Student Leader - Kwun Yee Eva Cen (age 16) - based in IL

As the FIFA World Cup officially came to its end, fans all over the world are still immersed in the excitement of unforgettable goals, dramatic turns and the moment when the Spanish team lifted the trophy. However, it is not hard to notice that all these memories are carried with the uprising music playing nonstop in the stadium. But what role does music actually play in such a significant event? Somehow, the World Cup hosted every four years has become a global playlist. When someone...

Officially spending a month into summer break, I came to realize something unexpected: taking a rest feels more overwhelming than studying The day I packed all my things and left campus for the airport, I imagined mornings without alarms and days that I only had to think about where to hang out instead of deadlines. For the first few weeks of summer break, everything happened exactly as I envisioned. I hung out with friends, traveled with my family, and slept in entirely doing absolutely...

Recently, my final project for calculus left a deep impression on me as is navigated through the creation of real life models using mathematical functions The project was an independent proposition, and everyone delivered something different. Me and my teammates decided to sketch out a heart and calculate the volume of it using Onshape. For this, we devoted much effort to choose the most suitable mathematical functions — parametric equations, surfaces of revolution, that whole thing — and...