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.
