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August 15, 2024 - Time
Heman Bekele Is TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year
April 13, 2022 - Forbes
This Is The Key To Breakthrough Innovation, According To 3M Scientist
November 2, 2021 - Patch
Marietta Teen Places 2nd In National Young Scientist Competition
October 28, 2021 - THE Journal
2021 Young Scientist Challenge Winners Named
October 15, 2021 - Thrive Global
Are You America’s Next Top Young Scientist? 3M and Discovery Education Think You Just Might Be!
September 6, 2021 - Authority Magazine
Young Change Makers: Why and How Anika Chebrolu Is Helping To Change Our World
August 12, 2021 - District Administration
Using project-based learning during remote instruction
July 8, 2021 - Tysons Reporter
Great Falls seventh-grader wins prize for electric vehicle charging science experiment
July 7, 2021 - Chicago WGN9
Naperville student competes in 3M Young Scientist Challenge
July 7, 2021 - Chicago Tribune
Bezaire Recipient of 3M Scholarship
July 1, 2021 - Friday
Gitanjali Rao, Time’s Kid of the Year, is using AI to fight cyberbullying
June 29, 2021 - The Atlanta
Voice Marietta Teen finalist in 3M Young Scientist Challenge
June 29, 2021 - Times Journal
Fort Payne student named state winner in nation’s premier middle school science competition
December 3, 2020 - Global Citizen
2017 3M YSC Winner Gitanjali Rao: Named TIME’s First-Ever ’Kid of the Year'
July 11, 2019 - Forbes
Children Rising: Meet The Earth's Future Custodians
July 11, 2019 - Fast Company
These 10 middle-schoolers are inventing new ways to change the world
May 1, 2018 - Brains On Podcast
MN Public Radio What's in your water?
March 18, 2018 - The Washington Post
Spring into action for these contests
March 13, 2018 - Brandpoint
Stemming the leak: 4 ways to encourage stem in your middle schooler
Press Releases
October 16th, 2024
14-year-old named America's Top Young Scientist for inventing an AI handheld pesticide detectorJune 27, 2024
3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2024 National FinalistsJune 26, 2024
3M and Discovery Education Recognize 26 State Merit Winners and Four Honorable Mentions in 2024 3M Young Scientist ChallengeJanuary 16, 2024
Search Begins for 2024 America’s Top Young ScientistOctober 11th, 2023
14-year-old named America's Top Young Scientist for development of skin cancer treatmentJune 27, 2023
3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2023 National FinalistsJune 26, 2023
3M and Discovery Education Recognize 24 State Merit Winners and 4 Honorable Mentions in 2023 3M Young Scientist ChallengeMay 24, 2023
3M and Discovery Education Name 10 Grant Recipients Supporting Nation's Young ScientistsOctober 19th, 2022
14-Year-old from California Named America's Top Young ScientistJuly 7th, 2022
3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2022 National Finalists and Honorable MentionsJune 27th, 2022
3M and Discovery Education Recognize 31 State Merit Winners in 2022 3M Young Scientist ChallengeOctober 20th, 2021
3M Names America's Top Young Scientist of 2021: 14-Year-Old Sarah Park, for Music Therapy Treatment to Improve Mental HealthJune 24th, 2021
3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2021 National Finalists and Honorable MentionsJune 23rd, 2021
3M and Discovery Education Announce State Merit Winners in the 2021 3M Young Scientist ChallengeOctober 14th, 2020
America’s Top Young Scientist of 2020: 14-Year-Old Researches Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Virus to Develop Novel Antiviral Drug to Combat Spread of COVID-19