Research journal Horizon started

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Chris Spenner and Rohith Kuditipudi (12) discuss upcoming plans for the new research journal Horizon. The journal is expected to launch next year.

Students gathered in the Research room after school on Thursday to discuss plans for the new upcoming research journal, Horizon.

Horizon is the school’s first attempt at a research journal that will contain student-written publications. The journal will feature articles of three different types: papers, perspectives, and briefs.

Technical papers present in the journal will include those written for science competitions such as Intel Science Talent Search and the Siemens Competition. Perspectives will be articles featuring an interesting topics that are relevant to modern science. Briefs will be short summaries of in-depth research that are designed to give readers a quick taste of the material being presented.

Chris Spenner discusses the different components of the new research journal. The journal will feature perspectives, briefs, and technical articles.
Chris Spenner discusses the different components of the new research journal. The journal will feature perspectives, briefs, and technical articles.

Horizon was conceived by the students in the Period 4 Honors Advanced Research class as a means to showcase the wide array of student research conducted at Harker.

Rohith Kuditipudi (12), Vedant Thyagaraj (12), Ankita Pannu (12), and Ashwini Iyer (12) are helping start Horizon for the upcoming school year.

Chris Spenner, who teaches Physics and Research classes at the Upper School, will be the advisor for Horizon. Spenner is optimistic about the journal and is looking forward to the new ideas that the leadership team will bring.

“I’m looking forward to seeing our new group of editors and what kind of ideas they will bring to the project,” he said. “I suspect with twice as many people involved in the leadership roles, and once they are in the trenches doing the work, they will come up with a lot of ideas on how to change things and improve things, and it’ll be a lot of fun.”

Many students are anticipating the launch of Horizon and are looking forward to its publication.

“I think it would be very useful as a guide to help me write my papers and also to explore what topics I could research in the future,” David Zhu (10) said.

The leadership staff is currently being selected and will be announced within the next two weeks, after applications for the Editor in Chief position are turned in.