Westchester Intel Science Talent Search finalists miss cut
Photo credit: Evelyn Hockstein | Jiayi Peng,17, from Horace Greeley High School, is a finalist at the Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington. (March 12, 2013)
Jiayi Peng said the best thing about being a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search was chatting with researchers at Intel and Oracle, among the brightest minds in science.
"Over pancakes at breakfast, we talk about biology. The conversations are amazing," Peng said. "I feel like I've learned more this week than in a semester at school."
The 17-year-old Horace Greeley student was...
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