Archived articles

Center for talented youth
Education
Closing the excellence gap
Published Oct 27, 2016
JHU talent development expert Jonathan Plucker explores how to remove barriers for low-income and minority students
A group of students gather on the steps of Shriver Hall with a few adults photographed in the center
CTY grand ceremony
Young scholars honored
Published Oct 19, 2016
CTY Grand Ceremony celebrates about 1,000 middle school students whose standardized test scores would rival the scores of high school seniors
Multi color lego bricks
Smart play
Blocks and brains
Published March 7, 2016 Video
CTY researcher looks at spatial skills learned through Lego play
Commentary
Lotto for learning?
Published Feb 12, 2016
CTY's Elaine Tuttle Hansen offers suggestion for truly leveling playing field in college admissions process / Inside Higher Ed
Inspired ideas
Published Feb 9, 2016
13 teens receive STEM research grants from Center for Talented Youth
CTY Executive Director Elaine Tuttle Hansen poses with student honorees
Grand gathering
Published Oct 20, 2015
Students who earned qualifying scores in CTY's 2015 Talent Search gather at Shriver Hall for Grand Ceremony
Think big
Awards for aspiring scientists
Published Jan 22, 2015
10 teenage researchers receive Center for Talented Youth grants to support STEM proposals
Commentary
Smart is not a dirty word
Published Oct 23, 2014
CTY director: Grit, talent are 'mutually reinforcing, not innately opposed' / The Baltimore Sun
Terence Tao, Elaine Tuttle Hansen
Mathematician Terence Tao receives 2014 CTY Distinguished Alumni Award
Published Oct 22, 2014
Professor of mathematics at UCLA has been dubbed the 'Mozart of Math' / Center for Talented Youth
Mismatched?
Finding the right fit
Published Feb 26, 2014
CTY director Hansen makes case for new perspective on higher ed 'undermatching' debate / Inside Higher Ed