Game on!
The 16th Annual PURA Ceremony

Yoonah Chi and Jill Lasak, photographed in Charles Commons, traveled to Seoul to determine whether elderly Koreans who often play Baduk, a challenging board game, have better cognitive function than peers who don't play as often.

To recognize the recipients of the 2008 Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards, an event will be held on Thursday, April 9, in Homewood's Glass Pavilion.
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Admissions mails... and waits to see
The good news — and bad — recently went out to a record 16,122 people who applied for admission to Johns Hopkins in fall 2009.
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Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund grants boost nonprofits
More than a dozen local nonprofit organizations have received a shot in the arm from the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund in the form of 2008-2009 grants totaling more than $86,000 for projects that address the needs of communities neighboring the Johns Hopkins campuses in the areas of health, education, public safety, employment and community strengthening.
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