(New York, NY—January 7, 2017) Nine High Tech sophomores, accompanied
by Dr. Nina Lavlinskaia and fellow science
instructor Joseph Ona, attended Rockefeller University’s 2017 Talking
Science event, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech
High School.
The following sophomores
attended Talking
Science: Elijah Conlin of Hoboken; Jersey
City resident Soleil Perez; Jillian Boyle and Andrew Tran of Kearny; North
Bergen resident Sarah Bacha; and Secaucus residents Carina Garcia, Smriti
Sukesh Kumar, Mahek Virani, and Ashley Luh.
Talking Science originated
in 1959 by Alfred E. Mirsky. This year’s event, introduced by Professor
Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., a pioneering immunologist, pediatrician, and
geneticist, and head of the St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of
Infectious Diseases, encompassed lectures on genetically-inherited
predispositions to infectious diseases and the way that they play a crucial
role in disease development. The High
Tech sophomores engaged directly in the event, and not a single student harbored
any ounce of regret attending Talking
Science.
The event encouraged students
to appreciate the communication aspect of scientific research, allowing fellow
colleagues to congregate together with a common interest and curiosity. Thanks
to the opportunity, the High Tech sophomores exposed themselves to
unprecedented concepts and thought-provoking questions rarely found in
textbooks.
By all means, High Tech
High School will always be welcomed by the programs of Rockefeller University.
Perhaps these engaging opportunities may propel aspiring individuals to achieve
and encourage the university’s motto: Scientia pro bono humani generis, Latin for “Science for the benefit
of humanity.”
