64 students presented 57 papers at this year's Tri-State JSHS symposium. We were delighted to welcome South Dakota back to the competition this year! The following awards were won:

	Advancing to National JSHS     1st place - Gavin Ovsak     2nd place - Dan Mokhtari     3rd place - David Campeau & Spencer Berglund     4th place - Eric Chien (not attending)     4th place - Riya Madan     5th place - Katherine Paulsen
	Advancing to AJAS     1st place - Somer Drummond     2nd place - Jean Leighton     alternate - Tim Youtz	Oustanding Achievement:     Matthew Crocker     Max Keller     Kara Lillehaug & Kristina Tester     Cathryn Manduca     Logan Pallin     Bethany Rosemore & Ben Scheuer

71 students presented 61 papers at this year's Tri-State JSHS symposium. The event was expanded this year to include 14 additional presentations and 5 additional awards. The following awards were won:

	Advancing to National JSHS     1st place - Stephen Trusheim     2nd place - Travis Spangler     3rd place - Michael Cherkassky     4th place - Sierra     Danforth & Sahar Hakim-Hashemi     5th place - Michael Crump
	Advancing to AJAS     1st place - Emily Nimmer     2nd place - Sharmila Ahmed     alternate - Lena Swander     alternate - David & Neil Erdahl	Oustanding Achievement:     Anushua Bhattacharya     Madelaine Taft-Ferguson     Daniel Mokhtari     Raghav Chandra     Riya Madan

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53 students presented 46 papers at this year's Tri-State JSHS symposium. The event was expanded this year to provide a full callback round. The callback judges had a very difficult time ranking the amazing presentations these students did. At long last, they decided on the following placement:

Advancing to National JSHS 1st place - Kate Weegman 2nd place - Steve Trettel 3rd place - Daniel     Mokhtari & Stephen Trusheim 4th place - Nicholas Derrico 5th place - Melody Hu

Advancing to AJAS 1st place - Michael Zaiken 2nd place - Madelaine Taft-Ferguson 3rd place - Brandon Law 4th place - Catherine Ishitani 5th place - Elaine Ayers

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	Results of National JSHS Out of 97 papers presented at the National Symposium, 18 winners are chosen in 6 categories.
		Congratulations to New Prague's Stephen Trettel who won 1st place and a $16,000 scholarship!
		Congratulations to Winona's Kate Weegman who won 3rd place and a $2,000 scholarship!
		Congratulations also go to to Breck School's Daniel Mokhtari and Stephen Trusheim who won gift certificates for their poster presentation!

From 21 Open Competition entrants, 10 were chosen to compete at this year's JSHS competition. They joined 45 students from regional fairs for an educational evening that covered a wide range of scientific discilines.

1st - Steve Trettel

2nd - Mitch & Matt Weegman

3rd - Brandon Lew

4th - Elaine Ayers

5th - Kate Weegman

1st - Steve Trettel

2nd - Carl Turner

3rd - Mitch & Matt Weegman

4th - James Hanson

5th - Amy Tierney

2003 First Place Winner Jordan Meehl with Program Manager Kristi Shepherd	2003 First Alternate Adam Hahn with Program Manager Kristi Shepherd	2003 Second Alternate Erik Mundahl with Program Manager Kristi Shepherd
2003 Third Alternate Michael Barany with Program Manager Kristi Shepherd	2003 Fourth Alternate Ning Zhou with Program Manager Kristi Shepherd	2003 First Place Winner Jordan Meehl with his Advisor Roxanne Stensvad

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The Minnesota Academy of Science hosted the 2002 Tri-State Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) in October, 2002 at Macalester College. Part of a national program that reaches over 10,000 students and teachers, the symposium brings together young scientists to discuss concepts and ideas with experts from a wide range of disciplines. This year's 37 high school student participants from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota were selected from more than 200 students who presented oral and written results of their research investigation at regional and state levels.

Students presented research findings to an audience of about 340 people, including their peers, volunteers, teachers, advisors, family members and judges from academia, government and industry. In addition to the paper presentations at Macalester, event highlights included the popular Breakfast with the Scientists where students had the opportunity to ask questions and explore career options with working scientists At the Student Choice Award Poster Sessions, the young scientists got to select their own favorites in categories ranging from best research to most likely to win a Nobel Prize. The program also included a visit to the Minnesota Science Museum, a MAS educational partner.

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is sponsored by the United States Army and Navy.

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