In my generation, the gender breakdown on campus is nearly 50-50, and I never felt even a little unwelcome as a woman.

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"Johns Hopkins University has been an important part of my life since I first set foot on campus more than five decades ago, " Bloomberg said in the press release.

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Whether my friend the British CEO would have found the answer to his particlaular problem on a distant campus in Massachussets rather than in the local environment is open to debate.

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