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Indonesian students among winners of World Robot Olympiad

The team created a model robot called ZOID.

4 years ago
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Transgender pupil's suicide unites France school

A school in northern France on Friday paid tribute to a 17-year-old transgender pupil who killed herself earlier in the week, with pupils calling for greater tolerance from officials. ...

4 years ago
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Apple Developer Academy in Indonesia holds graduation with virtual event

The students had to adapt to virtual lessons and collaborated with each other over distance. ...

4 years ago

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Indonesian students win Asia Pacific animation competition in Taiwan

Teams of students from Surya University in Tangerang, Banten, and Indonesia Computer University (Unikom) in Bandung, West Java, have reportedly won the Asiagraph Reallusion Award 2017 (ARA) in Taiwan.

7 years ago
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Jakarta students win silver, bronze in Moscow sci-tech olympiad

A team of students from Jakarta has won third place at the 2nd International Olympiad of Metropolises in Moscow, Russia, where 400 participants from 36 cities across 26 countries competed on Sept. 4 to 9. 

7 years ago
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Indonesian student wins youth debate on human rights in Bangkok

A student of the University of Indonesia (UI), Catherine, was among the five winners of the 4th annual ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Youth Debate, held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sept. 4 to 6.

7 years ago
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Three Asian universities among top 30 schools for 1st time: Rankings

Three Asian universities made it into this year's top-30 schools for the first time in an influential ranking of the world's best-performing 1,000 universities released Tuesday.

7 years ago
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Rubik’s Cube new world record set by 15-year-old

A new world record for the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s Cube was set by a fifteen-year-old boy named Patrick Ponce.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students recognized at memory championship in Hong Kong

Two Indonesian students were awarded Grandmaster Memory titles at the International Asia Memory Championship in Hong Kong on Aug. 26-27.

7 years ago
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Four Indonesian students bring home medals from earth science olympiad

Four Indonesian students have brought home seven medals following their participation in the 11th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO).

7 years ago
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Singapore students suffer from high levels of anxiety: Study

Singapore students may be topping the charts in mathematics, science and reading, but it is exacting a heavy emotional price on them.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students win gold, silver medals at math competition in Bulgaria

Seven Indonesian students have come away winners at the International Mathematics Competition for university students held at the American University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria on July 31 - Aug. 6. 

7 years ago
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Indonesian students shine at international math competition in India

An Indonesian team of junior high school students stole the show at the India International Mathematics Competition (InIMC) in Lucknow, India, on July 25-31.

7 years ago
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Indonesian student wins gold at International Biology Olympiad

The Indonesian Biology Olympiad team on Sunday took home a gold medal, two silver and one bronze after a week-long competition at the 2017 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Warwick, England.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students recognized in Japan exhibition for young inventors

Indonesian students have brought home two gold, two silver and one bronze medals as well as special awards from the annual International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI) in Nagoya, Japan, which was held on July 27-29.

7 years ago
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IT, finance-related professions popular among young adults: Survey

Careers in information technology (IT) or finance, such as accountancy and banking, were cited as the popular dream jobs among young adults aged 17 to 23, according to a recent survey conducted by LinkedIn, a business and employment-oriented social networking platform.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students win gold, silver medals in International Physics Olympiad

Indonesian students won gold and silver medals in the annual International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), held in Yogyakarta from July 17 to 24.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students bring home silver medal in US robotic competition

Students from Islamic school TechnoNatura International Madrasah won a silver medal in the innovation category of FIRST Global Challenge, an international robotic competition for high school students in Washington DC, United States, held on July 16-18.

7 years ago
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11-year-old girl completes 'Seven Summits of Indonesia' challenge

Eleven-year-old Khansa Syahlaa has been named the youngest girl to complete the Seven Summits of Indonesia challenge after she successfully scaled the Carstensz Pyramid in Papua, the peak of which reaches 4,884 meters above sea level.

7 years ago
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Indonesian student wins gold medal at chemistry competition in Thailand

A student from SMA 8 state high school in Pekanbaru, Riau, has taken home the gold medal from the 49th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held in Bangkok form July 6-15.

7 years ago
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Youth science camp seeks to counter shortage of researchers in Indonesia

Indonesia lacks researchers compared to other Southeast Asian countries, according to Bambang Subiyanto, the vice chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).

7 years ago
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Indonesian student team wins bronze in international science tournament

The Indonesian team of six junior high school students has taken bronze in the 5th International Young Naturalists’ Tournament (IYNT) 2017 held from June 29 to July 4 and hosted by the Nanjing Foreign Language School in Nanjing, China.

7 years ago
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Australia encourages more Bali students to study Down Under

A new facility providing information for Indonesians seeking to study in Australia has been launched at Udayana University in Denpasar, Bali.

7 years ago
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ITB student to attend San Diego conference after winning geospatial award

A student of the Bandung Institute of Technology is set to attend the Esri User Conference in San Diego, California, US, on July 10 to 14 after winning the Esri Young Scholars Award 2017.

7 years ago
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1,280 students compete in National Science Olympics in Pekanbaru

As many as 1,280 students from across the country are competing for 420 medals at the National Science Olympics in Pekanbaru, Riau, which began this week.

7 years ago
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Ten-year-old coder of Indonesian descent amazes Apple CEO

A 10-year-old boy of Indonesian descent, Yuma Soerianto, reportedly impressed Apple CEO Tim Cook during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, United States, earlier this month.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students' tempeh experiment arrives in space

The oh-so-popular Indonesian food, tempeh, might someday feed astronauts and space explorers.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students reach highest North American peak

Three Indonesian students from Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, have made it to the top of Denali in Alaska.

7 years ago
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Tobacco use among US students dropped sharply in 2016: Study

Tobacco use among American middle and high school students -- especially electronic cigarette use -- declined sharply in 2016 from the year before following several years of strong growth, according to a study out Thursday.

7 years ago
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Engaging Indonesian youth as development partners

Engaging young people in policy and program development will build their leadership abilities, foster innovation and stimulate synergistic ideas and innovative energy from both adults and youth.

7 years ago
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Harvard revokes acceptances for students over obscene memes, racist jokes

The Harvard Crimson reports that at least 10 students have found themselves no longer eligible for acceptance into Harvard after it was proven that they had participated in a group chat that exchanged obscene memes, racist slurs, among other posts that mocked victims of sexual assault.

7 years ago
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Harvard student composes rap album for thesis

While just attending Harvard might be considered an achievement in itself, Obasi Shaw, a member of the class of 2017, has submitted Harvard’s very first rap thesis.

7 years ago
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Indonesian students win folklore competition in Bulgaria

A team of students from state high school SMAN 28 Jakarta have been named the Grand Prix winners in the II World Cup of Folkore – Veliko Tarnovo 2017.

7 years ago
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