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Johns Hopkins University is a pioneering research institution in Baltimore, Maryland, that established the model for the modern American research university. It leads the nation in federal research funding and is home to the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the oldest and largest school of public health in the world.
Mascot: Blue Jay
Notable Alumni
Michael Bloomberg (founder of Bloomberg LP)•Rachel Carson (pioneering environmentalist)•Wolf Blitzer (CNN news anchor)
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JHU invested $6 million in 2025 for campus safety, maintaining a well-funded police force with patrols, security cameras, blue-light phones, and escort services on the Homewood campus.
Baltimore has high city-wide violent crime rates, and the Charles Village and Remington neighborhoods near Homewood have seen robberies and assaults. JHU's off-campus shuttle and neighborhood patrol help, but caution is warranted beyond the immediate campus perimeter.
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