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Meet Henry Xie: The 17-year-old Portland student whose method made smaller AI models more empathetic in at least 90% of tests

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Meet Henry Xie: The 17-year-old Portland student whose method made smaller AI models more empathetic in at least 90% of tests

A 17-year-old student from Portland, Oregon, has developed a two-step training method that helps small artificial intelligence models copy the empathetic communication style of much larger systems. The method achieved higher empathy ratings in at least 90 per cent of comparison tests. Henry Xie, a senior at Westview High School in Portland, created the computer … Read more

Who is Sara Larsen and why is the University of Utah student under fire? Charlie Kirk cake controversy explained

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Who is Sara Larsen and why is the University of Utah student under fire? Charlie Kirk cake controversy explained (X/@imelizabethlane)

A University of Utah student has publicly apologized after she came under fire for posing with a “Happy Kirkiversary” cake celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. Sara Larsen issued an apology after her photo went viral on social media. Who is Sara Larsen and why is the University of Utah student under fire? Charlie Kirk cake controversy … Read more

Who is Julie Kaputa? New York high school student suspended over coffee, challenges school’s new food policy

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A senior at a high school in New York faced suspension for bringing a cup of coffee to class, yet she contested the school administrators for implementing a new policy regarding outside food without informing the public. A New York student was suspended for violating a new policy against outside food. (Unsplash) Julie Kaputa recounted … Read more

Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

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Meet Kelly Liu: The 16-year-old San Jose student who used AI to map dirty air, put pollution sensors in underserved schools and helped push a countywide policy change

Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill that … Read more

Who is Venkateswara Chagamreddy? Indian student visa holder in US sentenced to prison fo 30 months in fraud case

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The US has sentenced Indian citizen Venkateswara Chagamreddy, who was living in the country on a student visa, to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud an elderly Vietnam veteran, the US Justice Department said. Indian student visa holder sentenced in US fraud case. (Representational photo) (Unsplash) Chagamreddy, 37, who … Read more

Kansas student lost his class ring during a snowball fight with his future wife: 53 years later, when campus workers dug it out, the couple happened to be passing through the city

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Kansas student lost his class ring during a snowball fight with his future wife: 53 years later, when campus workers dug it out, the couple happened to be passing through the city

Kansas student lost his class ring during a snowball fight with his future wife: 53 years later, when campus workers dug it out, the couple happened to be passing through the cityWhat are the odds of finding something lost for 53 years? Very slim. Now imagine it being discovered when its owner was driving through … Read more

Meet Daniel Zhang, the 17-year-old San Diego student who lost his grandmother to cancer at nine, then built a 72-card cancer game reaching 1,500 children

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Meet Daniel Zhang, the 17-year-old San Diego student who lost his grandmother to cancer at nine, then built a 72-card cancer game reaching 1,500 children

When Daniel Zhang was nine, cancer was something he could not understand. His grandmother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the months that followed were filled with hospital visits, treatments and questions that were difficult for a child to process. Years later, that experience would inspire the San Diego teenager to create something designed … Read more

Meet Claire Jiang, the 18-year-old New Jersey student diagnosed with juvenile arthritis in third grade who built a lab model of the disease; her research won $70,000

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Meet Claire Jiang, the 18-year-old New Jersey student diagnosed with juvenile arthritis in third grade who built a lab model of the disease; her research won $70,000

Claire Jian, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ (Source: Society for Science) An 18-year-old student who was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in primary school has won seventh place and a $70,000 award in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search for developing a new laboratory cell model of the disease. Claire Jiang, a senior at Bergen … Read more

Officer asked to show Outlook or Teams as evidence of working: OPT student shares domestic travel experience to New Mexico

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Officer asked to show Outlook or Teams as evidence of working: OPT student shares domestic travel experience to New Mexico

OPT student says immigration officer asked to see office email as evidence of their employment. (AI image) An OPT student has shared the questions they faced from an immigration officer when a friend’s group went to New Mexico for the long weekend earlier this month. The student said the group consisted of OPT and STEM-OPT … Read more

Meet Anvith Yalamanchili, the 17-year-old Dubai student who watched his brother’s school commute triple to 45 minutes and built a free carpool service that drew 1,000 sign-ups

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Meet Anvith Yalamanchili, the 17-year-old Dubai student who watched his brother’s school commute triple to 45 minutes and built a free carpool service that drew 1,000 sign-ups

Anvith Yalamanchili,17, has developed a car-pooling platform that has received institutional backing too from Damac When a student’s morning school journey in Dubai Sports City suddenly tripled from 15 minutes to 45 minutes after three new campuses opened nearby, his older brother decided to find a way to solve the traffic problem. Anvith Yalamanchili, a … Read more