{"id":30642,"date":"2024-01-18T09:17:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/?p=30642"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:32:28","slug":"nhhs-senior-selected-as-top-scholar-in-regeneron-stem-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/nhhs-senior-selected-as-top-scholar-in-regeneron-stem-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"NHHS Senior Selected as Finalist in Regeneron STEM Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Congratulations to NHHS senior Selina Zhang who was named by the Society for Science as one of 40 Finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024! This is the nation\u2019s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Selina was selected for her project titled, ArTreeficial: A Novel AI-Integrated Solution to Reducing Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Populations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Selina was first selected among 300 scholars who will be awarded $2,000 each and their schools will be awarded $2,000 for each enrolled scholar. Now as she was selected as a Finalist, she will be awarded $25,000 and will compete for even larger awards during a weeklong competition in Washington, D.C. The 40 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists were chosen from 2,162 applicants from 712 high schools across 46 states, Puerto Rico and 10 other countries. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.societyforscience.org\/blog\/top-40-selected-in-regeneron-science-talent-search-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" >https:\/\/www.societyforscience.org\/blog\/top-40-selected-in-regeneron-science-talent-search-2024\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For over eight decades, the Science Talent Search has rewarded talented high school seniors who dedicate countless hours to original research projects and present their results in rigorous reports that resemble graduate school theses. Collectively, Science Talent Search alumni have received millions of dollars in scholarships and won Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, MacArthur Fellowships, and many other accolades.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30663 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-portrait-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-portrait-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-portrait.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-1024x891.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Selina Zhang with banner of recognition\" class=\"wp-image-30681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-1024x891.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-1536x1337.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Selina-Zhang-recognition-2048x1783.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NHHS Principal Dr. Greg Cottrell and Assistant Principal Ms. Stacy Ditze (far left) formally recognized Selina&#8217;s achievement with a certificate and banner on January 30th. Selina is joined by science teacher Ms. Felicia Ledogar who nominated her for the award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to NHHS senior Selina Zhang who was named by the Society for Science as one of 40 Finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024! This is the nation\u2019s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Selina was selected for her project titled, ArTreeficial: A Novel AI-Integrated Solution to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-north-news","8":"category-news-archive","9":"category-top-news","10":"entry","11":"override"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/files\/2024\/01\/Regeneron-Finalist.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 02:57:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30642"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30686,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30642\/revisions\/30686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}