Baltimore: A Great Place to Live and Work

The Graduate Program in Immunology also offers students the advantages of living in one of the East Coast's most pleasant and affordable cities. Baltimore's many urban and cultural attractions are matched by year-round opportunities for outdoor recreation. Located on an arm of the Chesapeake Bay, the city is home to Harborplace, a beautiful waterfront development that includes many charming shops, restaurants and hotels, along with the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, and the Columbus Center, a new and much heralded institution for the study of marine biotechnology and archaeology with an impressive exhibition hall.

In and around the city, you'll also find everything from a theater for traveling Broadway shows, a repertory theater troupes, an opera company, and an internationally acclaimed symphony orchestra, to numerous museums and major art galleries. Sports enthusiasts will enjoy Orioles baseball and Ravens football, plus professional hockey, soccer, and thoroughbred horseracing.

Baltimore is about an hour away from Washington, D.C., and three hours from New York City. The Atlantic Coast, Eastern Shore of Maryland, the mountains and open country of Western Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are all within easy reach.

Hopkins' medical and university campuses also have numerous amenities to offer. A full calendar of intellectual, scientific, and social activities is complemented by extensive sports and fitness facilities and numerous student-led special interest groups.

A Lively Urban Center

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is based in one of the East Coast's most pleasant and affordable urban centers. Baltimore's nationally acclaimed renaissance has made this modest-sized city on the Chesapeake Bay a lively and engaging place to live and work.

For informative information on Baltimore and the surrounding areas please go to: Hopkins GRO Guide

For more information about Baltimore, you can also check out:
The Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore's daily newspaper.
Or The City Paper Baltimore's Alternative Weekly.

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