Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently named Kirkland resident Hannah Brown as one of the winners of the Rensselaer Medal. Brown is this year’s honoree at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart High School in Bellevue.

The Rensselaer Medal, the oldest prize of its kind in the U.S., is awarded by more than 3,900 secondary schools throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The award is given to students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science. Medal winners must be a member of the junior class and the high school’s single-most promising science and mathematics student.

Each medalist who is accepted and subsequently enrolls at New York-based Rensselaer receives a scholarship of $60,000 payable in four yearly awards.