Jenny Liu Honored

Orange resident Jenny Liu received the Connecticut Technology Council’s 2011 Youth Innovation and Leadership Award from the Council’s Women of Innovation program.

Jenny was one of ten women honored March 31 during the seventh annual Women of Innovation awards dinner at The Aqua Turf in Southington.

The awards program, sponsored by the Connecticut Technology Council, recognizes women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. In addition to women in the workforce, students at both the high school and college level  also were recognized.

Jenny is a student at Amity Regional High School. She has studied human-robot interaction at the Yale University Social Robotics Lab. She has been recognized for her advanced science skills, and was honored last month in Washington D.C. as one of the 40 Finalists for the Intel Science Talent Search.

Also, as a result of her exceptional academics, Jenny  was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from Covidien.

“Many of Connecticut’s most extraordinary and talented women working in technology are in attendance tonight,” said Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. “This awards event allows us to recognize these exceptional innovators and leaders, while also introducing them to a professional network of peers who are equally accomplished.”