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The Number
By Dale Keiger
When Johns Hopkins epidemiologists set out to study how many Iraqis had died since the war began, they didn't know their findings would be so controversial.

To the Letter: Peabody Turns 150
By Catherine Pierre
In February 1857, George Peabody signed the letter that would make his vision of a cultural institute for Baltimore a reality. We take a brief look at some of its history.

The Tutor Period
By Maria Blackburn
The Johns Hopkins Tutorial Project pairs university students with kids who need a hand. Lessons in reading and writing are just the beginning.

The Wilderness Campaign
By David Dudley, A&S '90
In the fight to restore the American wild, conservation biologist and Writing Seminars graduate Jonathan Adams, A&S '86 (MA), is trying to bring the war home.

The Department of Second Chances
By Virginia Hughes, A&S '06 (MA)
For more than two decades, the Johns Hopkins heart transplant team hasn't just been changing hearts. It has been changing lives.