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Phone: (410) 735-6045 BALTIMORE January, 2008— Two alumni of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, an enrichment program for gifted and talented children, were among this year's 32 U.S. recipients of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes recipients
The Rhodes Scholarships, established in 1902 and widely regarded as among the most prestigious awards in education, were announced in November. Recipients embody “excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person which, in combination, offer the promise of effective service to the world in the decades ahead,” according to the Rhodes Trust, online at http://www.rhodesscholar.org/. Since 2000, 35 CTY alumni have been named Rhodes scholars. Of this year’s group, both mentioned CTY as a pivitol academic resource. “My five summers with CTY were a crucial component of both my academic and social development," said Melis Anahtar, a Scholar-elect for 2008.  Anahtar, from Bethesda, Maryland, is a senior at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, where she majors in mechanical engineering and minors in biomedical engineering. A former finalist in the Intel Talent Search, she has a perfect academic record at M.I.T. She has done research in immunology and has worked at the NIST, and at the NIH human genome research institute. Her senior thesis is in the use of micro-electro-mechanical devises in tissue engineering. She also is editor-in-chief of the M.I.T. Undergraduate Research Journal and was listed among Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 college women of 2007. At Oxford, Ms. Anahtar will do the M.Sc. in integrated immunology.
 University of Chicago senior Nadine Levin admits, "CTY did define me as a bit of a nerd, but more than anything, it gave me pride in my intelligence and cultivated my love for learning." Levin, from Washington, DC, is majoring in biological sciences. A concert violinist and a student of Spanish literature, she was elected as a junior to Phi Beta Kappa. She has done extensive research in immunology, including work on the development of an experimental vaccine for bubonic plague. A nationally competitive ultimate frisbee player, she is also a Goldwater Scholar. Ms. Levin worked three months at a public hospital in Bolivia. She plans to do the M.Sc. in global health science at Oxford.
Anahtar and Levin will join scholars from 13 countries around the world next October for a two-year stay at the University of Oxford. # # # CTY conducts the nation's oldest and most extensive academic talent search and offers educational programming for students with exceptionally high academic ability. CTY parallels, and complements, a gifted child’s regular school experience. CTY’s programs and students have been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and other premier American publications. Other information: - CTY is a nonprofit center at The Johns Hopkins University.
- CTY draws students from 50 states and DC, as well as students from over 90 countries.
- 2006-07 saw over 73,000 second- through eighth graders participate in CTY’s Talent Searches.
- CTY provided $ 4.52 million in financial aid to over 1,700 students in 2006-07.
- In the 2006-07 Talent Search, 15.6% of students in CTY’s Talent Search were identified as underrepresented.
- Gifted students qualifying for the federal free or reduced-price lunch program may join the Talent Search virtually for free.
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