SU program helps younger Onondaga County students advance in STEM field Courtesy of Malea Perkins Isabella Perkins, who has participated in the Science and Technology Entry Program since sixth grade, spent two years conducting a research project on the flu vaccine. Facebook Google+ The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Not many Cicero-North Syracuse High School students can say they spent two years conducting a research project on the flu vaccine and attending networking events with prominent members of the STEM field. But C-NS senior Isabella Perkins received all those opportunities from a Syracuse University program.