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With a Song in Her Heart - San Diego Union Tribune, June 24, 1999

Presentation Accentuates the Positive - Baltimore Sun, April 14, 1999

The Top 100 Science Stories - Discover Magazine, January 1997

Pixies with a Problem - Jerusalem Post Science & Health Section , September, 1995

WS Kids Can Be Musical Virtuosos - Toronto Star

Gloria Lenhoff Appointed to Faculty

Rare Genetic Disorder May Provide Musical Talent Along with Problems - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, July 16,1998

Two Young WS Musicians Win Scholarship Awards

Whatever Happened to Dr. Williams? - by Kit Crawford at NZ-WSA Camp

Music in Her Soul - Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1999

Music Lights a Fire - St. Petersburg Times, September 6, 1998

Chat Transcript from Nightline - September 9, 1999

Power Play: Bryce and the Bears - by James Leonard, University of Maine Campus Newspaper

An Exceptional Performance - St. Petersburg Times, April 29, 2000

Magical Musical Response of WS Children in Iowa. - by Diana Buresh, mother of Ashley

Williams syndrome: Families of those with rare disorder come together for picnic - Greenville (SC) News, June 29, 2000

The Miracles to Perform in Washington, D.C. - The South Reporter (Holly Springs, MS), November 15, 2000

Rare Children Who Bring Joy Possess Acute Friendliness - Newsday. January 2, 2001

A Song Fills Gloria's Soul - by Teri Sforza, Orange County (CA) Register, January 7, 2001

Politically Incorrect Bill Maher Slurs Mentally Retarded

The Miracle of Gloria - The Democrat (Senatobia, MS), February 13, 2001

New Inspirational Duo at Baddour - The South Reporter (Holly Springs, MS), May 23, 2001

Noting the Perfect Pitch - The San Francisco Chronicle, January 14, 2002

CFC Helps Family Cope With WS - Tinker (AFB) Take Off, September 13, 2002

Learning in Concert - The Boston Globe, December 3, 2002

A Passion for Performing - by Emily Main, Oxford (MS) Town, January 23-30, 2003

Tunes: Academy Has 20 Students Enrolled - by Natalia E. Arbulú, Springfield (MA) Union-News, February 13, 2003

He's More Than a Mascot - by Dennis McCarthy, Los Angeles Daily News, February 17, 2003

A Special Musical Gift - KARE-11 TV, Minneapolis, MN, February 27, 2003

Rare Syndrome Takes Much from Woman, Gives More - by April Wilkerson, Shawnee (OK) News-Star, February 27, 2003

Making the Most of Their Music - by Ronni Gordon, Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA), March 2, 2003

Lenhoff Guest Recital at OBU an Inspiration - by Dr. Don Clark, Shawnee (OK) News-Star, March 23, 2003

Carroll Teen Preparing for Special Olympic World Games in Ireland in June - Carroll County (MD) Times, May 20, 2003

She's a Natural - The (Montreal) Gazette, June 4, 2003

OBU Professor, Music Savant Record CD of Religious Classics - The Shawnee (OK) News-Star, August 22, 2003

Focus on Williams Syndrome (in Dutch)- Monitor, January, 2003

The Singing Syndrome - The (Toronto) Globe and Mail, January 11, 2003

The Gift of Music - by Jean Gordon, The (Jackson, MS) Clarion-Ledger, March 13, 2004

A Beautiful Mystery - 60 Minutes: Australia, August 8, 2004

Energizer: Olympus honors inspiring student - Deseret (UT) News, February 28, 2004

On Skates to Japan - by Jessica Wanke, The Arizona Republic, February 15, 2005

Promising Start - by Christine Suh, The East County Observer, February 17, 2005

Research on Visual Perception - The Hopewell Valley (NJ) News, March 17, 2005

A Member of the Family - The Wellesley (MA) Townsman, July 28, 2005

Local Singing Star to be Featured in Opera Memphis - by Lucy Schultze, The Oxford (MS) Eagle, October 21, 2005

Delightful Gloria - by Andria Lisle, Memphis (TN) Business Journal, October 28, 2005

Music Shows Off its Muscle...in "Samson" Workout - by Christopher Blank, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), November 1, 2005

Mutual Mainstreaming - by Michael Ching, Artistic Director, Opera Memphis, Opera America Newsline, January, 2006

Rare Disorder Can Save Lives - by Theresa Hogue, Corvallis (OR) Gazette-Times, April 14, 2006

From Genetic Illness Springs an Ode to Joy - by Teri Sforza, Orange County (CA) Register, April 29, 2006

Events celebrate local girl's life, draw attention to Williams Syndrome- by Tara Munkatchy, Daily Local News (Westchester, PA), May 8, 2006

A Musical Mind- by Ryn Gargulinski, The Daily Triplicate (Crescent City, CA), July 7, 2006

Review: The Strangest Song- by Chris Leppek, Intermountain Jewish News (Denver, CO), March 2, 2007

No Singing the Blues- by Fred Love, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), June 10, 2007

The Gregarious Brain- by David Dobbs, The New York Times Magazine, July 8, 2007

Is There a Happiness Gene?- by ABC News; Good Morning America, July 19, 2007

Behind the Music- by Greg Reinzi; Johns Hopkins Magazine, February, 2008

Sociability Traced to Particular Region of Brain by Stanford Scientists- Business Wire, January 27, 2009

Music to my Heart- by Sherry DeMik, Kappa Delta Pi Record ,Winter, 2009

Soaking in the Music- by Howard M. Lenhoff, PhD; Exceptional Parent Magazine, March 1, 2009

Rare Condition Gives Woman Low IQ, Perfect Pitch- by Katheran Wasson , State-Journal (Frankfort, KY), May 12, 2009

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