![Upper school computer science teacher Susan King inspects a bird-feeder in the quad. Ms. King began bird watching in 2020, fascinated by their flight and plumage patterns.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DSC1792-copy-1200x1013.jpg)
Meet your teacher: Embracing life with curiosity
by Jonathan Xue
• November 25, 2023
![Women in STEM (WiSTEM) kick off their Techgirlz programming workshop by asking participants what coding is in their words. After, club members led the attendees in a series of coding exercises on the website Blockly.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-3.44.32-PM-900x562.png)
WiSTEM hosts Techgirlz coding workshop to inspire youth about computer science
by Kinnera Mulam, Co-STEM Editor
• December 4, 2022
![Aarav Borthakur (10) and Tanay Sharma (12) review the Solitaire lab from the AP Computer Science with Data Structures classes. The students completed the lab to better understand the implementation of the stack data structure.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_4743-Large-900x675.png)
Computer science students code Solitaire card game for in-class lab
by Andrew Liang, Assistant STEM Editor
• November 25, 2022
![The security of our digital lives has become a more pressing concern in recent years. Recent developments in the field of cybersecurity could disrupt global technology in minutes.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/illus-900x511.png)
Why cybercriminals don’t ‘hack the mainframe’ anymore
by Arjun Barrett, Managing Editor
• August 31, 2022
![Assistant professor Anand Natarajan (09) teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys (MIT) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department. He first discovered his love for science as a child and explored his passion at the high school level with clubs and advanced classes.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/image-3-1.png)
Blooming from the STEM: Anand Natarajan (‘09) dives into quantum computing
by Olivia Xu and Brandon Zau
• March 28, 2022
![Eighth-grader Tiffany Zhu listens to the panel event during the Harker Programming Invitational (HPI) on Mar. 13. Middle and high school students participated in HPI virtually.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-03-14-1-900x675.png)
Programming Club hosts annual Harker Programming Invitational with ‘Space & CS’ theme
by Sabrina Zhu, STEM Editor
• March 25, 2022
![Students attend Evan Yous speaker event, where he discussed his experience opening a start-up company. You founded Vue.js, which strives to make website designing and building more accessible.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_9892-900x600.jpg)
App Development Club holds startup speaker event
by Rachel Ning, TALON Organizations Editor
• February 26, 2022
![Kunal Jain (11) reviews the answers to the silver level questions from the last USACO competition. Kunal has been an officer of Programming Club for the past year.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AJS2011-599x900.jpg)
Programming Club officers host third lecture in ongoing series about competitive computer science
by Sabrina Zhu, STEM Editor
• January 12, 2022
![Rishab Parthasarathy (12) and Alex Hu (12) help guide questions and relay them to Anand Natarajan (09). The upper school Programming Club and Math Club invited Natarajan to speak about quantum computing in the Nichols auditorium on Wednesday.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_6441-900x600.jpg)
Harker alumnus delivers introduction to quantum computing
by Margaret Cartee, Reporter
• December 4, 2021
![STEM Spotlight is a new Aquila repeater showcasing STEM clubs and their initiatives.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/StemSpotLight_Logo1-900x514.jpg)
STEM Spotlight: HarkerDEV
by Mark Hu and Ethan Liu
• September 26, 2021
![The global silicon shortage, driven mainly by the pandemic, has hampered the production of widespread technologies, including automobiles.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/silicon-shortage-illus-900x675.jpeg)
How a 50 cent part is killing a trillion dollar industry
by Arjun Barrett, Assistant STEM Editor
• September 25, 2021
![Panelists Dr. Pei Cao, Jenny Lin, Lynn Root and Pavitra Rengarajan (’12) speak at the Girls Programming League Challenge on Saturday. The event invited female and nonbinary identifying students to participate and followed a theme of computer science and entertainment.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-18-at-1.59.28-PM-900x675.png)
Girls Programming League inspires female students to compete in annual programming competition
by Ella Yee and Catherine Wong
• September 23, 2021
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