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Piano Cat
"Chance," said Louis Pasteur, "favors only the prepared
mind."
Composer Morris Moshe Cotel was prepared
when his cat, Ketzel, became more than a listener as Cotel played
the clavier in his New York City apartment.
"Ketzel only comes in when I'm playing
Bach," says Cotel, chairman of the composition department at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music. "She put one paw down and very
slowly walked down the keyboard, as if she were stalking an
invisible mouse."
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Public Health receives gift of $5
million
The School of Public
Health has received a $5 million
commitment that will allow it to move forward with plans for an
eight-story $6.2 million addition to its Wolfe Street building in
East Baltimore.
The donor, an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine, said he made the commitment because he
believes that promoting understanding of public health issues
ought to be the highest priority of both public and private
supporters of health care.
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Grant will broaden PAR
program
Exasperated teachers who find themselves challenged by
unruly students will be able to consult electronically with
education and behavior experts as a result of a grant to enhance
a management program developed by Hopkins researchers in the
School of Continuing
Studies' Division of Education.
The U.S. Department of Education Special
Project Program recently awarded $500,000 to the division for the
PAR program, which is based on prevention, action and resolution
in the classroom. The funds will be used for an assortment of
electronic enhancements, including the establishment of a Web
site and the opportunity for video conferencing.
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