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...
New Zealand students tour Harker for a day
by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor
April 16, 2019
A group of students from New Zealand visited the Harker campus on Tuesday and toured classes, participated in lab activities, and socialized with Harker students. The students, all girls, all attend various schools, but attended the “Innovative Young Minds” summer camp last summer in Hutt City, New...
Three students named Regeneron finalists
by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor
January 24, 2019
Of the 7 students named Regeneron scholars (a complete list can be found here: https://harkeraquila.com/45582/showcase/seniors-named-regeneron-scholars/), 3 of the students, seniors Ayush Alag, Natasha Maniar and Ruhi Sayana were named Regeneron 2019 Finalists on Jan. 23. Out of the 300 students who...
Meet your teacher: Biology teacher experiences joy of beekeeping
by Jessie Wang, Reporter
September 2, 2018
A low buzzing fills the air as Dr. Thomas Artiss approaches his beehive. Clad in traditional beekeeper wear — wide brimmed hat, mesh faceguard, white full-body suit and all — Dr. Artiss is the image of an accomplished apiarist. “I dabbled in entomology for my doctoral thesis, and I've been interested...