Talent found: top science students chosen in 62nd annual competition.Forty wunderkinder from 14 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). have been named as finalists in the 2003 Intel Science Talent Search The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is a prestigious research-based science competition in the United States primarily for high school students. The Intel STS is administered by the Science Service, which began the competition in 1942 with Westinghouse; for many years, the . The competitors, announced on Jan. 29, represent the cream of more than 1,500 high school seniors who submitted their original research in biochemistry, mathematics, physics, behavioral sciences behavioral sciences, n.pl those sciences devoted to the study of human and animal behavior. , and other scientific fields. "These remarkable students, with their solid grounding in science and math, are poised to become tomorrow's leaders and innovators," says Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., the contest's sponsor. Past finalists number more than 2,000 and include winners of the Nobel prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. , the National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, , and other esteemed science and math honors. Science Service, which publishes Science News, has run the contest each year since its inception in 1942. Intel replaced the program's original corporate sponsor, the Westinghouse Foundation, in 1998. Apart from science, the talents of this year's finalists include competitive ballroom dancing, opera singing, and jazz piano. One finalist is a sign-language interpreter, and 24 are fluent in a language other than English. In March, the students will travel to Washington, D.C., to compete for $530,000 in college scholarships. The top winner will receive $100,000 toward college, and all finalists will take home a high-performance computer and a scholarship of at least $5,000. In addition to the finalists, 260 other entrants in the Intel Science Talent Search were chosen as semifinalists. They and their high schools will each receive $1,000 for the honor. Here are this year's finalists: CALIFORNIA: Peter Michal Pawlowski, Troy H.S., Fullerton; Michelle Rengarajan, Westridge School, Pasadena. CONNECTICUT: Alexander Chow Mittal, Greenwich H.S., Greenwich; Michael Herbert Nyberg, Lyme-Old Lyme H.S., Old Lyme. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Sabrina Curie Curie (kürē`), family of French scientists. Pierre Curie, 1859–1906, scientist, and his wife, Marie Sklodowska Curie, 1867–1934, chemist and physicist, b. Snell, School Without Walls, Washington. FLORIDA: Jamie Elyce Rubin, Canterbury School, Fort Myers; Bryan A. Lemus, Dr. Michael M. Krop H.S., Miami; Ibraheem Maqsood Mohammed, Niceville Senior H.S., Niceville; Anupama Kotha, C. Leon King H.S., Tampa; Anant Ramesh Patel, Astronaut H.S., Titusville. HAWAII: Matthew Douglas Apau Jachowski, Maul H.S., Kahului. MARYLAND: Anatoly Preygel, Montgomery Blair H.S., Silver Spring. MASSACHUSETTS: Steven J.F. Byrnes, Roxbury Latin School Roxbury Latin School, founded in 1645 and located at 101 Saint Theresa Avenue in West Roxbury, Massachusetts since 1927, is the oldest school in continuous existence in North America.[1] Roxbury Latin was established in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1645 by the Rev. , West Roxbury. MICHIGAN: Ethan James Street, Winston Churchill H.S., Livonia. MINNESOTA: Emma Rose Schmidgall, Robbinsdale Cooper H.S., New Hope. NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. : Edward Joseph Su, William G. Enloe H.S., Raleigh. NEW MEXICO: Naveen Neil Sinha, Los Alamos H.S., Los Alamos. NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Matthew Jay Kroll and Alison Kimberly Yee, both of Byram Hills H.S., Armonk; Casey Ann Vaughn, Lawrence H.S., Cedarhurst; Carolyn Morgan Tewksbury, Clinton Senior H.S., Clinton; Brandon Stuart Imber, Commack H.S., Commack; Hyeyeon Choi, Half Hollow Hills H.S. East, Dix Hills; Lester Wayne Mackey, Half Hollow Hills H.S. West, Dix Hills; Zachary Daniel Wissner-Gross, Great Neck South H.S,, Great Neck; Julian A. Gingold, New Rochelle H.S,, New Rochelle; Yi-Chen Zhang, Bronx H.S. of Science, New York; Anna Gekker, Brooklyn Technical H.S., New York; Alex Levin, Joel Brewster Lewis, and Varun Kumar Narendra, all of Stuyvesant H.S., New York; Phoebe Robeson Rounds, Irondequoit H.S., Rochester; Hilary Caren Fleischer and Alex Kardon, both of South Side H.S., Rockville Centre; Jeffrey Lawrence Licitra, Blind Brook H.S., Rye Brook; Adam Mikah Malin and Daniel Jacob Ketover, both of Syosset H.S., Syosset. OKLAHOMA: Vera Louise te Velde, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) is a two-year residential public high school located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Established by the Oklahoma legislature in 1983, the school was designed to educate academically gifted high school students in advanced , Oklahoma City. OREGON: Tianhui Li, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland. TEXAS: Scott Bailey Zeglin, Oak Ridge H.S., Conroe. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion