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Friday, October 27, 2017
Vol. 5, No. 43
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Manhasset junior earns Siemens honor
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Baokun Gu one of five North Shore students honored as regional finalist BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I Five North Shore students were honored last week as regional ďŹ nalists in the 2017 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Regional ďŹ nalists in the competition include Austin Lee of Roslyn High School, Sahith Vadada of Herricks High School, Rushikesh Patel, also of Herricks, Vedant Singh of the Wheatley School and Baokun Gu of Manhasset High School. All regional ďŹ nalists receive a $1,000 prize. Students from Great Neck South High School, Herricks High School, Manhasset High School, North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Roslyn High School and the Wheatley School were among the 56 Long Island students named as semiďŹ nalists. “It is a huge honor to be named a regional ďŹ nalist in such a competitive state with lots of talented
researchers,â€? Lee said. “I had lots of people who helped me with the entire experience — my partners who co-authored our paper, my 11th grade biology, physics, and English teachers, my research mentor and my parents — whom I’m all very thankful for. This past summer was deďŹ nitely a summer well spent.â€? Lee was honored as part of a team, including Garden City senior Alan Jian and Caitlyn Chen of the Spence School in Manhattan, for a project called “Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Anti-Cancer Maleic Anhydride Derivatives for the Treatment of Cancers.â€? The team attempted to ďŹ nd the basis for a costeective treatment for colon cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by synthesizing derivatives of a compound known as maleic anhydride. Vincent Yao of Roslyn High School was also honored as a semiďŹ nalist. Herricks High School boasted four semiďŹ nalists, Shifa Ali, Ryan Continued on Page 79
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Fawzia Koofi, left, the first female Parliament speaker in Afghanistan, signs a copy of her book, “The Favored Daughter,� for Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock congregant Elaine Peters. See story on page 2.
2 Manhasset teens charged with car thefts with a series of thefts of and from vehicles on the North Shore dating to August. They were linked to thefts Two 16-year-old brothers from Manhasset and another of cars from Great Neck, Thomman from New Cassel were ar- aston and Manhasset, among rested and charged this week other places, the police said.
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Issac Brown of Manhasset was charged with burglary, second-degree burglary, four counts of grand larceny, six counts of second-degree grand larceny, ďŹ ve counts of third-deContinued on Page 67
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