Middle school summer class teaches research principles and practices
This summer, middle schoolers with a passion for scientific research enrolled in the Summer Science Research Society (SSRS), a class in which the students…
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Alumna offers students advice on careers in environmental advocacy
Last week, middle school science teacher Tamar Hawk invited environmental activist Tiffany Duong ‘02 to speak with her students about careers in environmental advocacy.…
Lower school science students submit creative experiments
In May, lower school science teacher Enni Chen’s kindergarten and grade 2 students submitted photos and videos of experiments they conducted at home. For…
[UPDATED] Upper school Science Bowl team reaches national top 16
A team of Harker students won the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Science Bowl, held at Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Middle and upper school students win big at 2020 Synopsys Championship
Harker students had a great showing at the 2020 Synopsys Science & Technology Championship, winning multiple first awards and grand prizes. Eighth graders Gautam…
Harker students perform well at state level in TEAMS, national conference canceled
Harker students had another great year in the Technology Student Association’s annual TEAMS (Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) competition, with four teams…
Student project named to the top 10% in ExploraVision contest
Harker eighth graders Anish Jain, Jordan Labio, Kyle Leung and Vardaan Ghai received an honorable mention in the Toshiba/National Science Teaching Association ExploraVision contest,…
Anand Natarajan ’09 co-authors landmark proof with team of computer scientists
A team of computer scientists including Anand Natarajan ’09 recently published a proof that has solved “a raft of open problems in computer science, physics and mathematics,” writes Quanta Magazine’s Kevin Hartnett.
Harker team wins poster award at young physicists tournament
Last month, seniors Finn Frankis and Sahil Gosain, juniors Arya Maheshwari and Saloni Shah, sophomore Sasvath Ramachandran and freshman Tiffany Chang competed at the…
Senior’s UCSF internship research published in Nature, covered by The Atlantic
During the summers following her sophomore and junior years, senior Anika Tiwari worked as an intern at the University of California, San Francisco. The…