Topic: Bronx High School of Science

February 24, 2017
10:31 pm

US President Barack Obama (L) presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to physicist Mildred Dresselhaus (R) during an East Room ceremony at the White House November 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, ‘Queen of Carbon,’ dies at 86

Jewish girl from the Bronx was an early pioneer in the field of nanoscience, paved the way for women scientists

By JTA

May 8, 2013
6:04 pm

Bronx Science sophomores Theresa Wang and Justin Wu examine artifacts at the school's Holocaust Museum and Studies Center. (photo credit: Courtesy of Bronx Science High School)

NY high school houses hands-on Holocaust museum

Famous for its Nobel Prize-winning laureates, the Bronx High School of Science is making headlines for its Holocaust Museum and Studies Center, a 35-year labor of love

By Renee Ghert-Zand

December 9, 2012
11:42 pm

Jewish graduates of New York City public schools have won Nobel Prizes in numbers that far exceed their tiny proportion of the overall population. (Per Thrana/MFA Norway via CC BY/Utenriksdep/Flickr.com)

New York Jews won’t stop winning Nobel Prizes

With two more accepting awards on Monday, Jews educated in the Big Apple are vastly overrepresented among winners of the world’s most prestigious honor

By Mark Schulte