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High School Student Engineers Ballet Shoe, Earns Trip to National Symposium
Noelani Ho, 17, will be headed to a national symposium in Dayton, Ohio from May 1 to 5.
A ballet pointe shoe that "lasts longer, is cheaper and more supportive" has earned Oak Park and River Forest High School student Noelani Ho, 17, first place in the Chicago Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at Loyala University in Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Ho is now headed to national symposium in Dayton, Ohio from May 1 to 5, according to the article.
The shoe she designed is meant to prevent injuries that dancers commonly endure, according to OakPark.com.
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Ho's project comes out of her work as a student in Oak Park River Forest High School's Investigative Research in Biomedical Innovation (IRBI) class, according to an Oak Park River Forest High School press release.
IRBI students have a year to generate an idea for a research project, find a mentor who is an expert in their chosen field, then conduct research and produce a 40-page paper, 12-minute PowerPoint presentation, and formal research poster.
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