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Almost all Bronx Science graduates continue on to four-year colleges, and it is a "feeder school", with many graduates going on to Ivy League schools and other institutions of higher learning each year. [33] Bronx Science has counted 132 finalists in the Regeneron (formerly Intel) Science Talent Search, the largest number of any high school. [34]
Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938 as a specialized science and math high school for boys, by resolution of the Board of Education of the City of New York, with Morris Meister as the first principal of the school. They were given use of an antiquated Gothic-gargoyled edifice located at Creston Avenue and 184th Street.
Morris Meister (1895 - 1975) was a science educator and administrator who was the founder and first principal of the Bronx High School of Science as well as the first president of Bronx Community College. [3] [4] He is noteworthy for his support and application of laboratory-based methods in science education as well as interdisciplinary study.
The Bronx High School of Science counts nine Nobel Prize recipients as graduates. Seven of these Nobel laureates received their prize in the field of physics. Robert J. Lefkowitz was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Leon N. Cooper (1947), co–developer of BCS theory; namesake of Cooper pairs [10] [91]
Info: The Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights will be open to the public from 4:30 to 9 p.m. on select dates until Jan. 5. Opening dates can be found on the Bronx Zoo website .
Dr. Alexander Taffel (born in Odessa, Russia; died January 19, 1997, Riverdale, Bronx) [1] was the second principal of the Bronx High School of Science, a long-time physics teacher and author of three textbooks in Physics. He is a recipient of the NBC Award for Public Service.
New York’s Finest suffered a startling 4,600 injuries at the hands of violent suspects in the first nine months of 2024 – the most since the NYPD started keeping such statistics in 2016.
No, of course not. Driving blind would be reckless. You wouldn't know if you were on the right road, how much fuel you had, if there was a problem with your car, or if there was danger up ahead.