Hamlet JiaMingzhen and team won Silver at the Conrad Challenge China Chapter with SRINIVASA, a wearable device aiding scoliosis patients. Inspired by a classmate's struggle, they offer support and posture detection. With four million U.S. cases yearly, they're patenting SRINIVASA for wider use. more

Last week, NASA announced the names of the crew members who will fly the Artemis II mission in November 2024 . . . more

The Hewlett High School robotics teams continue to add awards to their trophy case, and their coach is being recognized for their success. more

There are very few people left who can answer the question, “Where were you when Pearl Harbor was bombed?” more

The Hewlett High School robotics team Roboboogie meets every Friday for six hours to prepare and discuss its plans for the season. Divided into … more

Hewlett High School seniors Anna Bromfeld and Brandon Lake with guidance from their adviser Susan Hanlon won the 13th annual Adelphi University Apprentice Challenge at the Garden City school on Nov. 15. more

Leeya Azemoun, Ibrahim Rasheed, Brian Chen and Ethan Abeler captured the CP Nassau seventh/eighth grade 2019 Trivia Challenge championship hosted by the Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County Feb. 25 to 28. Fellow Woodmere Middle School students Ayesha Taj, David Abeleu, David Kushnirsky and Rachel Chen competed in the finals of fifth/sixth grade level. Students in grades three to 12 from across Nassau County took part in the Trivia Challenge event and raised money for CP Nassau. Now in its 33rd year, the Trivia Challenge event helps raise money to benefit the programs and services CP Nassau provides for more than 1,500 children and adults with CP and other developmental disabilities.   more

From a classroom in Hewlett High School to basements across the Hewlett and Woodmere communities, high school students on the three robotics teams — Bionica, Innovo and Roboboogie — continue their tinkering as they prepare for the Long Island First Tech Challenge regionals at Smithtown High West on Feb. 11. more

Their wind turbines may be too small to power your home, but middle school students from Lawrence Middle School and Lawrence Woodmere Academy showed their scientific know-how as the Five Towns schools placed in five out of six categories at the KidWind Challenge at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City on Oct. 18. more

“It’s not just about the robot ­­­— we’re a family,” Nate Eisenberg, a junior builder from North Woodmere, said of Team Innovo. more