffin (born in 1949 in Aberdeen, Maryland) is the current NASA Administrator. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... Stanislav Grof (born 1931) is one of the founders of the field of Transpersonal psychology and a pioneer researcher on the use of altered states of consciousness (otherwise known as nonordinary states of consciousness) for healing, growth, and insight. ... Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1844 in Ashfield, Massachusetts - April 24, 1924) was a psychologist and educationalist who pioneered American psychology. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul. ... Background Clark University, in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States, is a private teaching and research institution founded in 1887. ... Steve H. Hanke is an economist, Presidential advisor, and Cato Institute senior fellow. ... The Cato Institute is an influential non-profit public policy research foundation (think tank) with strong libertarian leanings (despite wide public perception that it is a conservative think-tank), headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is named after Catos Letters, a series of early 18th century British essays expounding... Haldan Keffer Hartline (December 22, 1903 - March 17, 1983) was an American physiologist who was a cowinner (with George Wald and Ragnar Granit) of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision. ... David Harvey, 1990s David Harvey (b. ... Hans-Hermann Hoppe Hans-Hermann Hoppe (born September 2, 1949) is an Austrian school economist and controversial anarcho-capitalist philosopher. ... David Hunter Hubel (b. ... Simon Kuznets Simon Smith Kuznets (April 30, 1901–July 8/9, 1985) was an economist who won the 1971 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic... Alfred James Lotka (March 2, 1880 - December 5, 1949) was a US mathematician and statistician, most famous for his work in population dynamics. ... Alice McDermott is Johns Hopkins Universitys Writer-in-Residence. ... Victor Almon McKusick (born October 21, 1921) is a professor of genetics at Johns Hopkins University and main instigator of Mendelian Inheritance in Man, now often referred to unofficially as the McKusick catalogue. Biography He was born on a dairy farm in Parkman, Maine; an identical twin, Vincent would qualify... The Mendelian Inheritance in Man project is a database that catalogues all the known diseases with a genetic component, and - when possible - links them to the relevant genes in the human genome. ... Merton Howard Miller (May 16, 1923 - June 3, 2000) won the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe. ... George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) - February 25, 1950) won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William P. Murphy and George H. Whipple for their work in the study of anemia. ... Robert Alexander Mundell (born October 24, 1932) is a Canadian economist who graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. ... Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 - November 16, 1999) was a U.S. microbiologist. ... Simon Newcomb. ... Paul Henry Nitze (January 16, 1907 - October 19, 2004) was a high-ranking United States government official who helped shape Cold War defense policy over the course of numerous presidential administrations. ... NSC 68 was a policy paper written by the National Security Council for President Harry Truman providing a comprehensive analysis of the capabilities of the Soviet Union and of the United States of America from military, economic, political and psychological standpoints. ... Sais is the name of a city in Ancient Egypt. ... Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903-October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian physical chemist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ... Robert Ghormley Parr (born September 22, 1921) is a theoretical chemist. ... Ronald Paulson (Born May 27, 1930 in Bottineau, North Dakota), is an American professor of English, a specialist in English 18th-century art and culture, and the leading modern expert on William Hogarth. ... Charles Sanders Peirce Charles Sanders Peirce (pronounced , lived September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American logician, philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. ... Ayn Rand (February 2, 1905–March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) (rhymes with mine)), born Alissa Alice Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was a popular and controversial American philosopher and novelist, best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ... The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand (ISBN 0452283760). ... Atlas Shrugged cover Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the USA. Spoiler warning: // Philosophy and writing The theme of Atlas Shrugged is the role of the mind in life and society. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ira Remsen (February 10, 1846 - March 4, 1927) was a chemist who, along with Constantin Fahlberg discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. ... The chemical structure of saccharin. ... Henry Augustus Rowland (1848–1901) was a U.S. physicist. ... Dr. Hamilton O. Smith (born August 23, 1931) is an American microbiologist. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social... Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (August 30, 1913 - December 6, 1991) was a British economist who in 1984 received the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later... James Joseph Sylvester James Joseph Sylvester (September 3, 1814 - March 15, 1897) was an English mathematician and lawyer. ... Paul Smolensky, a professor of Cognitive Science at the Johns Hopkins University. ... Optimality theory or OT is a linguistic theory proposed by the linguists Alan Prince and Paul Smolensky in 1993. ... Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was a chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 and later led him to theories of planetary evolution. ... Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 - December 11, 1978) was a U.S. biochemist. ... Professor David B. Weishampel (born November 16, 1952) is a American palaeontologist in the Department of cell biology and anatomy at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. ... George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 - February 1, 1976) was one of three recipients in 1934 of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on liver therapy in cases of anemia. ... Torsten Nils Wiesel (b. ... Paul Dundes Wolfowitz is an American academic and political figure. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Sais is the name of a city in Ancient Egypt. ... Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 - August 11, 1955) was a physicist. ...

Fictional associations

The West Wing may refer to several topics: A television drama set in the West Wing of the White House. ... House, M.D. (Commonly promoted as just House) is an American television series produced by the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... The Rock is a nickname for Alcatraz, a maximum security prison. ... This article contains a list of recurring characters from The Simpsons with descriptions. ... The Simpsons is the longest-running animated television series in American television history, with 17 seasons and 356 episodes since it debuted on December 17, 1989 on FOX, and is a spin-off of The Tracey Ullman Show. ... The Exorcist is an influential and successful 1973 horror film, adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name. ...

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