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[[Image:JHstamp.jpg|left|thumb|Johns Hopkins]]

[[Image:JHstamp.jpg|left|thumb|Johns Hopkins]]

'''Johns Hopkins University''' is a [[Maryland]], [[private school|private]] [[university]], founded as the nation's first research university<ref name="aboutus">http://www.johnshopkins.edu/</ref> in 1876 under Daniel Coit Gilman.<ref>http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/a_brief_history_of_jhu/index.cfm</ref> It is named after merchant Johns Hopkins, who died in 1873, leaving $7 million dollars to build a university and [[hospital]] in his name (the hospital opened in 1889).<ref name="aboutus"/>

'''Johns Hopkins University''' is a [[Maryland]], [[private school|private]] [[university]], founded as the nation's first research university<ref name="aboutus">http://www.johnshopkins.edu/</ref> in 1876, under President Daniel Coit Gilman.<ref>http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/a_brief_history_of_jhu/index.cfm</ref> It is named after merchant Johns Hopkins, who died in 1873, leaving $7 million dollars to build a university and [[hospital]] in his name (the hospital opened in 1889).<ref name="aboutus"/>

The school ranked #14 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> Johns Hopkins ranks first among [[United States]] universities in receipt of federal research and development funds.<ref name="ataglance">http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/facts_at_a_glance/index.cfm</ref> The School of Medicine ranks first among medical schools in receipt of extramural awards from the National Institutes of Health.<ref name="ataglance"/> The Bloomberg School of Public Health is first among all public health schools in research support from the federal government.<ref name="ataglance"/>

The school ranked #14 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref> Johns Hopkins ranks first among [[United States]] universities in receipt of federal research and development funds.<ref name="ataglance">http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/about_jhu/facts_at_a_glance/index.cfm</ref> The School of Medicine ranks first among medical schools in receipt of extramural awards from the National Institutes of Health.<ref name="ataglance"/> The Bloomberg School of Public Health is first among all public health schools in research support from the federal government.<ref name="ataglance"/>