Columbia High School students McKenna Yonally and Jasper Travis with Columbia High School Science Teacher Heidi Gleason
Science Research Program students McKenna Yonally and Jasper Travis each received awards for their research projects at the Taconic Hills Invitational Symposium on Saturday, January 18.
Awards were presented in three categories for each session:
- Outstanding Research Award, given to the research project that exhibits the highest quality research.
- Outstanding Presentation Award, given to the research project that exhibits the highest quality Slideshow and Oral Presentation.
- Judge’s Choice Award, awarded to a project that stand out from other projects presented.
McKenna Yonally received the Outstanding Research Award in her session for her project titled “An Examination of the Theory of Communicative Disenfranchisement within Reported Experiences by Patients with PANDAS/PANS and Fibromyalgia,” mentored by Dr. Hintz and Dr. Gunning from the University of Connecticut.
Jasper Travis was honored with the Judge’s Choice Award for his project, “Triplet Loss Networks for Kinship Verification,” mentored by Mr. DePauw from Kitware Inc.
Columbia’s Science Research program accepts applications from freshmen every spring. The application includes an essay, two teacher recommendations (at least one from a science teacher) and a 1-on-1 interview with Mrs. Gleason
McKenna Yonally received the Outstanding Research Award in her session for her project titled “An Examination of the Theory of Communicative Disenfranchisement within Reported Experiences by Patients with PANDAS/PANS and Fibromyalgia”
Jasper Travis was honored with the Judge’s Choice Award for his project, “Triplet Loss Networks for Kinship Verification”