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Newport Students Headed to State Science Fair

Rogers High School announced its 2016 school science fair winners.

NEWPORT, RI—Newport has its 2016 local science fair winners and they're now ready to compete in the Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair on April 2 at the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick.

Here they are:

Engineering Mechanics
1st Place Team Category: Tasha Terrell and Pandora Walker
“Sink or Swim"

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Behavioral & Social Sciences
2nd Place Team Category Juliana DiMeglio and Molly Whitaker "The Effects of the Media and Social Norms on People’s Perception of Beauty"

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
1st Place Individual Category Chris Kemps "Java Kinematics Program"

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Biochemistry
Tie 2nd Place Individual Category Jordan Frederick “'Enzymes or No Enzymes? That’s the Question”

Biomedical and Health Science
Tie 2nd Place Individual Category Ivy Dickison "Could Raising Your Blood sugar Be Healthy?"

Photo caption: From left, Pandora Walker, Jordan Frederick, Chris Camps, Juliana DiMeglio, Molly Whitaker, Tasia Terrell, Ivy Dckison (not pictured)

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