High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County.

Yvette Jimenez, a 2015 Lexington graduate, has earned the Outstanding Colorado High School Educator award from the University of Colorado Boulder.

The hold on Harvard's funding marks the seventh time Trump's administration has attempted to force compliance at one of the nation's most elite colleges.

"I don’t know how the future will be for me, but I will keep learning and doing my best to contribute positively to the future of science," Bikram Das said.