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Hopkins

American  
[hop-kinz] / ˈhɒp kɪnz /

noun

  1. Anthony, born 1937, English actor, born in Wales.

  2. Sir Frederick Gowland 1861–1947, English physician and biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1929.

  3. Gerard Manley 1844–89, English poet.

  4. Harry Lloyd, 1890–1946, U.S. government administrator and social worker.

  5. Johns, 1795–1873, U.S. financier and philanthropist.

  6. Mark, 1802–87, U.S. clergyman and educator.

  7. a city in SE Minnesota.


Hopkins British  
/ ˈhɒpkɪnz /

noun

  1. Sir Anthony. born 1937, Welsh actor: his films include Bounty (1984), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Shadowlands (1994), Nixon (1995), and Hannibal (2001)

  2. Sir Frederick Gowland (ˈɡaʊlənd). 1861–1947, British biochemist, who pioneered research into what came to be called vitamins: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1929)

  3. Gerard Manley. 1844–89, British poet and Jesuit priest, who experimented with sprung rhythm in his highly original poetry

  4. Harry L ( loyd ). 1890–1946, US administrator. During World War II he was a personal aide to President Roosevelt and administered the lend-lease programme

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Chesney mostly coached on the defensive side of the ball in his early stints as an assistant, rising to defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that they have successfully used a "zap-and-freeze" method to capture rapid communication between brain cells in living tissue from both mice and humans.

From Science Daily

More than a dozen other universities host similar initiatives, including the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Johns Hopkins University.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This is one of those negotiations where there's a great deal of posturing on both sides," said Chris Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

From BBC

Mr. Luca is a professor of business administration and the director of the Technology and Society Initiative at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.

From The Wall Street Journal