Student news: Carnegie Science honors, dean's list, community outreach and more

Science award

Smrithi Shyam of Shady Side Academy was awarded third place in the senior chemistry category of the Carnegie Science Center’s Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair in March. Smrithi’s project was titled “Extracting Amygdalin (a Cyanide Precursor) from Various Fruit Seeds.”

College graduates

• Andrew Fugh graduated from Lehigh University on May 24. Fugh earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree with high honors.

• Anthony Cordaro graduated from Lehigh University on May 24. Cordaro earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in marketing, with honors.

• Sean McCoy graduated from Lehigh University on May 24. McCoy earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree.

Dean’s list

• David Sullivan, a nursing major from the Fox Chapel Area, was named to the dean’s list at Saint Francis University. Students who receive an honors distinction must have full-time status and attain a QPA of 3.5 on 12 or more credits during a single semester, with no continuing or incomplete grades to be named to the dean’s list.

• The following Fox Chapel area students were named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University during the spring semester for outstanding academic achievement. A student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean’s list recognition. They are: Mia Hursh, class of 2023; Clara McCormick, class of 2023; Megan McInerney, class of 2022; and Serena Smith, class of 2022.

SSA students raise money for trangender people

Shady Side Academy junior Braden Crow and members of the school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) raised $552 through a T-shirt sale and bake sale for Point of Pride, a volunteer-run nonprofit that works to assist transgender people in need.

Students designed and printed T-shirts featuring the GSA logo using the in-house equipment in the Senior School’s Glimcher Tech & Design Hub, which enabled the club to donate 90% of each T-shirt sale to Point of Pride, rather than 60% if they had printed the shirts through an external vendor.

The club raised an additional $192 by hosting a bake sale.