Project by: Nika Marohnic (12th Grade), Sophie Kielian (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy and Shafeiq We wanted to continue our study of psychology and neuroscience that we started in our honors project last year. We wanted to study why individuals often perform below their abilities when they are under pressure. We […]
Month: October 2019
Teen Anxiety in the 21st Century
Project by: Aidhan Astrachan (11th Grade), Cole Dorsey (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Alexis Kahan Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Michelle Blackwell, Preethi Thomas-McKnight Teen anxiety is not an isolated issue to a certain type of person or a certain group of people, it is something that affects everyone, especially teens. We set to learn about the various stereotypes […]
Film photography and mixed media
Project by: Sara Brodsky (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kara I created a mixed media and photography portfolio that included both portrait photography, street photography and experimental photography. I have been shooting film and digital photography for quite a while and I wanted to try to organize my work into a portfolio. […]
Analyzing Raquel Rivera’s Writing
Project by: Ricky Castillo (10th Grade), Z Fluger (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Calvin W. Student(s)’s Advisor(s): James French, Pat Higgiston Please write a description of the project you are proposing. Why do you want to take this on, and what do you hope to learn? After reading “Sometimes America” by Raquel Salas Rivera I found […]
The Role of Money in the NFL
Project by: Josh Sapira (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Jess Prohias Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess In this project, I will research the payrolls of various Superbowl winning teams to see what strategies they use that separate them from the rest of the NFL. Through this project, I want to better my understanding of statistics and how […]
Exploring Psychosocial Problems in Adolescence
Project by: Alessandro Pearlroth (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Karyn Silverman Over the summer, I took an Adolescent Psychology course at Cornell where I explored the many aspects of what adolescence is and how it affects an individual socially, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically. An area that I was particularly attracted to was […]
