Denzel Washington in Mount Vernon to promote medical research
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- April
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Actor Denzel Washington and his wife, Pauletta, will be in Mount Vernon, his hometown, Friday to award two scholarships for research in neuroscience.
The Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Scholarship in Neuroscience Awards have been given annual since 2004 by the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The Washingtons said that they wanted to announce the scholarship recipients in a ceremony at Mount Vernon High School ” to help persuade students from Denzel’s hometown to consider careers in the sciences because they offer the potential to change the world,” according to a statement from the hospital.
The scholarship winners — undergraduate, graduate and medical students pursuing training in the field of neuroscience — are given monthly stipends to work during the summer with established scientists.
The scholarships are being awarded this year to a Los Angeles resident who is a graduate students and a Davis, Calif., resident in medical school.
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