Nearly 1,100 students representing nearly 120 schools throughout the region competed yesterday in Carnegie Science Centers 76th annual Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (PRSEF)one of the oldest and largest science fairs in the nation. This years participation was among the highest in the history of the local science fair. Awards totaled $1 million in cash and scholarships, and winners were announced at a ceremony at Heinz Field today.

Four students were selected to represent the region at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held May 10-15 in Pittsburgh. These young scientists are: Mihir Garimella, Fox Chapel Area High School, for his project Biologically Inspired Flying Sensor Platform for Emergency Response; Suvir Mirchandani and Konrad Urban, Fox Chapel Area High School, for Automated Illustration of Text to Improve Semantic Comprehension; and Anna Wan, Pittsburgh Allderdice (in Pittsburghs Squirrel Hill neighborhood), for Targeting Hippo-Regulated Cell Polarity in Breast Cancer.

ISEF will bring together nearly 1,700 students from 72 nations and territories to compete for scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips, and the grand prize: a trip to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm. Carnegie Science Center was instrumental in the selection of Pittsburgh to host ISEF in 2012, 2015, and 2018.

Suvir Mirchandani and Konrad Urban also were selected to receive Carnegie Science Awards in the senior division (Grades 9-12). Also selected were the Junior Division (Grade 6) team of Benjamin Bermann and James Votruba-Drzal, of Falk Laboratory School (in Pittsburghs Oakland neighborhood), for Future Energy: Algae Based Biofuel; and Haley Nichols, also of Falk Laboratory School, in the Intermediate Division (Grades 7-8), for Investigating the Health Benefits of Himalayan Sea Salt. Carnegie Science Awards, which recognize achievement in innovation, education, and entrepreneurship, will be conferred at a ceremony on May 8 at Carnegie Music Hall in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. Keynote speaker at todays PRSEF Awards Ceremony was Dr. Jeanne Van Briesen of Carnegie Mellon University, winner of the 2015 Carnegie Science Award in the Environmental category.

Among other honors, more than 125 students won Perseverance Awards for longevity of participation in PRSEF, and 19 universities awarded more than 100 scholarships.

2015 Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair First Place Category Award Winners

All first-place category award projects will be on display at Carnegie Science Center from now through Monday, April 6.

Junior (Grade 6)

Consumer Science Emma Malkin, Falk Laboratory School, Oakland section of Pittsburgh

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Investigation Discovery was among the Discovery Communications networks to unveil their new and returning slates for the 2015-16 upfront season. The network is adding seven new series including a trio with big names: Barbara Walters is hosting American Scandal, revealing never-before-heard details and personal insight from her most notorious interviews;Death By Gossip is produced and hosted by Wendy Williams and showcases the dark side of rumors where dishing the dirthas a deadly outcome;. andJoel Schumacher is executive producing Do Not Disturb, which takes a closer look atchilling cases of hotel murders.

Returning series include the Roseanne Barr-hosted Momsters: When Moms Go Bad and the previously announced Vanity Fair Confidential.

Science, coming of its most-watched quarter in the networks history in 2015, is addingnew series Geek Out Or Freak Out that is part game show and part science experiment; Short-Attention-Span Science;and Outrageous Acts Of Science spinoff Outrageous Acts Of Psych. Most important, the addictive How Its Madeand How Do They Do It return.

Discovery Life Channel is adding two more seasons of its top two series Untold Stories Of The ER beginning in fourth quarter 2015. It also unveiled the upcoming docuseries New Girl On The Block, set for an April 11 bow, the first series to profile a group of female friends in the transgender community, and Sex In Public following sex expert Jill Dictrow as she goes undercover to get unsuspecting pedestrians to dish about their private lives in public settings.

A look at the three networks full 2015-2016 slates:

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

NEW ORIGINAL SERIES

DEATH BY GOSSIP WITH WENDY WILLIAMS Hosted and executive produced by talk show host and media mogul Wendy Williams, DEATH BY GOSSIP showcases crimes fueled by rumors ripe with false details and half-truths, where idle gossip has turned dark and dangerous. Offices, gyms, and nosey neighborhoods all make for great rumor mills, until dishing the dirt ends with a deadly offense.

AMERICAN SCANDAL WITH BARBARA WALTERS In AMERICAN SCANDAL, television legend Barbara Walters revisits some of the most compelling stories she has covered in her career, taking viewers inside scandalous stories that captured the publics attention and sharing personal experiences and never before seen footage. In the six-part series, produced by ABCs Lincoln Square Productions, new details about the crimes committed by Jean Harris, Jim Bakker, Mark David Chapman and others are revealed by those closest to them.

SERIAL THRILLER In the heart of a terrorized community, SERIAL THRILLER propels viewers into a world of damage, untimely death and mystery. The three-part original scripted series, produced by October Films, follows a cast of intriguing characters, all on a collision course with fate. The lives of investigators, victims and associates intertwine as the mystery of one of Americas most notorious serial killers unravels.

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