Four Roslyn High School students have been named semifinalists in the 67th annual Intel Science Talent Search. The students and their projects are:

In the category of Medicine and Health:

Evan Babazadeh: "Vascular Cells Support Maintenance and Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Functional Sca1+Hematopoietic Cells."

In the Category of Behavioral and Social Science:

Jenna Kahn: "When the Third Degree Is Necessary: Do Pediatricians Obtain Enough Information to Detect Patients At Risk for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?"

Benjamin Wasserman: "Que? Quoi? Do Romance Languages promote Sexist Attitudes?"

Jonathan White: "An Analysis of the Relationship between Pressure and Performance in Major League Baseball Players."

Evan worked with Dr. Shahin Rafii at the Cornell University Weill Medical College and his high school advisor was Irena Tsarevsky. Jenna, Jon and Ben worked with Roslyn High School's research coordinator, Dr. Allyson Weseley.

Roslyn students have had an extraordinary record of success over the years in the Intel Science Talent Search (once known as the Westinghouse competition). At least one Roslyn student has been a semifinalist in 27 of the last 28 years and five Roslyn students have been national winners.

The semifinalists of the 67th Intel Science Talent Search were chosen from among 1,602 entrants representing 504 high schools in the United States. Each of the 300 semifinalists, as well as their schools, will receive awards of $1,000. From this group 40 finalists will be chosen to attend the Science Talent Institute in Washington, DC. from March 6-11. During their trip to Washington, the finalists will participate in a final judging process and share in $530,000 in scholarships. The top prize of a $100,000 scholarship will be announced on March 11.