The chosen: a new crop of scientific minds: student science competition announces finalists.High school students 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 qualified to compete for the top prizes in the 2004 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 40 finalists, announced on Jan. 28, conducted original research in behavioral sciences behavioral sciences, n.pl those sciences devoted to the study of human and animal behavior. , biochemistry, planetary sciences, mathematics, medicine, and other fields. Intel Corp. of Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif., has sponsored the annual event since 1998, and Science Service, the publisher of Science News, has administered the competition since 1942, when it began as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Five past winners have gone on to capture Nobel prizes. Apart from their scientific prowess, this year's finalists have diverse talents in athletics, arts, and letters. One is an acclaimed classical Indian dancer, another is a competitive rock climber, and others have published poetry and won awards for storytelling. More than two-thirds of the finalists are fluent in a second language, and four-fifths play a musical instrument. The finalists are 16 to 18 years old, and 45 percent are female. Schools in 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 State produced 18 of the finalists, and each of three schools in that state and one school in Maryland boast pairs of finalists. The competition had 1,652 entrants in all, and the finalists were among the 300 competitors who were named semifinalists on Jan. 14. Intel will award $1,000 to each of the semifinalists and to each of their schools. The 40 finalists will travel to Washington, D.C., in March to compete for a total of $530,000 in college scholarships. Each finalist will also receive a notebook computer from Intel. The 2004 finalists are: California: Arjun Anand Suri, Clovis West H.S., Fresno; Moriah Katherine Nachbaur, Crystal Springs Uplands School Crystal Springs Uplands School is a private high school and middle school located in Hillsborough, California, an affluent suburb about 20 miles south of San Francisco. Crystal Springs Uplands is a college-preparatory school; virtually all, if not all, of its graduates go on to , Hillsborough; Phillip Thomas Deutsch, La Canada H.S., La Canada. Connecticut: Lisa Doreen Glukhovsky, New Milford H.S., New Milford. District of Columbia: Andrei Munteanu, Benjamin Banneker H.S., Washington. Georgia: Boris Alexeev, Cedar Shoals H.S., Athens. Indiana: Ann Chi, Terre Haute South Vigo H.S., Terre Haute. Iowa: Rachael Theresa Collier, Mediapolis H.S., Mediapolis. Maryland: Gaurav Subhash Thakur, The Learning Community International, Columbia; Qilei Hang, Allegany H.S., Cumberland; Melis Nuray Anahtar and Gordon L. Su, both of Montgomery Blair H.S., Silver Spring. Massachusetts: Andrei Joseph Levin, Maimonides School, Brookline; Herbert Mason Hedberg, North Attleboro H.S., North Attleboro. Michigan: Yuyin Chen, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills. Minnesota: Ning Zhou, Wayzata H.S., Plymouth. New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). : Amos Benjamin Lubin, Hanover H.S., Hanover. New York: Jennifer Anne D'Ascoli, Academy of the Holy Names Academy of the Holy Names is a name shared by several Catholic schools in the United States:
n. 1. a. A chief of a Native American tribe or confederation, especially an Algonquian chief. b. A member of the ruling council of the Iroquois confederacy. 2. North H.S., Lake Ronkonkoma; Elizabeth Rose Heller, Nanuet H.S., Nanuet; Shaye Perry Storm, Midwood H.S., New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; Matan Harel, Stuyvesant H.S., New York City; Neha Chauhan, Susan E. Wagner H.S., New York City; Daniel Chimin Choi, Syosset H.S., Syosset; Simeon Charles McMillan, Uniondale H.S., Uniondale; Rohini Subhadra Rau-Murthy, Yorktown H.S., Yorktown Heights. Oregon: Ryna Karnik, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland; Duy Minh Ha, Ulysses S. Grant H.S., Portland. Texas: Sean Dilip Raj, High-tower H.S., Missouri City. Virginia: Divya Nettimi, Thomas Jefferson H.S. for Science and Technology, Alexandria; Linda Brown Westrick, Maggie L. Walker This article is about the Virginia businesswoman and banker. For the poet, see Margaret Walker. Maggie Lena Walker (July 15, 1867-December 15, 1934) was an American teacher, businesswoman, and banker. Governor's School, Richmond. |
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