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Four Ukrainians won gold medals at the Genius Olympiad that took place at the State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego).
The competition lasted for three days, reported Mukachevo.net.
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Valentyn Frechka from Zakarpattia region won two awards: a gold medal in Science, as well as a Special Award that was given to him and another student from the United States. This award includes a scholarship to study at SUNY Oswego. For his invention of obtaining paper from fallen leaves, Frechka has already won a number of honors and awards in Ukraine and at international contests.
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Three more Ukrainians received gold medals: Kateryna Malkina for Science, and Stepan Netudykhatko and Nikita Furman in the Short Film category under Arts.
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Genius Olympiad promotes a global understanding of environmental issues and the achievement of sustainability through basic science, arts, creative writing, engineering, design and business development. The competition provides challenges and opportunities for secondary school students, to instill in them the skills and knowledge needed to be the citizens, leaders, scientists, artists, writers, engineers and policy makers of the future. GENIUS is an abbreviation for Global Environmental Issues and Us.
The Olympiad comprises of five categories: science, visual and performance arts, business, writing and robotics.
