There's an app for nearly everything, but some North Texas high school students noticed there wasn't one specifically geared to people with Alzheimer's and.
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What do a public health advocate, CEO and quantum physicist have in common?
Besides all being high school seniors, these individuals are members of the Regeneron STS 2021 class. Among their myriad interests lies the motivation to leave an impact in their community, whether it be through conducting outreach and fundraising on a global scale, improving their environment through youth activism or creating space for the next generation of scientists to thrive. Take a look at some of the causes championed by this year’s finalists!
Laalitya Acharya
William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio)
Move over Alexa! Laalitya Acharya’s AI tech is solving the world’s water crisis one drop at a time. As the founder of the Nereid Project, Laalitya’s innovation detects contamination in water that may cause waterborne disease. By implementing new methods of water testing, building awareness, research and education, she hopes to make clean water a reality for people everywhere. She says, “I hav
Here’s how Plano residents can get rid of unwanted or expired prescription drugs
Medications for both people and animals will be accepted at numerous schools in an upcoming drug take back day.
Prescription drugs, like those pictured here, can be disposed of responsibly at an upcoming drug take back day in Plano.(Elise Amendola / AP)
Plano residents can dispose of unwanted prescription drugs during the upcoming drug take back day being organized by the Plano Police Department.
All over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs that are unused, unwanted or expired for both people and animals will be accepted. For safety reasons, sharp needles and combustibles such as inhalers will not be accepted, according to a release from the department.
Plano students win top honors in all-girls computer programming competition
Three Plano students will receive paid internships as a result of their first-place finish.
The Plano ISD building on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019.(Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer)
Plano students took top honors in a recent Digital Divas 2021 competition. The computer programming competition and workshop designed to introduce more girls to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The all-girls programming contest and workshop featured students in grades six through 12 and included more than 300 students and teachers from a total of 47 middle schools and high schools from across the region.
The Feb. 13 virtual competition was presented by the Dallas Fort Worth Computer Science Teachers Association.