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and Humanities Symposium
1996 in Review
The 18th Annual Illinois Junior Science & Humanities Symposium was held on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) on March 24-26, 1996. The program was made possible through the cooperative efforts of the U.S. Army and Navy, The Academy of Applied Science, and the College of Science at SIUC. Additional program support at SIUC was provided by Army ROTC, College of Agriculture, College of Engineering, and SIU School of Medicine.
Twenty teachers and 74 students participated in the 1996 Illinois JSHS program, and represented 21 schools from 19 counties. The school represented include:
- Bethany High School, Bethany, IL
- Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale, IL
- Crescent-Iroquois High School, Crescent City, IL
- Dunlap High School, Dunlap, IL
- Elverado High School, Elkville, IL
- Grant Park High School, Grant Park, IL
- Heritage High School, Broadlands, IL
- Herrin High School, Herrin, IL
- Mattoon High School, Mattoon, IL
- McLeansboro High School, McLeansboro, IL
- Midland High School, Varna, IL
- Morris Community High School, Morris, IL
- Mt. Pulaski High School, Mt. Pulaski, IL
- Northwestern High School, Sciota, IL
- Reed-Custer High School, Braidwood, IL
- Rochester High School, Rochester, IL
- Sesser-Valier High School, Sesser, IL
- Southeastern High School, Augusta, IL
- St. Anne Community High School, St. Anne, IL
- St. Bede Academy, Peru, IL
- Villa Grove High School, Villa Grove, IL
Ashley Blasdell of Rochester High School won the regional competition with her paper presentation "Characteristics associated with alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among teenagers." Carolyn Long, Ashley's sponsoring teacher, received the Faculty Award. Ashley presented her paper at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in San Diego, California, April 25-28, 1996.
Five finalists from the IJSHS research paper presentations were awarded expense-paid trips to the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in San Diego, California, April 25-28, 1996. The five finalists, their schools, their sponsoring teachers, and the titles of their papers are:
- Ashley Blasdell, Rochester High School, Carolyn Long, "Characteristics associated with alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among teenagers"
- DeAnna Clough, Rochester High School, Carolyn Long, "Effects of thermal insulation on heat penetration"
- Rajeev Garg, St. Bede Academy, Rev. Bernard Horzen, "The dangers of sunglasses"
- Rekha Mody, Rochester High School, Carolyn Long, "Bioremediation of Phenol by Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter bacteria"
- Ulas Sevim, Carbondale Community High School, Cynthia Young, "Determining the effects of compost on corn growth"
Gita Mody of Rochester High School won 1st place in the Poster Session with "Comparison of ploidy studies by image analysis to those by flow cytometry."
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