The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, was the first university in the Western Hemisphere based on the European research institution, with a mission both to teach and to advance human knowledge through discovery. Its establishment revolutionized U.S. higher education; today, it remains a world leader in education, research and patient care. The Whiting School of Engineering is pushing the frontiers of new areas of research —from computer vision to the security of electronic medical records to tissue engineering.