Young scholar chosen for COSMOS program

Cooper Rodgers Cooper Rodgers was selected to participate in the University of California COSMOS program this summer, a residential academic experience for talented high school math and science students.

COSMOS strives to challenge the minds of prospective scientists, engineers, and mathematicians.

The program aims to create a community of students who participate in an intensive academic experience lead by distinguished educators and scholars.

Cooper was one of 20 students selected in a statewide competition to attend UC Irvine for a month to study global change chemistry and biology.

With his two partners, Cooper presented a research project on the accumulation of heavy metals in soil.

Cooper is an incoming senior at Agoura High School.

He has a varsity letter in wrestling and is a member of Agoura High's Heal

The Bay Club.

Cooper is an intern with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in the office of Natural Resources and Planning.