Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins

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Puzzling over language: A computational linguistics researcher crafts a crossword for Johns Hopkins
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A computational linguistics researcher crafted a crossword for Johns Hopkins. Don’t try to do it in pen.

During finals this month, Johns Hopkins University students were busy trying to solve a crossword puzzle. The key question: What America’s first research university isIf they knew the answer — the most common blunder people make when referring to the school, calling it “John” Hopkins — then they were off, recognizing that dropping an “s” out of some of the answers would help them solve the whole, Hopkins-themed “Solve for S” puzzle.

“I thought it was brilliant,” said Pedro Ribeiro, spokesman for the Association of American Universities, who has seen a lot of year-end videos come across his desk over the years. It can be hard to convey a message in a way that grabs attention and speaks to all of a university’s constituencies. “It was innovative, charming, a thoughtful way of engaging the university community.

“I was very proud to have this crossword make it onto the meme page” that students run, McCoy said. “That’s a very different kind of recognition than I usually get.”

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