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$6M Prize: HS Students From Westchester To Compete In Prestigious Competition $6M Prize: HS Students From Westchester To Compete In Prestigious Competition
$6M Prize: HS Students From 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…
Westchester HS Senior Wins $60K Award Westchester HS Senior Wins $60K Award
Westchester HS Senior 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…
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…