Louisiana Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) Program is jointly sponsored by the United States Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force, in cooperation with leading research universities throughout the nation. Students who compete in the regional symposium by presenting their original research are eligible for valuable awards. At each of the forty-eight regional competitions, three finalists
are eligible to receive scholarship awards totaling $4,500 (awarded at $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000). Five regional finalists are awarded an expense-paid trip to the National Symposium to compete for scholarship awards totaling $24,000.
Congratulations to the 2013 La-JSHS Scholarship Recipients!
1st Place: Henry Lin: Caddo Parish Magnet High School
Cool Core Bias in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Selected to Present at the National Symposium
2nd Place: Joan Liu: Caddo Parish Magnet High School
Sensitizing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Taxol with Shikonin by Targeting Oncometabolite PMK2 in Human Breast Cancer Cells
Selected to Present at the National Symposium
3rd Place: Marianne Kornikoff, St. Joseph's Academy
Molecular Hydrogen and Far-Ultraviolet Extinction Due to Dust
Selected for Poster Presentation at the National Symposium
Special Recognition:
Sarah Brantley, Airline High School (Selected to attend National Symposium)
Christine Hennigan, Captain Shreve High School (Selected to attend National Symposium)
Anna Leskova, Caddo Parish Magnet High School (First Place, Poster Presentation)
If you have questions about how to become involved in JSHS, please email or contact us at (225) 578-6672.
An example of a student presentation courtesy of DoDDS Dependents Schools- Europe and the National JSHS Program.
Contact Us:
LSU Continuing Education
1225 Pleasant Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-6672
lajshs@outreach.lsu.edu
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