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BIDDEFORD, Maine

³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ hosts Southern Maine Regional Brain Bee

Brain Bee
Students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine lead high schoolers in dissections at the Southern Maine Regional Brain Bee.

For the third consecutive year, Maine high school students have tested their neuroscience knowledge at the Southern Maine Regional Brain Bee, hosted by ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Center of Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN). Nineteen students from Biddeford High School and Thornton Academy participated, competing against each other to answer questions about the brain and nervous system.

Prior to the competition, the CEN K-12 Outreach Program led sheep brain dissections for the high schoolers, and students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine gave guided anatomy tours of human brain tissue samples.

Michael Burman, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, served as master of ceremonies for the Brain Bee. This year’s competition went into four rounds of sudden death, with Alexandra Petermann from Biddeford High School winning first place. Tied for second were Sarrah Marcotte and Camden Saucier, both from Biddeford High School. CEN faculty and students will help this year’s winners prepare for the upcoming Regional Brain Bee.

Organized by the Society for Neuroscience, the Brain Bee is a national quiz bowl for high school students. It is designed to promote brain awareness while motivating students to pursue careers in the neurosciences.

To learn more about the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ’s Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, visit www.une.edu/research/cen

To apply, visit www.une.edu/admissions

About the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ

The ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.