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.
