The Independent Science Research Program recently had the honor of (virtually) hosting Professor Bruce Kirchoff, author of the program's textbook, Presenting Science Concisely. During his visit, Professor Kirchoff presented his research on plant morphology in Zingiberales, the order of plants that contains bananas and ginger.
Read MoreHackley alum Sandy Mattei ’10 recently returned to the Hilltop to speak to students in the Independent Science Research Program.
Read MoreHackley juniors Katherine Chen and Aniketh Arvind competed among 349 other finalists at the 2023 International Genius Olympiad held at the Rochester Institute of Technology from June 12 to 16.
Read MoreOn June 3, seven sophomores from Hackley’s Independent Science Research Program joined more than 600 students from the region to present their work at the Somers Science Fair, the nation’s only science fair dedicated to first-year science research students.
Read MoreFrom May 13 to 19, Noah Nager ’23 and Aniketh Arvind ’24 of Hackley’s Independent Science Research Program joined more than 1,600 students from 64 countries at the Regeneron-International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Dallas, Texas.
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program recently hosted Adjunct Professor and Associate Research Scientist Michelle Levine ‘96, as a guest speaker. During her visit, Michelle described her current research project focused on the ability to tell a lie from a truth, and her software platform that can train people to become better lie detectors.
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program (ISRP) was excited to host Stephen Zak ’16 as a guest speaker. During his visit, Stephen taught students the fundamentals of knee replacement surgeries and discussed his published clinical research paper.
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program (ISRP) recently had the pleasure of hosting Hackley alumnus Kiegan Lenihan ’15 as a guest speaker. Kiegan is currently working at Carbon3D in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is applying geometry and mathematics to drastically improve 3-D printing technology.
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program (ISRP) was excited to host ISRP alumnus Josh Zhang ’19 as a virtual guest speaker. During his visit, Josh presented his recent research at Notre Dame on combination treatments for pancreatic cancer. What was particularly exciting is that there was a direct connection between his current research with the acute pancreatitis research he completed while in ISRP at Hackley!
Read MoreDuring spring break, nine of our Independent Science Research Program students presented their research at the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) and the NY State Science and Engineering fair (NYSSEF). They won a total of 14 awards, including two finalist spots for the International Genius Olympiad and two finalist spots for the International Science and Engineering Fair!
Read MoreIndependent Science Research Program students Kiran Marfatia '23 and Akshi Khowala '23 joined more than 150 students in the Westchester Rockland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in January.
Read MoreHackley is proud to announce that Independent Science Research Project senior Vihaan Dheer was recognized as a Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar for his project entitled, “The Optimization of Flux Trajectories for the Adiabatic Controlled-Z Gate on Split-Tunable Transmons.”
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program (ISRP) had the honor of hosting former ISRP and Hackley alumnus Josh Saha ’19 as a guest speaker.
Read MoreThe Independent Science Research Program welcomed Michael Quan as its first guest speaker of the year on Oct. 31.
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