{"id":1248,"date":"2016-08-08T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2020-01-08T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T07:20:04","slug":"the-great-story-of-johns-hopkins-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-great-story-of-johns-hopkins-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Johns Hopkins University: Whom NASA gives 90 billion dollars for research!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to the best universities in the USA, Johns Hopkins is a name that garners attention and respect. With a history of over a century as one of the most reputed universities in America, Johns Hopkins is also known for its huge achievements in a short period of time. Here are some facts about the Johns Hopkins University which are sure to amaze you.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"johns<\/span><\/p>\n

America\u2019s 1st<\/sup> research university<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"Johns<\/span><\/p>\n

Founded 139 years ago, Johns Hopkins University<\/strong><\/a> was America\u2019s first research university. It is named after Johns Hopkins, who donated 7 million dollars for it before dying. Hopkins\u2019s philanthropy is considered the biggest of that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stood up for the rights of black people and women<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"Abraham<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

When Abraham Lincoln started the movement to give equal rights to black people, the Johns Hopkins University supported him strongly. Also, it is known for fighting for women\u2019s rights right from its inception as the daughters of its trustees donated money for the medical school and made the officials agree that women will be admitted to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazing breakthroughs<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"research<\/span><\/p>\n

Being a research university, Johns Hopkins doesn\u2019t mind spending heavily on research. They were the ones who developed water purification through chlorination and also discovered dark energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Johns Hopkins University\u00a0gets millions of dollars as a research grant from none other than NASA and is also the first university to have crossed the $1 billion thresholds for money spent on research.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The University of \u2018Nobles\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"top-ranking<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Nobel Prizes were started in 1901, 37 scientists affiliated with the Johns Hopkins have been awarded it, among them, 18 were awarded a Nobel in Physiology or Medicine. The University has also maintained its status as one of the top-ranking colleges in the USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

The game of Lacrosse<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

\"brilliant<\/span><\/p>\n

Johns Hopkins is also famous for its brilliant Lacrosse team which has won 44 national titles. The University also has a separate Lacrosse team for women. Lacrosse is played with a rubber ball and long sticks which have a small net on their end.<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s in a name? Just an \u2018S\u2019!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Many people miss the \u2018S\u2019 in the \u2018Johns\u2019 while naming the University, something which can easily irritate a JHU student. The \u2018S\u2019 in Johns Hopkins is not a spelling mistake as many people think, Johns Hopkins, after whom the university is named, carried the name of his great grandmother, Margaret Johns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When it comes to the best universities in the USA, Johns Hopkins is a name that garners attention and respect. With a history of over a century as one of the most reputed universities in America, Johns Hopkins is also known for its huge achievements in a short period of time. Here are some facts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[303],"yoast_head":"\nThe Great story of Johns Hopkins University - Best universities in USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Johns Hopkins University: It was America\u2019s first research university. The University has also maintained its status as one of the top-ranking colleges in USA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-great-story-of-johns-hopkins-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Great story of Johns Hopkins University - Best universities in USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Johns Hopkins University: It was America\u2019s first research university. The University has also maintained its status as one of the top-ranking colleges in USA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/the-great-story-of-johns-hopkins-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Univariety Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/univariety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-08T06:49:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-08T07:20:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.21cc.jhu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/jhu.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Univariety\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Univariety\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.univariety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}