Chappaqua senior's brain research takes top honors
Photo credit: Handout (left) and Xavier Mascarenas | Left: Jiayi Peng of Horace Greeley High School, who wowed a panel of judges at Carnegie Mellon University with her research on brain signaling. She goes to Washington to compete for a $100,000 scholarship with kids across the nation. Right: Daniel McQuaid, a senior from Ossining who researched a molecular compound that attacks cancer.
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A Chappaqua senior took home the top prize in a regional science and technology competition Saturday and will head to Washington, where she'll compete against kids from across the nation for a shot at a $100,000 scholarship.
Jiayi Peng of Horace Greeley High School wowed a panel of judges at Carnegie Mellon University with her research on brain signaling. The project was part of the Siemens...
