The Summer High-School Internships in Research Experiences, or SHIRE, celebrated its third cohort on July 16 with a showcase at Hillsboro High School. Students, in their own wordsIn the lab each morning, 11th-grade interns from Hillsboro High School, John Overton High School and Stratford STEM Magnet High School explored how to engineer water filters for rural Uganda, in partnership with The AYIN Project, a Middle Tennessee nonprofit dedicated to clean water solutions. Savannah Williams, a senior at John Overton High School, channeled her interest in true crime into a forensic psychology study, exploring how biases play into risk classifications in forensic risk assessments. Students in Vanderbilt’s Interdisciplinary Science and Research program are eligible for SHIRE. Learn more about ISR and other outreach opportunities for high school students and elementary/middle school students through Peabody’s Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach website.