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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University March 29, 2004 | Vol. 33 No. 28
 
Nobelist Peter Agre Joins City Science Teachers On In-Service Training Day

Peter Agre at Dunbar High School
PHOTO BY HPS/WILL KIRK

About 80 middle and high school science teachers from Baltimore public schools gathered at Dunbar High School on Friday to hear Peter Agre, co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry, talk about the importance of teaching and the impact his childhood teachers had on his decision to become a scientist. Since he was awarded the Nobel, Agre, a professor of biological chemistry at the School of Medicine, has used his public appearances and interviews to advocate for teachers.

"There is absolutely nothing we do in society that is more important than the education of our children. You are all part of this," Agre said, passing around his Nobel medal. "I hope you will think of me as the people's laureate. I am one of you. We're on the same team."

Dunbar High is a professional development school where students at the Johns Hopkins School of Professional Studies in Business and Education and Morgan State University do their student teaching. The partnership is designed to improve the Dunbar students' performance through research-based instruction.

Agre's talk was part of a teachers' in-service training day. Prior to the lecture, JHU Arts and Sciences faculty led one-hour seminars. This event was sponsored by the Graduate Division of Education at SPSBE.

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