Young Min recently participated in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition in Paris, acting as the experiments leader for Team Korea-HS.
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Eighth grader takes first in illustrated poem contest
Eighth grader Shreyas Karnam was named the first-place winner in the grades 6-8 category of the National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poem Contest.
Alum featured in Harvard Magazine for cancer research
Humsa Venkatesh ’04 has been studying the relationship between cancer and the brain, which she has coined “cancer neuroscience.”
Eighth grader wins Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Rory Hu, grade 8, was recently named a winner of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.
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.
