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Kennedy High School’s Intel Science Talent Search badge winners were, from left, Kristiana Hanna, Rachel Abramowitz, Ben November, Dean Ostrofsky and Rebecca Jellinek.

Five Kennedy High School seniors were recently selected for special recognition in the annual Intel Science Talent Search, which honors the top research projects across the country. The five students received badges to reward the extra effort that they put into their research projects. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/14

Three Kennedy seniors were named Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists on Wednesday. Joined by their research mentor, Barbi Frank, at left, they were, from left, Rachel Abramowitz, Ben November and Rebecca Jellinek.

Intel honors three Kennedy seniors

Kennedy High senior Rebecca Jellinek, who played the lead in the school play, “Twelfth Night,” in mid-November, set up a mini-office backstage when she was rehearsing for the play, furiously tapping away at her laptop whenever her presence wasn’t required onstage. In addition to prepping for her performance in this modern version of the Shakespearean classic, Jellinek was also writing her senior science research thesis for submission to the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. The paper was due Nov. 13. Opening night was Nov. 15. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/9/14

In all, eight Calhoun High School students were recently honored in the Intel Science Talent Search and the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. They are, top row, second from left, Christian Tucci, Joshua Fisher, Tim Leimbach, Tasfiqual Chowdhury; bottom row, second from left, Brigid Maloney, Preetha Phillips, Emma McNamara and Jocelyn Yu. They were joined by their Authentic Science Research Program advisers, Jennifer Pefanis, top left, Nick Pappas, top right and Kim Lascarides, lower left.

Intel honors six Calhoun students

Six Calhoun High School seniors were recently honored in the first group of 359 science students from across the country to receive Research Badges for their outstanding work in preparing reports for the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, sponsored by the Society for Science & the Public. They are Tasfiqual Chowdhury, Joshua Fisher, Tim Leimback, Emma McNamara, Preetha Phillips and Joceyln Yu. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/10/13

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Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more

1/24/13

For her Intel project, Calhoun High School science researcher Emma McNamara studied the relationship between the size of female macaques’ canine teeth and their dominance in the social hierarchy of their troops. McNamara was joined by her Calhoun science advisers, from left, Jennifer Pefanis, Kimberlie Lascarides and Nick Pappas.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District boasts three Intel semifinalists

For her senior science thesis, Calhoun High School researcher Emma McNamara studied macaque monkeys to better understand the relationship between the morphology, or structure, of females’ canine teeth and their dominance in the social hierarchy of their troop. By studying teeth molds at New York University’s Anthropology Department and films of macaques in the wild, she found that females with bigger canine teeth equaled or surpassed the aggressiveness of males. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/15/13

Calhoun High School senior Jenny Wu was recently named an Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist. She was pictured here with her research mentors, Kimberlie Lascarides, Jennifer Pefanis and Nick Pappas.

Calhoun senior realizes research success –– again

Calhoun High School senior Jenny Wu is on quite the roll. In the fall, she was named a semifinalist in the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition. Then, in December, she learned that she had been accepted to her “dream school” –– Yale University. This past week, she received word that she was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/17/11

Kennedy High School senior Josh Cohen was recently named an Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist. He was joined here by Kennedy research mentor Barbi Frank.

Kennedy senior scores Intel win

Kennedy High School senior Josh Cohen spent the summer of 2010 peering into a high-powered microscope at SUNY Stony Brook to study aerosols –– solids and liquids suspended inside gas molecules that were so small they were imperceptible to the human eye. more

By Scott Brinton | 1/17/11

Three Kennedy High School seniors have earned semifinalist honors in the Intel Science Talent Search. They are, from left, center, Barri Bruno, Daniel Bornstein and Stephanie Weiner. They are joined by their science teachers and research mentors, from left, Barbi Frank, Robert Soel, Helmut Schleith and Barbara Franklin.

Kennedy seniors earn Intel honors

One Kennedy High School senior studied whether endophytic bacteria injected into poplars would allow the trees to grow in inhospitable rocky and sandy soil. The research, conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Suffolk County, could one day help solve both the world fuel and hunger crises. more

Scott Brinton | 1/19/10

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