PHILIPSBURG:--- American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) is hosting an international event where Sint Maarten high school students will test their knowledge of the human brain.
About 30 students from Sint Maarten high schools are participating. The students will compete in a quiz format similar to a spelling bee.
The Brain Bee Competition will be held this Saturday, November 16 in the AUC auditorium, starting at 9:30 am and concluding at 1:30 pm.
Representatives of the Sint Maarten Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sport, including the Honorable Wycliffe Smith are set to join the event.
The event was spearheaded by Dr. Gautam Ullal, AUC associate professor of neuroscience. Brain Bee competitions are held all over the world, with the purpose of motivating students to learn about the brain and inspire them to pursue careers in neuroscience.
Brain Bee is a competition for 9th and 10th grade students originally modeled after Spelling Bee and first took shape in 1998 in the University of Maryland with 12 chapters across North America. It has now become an international event with over 53 countries across the world and 50,000 students participating. In July 2018, St. Maarten was accepted as one of the chapters with Dr. Ullal serving as the national coordinator.
