The president of Harker’s Philosophy Club, Sophia Gottfried, grade 11, had an essay, titled “An Essay on Nothing,” published in the online magazine Philosophy Now.

The Glasgow Group tweeted about the Student Diversity Leadership gathering held at Harker on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The theme of the event was “We Are All Integrators.”

The Society for Science & the Public announced that senior Cynthia Chen is among the 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. The Chinese-language website World Journal also reported on the semifinalists. A previous post noted that Chen and fellow senior Joshua Zhou were among the top 300 scholars selected from nearly 2,000 entries. Harker Aquila also ran an article on the awards.

An article in The Los Altos Town Crier quotes Harker senior Mahi Kolla, a member of the Los Altos Youth Commission, which is campaigning to make young people aware of the dangers of vaping.

Senior Mahika Halepete is among five students featured in a Washington Post article about young inventors, philanthropists and activists, and the parents who raised them.