Students’ summer research continues despite new difficulties, Harker research classes adapt to online environment
by Sabrina Zhu, Assistant STEM Editor
September 1, 2020
Upper school students conducted science research during the summer despite new challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though several popular research programs like the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) and the Research Science Institute (RSI) were canceled d...
Senior named one of 40 Regeneron finalists in nation
by Varsha Rammohan and Arushi Saxena
January 22, 2020
Senior Cynthia Chen was selected as one of 40 finalists in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest math and science research competition for high school seniors. Cynthia’s research focused on using computational methods to uncover patterns that predict cancer types. Her project was...
Two seniors named as Regeneron scholars
by Varsha Rammohan and Arushi Saxena
January 8, 2020
Seniors Cynthia Chen and Joshua Zhou were selected as top scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) from a pool of 1,993 applicants from 659 schools in 49 states. The 300 scholars chosen and their respective schools will be awarded 2,000 dollars each. Cynthia’s research focused on using comput...
Science internship introduces high schoolers to research
by Anna Vazhaeparambil and Muthu Panchanatham
August 30, 2019
Whether they are traveling all over the world or are at home studying for the August SATs, Harker students do a variety of different activities over the duration of summer vacation. For sixteen high schoolers in particular, their break was spent at the Summer Internship Program (SIP), an eight-week lo...
Near and Mitra scholars announced, beginning research process
by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor
May 11, 2019
The 2020 Near/Mitra scholars were announced by the library earlier this month, allowing eight current juniors the opportunity to delve into deep research over the next year with an opportunity to present their final projects to the student body in the form of a completed manuscript. Four juniors were...
14th annual research symposium encourages climate action
by Arya Maheshwari, STEM Editor
April 14, 2019
The upper school's Women in STEM (WiSTEM) club hosted the 14th annual Harker Research Symposium on Saturday at the upper school, with events and activities that revolved around this year's climate theme titled "Our Survival: Saving the Planet and Healing Ourselves." The schedule for the symposium,...
The apex of high school research: upper school seniors win accolades as Regeneron STS scholars and finalists
by Aditya Singhvi, Sports Editor
February 28, 2019
Using deep learning to improve therapy for arrhythmia. Finding a target treatment for a high-risk form of childhood cancer. Analyzing genomic data to help diagnose food allergies. These projects landed seniors Ruhi Sayana, Natasha Maniar and Ayush Alag, respectively, spots in the list of 40 Regeneron Sci...
Summer research internships create new opportunities for student researchers
by Saloni Shah and Anjay Saklecha
September 3, 2018
Over the past summer, students participated in various research projects at locales ranging from local companies to startups to academic institutions such as Stanford University and University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC). Students looking to participate in UC Santa Cruz’s Summer Internship Program ...
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