Four Prizes Awarded in Third Annual STEMM Research Symposium
Hawken flexed its academic muscle on Monday, November 14, as 17 students took part in the third annual Bob Maciunas STEMM Research Symposium presented their projects before nine distinguished judges. The event featured three student presentations, and a keynote address by Dr. Nikolai Sopko Ph.D., followed by the judging of the student projects.
Sydney Costantini '13 earned first place for her project "The effectiveness of screening and decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus in preventing post-operative wound infections following pediatric heart surgery." Surya Khadilkar '12 took second place with "Use of PCR to understand the link between chronic infection and distance from costal regions of Kenya." Tied for third was Kate Anagnostos '13, "A developmental shift in NMDA receptor subunit composition modulates respiratory drive" and Sigal Landau '13, "Epidermal growth factor receptor protein expression in U87 wild type cells."
Hawken's STEMM program is a program of guided research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine. Click here for a symposium program that includes abstracts of all student projects.
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Sydney Costantini '13 earned first place for her project "The effectiveness of screening and decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus in preventing post-operative wound infections following pediatric heart surgery." Surya Khadilkar '12 took second place with "Use of PCR to understand the link between chronic infection and distance from costal regions of Kenya." Tied for third was Kate Anagnostos '13, "A developmental shift in NMDA receptor subunit composition modulates respiratory drive" and Sigal Landau '13, "Epidermal growth factor receptor protein expression in U87 wild type cells."
Hawken's STEMM program is a program of guided research in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine. Click here for a symposium program that includes abstracts of all student projects.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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