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Mellasenah Morrisand Janet Jordan

Safe haven

Published Fall 2012

Mellasenah Morris and Janet Jordan met at Peabody in 1964 and have been close friends ever since / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Catch and collect

Published Fall 2012

Bill McCloskey spent 27 years as a congressional liaison for the Applied Physics Laboratory before retiring in 1989. He also spent 50 years as a seafaring shutterbug, documenting the lives of commercial fishermen. In 2011, his photographs were officially added to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History collection. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Your brain has an accent

Published Fall 2012

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Ancient Sanskrit theater group to perform at JHU

Published Aug 30, 2012

Senior organized Kudiyattam show as part of undergraduate research project

ALL THAT JAZZ

The brain on bop

Published Aug 9, 2012

Dr. Charles Limb studies the neurological science behind jazz and hip-hop improvisation / JazzTimes

Promotion commotion

Published Aug 8, 2012

Promoters of concerts and sporting events don't tend to be big fans of the ticket-resale industry, but a new study suggests they should be

OLD SCHOOL

Minding the Middle Ages

Published July 26, 2012

History professor Gabrielle Spiegel specializes in the content, structure, and meaning of surviving medieval manuscripts

The science of creativity

Published July 25, 2012

Music-obsessed otolaryngologist Charles Limb believes his studies of the brain could lead to improved treatment for hearing loss

A champion for ideas

Published July 25, 2012

Carey's James Calvin sees opportunities for innovation almost everywhere he looks

Innovation through improvisation

Published July 24, 2012

A remarkable thing about renowned jazz saxophonist Gary Thomas, founding faculty member and chair of the Jazz Studies Department at the Peabody Institute: he did not touch a saxophone until he was in high school.