ValhallaBear said:
Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
ValhallaBear said:
Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:
4. She won a pretty impressive science contest.
In 2007, Ocasio-Cortez won a prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in microbiology. The ISEF isn't your standard panorama-filled science fair: It's the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world. She entered in her senior year of high school with a project on Caenorhabditis elegan (C. elegan) lifespan extension, with her findings indicating that "antioxidants could potentially help prevent degenerative illnesses induced by oxidative stress."
ISEF alumni including Nobel Prize winner
Paul Modrich (1964), and National Medal of Science winners
Richard Zare (1957),
Susan Solomon (1972), and
James Gunn(1957).[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_International_Science_and_Engineering_Fair#cite_note-7][7][/url] Other alumni include inventor
Alex Deans (2013),[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_International_Science_and_Engineering_Fair#cite_note-8][8][/url] SUNY Chancellor
Kristina M. Johnson (1975),[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_International_Science_and_Engineering_Fair#cite_note-9][9][/url] CRISPR researcher
Feng Zhang,[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_International_Science_and_Engineering_Fair#cite_note-10][10][/url] and Congresswoman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (2007).[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_International_Science_and_Engineering_Fair#cite_note-11][11][/url]
Thats a pretty impressive list. Of course it might not compare to the list of top ten posters here on Sic'em.