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Keeping It Cool: Student Presents Innovation at Conference

While working at Johns Hopkins BioBank over the summer of 2024, Tyler Olson ’25 developed an indicator device to ensure biospecimen samples remain at the correct temperature while out of the freezer. In November, he presented at a conference in Florida.

Senior Scores a Tai-Win in Linguistics

Ethan Reames ’25 earned the sixth highest score in the North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO), securing him one of eight spots at the 22nd International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) in Taipei, Taiwan in July of 2025.

Gilman Celebrates Awards Day 2025

Gilman recognized many Upper School students for achieving excellence in various pursuits, including academics, athletics, the arts, and service, during the annual Awards Day Ceremony on May 19.

Lawrence Du at the Upper School Winter Instrumental Concert in December 2024.

Classical violinist Lawrence Du '28 will perform at Carnegie Hall on July 27, 2025, as a member of the National Youth Orchestra, the nation’s premier youth orchestra. A European tour will follow. 

Battle of the Books 2025

Teams of fifth through eighth grade students competed in the Battle of the Books against several area independent schools on April 29–30, 2025, hosted at Glenelg Country School. One fifth grade team came in third place!

Maggie Schneider (BMS '27) and Ben Feng '26

Since being accepted to the extremely selective Juilliard Pre-College program last semester, Gilman's Ben Feng ’26 and Bryn Mawr's Maggie Schneider ’27 have spent each Saturday traveling to New York City to play alongside some of the most talented young musicians in the country and work with and learn from world-class faculty.

Spring 2025 Cum Laude Society Induction. Photos by Steve Ruark '96.

At the spring Cum Laude induction ceremony on April 4, a dozen seniors were inducted, completing the full class of Gilman’s Cum Laude chapter for 2025. Dr. Ted DeWeese, professor of oncology and urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, gave the keynote address.