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Science Students' Paper Published in Professional Journal

Papa and Smyth conducted their research through Long Beach High School program.

Long Beach High School students Arianne Papa and Jane Smyth had their joint research published in the Summer 2011 issue of Clear Waters Magazine, a publication of the New York Water Environment Association.

The article, entitled “Mussels, a Natural Approach to Sewage Treatment: Evaluating Geukensia demissa as Biofilters of Local Bay Pollution,” can be viewed at here. As an added honor, one of the photos Papa and Smyth submitted with their paper appeared on the cover of the magazine.

Papa and Smyth developed their research in the LBHS Science Research Program. During the 2010-2011 school year, the duo earned numerous awards for this same research, including a Second Place Grand Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and a gold medal at the I-SWEEEP international science competition.

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They also qualified to represent New York State at the national level of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition. They spent the summer in the Simons Research Fellowship Program at Stony Brook University, working on the Western Bays Project to reduce pollution in Nassau’s marshlands.

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