High school students from 11 schools across Arkansas presented research projects in high-level math and science disciplines, the results of their participation in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock High School Research Program.
The program pairs high school students with a UALR scientist for one-on-one mentoring in a focused research environment. The mentoring guides the high academic achieving students in selecting the high school courses needed to pursue future careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Providing informal peer mentoring by engaging students in faculty research projects allows high school students to establish early contact with college students and professors in specific areas of their interest.
The three-week residential experience comes at no cost to the participants. Students from the central Arkansas area who attended include Shelton Hale of Parkview High School, and Priyanka Murali and Helio Liu from Little Rock Central High School. Students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts include William Anthony, Jesse Thomason, Megan Trett, Andrew Seel, and Jake Berry. Other students include Stephen Sivils from Arkadelphia High School and Karan Batra of Bentonville High School.