Actor Denzel Washington and actress Jurnee Smollett attended the 6th annual Washington Family Gifted Scholars in Neuroscience Awards at Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Middle School Wednesday in Los Angeles, CA.
The Pauletta and Denzel Washington Gifted Scholars program, founded in 2004, gives graduates and medical students pursuing training in the field of neuroscience an outstanding educational opportunity, which includes an award in the amount of $2,000/mo for one undergraduate and $2,500/mo for one graduate or medical student.
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