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$6M Prize: HS Students From Northern Westchester To Compete In Prestigious Competition $6M Prize: HS Students From Northern Westchester To Compete In Prestigious Competition
$6M Prize: HS Students From Northern Westchester To Compete In Prestigious Competition After winning a regional competition, three high school students from Northern Westchester will be competing for $6 million in awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, known as the world's largest pre-college science and math competition.  The three students, all seniors at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, were already named grand prize winners at the Regeneron Westchester Science and Engineering Fair, held on Saturday, March 18 at Somers High School.  They will now advance to the international competition, which will be held in Dallas, Texas in M…

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by Ben Crnic
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HS Senior In Northern Westchester Wins $60K Award HS Senior In Northern Westchester Wins $60K Award
HS Senior In Northern Westchester Wins $60K Award A high school senior from Northern Westchester has earned a $60,000 award after placing highly in the final round of the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scholastic science and math competition.  Earlier Report - Byram Hills HS Seniors Get $2K Each For Being Regeneron Scholars Samantha Milewicz,  a senior at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, took eighth place in the final round of the competition on Tuesday, March 14, school district officials announced.  Milewicz, who had already won a $2,000 award for being name…

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Horace Greeley High School Senior Named National Finalist For Neuroscience Research Award Horace Greeley High School Senior Named National Finalist For Neuroscience Research Award
Horace Greeley High School Senior Named National Finalist For Neuroscience Research Award A local high school student is one of the 12 national finalists for the prestigious Neuroscience Research Award. Isha Puri, Horace Greeley High School senior, conducted research surrounding dyslexia, developing a way to screen children for the disorder using a standard computer webcam. Puri has won several awards for her research, including the Second Grand Prize Award in her category at the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the 2018 MIT THINK Scholar award, the 2018 National Security Agency Mathematics Honors award and the 2018 Regeneron WESEF Neuroscience fi…

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by Valerie Musson
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Pair Of Byram Hills Students Named National Finalists For Neuroscience Research Pair Of Byram Hills Students Named National Finalists For Neuroscience Research
Pair Of Byram Hills Students Named National Finalists For Neuroscience Research Three local high school students have been named as finalists in a nationwide neuroscience research award. The American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society is granting the Neuroscience Research Prize to four students across the country based on their neuroscience backgrounds and achievements. The Byram High School seniors, Samantha Abbruzzese and Rachel Chernoff, are students in the school’s Dr. Robert Pavlica Authentic Science Research Program and were selected from 74 entrants high school around the country. “We are very proud of these two accomplished women who are pass…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ossining HS Student Finalist For National Neuroscience Research Award Ossining HS Student Finalist For National Neuroscience Research Award
Ossining HS Student Finalist For National Neuroscience Research Award Sabrina Piccirillo-Stosser, a senior at Ossining High School, is one of 12 finalists across the country for the 2019 Neuroscience Research Prize. Sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, this esteemed prize is granted to high school students whose talent in the sciences “indicates potential for significant contributions in the neuroscience field,” according to the Southern Westchester BOCES Office of Public Information. Sabrina is involved in the OHS Science Research Program and has dedicated the last two years to gene investigations and possible drug …

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by Valerie Musson
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Byram Hills Tops In Regeneron Scholars Byram Hills Tops In Regeneron Scholars
Byram Hills Tops In Regeneron Scholars ARMONK, N.Y.-- Five Byram Hills High School students were selected as scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.Five students are the most from any high school in Westchester.  The students selected are Alexis Aberman, Alexandra Brocato, Stella Li, Jeremy Ma and Kylie Roslin. Forty finalists will be invited to Washington, D.C. in March to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, meet with notable scientists and compete for the top award of $250,000. Aberman investigated if a milestone exists when infants can make abstractions from unique object labels to generic…

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by Sam Barron