[UPDATED] Harker Student Named BROADCOM Finalist, Travels to Washington in October
UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2016 Cynthia Chen, grade 9, earned the second place prize in the Broadcom MASTERS Competition in the science division! She will receive…
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Harker Team Wins Best in Nation at TEAMS Competition
In June, Harker students Michael Kwan, Jimmy Lin, Sahana Srinivasan, Justin Xie, Shaya Zarkesh, Randy Zhao and Jerry Chen, now all grade 11, were…
Paper Airplanes Enhanced at Middle School Innovation Lab
Last week, grade 7 science students put their engineering skills to the test by building airplanes in the middle school campus’ innovation lab. Teacher…
Student Co-Founded Startup Hosts On-Campus Computational Thinking Event
Last week, sophomore Shaya Zarkesh – via his company, Polyup, which he co-founded last fall – held an event at the upper school campus…
Harker Places Second in Region in 2016 Physics Bowl
The 2016 Physics Bowl wrapped up in May, and Harker placed second in its region in Division II (for second-year physics students) and was…
Harker Physics Team Reaches Final Round at Invitational Young Physicists Tournament
Last weekend, seniors Vivek Bharadwaj, Elina Sendonaris and Jessica Zhu, and junior Manan Shah competed in the US Invitational Young Physicists Tournament in Lynchburg,…
Students’ Research Project Published on Top Science Publication’s Website
A project by seniors Jonathan Ma and Sadhika Malladi, titled “Systematic Analysis of Sex-Linked Molecular Alterations and Therapies in Cancer,” was recently published by Nature…
Students Welcome Bee Experts, Grow Bee-Friendly Garden
This article originally appeared in the winter 2015 Harker Quarterly. Access the full issue, with live links, at Harker’s issuu.com page: http://issuu.com/theharkerschool/docs/harker_quarterly_winter_2015. The students at…
UPDATE! Two Students Named Siemens Regional Finalists out of 13 Harker Semifinalists
UPDATE: Two students, Evani Radiya-Dixit and David Zhu, both grade 11, have advanced as regional finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology!…
Senior Andrew Jin Wins First Place in Intel Science Talent Search
Update April 1, 2015 Great interview with Andrew on his research when starting his project: http://www.broadinstitute.org/blog/broad-summer-scholar-wins-prestigious-intel-science-prize Update – Mar. 27, 2015 Today, Andrew was the…
