Technology, Culture and Society 2013 Competition Challenges
| Sustainable Urban Environments For high school juniors |
Science and Technology Studies For high school juniors |
Technology, Culture and Society For high school sophomores |
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| Title | Health and Design of Cities | Contexts: Biomedical Ethics | Contexts: Social Media and Technology |
| Contest | Teams of one to three students propose a plan to address changes in the near term that can change the design of New York City to improve health. | Individual research papers that consider the interactions among medicine, law, religion, and science. | Individual research papers that consider the interactions among social media and ethics. |
| Criteria | Address a broad or important, health issue based on scientific data.
Discuss what is being done now in New York City, if anything, to address your specific issue. Describe what you are proposing in order to effect change. This could be policy changes, design changes (urban design, architectural changes, transportation system design, design of information or other technological systems etc.) or some combination of these. |
Explain how medicine, law, science and technology are not isolated pursuits but are integrated into the society where they take place.
Describe the cultural context of medicine, law, science and technology while avoiding determinism (see FAQs page). Write clearly, document sources with Chicago style, and present papers that are error free. |
Explain how social media and technology are not isolated pursuits but are integrated into the society where they take place.
Describe the cultural context of social media while avoiding determinism (see FAQs page). Write clearly, document sources with Chicago style, and present papers that are error free. |
| Tracks | Projects may address: 1. Large-scale approaches: neighborhood to city-wide. 2. Small-scale approaches: individual homes, parks, buildings, blocks, etc. |
Research papers may address a medical, legal, scientific or technological topic in the past, present or future. Examples include: 1. Medicine, law, science and technology in everyday life. 2. Interaction among medical, scientific, legal and/or technological devices. 3. Globalization and cooperation. 4. The relationship between medical, legal, scientific and technological innovation and society. |
Research papers may address a social media and technology topic in the past, present or future. |
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Eligibility Special note: |
High school sophomores and juniors in the New York and New Jersey area. These are general topics only. Contest questions will be provided once you have registered online. |
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| Prizes | First place team in each competition receives a $1,000 award; second place team receives $500; and third place team receives $250. First, Second, and Third Place Trophies are given to the high schools of the team members; Finalists Plaques also given to the high schools. Each finalist is awarded a Polytechnic Institute of NYU scholarship to be used only at Polytechnic. Team members must be accepted to Poly to use the Polytechnic Scholarship. First place winners receive $20,000 in scholarship ($5,000/year); Second place winners receive $16,000 in scholarship ($4,000/year); Third place winners receive $12,000 in scholarship ($3,000/year) and remaining finalists receive $4,000 in scholarship ($1,000/year) | ||
| Finalists | Julia Medina and Layanah Nsouli "Dealing with a Fat City" Staten Island Technical High School Mentor: John Davis Tara Alexander, Fatima Hafiez, Dominique Etienne and Mofida Abdelmageed Ewa Przybylko and Emily Maj |
Nikita Bhatia "Is Gene Patenting Ethical" High Technology High School Mentor: Michael T. Roche Derek Qiu Sarah Stalerman Fatmira Curovic |
Ruby Guo "Advancements in Technology and Social Media: Stealthy Agents of Change" High Technology High School Mentor: Michael T. Roche Olivia Niedzialek |
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Winners |
First Place: Second Place: Third Place: |
First Place: Second Place: Honorable Mentions: Derek Qiu |
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The Department of Technology, Culture and Society would like to thank all participants of the 2013 TCS Essay Competition. Congratulations to the finalists and winners of this year's contest. |
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