Rory Hu, grade 8, was recently named a winner of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.
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More science journalism accolades for 2020 alum
Simar Bajaj ’20 spent the summer as a journalist for STAT News, the Boston Globe’s health and medicine news site, while also earning a number of journalistic awards.
[UPDATED] Senior moves on to selection round of Breakthrough Junior Challenge
Senior Arjun Gurjar has reached the semifinals of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge with a recently posted video about transposon, a gene in humans that is capable of duplicating itself.
Fourth grader finishes as semifinalist in ICA National Science Bee
This past summer, fourth grader Nathan Xing visited Arlington, Va. and finished as a semifinalist in the national championships of the International Academic Competitions Science Bee.
Student-created board game teaches kids about climate change
Seniors Reshma Kosaraju and Sasha Masson recently developed a board game to teach children about the dangers of – and possible solutions to – climate change.
Rising senior wins top AI award at ISEF
Earlier this month, rising senior Ella Lan won first place in a special award given out by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
Sixth grader places second in chemistry poetry and art contest
Sixth grader Raeanne Li placed second nationally in the grades 6-8 category of the 2023 Chemists Celebrate Earth (CCEW) Illustrated Poem Contest.
Junior wins top award at int’l science and engineering fair for discovering exoplanet
Junior Kaitlyn Wang received the George D. Yancopoulus Award in the Regeneron International and Engineering Science Fair.
17th Research Symposium promotes “STEM for All”
The 17th Harker Research Symposium on April 15 brought hundreds from the Harker community to the upper school campus to view student research, hear from fascinating speakers, explore a variety of booths and exhibits and more.
Grade 9 student takes first place at national symposium
Ava Bhowmik, grade 9, recently received a first place award at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
